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Today in History – January 22

1924 – Professor Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov—a prominent Russian pathologist and anatomist (not to be confused with physicist Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov)—embalmed Lenin’s body to keep it intact until the burial.

Lenin Mausoleum

1984 – The Macintosh was introduced by the now famous $900,000 television commercial by Ridley Scott, “1984”, that most notably aired on CBS during the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII.

Original Macintosh computer Macintosh 128K