From the Archives: Historical L.A. Times pages

Jan. 22, 2016

Janu­ary 22, 1973, was a busy news day. Former Pres­id­ent Lyn­don B. John­son died that af­ter­noon at his ranch in John­son City, Texas. Earli­er, the Su­preme Court ruled in Roe vs. Wade that wo­men had a con­sti­tu­tion­al right to an abor­tion.

Jan. 22, 2016

On Janu­ary 22, 1973, the Su­preme Court ruled in Roe vs. Wade that wo­men had a con­sti­tu­tion­al right to an abor­tion. The Times late fi­nal that day in­cluded some odd un­re­lated pho­tos.

Jan. 22, 2013