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Birthday January 21, 1338 Charles V, (The Wise) King of France (1364-80) |
Birthday January 21, 1738 Ethan Allen is born |
Birthday January 21, 1743 John Fitch, had a working steamboat years before Fulton |
Birthday January 21, 1813 John C Fremont, map maker & explorer of western US |
Birthday January 21, 1815 Horace Wells, dentist and pioneer in use of medical anethesia |
Birthday January 21, 1821 John Cabell Breckinridge, (D) 14th US vice-president (1857-61) |
Birthday January 21, 1824 Thomas (Stonewall) Jackson, Confederate gen |
Birthday January 21, 1855 Gun designer John Browning is born |
Birthday January 21, 1867 General Weygand is born |
Birthday January 21, 1884 Roger Nash Baldwin, founder of American Civil Liberties Union |
Birthday January 21, 1887 Wolfgang Kohler, Gestalt psychologist (The Mentality of Apes) |
Birthday January 21, 1921 Barney Clark, 1st person to receive a permanent artificial heart |
Birthday January 21, 1922 Paul Scofield, author |
Birthday January 21, 1924 Telly Savalas, Actor "Who Loves Ya Baby?" |
Birthday January 21, 1924 Benny Hill, British comedian |
Birthday January 21, 1932 Boris Shakhlin, Soviet Olympic gymnast |
Birthday January 21, 1940 Jack Nicklaus, golfer |
Birthday January 21, 1941 Placido Domingo, operatic tenor |
Birthday January 21, 1955 Robby Bensen, Actor (One on One and Running Brave) |
History January 21, 1793 King Louis XVI beheaded by French revolutionaries |
History January 21, 1793 King Louis XVI executed |
History January 21, 1813 Pineapple introduced to Hawaii |
History January 21, 1863 First Battle of Sabine Pass |
History January 21, 1892 John Couch Adams English co-discoverer of Neptune dies |
History January 21, 1924 Vladimir Lenin dies |
History January 21, 1924 Vladimir Ilyich Lenin dies |
History January 21, 1950 Alger Hiss convicted of perjury |
History January 21, 1954 1st atomic sub USS Nautilus launched |
History January 21, 1954 1st gas turbine automobile exhibited - NYC |
History January 21, 1957 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts introduce America to Patsy Cline |
History January 21, 1959 Switzer of Our Gang murdered |
History January 21, 1962 Snow falls in SF |
History January 21, 1967 Ann Sheridan dies at 51 |
History January 21, 1968 Battle for Khe Sanh begins |
History January 21, 1976 Concorde takes off |
History January 21, 1977 Carter pardons draft dodgers |
History January 21, 1979 Neptune becomes outermost planet (Pluto moves closer) |
History January 21, 1982 Islanders start NHL record 15 game win streak (15-0-0) |
History January 21, 1985 Don DeLillo's White Noise wins the American Book Award |
History January 21, 1990 John McEnroe disqualified from the Australian Open |
History January 21, 1996 Ferry sinks off Indonesian coast |
History January 21, 1998 Hilary Swank moves on |
History January 21, 2009 Toyota officially passes GM as planet's biggest car maker |