January 22

  • 1924 James Ramsey McDonald became Britain’s first Labour prime minister.
  • 1973 Lyndon Baines Johnson (‘LBJ’) (64), 36th US president (1963–9), died at his ranch in Johnson City, Texas.
  • 1974 The Northern Ireland Assembly met at Stormont. Proceedings were disrupted by anti-power-sharing loyalists, eighteen of whom were removed by police.
  • 1924 James Ramsay MacDonald (Labour) became British prime minister in a minority government.