History for January 22 - On-This-Day.com Sir Francis Bacon 1561 - English philosopher, essayist, lawyer and statesman, Lord (George) Byron 1788 - Poet, David (D.W.) Griffith 1875 Bill Bixby 1934, Joseph Wambaugh 1936, Linda Blair 1959 1874 - A patent was issued to Samuel W. Francis for the spork. 1950 - Alger Hiss, a former adviser to U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, was convicted of perjury for denying contacts with a Soviet agent. He was sentenced to five years in prison.
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