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 - Frazier-Foreman
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1973: Boxer Joe Frazier loses the first fight of his professional career to George Foreman in Kingston, Jamaica. Frazier had a 29-0 record going into the fight and had been the undefeated heavyweight world champion since Feb. 16, 1970, when he knocked out Jimmy Ellis.

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