History in 22nd Jan

The United States Supreme Court rules in favor of plaintiff 'Jane Roe' in Roe vs. Wade, effectively legalizing abortion in all 50 states. Citing a woman's "right to privacy" as guaranteed in the Ninth and Thirteenth Amendments, the Court ruled that the right to have an abortion must be balanced against the state's interests to protect the mother and the unborn fetus.

Dr. Ted Kaczynski, the "Unabomber", pleads guilty to all federal charges against him, including three homicides. Kaczynski, a former mathematics professor at the University of California, Berkeley, sent 16 bombs to universities and airlines from his remote cabin in Montana. He is currently incarcerated at a federal supermax prison in Florence, Colorado.