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January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar . There are 344 days remaining (345 in Leap Year s).
Events
- 1189 - Philip II Of France and Richard I Of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade .
- 1276 - Innocent V becomes Pope .
- 1287 - The treaty of San Agayz is signed. Minorca is conquered by King Alfons III Of Aragon .
- 1525 - The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is born when Conrad Grebel , Felix Manz , George Blaurock , and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich , breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.
- 1643 - Abel Tasman discovers Tonga .
- 1720 - Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty Of Stockholm .
- 1789 - The first American novel, ''The Power Of Sympathy Or The Triumph Of Nature Founded In Truth'' , is printed in Boston, Massachusetts .
- 1793 - After being found guilty of Treason by the French Convention , Louis XVI Of France is Guillotine d.
- 1793 - Russia and Prussia partition Poland .
- 1853 - Russell L. Hawes patents the Envelope -folding machine.
- resigns from the United States Senate .
- 1864 - The Tauranga Campaign starts during the Maori Wars .
- 1887 - The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is formed.
- 1887 - Brisbane receives a daily rainfall of 465 millimetres (18.3 inches), a record for any Australia n capital city.
- 1899 - Opel Motors opens for business.
- 1908 - New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance , making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
- 1911 - The first Monte Carlo Rally .
- 1915 - Kiwanis International founded in Detroit, Michigan .
- 1919 - Meeting in the Mansion House Dublin , the Sinn Féin adopts Ireland 's first constitution.
- 1924 - Vladimir Lenin dies and Joseph Stalin begins to purge his rivals to clear way for his leadership.
- 1925 - Albania declares itself a republic.
- n and British forces attack Tobruk , Libya .
- 1950 - Alger Hiss is convicted of Perjury .
- 1954 - The first Nuclear-powered Submarine , the USS ''Nautilus'' , is Launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower , then the First Lady Of The United States .
- 1958 - The last Fokker C.X in military service, the FAF FK-111 target tower, crashed killing the pilot and winch-operator.
- 1968 - Simon & Garfunkel release the Original Soundtrack to '' The Graduate '', which quickly goes to #1 on the pop charts and which will bring Simon a Grammy for Best Original Score .
- 1968 - One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the Vietnam War war begins the Battle Of Khe Sanh .
- 1969 - An experimental underground Nuclear Reactor at Lucens Vad , Switzerland , released radiation into a cavern, which was then sealed.
- 1976 - The first commercial service '' Concorde '' flight took off.
- 1977 - President Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all American Vietnam War draft evaders, some of whom had emigrated to Canada .
- 1985 - Because January 20 had fallen on a Sunday , Ronald Reagan 's public inaugural ceremony (for his second term as President ) was moved to Monday , January 21. Due to bad weather, the ceremony was held indoors in the United States Capital Rotunda . {Link without Title}
- 1997 - Newt Gingrich becomes the first leader of the United States House Of Representatives to be internally disciplined for ethical misconduct.
- intercepts a ship with over 9,500 pounds (4,300 kg) of Cocaine on board.
- 2002 - Canadian Dollar sets all-time low against the US Dollar (US$0.6179).
- Juliet O'Neill is searched by the RCMP investigating leaks concerning the deportation of Maher Arar .
- 2004 - NASA 's MER-A (the Mars Rover ''Spirit'') ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies with Flash Memory management and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6 th.
- 2005 - In Belize's Capital City , the Unrest Over The Government's New Taxes erupts into Riot s.
Births
- 1804 - Eliza Roxcy Snow , American poet (d. 1887 )
- 1824 - Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson , American Confederate Army general (d. 1863 )
- 1825 - Imre Madách , Hungarian writer (d. 1864 )
- 1829 - King Oscar II Of Sweden and Norway (d. 1907 )
- 1848 - Henri Duparc , French composer (d. 1933 )
- 1855 - John Moses Browning , American inventor (d. 1926 )
- 1860 - Karl Staaff , Prime Minister Of Sweden (d. 1915 )
- 1867 - Ludwig Thoma , German writer (d. 1921 )
- 1867 - Maxime Weygand , French general (d. 1965 )
- 1883 - Olav Aukrust , Norwegian poet (d. 1929 )
- 1884 - Roger Baldwin , American social activist (d. 1981 )
- 1885 - Umberto Nobile , Italian politician and airship designer (d. 1978 )
- 1887 - Georges Vezina , Canadian ice hockey goalie and innovator (d. 1926 )
- 1895 - Cristóbal Balenciaga , Spanish couturier (d. 1972 )
- 1905 - Christian Dior , French fashion designer (d. 1957 )
- 1905 - Karl Wallenda , German acrobat (d. 1978 )
- 1906 - Igor Moiseyev , father of balletic folk dance
- 1912 - Konrad Emil Bloch , German-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (d. 2000 )
- 1918 - Richard D. Winters , War hero
- 1921 - Howard Unruh , American mass murderer
- 1922 - Paul Scofield , English actor
- 1923 - Lola Flores , Spanish singer (d. 1995 )
- 1924 - Telly Savalas , American actor (d. 1994 )
- 1924 - Benny Hill , British actor, comic and singer (d. 1992 )
- 1926 - Steve Reeves , American actor (d. 2000 )
- 1936 - Koji Hashimoto , Japanese film director (d. 2005 )
- 1938 - Altair Gomes De Figueiredo , Brazilian football player
- 1939 - Wolfman Jack , disk jockey and actor (d. 1995 )
- 1940 - Jack Nicklaus , American golfer
- 1941 - Plácido Domingo , Spanish-born tenor
- 1941 - Richie Havens , American musician
- 1941 - Ivan Putski , Polish professional wrestler
- 1942 - Mac Davis , American musician
- 1942 - Edwin Starr , American singer (d. 2003 )
- 1946 - Johnny Oates , baseball player and manager (d. 2004 )
- 1950 - Billy Ocean , West Indian musician
- 1953 - Paul Allen , American entrepreneur
- 1955 - Jeff Koons , American artist
- 1956 - Robby Benson , American actor
- 1956 - Geena Davis , American actress
- 1962 - Marie Trintignant , French actress (d. 2003 )
- 1963 - Hakeem Olajuwon , Nigerian-born basketball player
- 1963 - Detlef Schrempf , German basketball player
- 1965 - Jam Master Jay , American disc jockey (d. 2002 )
- 1968 - Charlotte Ross , American actress
- 1971 - Alan McManus , Scottish snooker player
- 1971 - Doug Weight , American ice hockey player
- 1972 - Chan Marshall , American musician ( Cat Power )
- 1975 - Nicky Butt , English footballer
- 1976 - Emma Bunton , English singer ( Spice Girls )
- 1977 - Al Baxter , Australian rugby player
- 1977 - Philip Neville , English footballer
- 1978 - Andrei Zyuzin , Russian ice hockey player
- 1979 - Brian O'Driscoll , Irish rugby player
- 1981 - Dany Heatley , Canadian hockey player
- 1981 - Izabella Miko , Polish-born actress and model
- 2004 - Princess Ingrid Alexandra Of Norway
Deaths
- 304 - Saint Agnes (martyred)
- 1118 - Pope Paschal II
- 1519 - Vasco Núñez De Balboa , Spanish explorer
- 1527 - Juan De Grijalva , Spanish conquistador
- 1546 - Azai Sukemasa , Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491 )
- 1609 - Joseph Justus Scaliger , French protestant scholar (b. 1540 )
- 1638 - Ignazio Donati , Italian composer
- 1683 - Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl Of Shaftesbury , British politican (b. 1621 )
- 1699 - Obadiah Walker , English writer (b. 1616 )
- 1706 - Adrien Baillet , French scholar and critic (b. 1649 )
- 1710 - Johann Georg Gichtel , German mystic (b. 1638 )
- 1722 - Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke Of Bolton , English supporter of William III Of England (b. 1661 )
- 1731 - Thomas Woolston , English theologian (b. 1669 )
- 1766 - James Quin , English actor (b. 1693 )
- 1773 - Alexis Piron , French writer (b. 1689 )
- 1774 - Mustafa III , Ottoman Sultan (b. 1717 )
- 1793 - King Louis XVI Of France (executed) (b. 1754 )
- 1795 - Samuel Wallis , English navigator
- 1814 - Jacques-Henri Bernardin De Saint-Pierre , French writer and botanist (b. 1737 )
- 1831 - Ludwig Achim Von Arnim , German poet (b. 1781 )
- 1851 - Albert Lortzing , German composer (b. 1801 )
- 1870 - Alexander Herzen , Russian writer (b. 1812 )
- 1872 - Franz Grillparzer , Austrian writer (b. 1791 )
- 1881 - Wilhelm Matthias Naeff , Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802 )
- 1891 - Calixa Lavallée , Canadian composer (b. 1842 )
- 1901 - Elisha Gray , American inventor (b. 1835 )
- 1914 - Theodor Kittelsen , Norwegian artist (b. 1857 )
- 1919 - Gojong Of Joseon , Emperor of Korea (b. 1852 )
- 1924 - Vladimir Lenin , Russian Revolutionary (b. 1870 )
- 1926 - Camillo Golgi , Italian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1843 )
- 1928 - George Goethals , American army engineer (b. 1858 )
- 1931 - Felix Blumenfeld , Russian composer and conductor (b. 1863 )
- 1932 - Giles Lytton Strachey British writer (b. 1880 )
- 1933 - George A. Moore , Irish novelist (b. 1852 )
- 1948 - Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari , Italian composer (b. 1876 )
- 1950 - George Orwell , British writer (b. 1903 )
- 1955 - Archie Hahn , American athlete (b. 1880 )
- 1956 - Sam Langford , Canadian boxer (b. 1883 )
- 1959 - Cecil B. DeMille , American director (b. 1881 )
- 1959 - Carl Switzer , American actor (b. 1927 )
- 1961 - Blaise Cendrars , Swiss writer (b. 1887 )
- 1967 - Ann Sheridan , American actress (b. 1915 )
- 1968 - Will Lang Jr. , Chief Bureau Director of LIFE Magazine (b. 1914 )
- 1984 - Jackie Wilson , American musician (b. 1934 )
- 1985 - James Beard , American chef and author (b. 1903 )
- 1987 - Charles Goodell , American politician (b. 1926 )
- 1989 - Billy Tipton , American musician (b. 1914 )
- 1993 - Charlie Gehringer , baseball player (b. 1903 )
- 1997 - Colonel Tom Parker , American manager of Elvis Presley (b. 1909 )
- 1998 - Jack Lord , American actor (b. 1920 )
- 1999 - Susan Strasberg , American actress (b. 1938 )
- 2001 - Byron De La Beckwith , American white supremacist (b. 1921 )
- 2001 - Chung Ju-yung , Korean industrialist (b. 1915 )
- 2002 - Peggy Lee , American singer (b. 1920 )
- 2004 - Yordan Radichkov , Bulgarian writer (b. 1929 )
- 2005 - Parveen Babi , Indian actress (b. 1955 )
- 2005 - John L. Hess , American journalist (b. 1917 )
- 2005 - Theun De Vries , Dutch writer (b. 1907 )
- 2006 - Ibrahim Rugova , President of Kosovo and historical leader of the Kosovo Albanian people (b. 1944 )
Holidays and observances
External links
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