TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT Jan. 22, 1973
The U.S. Supreme Court, in its Roe v. Wade decision, declared a nationwide constitutional right to abortion.
ON THIS DATE 1997
The Senate confirmed Madeleine Albright as the nation’s first female secretary of state.
2006
Kobe Bryant scored 81 points, the secondhighest in NBA history, in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 122-104 victory over the Toronto Raptors.
2020
Chinese health authorities urged people in the city of Wuhan to avoid crowds and public gatherings after warning that a new viral illness that had infected hundreds of people and caused at least nine deaths could spread further. Health officials in Washington state said they were actively monitoring 16 people who’d come in close contact with a traveler to China, the first U.S. resident known to be infected with the virus.