He Bids His Beloved Be at Peace by William Butler Yeats

I hear the Shadowy Horses, their long manes a-shake,
Their hoofs heavy with tumult, their eyes glimmering
white;
The North unfolds above them clinging, creeping
night,
The East her hidden joy before the morning break,
The West weeps in pale dew and sighs passing away,
The South is pouring down roses of crimson fire:
O vanity of Sleep, Hope, Dream, endless Desire,
The Horses of Disaster plunge in the heavy clay:
Beloved, let your eyes half close, and your heart beat
Over my heart, and your hair fall over my breast,
Drowning love’s lonely hour in deep twilight of rest,
And hiding their tossing manes and their tumultuous
feet.

Updated January 21, 2012, 1:28 pm

On Jan. 22, 1973, the Supreme Court handed down its Roe vs. Wade decision, which legalized abortion.

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On Jan. 22, 1890, Fred M. Vinson, 13th Chief Justice of the United States, was born. Following his death on Sept. 8, 1953, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

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1901 Queen Victoria died at age 81 after 63 years on the British throne.

1905 Russian troops opened fired on marching workers in St. Petersburg, killing more than 100 in what became known as “Bloody Sunday.”

1922 Pope Benedict XV died.

1938 Thornton Wilder’s play “Our Town” premiered in Princeton, N.J.

1944 Allied forces began landing at Anzio, Italy, during World War II.

1953 The Arthur Miller drama “The Crucible” opened on Broadway.

1968 “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” premiered on NBC.

1970 The Boeing 747 went on its first regularly scheduled commercial flight, from New York to London.

1973 Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th president of the United States, died at his ranch in Johnson City, Texas, at age 64.

1995 Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, the mother of President John F. Kennedy, died in Hyannis Port, Mass., at age 104.

1997 The Senate confirmed Madeleine Albright as the nation’s first female secretary of state.

1998 Theodore Kaczynski pleaded guilty in Sacramento, Calif., to being the Unabomber in return for a sentence of life in prison without parole.

2006 Evo Morales, Bolivia’s first Indian president, took office.

2008 Actor Heath Ledger, 28, was found dead of an accidental prescription drug overdose.

2008 Jose Padilla, once accused of plotting with al-Qaida to blow up a radioactive “dirty bomb,” was sentenced by a U.S. federal judge in Miami to more than 17 years in prison on terrorism conspiracy charges.

2009 President Barack Obama ordered the terrorist detention center at Guantanamo Bay closed within a year and banned harsh interrogation of terror suspects.

2010 Conan O’Brien ended his brief tenure on “The Tonight Show” after accepting a $45 million buyout from NBC to leave the show after only seven months.

Current Birthdays

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Actress Diane Lane turns 47 years old today.

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Director Jim Jarmusch turns 59 years old today.

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1928 Birch Bayh, Former U.S. senator, D-Ind., turns 84

1932 Piper Laurie, Actress, turns 80

1937 Joseph Wambaugh, Author, turns 75

1940 John Hurt, Actor, turns 72

1949 Steve Perry, Rock singer (Journey), turns 63

1957 Mike Bossy, Hockey Hall of Famer, turns 55

1959 Linda Blair, Actress (“The Excorcist”), turns 53

1965 Jazzy Jeff, Actor, rapper (“The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”), turns 47

1981 Beverley Mitchell, Actress (“7th Heaven”), turns 31

Historic Birthdays

Fred Vinson 1/22/1890 – 9/8/1953 Chief Justice of the United States.Go to obituary »

36 Lord George Gordon Byron 1/22/1788 – 4/19/1824
English Romantic poet

63 August Strindberg 1/22/1849 – 5/14/1912
Swedish playwright/novelist

82 Robert Brookings 1/22/1850 – 11/15/1932
American businessman/philanthropist

73 D. W. Griffith 1/22/1875 – 7/23/1948
American film director

94 Marcel Dassault 1/22/1892 – 4/18/1986
French aircraft designer

84 Rosa Ponselle 1/22/1897 – 5/25/1981
American coloratura soprano

79 George Balanchine 1/22/1904 – 4/30/1983
Russian-bn. American choreographer

65 U Thant 1/22/1909 – 11/25/1974
Myanmar 3rd U.N. Secy. General

65 Howard Moss 1/22/1922 – 9/16/1987
American poet/editor of The New Yorker

1901	Queen Victoria died at age 81 after 63 years on the British throne.
1905	Russian troops opened fired on marching workers in St. Petersburg, killing more than 100 in what became known as “Bloody Sunday.”
1922	Pope Benedict XV died.
1938	Thornton Wilder’s play “Our Town” premiered in Princeton, N.J.
1944	Allied forces began landing at Anzio, Italy, during World War II.
1953	The Arthur Miller drama “The Crucible” opened on Broadway.
1968	“Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” premiered on NBC.
1970	The Boeing 747 went on its first regularly scheduled commercial flight, from New York to London.
1973	Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th president of the United States, died at his ranch in Johnson City, Texas, at age 64.
1995	Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, the mother of President John F. Kennedy, died in Hyannis Port, Mass., at age 104.
1997	The Senate confirmed Madeleine Albright as the nation’s first female secretary of state.
1998	Theodore Kaczynski pleaded guilty in Sacramento, Calif., to being the Unabomber in return for a sentence of life in prison without parole.
2006	Evo Morales, Bolivia’s first Indian president, took office.
2008	Actor Heath Ledger, 28, was found dead of an accidental prescription drug overdose.
2008	Jose Padilla, once accused of plotting with al-Qaida to blow up a radioactive “dirty bomb,” was sentenced by a U.S. federal judge in Miami to more than 17 years in prison on terrorism conspiracy charges.
2009	President Barack Obama ordered the terrorist detention center at Guantanamo Bay closed within a year and banned harsh interrogation of terror suspects.
2010	Conan O’Brien ended his brief tenure on “The Tonight Show” after accepting a $45 million buyout from NBC to leave the show after only seven months.

1928	Birch Bayh, Former U.S. senator, D-Ind., turns 84
1932	Piper Laurie, Actress, turns 80
1937	Joseph Wambaugh, Author, turns 75
1940	John Hurt, Actor, turns 72
1949	Steve Perry, Rock singer (Journey), turns 63
1957	Mike Bossy, Hockey Hall of Famer, turns 55
1959	Linda Blair, Actress (“The Excorcist”), turns 53
1965	Jazzy Jeff, Actor, rapper (“The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”), turns 47
1981	Beverley Mitchell, Actress (“7th Heaven”), turns 31

36	Lord George Gordon Byron 1/22/1788 – 4/19/1824 English Romantic poet
63	August Strindberg 1/22/1849 – 5/14/1912 Swedish playwright/novelist
82	Robert Brookings 1/22/1850 – 11/15/1932 American businessman/philanthropist
73	D. W. Griffith 1/22/1875 – 7/23/1948 American film director
94	Marcel Dassault 1/22/1892 – 4/18/1986 French aircraft designer
84	Rosa Ponselle 1/22/1897 – 5/25/1981 American coloratura soprano
79	George Balanchine 1/22/1904 – 4/30/1983 Russian-bn. American choreographer
65	U Thant 1/22/1909 – 11/25/1974 Myanmar 3rd U.N. Secy. General
65	Howard Moss 1/22/1922 – 9/16/1987 American poet/editor of The New Yorker