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January 22nd, 1973.

In one of its most controversial rulings, the US Supreme Court legalizes abortion in a landmark case of Roe versus Wade.

Also that same year. "For in your time we have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society, and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society." Former President Lyndon Johnson dies in Texas at age 64. Johnson's legacy includes Civil Rights Laws, domestic programs such as medic care and the expansion of the Vietnam War that divided the nation.

1998. Theodore Kaczynski pleads guilty to being the Unabomber. In return he gets life in prison without parole. Kaczynski's brother David. "We're finally at a place where we can begin a process of healing."

1901. Britain's Queen Victoria whose more than 50-year rule saw the British Empire reach its peak dies at age 82.

1953. Arthur Miller's drama, The Crucible opens on Broadway. Sectoring the Salem witch trials, the play takes in McCarthyism in the "Red Scares" of the 1950s.

And 1968. "It's sock it to me time." And you bet your sweet bippy, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, the TV comedy classic from the counterculture era premieres on NBC.

Today in History, January 22nd. Sandy Kozel, the Associate Press.