On this day: January 22

POSTED: 03:48 AM PST Jan 21, 2013    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Jan 21, 2013 

The Supreme Court decides Roe v. Wade, the Boeing 747 flies for the first time, Apple introduces its Macintosh computer in a Super Bowl ad, and the Unabomber pleads guilty, all on this day.

OTD January 22 - Harry Frank Guggenheim
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1971: Businessman and publisher Harry Frank Guggenheim, who co-founded Newsday and served as the U.S. ambassador to Cuba, dies of cancer at the age of 80 in New York City.

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