January 21st All Events |
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January 21st, 2008 (January 21 2008) | Event | Black Monday in worldwide stock markets. FTSE 100 had its biggest ever one-day points fall, European stocks closed with their worst result since 9/11, and Asian stocks drop as much as 15%. | |
January 21st, 2008 (January 21 2008) | Event | The Eyak language in Alaska becomes extinct as its last native speaker dies. | |
January 21st, 2008 (January 21 2008) | Death | Pam Barrett, Canadian politician (born in 1953) | |
January 21st, 2008 (January 21 2008) | Death | Marie Smith Jones, last native speaker of the Eyak language (born in 1918) | |
January 21st, 2007 (January 21 2007) | Event | Awashima Marine Park in Japan catches a video tape of the rare frilled shark. | |
January 21st, 2007 (January 21 2007) | Death | Maria Cioncan, Romanian athlete (born in 1977) | |
January 21st, 2007 (January 21 2007) | Death | U;Nee, Korean pop artist (born in 1981) | |
January 21st, 2006 (January 21 2006) | Death | Ibrahim Rugova, President of Kosovo (born in 1944) | |
January 21st, 2005 (January 21 2005) | Event | In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government s new taxes erupts into riots. | |
January 21st, 2005 (January 21 2005) | Death | Theun de Vries, Dutch writer (born in 1907) | |
January 21st, 2005 (January 21 2005) | Death | John L. Hess, American journalist (born in 1917) | |
January 21st, 2005 (January 21 2005) | Death | Parveen Babi, Indian actress (born in 1955) | |
January 21st, 2004 (January 21 2004) | Event | Canada: The residence of reporter Juliet O Neill is searched by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigating leaks concerning the deportation of Maher Arar. | |
January 21st, 2004 (January 21 2004) | Event | 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. | |
January 21st, 2004 (January 21 2004) | Birth | Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway | |
January 21st, 2004 (January 21 2004) | Death | Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian writer (born in 1929) | |
January 21st, 2003 (January 21 2003) | Death | Paul Haines, American-born Canadian poet (born in 1933) | |
January 21st, 2002 (January 21 2002) | Event | The Canadian Dollar sets all-time low against the US Dollar (US$0.6179). | |
January 21st, 2002 (January 21 2002) | Death | Peggy Lee, American singer (born in 1920) | |
January 21st, 2001 (January 21 2001) | Death | Byron De La Beckwith, American white supremacist (born in 1921) | Byron White Quotes |
January 21st, 1999 (January 21 1999) | Event | War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kg (9,500 lb) of cocaine on board. | |
January 21st, 1999 (January 21 1999) | Death | Charles Brown, American blues singer and pianist (born in 1920) | |
January 21st, 1999 (January 21 1999) | Death | Susan Strasberg, American actress (born in 1938) | |
January 21st, 1998 (January 21 1998) | Death | Jack Lord, American actor (born in 1920) | |
January 21st, 1997 (January 21 1997) | Event | Newt Gingrich becomes the first leader of the United States House of Representatives to be internally disciplined for ethical misconduct. | |
January 21st, 1997 (January 21 1997) | Death | Colonel Tom Parker, American manager of Elvis Presley (born in 1909) | Elvis Presley Quotes |
January 21st, 1996 (January 21 1996) | Death | Rene Marc Jalbert, sergeant-at-Arms at the National Assembly of Quebec (born in 1921) | |
January 21st, 1994 (January 21 1994) | Birth | Laura Robson, Tennis Player | |
January 21st, 1993 (January 21 1993) | Death | Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player (born in 1903) | |
January 21st, 1990 (January 21 1990) | Birth | Jacob Smith, American actor | |
January 21st, 1989 (January 21 1989) | Death | Billy Tipton, American musician (born in 1914) | |
January 21st, 1989 (January 21 1989) | Death | Carl Furillo, American Baseball player (born in 1922) | |
January 21st, 1988 (January 21 1988) | Birth | William Johansson, Swedish composer | |
January 21st, 1987 (January 21 1987) | Birth | Joe Ledley, Welsh footballer | |
January 21st, 1987 (January 21 1987) | Death | Charles Goodell, American politician (born in 1926) | |
January 21st, 1986 (January 21 1986) | Birth | Coffin Joe, English drummer ( The Horrors) | |
January 21st, 1985 (January 21 1985) | Event | 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.[1] | Ronald Reagan Quotes |
January 21st, 1985 (January 21 1985) | Birth | Alex Perez, Spanish footballer | |
January 21st, 1985 (January 21 1985) | Birth | Sasha Pivovarova, Russian Model | |
January 21st, 1985 (January 21 1985) | Birth | Matt Unicomb, Australian basketball player | |
January 21st, 1985 (January 21 1985) | Death | James Beard, American chef and author (born in 1903) | |
January 21st, 1985 (January 21 1985) | Death | Eddie Graham, American professional wrestler and promoter (born in 1930) | |
January 21st, 1984 (January 21 1984) | Death | Giannis Skaribas, Greek writer, dramatist, and poet (born in 1893) | |
January 21st, 1984 (January 21 1984) | Death | Jackie Wilson, American musician (born in 1934) | |
January 21st, 1983 (January 21 1983) | Birth | Maryse Ouellet, French-Canadian model and professional wrestler | |
January 21st, 1983 (January 21 1983) | Birth | Moritz Volz, German footballer | |
January 21st, 1983 (January 21 1983) | Birth | Peter Philipakos, Greek-American soccer player | |
January 21st, 1982 (January 21 1982) | Birth | Dean Whitehead, English footballer | |
January 21st, 1981 (January 21 1981) | Birth | Gillian Chung Yan-tung, Hong Kong singer (Twins) | |
January 21st, 1981 (January 21 1981) | Birth | Jamie Dalrymple, English cricketer | |
January 21st, 1981 (January 21 1981) | Birth | Ivan Ergic, Serbian footballer | |
January 21st, 1981 (January 21 1981) | Birth | Dany Heatley, Canadian ice hockey player | |
January 21st, 1981 (January 21 1981) | Birth | Andy Lee, Korean singer (Shinhwa) | |
January 21st, 1981 (January 21 1981) | Birth | Izabella Miko, Polish-born actress and model | |
January 21st, 1981 (January 21 1981) | Birth | Alex Ubago, Spanish-Basque singer-songwriter | |
January 21st, 1980 (January 21 1980) | Birth | Dave Kitson, English footballer | |
January 21st, 1980 (January 21 1980) | Birth | Nana Mizuki, Japanese voice actress and singer | |
January 21st, 1979 (January 21 1979) | Birth | Byung-Hyun Kim, Korean baseball player | |
January 21st, 1979 (January 21 1979) | Birth | Spider Loc, American rapper, member of G-Unit | |
January 21st, 1979 (January 21 1979) | Birth | Brian O Driscoll, Irish rugby union footballer | |
January 21st, 1978 (January 21 1978) | Birth | Bryan Gilmore, National Football League player | |
January 21st, 1978 (January 21 1978) | Birth | Tamir "Nokio" Ruffin, American Singer | |
January 21st, 1978 (January 21 1978) | Birth | Faris al-Sultan, German-Iraqi triathlete | |
January 21st, 1978 (January 21 1978) | Birth | Phil Stacey, American Idol finalist | |
January 21st, 1978 (January 21 1978) | Birth | Andrei Zyuzin, Russian ice hockey player | |
January 21st, 1978 (January 21 1978) | Death | Freda Utley, British scholar and author. (born in 1898) | |
January 21st, 1977 (January 21 1977) | Event | President Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all American Vietnam War draft evaders, some of whom had emigrated to Canada. | Jimmy Carter Quotes |
January 21st, 1977 (January 21 1977) | Birth | Al Baxter, Australian rugby union footballer | |
January 21st, 1977 (January 21 1977) | Birth | Phil Neville, English footballer | |
January 21st, 1977 (January 21 1977) | Birth | Rick Ross, American rapper | |
January 21st, 1977 (January 21 1977) | Death | Sandro Penna, Italian poet (born in 1906) | |
January 21st, 1976 (January 21 1976) | Event | Commercial service of Concorde begins with London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes. | |
January 21st, 1976 (January 21 1976) | Birth | Emma Bunton, English singer (Spice Girls) | |
January 21st, 1975 (January 21 1975) | Birth | Ito, Spanish footballer | |
January 21st, 1975 (January 21 1975) | Birth | Nicky Butt, English footballer | |
January 21st, 1975 (January 21 1975) | Birth | Casey FitzRandolph, American speed skater | |
January 21st, 1975 (January 21 1975) | Birth | Yuji Ide, Japanese racing driver | |
January 21st, 1974 (January 21 1974) | Birth | Rove McManus, Australian television host and comedian | |
January 21st, 1974 (January 21 1974) | Birth | Alex Sperafico, Brazilian racing driver | |
January 21st, 1972 (January 21 1972) | Event | Tripura becomes a full-fledged state in India. | |
January 21st, 1972 (January 21 1972) | Birth | Alan Benes, American baseball player | |
January 21st, 1972 (January 21 1972) | Birth | Rick Falkvinge, Swedish politician | |
January 21st, 1972 (January 21 1972) | Birth | Yasunori Mitsuda, Japanese composer | |
January 21st, 1972 (January 21 1972) | Birth | Cat Power (Chan Marshall), American musician | |
January 21st, 1971 (January 21 1971) | Birth | Alan McManus, Scottish snooker player | |
January 21st, 1971 (January 21 1971) | Birth | Doug Weight, American ice hockey player | |
January 21st, 1970 (January 21 1970) | Birth | Ken Leung, American actor | |
January 21st, 1970 (January 21 1970) | Birth | Mark Trojanowski, American musician (Sister Hazel) | |
January 21st, 1969 (January 21 1969) | Event | An experimental underground nuclear reactor at Lucens Vad, Switzerland, released radiation into a cavern, which was then sealed. | |
January 21st, 1969 (January 21 1969) | Birth | Karina Lombard, American actress | |
January 21st, 1969 (January 21 1969) | Birth | Tsubaki Nekoi, Japanese manga artist | |
January 21st, 1968 (January 21 1968) | Event | Vietnam War: Battle of Khe SanhOne of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins. | |
January 21st, 1968 (January 21 1968) | Birth | Ulrica Messing, Swedish politician | |
January 21st, 1968 (January 21 1968) | Birth | Charlotte Ross, American actress | |
January 21st, 1968 (January 21 1968) | Death | Will Lang Jr., American magazine executive (born in 1914) | |
January 21st, 1967 (January 21 1967) | Death | Ann Sheridan, American actress (born in 1915) | |
January 21st, 1966 (January 21 1966) | Birth | Robert Del Naja, English musician | |
January 21st, 1966 (January 21 1966) | Birth | Candi Milo, American voice actress | |
January 21st, 1965 (January 21 1965) | Birth | Jam Master Jay, American disc jockey (died in 2002) | |
January 21st, 1963 (January 21 1963) | Birth | Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian-born American basketball player | |
January 21st, 1963 (January 21 1963) | Birth | Detlef Schrempf, German basketball player | |
January 21st, 1962 (January 21 1962) | Birth | Marie Trintignant, French actress (died in 2003) | |
January 21st, 1962 (January 21 1962) | Birth | Tyler Cowen, American economist | |
January 21st, 1961 (January 21 1961) | Death | Blaise Cendrars, Swiss writer (born in 1887) | |
January 21st, 1959 (January 21 1959) | Birth | Alex McLeish, Scottish footballer and manager | |
January 21st, 1959 (January 21 1959) | Death | Cecil B. DeMille, American director (born in 1881) | |
January 21st, 1959 (January 21 1959) | Death | Carl Switzer, American actor (born in 1927) | |
January 21st, 1958 (January 21 1958) | Event | The last Fokker C.X in military service, the Finnish Air Force FK-111 target tower, crashed, killing the pilot and winch-operator. | |
January 21st, 1958 (January 21 1958) | Birth | Michael Wincott, Canadian actor | |
January 21st, 1957 (January 21 1957) | Birth | Greg Ryan, American soccer coach | |
January 21st, 1956 (January 21 1956) | Birth | Robby Benson, American actor | |
January 21st, 1956 (January 21 1956) | Birth | Geena Davis, American actress | |
January 21st, 1956 (January 21 1956) | Death | Sam Langford, Canadian boxer (born in 1883) | |
January 21st, 1955 (January 21 1955) | Birth | Jeff Koons, American artist | Jeff Koons Quotes |
January 21st, 1955 (January 21 1955) | Death | Archie Hahn, American athlete (born in 1880) | |
January 21st, 1954 (January 21 1954) | Event | The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, was launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, then the First Lady of the United States. | |
January 21st, 1953 (January 21 1953) | Birth | Paul Allen, American entrepreneur, co-founder of Microsoft | |
January 21st, 1952 (January 21 1952) | Birth | Marco Camenisch, Swiss environmental activist | |
January 21st, 1952 (January 21 1952) | Birth | Louis Menand, American writer and critic | |
January 21st, 1950 (January 21 1950) | Event | Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury. | |
January 21st, 1950 (January 21 1950) | Birth | Billy Ocean, West Indian musician | |
January 21st, 1950 (January 21 1950) | Death | George Orwell, British writer (born in 1903) | George Orwell Quotes |
January 21st, 1948 (January 21 1948) | Event | The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time, over the National Assembly of Quebec. The day is marked annually as Quebec Flag Day. | |
January 21st, 1948 (January 21 1948) | Death | Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer (born in 1876) | |
January 21st, 1947 (January 21 1947) | Birth | Jill Eikenberry, American actress | |
January 21st, 1947 (January 21 1947) | Birth | Pye Hastings, English singer and musician (Caravan) | |
January 21st, 1947 (January 21 1947) | Birth | Michel Jonasz, French singer and composer | |
January 21st, 1946 (January 21 1946) | Birth | Johnny Oates, American baseball player and manager (died in 2004) | |
January 21st, 1942 (January 21 1942) | Birth | Edwin Starr, American singer (died in 2003) | |
January 21st, 1942 (January 21 1942) | Birth | Mac Davis, American musician | |
January 21st, 1941 (January 21 1941) | Event | World War II: Australian and British forces attack Tobruk, Libya. | |
January 21st, 1941 (January 21 1941) | Birth | Placido Domingo, Spanish tenor | |
January 21st, 1941 (January 21 1941) | Birth | Stathis Giallelis, Greek actor | |
January 21st, 1941 (January 21 1941) | Birth | Richie Havens, American musician | |
January 21st, 1941 (January 21 1941) | Birth | Mike Medavoy, American film producer | |
January 21st, 1941 (January 21 1941) | Birth | Ivan Putski, Polish-born American professional wrestler | |
January 21st, 1940 (January 21 1940) | Birth | Jack Nicklaus, American golfer | |
January 21st, 1938 (January 21 1938) | Birth | Wolfman Jack, American disk jockey and actor (died in 1995) | |
January 21st, 1938 (January 21 1938) | Birth | John Savident, British actor | |
January 21st, 1937 (January 21 1937) | Birth | Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria | |
January 21st, 1937 (January 21 1937) | Death | Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (born in 1898) | |
January 21st, 1936 (January 21 1936) | Birth | Koji Hashimoto, Japanese film director (died in 2005) | |
January 21st, 1934 (January 21 1934) | Birth | Audrey Dalton, Irish actress | |
January 21st, 1933 (January 21 1933) | Birth | Joseph W. Eschbach, American doctor (died in 2007) | |
January 21st, 1933 (January 21 1933) | Death | George A. Moore, Irish novelist (born in 1852) | |
January 21st, 1932 (January 21 1932) | Birth | John Chaney, American basketball coach | |
January 21st, 1932 (January 21 1932) | Death | Giles Lytton Strachey, British writer (born in 1880) | Lytton Strachey Quotes |
January 21st, 1931 (January 21 1931) | Death | Felix Blumenfeld, Russian composer (born in 1863) | |
January 21st, 1928 (January 21 1928) | Death | George Goethals, American army engineer (born in 1858) | |
January 21st, 1927 (January 21 1927) | Birth | Clive Churchill, Australian rugby league footballer (died in 1985) | |
January 21st, 1926 (January 21 1926) | Birth | Steve Reeves, American actor (died in 2000) | |
January 21st, 1926 (January 21 1926) | Birth | Brian Brockless, English organist (died in 1995) | |
January 21st, 1926 (January 21 1926) | Death | Camillo Golgi, Italian physician, recipient of the Nobel laureate (born in 1843) | |
January 21st, 1925 (January 21 1925) | Event | Albania declares itself a republic. | |
January 21st, 1924 (January 21 1924) | Event | Vladimir Lenin dies; a lengthy power struggle emerges between Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin begins, culminating to the latter s consolidation of power c. 1928. | Vladimir Lenin Quotes |
January 21st, 1924 (January 21 1924) | Birth | Benny Hill, English actor, comedian, and singer (died in 1992) | |
January 21st, 1924 (January 21 1924) | Death | Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary (born in 1870) | Vladimir Lenin Quotes |
January 21st, 1923 (January 21 1923) | Birth | Lola Flores, Spanish singer (died in 1995) | |
January 21st, 1922 (January 21 1922) | Birth | Telly Savalas, American actor (died in 1994) | |
January 21st, 1922 (January 21 1922) | Birth | Paul Scofield, English actor (died in 2008) | Paul Scofield Quotes |
January 21st, 1921 (January 21 1921) | Event | The Italian Communist Party was founded at Livorno. | |
January 21st, 1921 (January 21 1921) | Birth | Howard Unruh, American mass murderer | |
January 21st, 1919 (January 21 1919) | Event | Meeting of the First Dail Eireann in the Mansion House Dublin, Sinn Fein adopts Ireland s first constitution. The first engagement of Irish War of Independence, Sologhead Beg, County Tipperary. | |
January 21st, 1919 (January 21 1919) | Death | Gojong of Joseon, Emperor of Korea (born in 1852) | |
January 21st, 1918 (January 21 1918) | Birth | Richard D. Winters, American war hero | |
January 21st, 1918 (January 21 1918) | Birth | Chichay, Filipino actress (died in 1993) | |
January 21st, 1915 (January 21 1915) | Event | Kiwanis International was founded in Detroit, Michigan. | |
January 21st, 1914 (January 21 1914) | Death | Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian artist (born in 1857) | |
January 21st, 1912 (January 21 1912) | Birth | Konrad Emil Bloch, German-born biochemist, Nobel laureate (died in 2000) | |
January 21st, 1911 (January 21 1911) | Event | The first Monte Carlo Rally. | |
January 21st, 1910 (January 21 1910) | Birth | Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai composer and bandleader (died in 1981) | |
January 21st, 1909 (January 21 1909) | Birth | Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer (died in 2004) | |
January 21st, 1908 (January 21 1908) | Event | 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. | |
January 21st, 1906 (January 21 1906) | Birth | Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer (died in 2007) | |
January 21st, 1905 (January 21 1905) | Birth | Christian Dior, French fashion designer (died in 1957) | |
January 21st, 1905 (January 21 1905) | Birth | Karl Wallenda, German acrobat (died in 1978) | |
January 21st, 1901 (January 21 1901) | Birth | Ricardo Zamora, Spanish footballer (died in 1978) | |
January 21st, 1901 (January 21 1901) | Death | Elisha Gray, American inventor (born in 1835) | |
January 21st, 1899 (January 21 1899) | Event | Opel manufactured its first automobile. | |
January 21st, 1899 (January 21 1899) | Birth | Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian born American composer (died in 1977) | |
January 21st, 1897 (January 21 1897) | Birth | Rene Iche, French sculptor (died in 1954) | |
January 21st, 1895 (January 21 1895) | Birth | Cristobal Balenciaga, Spanish couturier (died in 1972) | |
January 21st, 1893 (January 21 1893) | Event | The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, was formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate which is now Botswana. | |
January 21st, 1891 (January 21 1891) | Death | Calixa Lavallee, Canadian composer (born in 1842) | |
January 21st, 1887 (January 21 1887) | Event | Brisbane receives a daily rainfall of 465 millimetres (18.3 inches), a record for any Australian capital city. | |
January 21st, 1887 (January 21 1887) | Birth | Georges Vezina, Canadian ice hockey player (died in 1926) | |
January 21st, 1885 (January 21 1885) | Birth | Umberto Nobile, Italian politician (died in 1978) | |
January 21st, 1884 (January 21 1884) | Birth | Roger Baldwin, American social activist (died in 1981) | |
January 21st, 1883 (January 21 1883) | Birth | Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet (died in 1929) | |
January 21st, 1882 (January 21 1882) | Birth | Pavel Florensky, Russian mathematician (died in 1937) | |
January 21st, 1881 (January 21 1881) | Death | Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (born in 1802) | |
January 21st, 1872 (January 21 1872) | Death | Franz Grillparzer, Austrian writer (born in 1791) | Franz Grillparzer Quotes |
January 21st, 1870 (January 21 1870) | Death | Alexander Herzen, Russian writer (born in 1812) | |
January 21st, 1867 (January 21 1867) | Birth | Ludwig Thoma, German writer (died in 1921) | |
January 21st, 1867 (January 21 1867) | Birth | Maxime Weygand, French general (died in 1965) | |
January 21st, 1864 (January 21 1864) | Event | The Tauranga Campaign starts during the Maori Wars. | |
January 21st, 1861 (January 21 1861) | Event | American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate. | |
January 21st, 1860 (January 21 1860) | Birth | Karl Staaff, Prime Minister of Sweden (died in 1915) | |
January 21st, 1851 (January 21 1851) | Death | Albert Lortzing, German composer (born in 1801) | |
January 21st, 1848 (January 21 1848) | Birth | Henri Duparc, French composer (died in 1933) | |
January 21st, 1831 (January 21 1831) | Death | Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet (born in 1781) | |
January 21st, 1829 (January 21 1829) | Birth | King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (died in 1907) | |
January 21st, 1827 (January 21 1827) | Birth | Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician (died in 1900) | |
January 21st, 1825 (January 21 1825) | Birth | Imre Madach, Hungarian writer (died in 1864) | |
January 21st, 1824 (January 21 1824) | Birth | Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, American, Confederate army general (died in 1863) | Thomas Jackson Quotes |
January 21st, 1823 (January 21 1823) | Death | Cayetano Jose Rodriguez, Argentine cleric, journalist and poet (born in 1761) | |
January 21st, 1815 (January 21 1815) | Birth | John Bingham, American politician and lawyer (died in 1900) | |
January 21st, 1814 (January 21 1814) | Death | Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French writer and botanist (born in 1737) | |
January 21st, 1813 (January 21 1813) | Birth | John C. Fremont, American army officer, explorer and presidential candidate (died in 1890) | |
January 21st, 1809 (January 21 1809) | Death | Josiah Hornblower, American statesman (born in 1729) | |
January 21st, 1804 (January 21 1804) | Birth | Eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (died in 1887) | |
January 21st, 1795 (January 21 1795) | Death | Samuel Wallis, English navigator (born in 1728) | |
January 21st, 1793 (January 21 1793) | Event | After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, Louis XVI of France was executed by the guillotine. | |
January 21st, 1793 (January 21 1793) | Death | King Louis XVI of France (executed) (born in 1754) | |
January 21st, 1789 (January 21 1789) | Event | The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston, Massachusetts. | |
January 21st, 1775 (January 21 1775) | Death | Yemelyan Pugachev, Russian rebel (born in 1740 or 1742) | |
January 21st, 1774 (January 21 1774) | Death | Mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (born in 1717) | |
January 21st, 1773 (January 21 1773) | Death | Alexis Piron, French writer (born in 1689) | |
January 21st, 1766 (January 21 1766) | Death | James Quin, English actor (born in 1693) | |
January 21st, 1749 (January 21 1749) | Event | The Verona Philharmonic Theatre was destoyed by fire. It was rebuilt in 1754. | |
January 21st, 1731 (January 21 1731) | Death | Thomas Woolston, English theologian (born in 1669) | |
January 21st, 1722 (January 21 1722) | Death | Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English supporter of William III of England (born in 1661) | |
January 21st, 1721 (January 21 1721) | Birth | James Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (died in 1794) | |
January 21st, 1720 (January 21 1720) | Event | Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm. | |
January 21st, 1710 (January 21 1710) | Death | Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic (born in 1638) | |
January 21st, 1706 (January 21 1706) | Death | Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (born in 1649) | |
January 21st, 1699 (January 21 1699) | Death | Obadiah Walker, English writer (born in 1616) | |
January 21st, 1683 (January 21 1683) | Death | Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, British politician (born in 1621) | |
January 21st, 1643 (January 21 1643) | Event | Abel Tasman was the first European to reach Tonga. | |
January 21st, 1638 (January 21 1638) | Death | Ignazio Donati, Italian composer (c. 1570) | |
January 21st, 1609 (January 21 1609) | Death | Joseph Justus Scaliger, French Protestant scholar (born in 1540) | |
January 21st, 1546 (January 21 1546) | Death | Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (born in 1491) | |
January 21st, 1527 (January 21 1527) | Death | Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489) | |
January 21st, 1525 (January 21 1525) | Event | 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 Zurich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union. | |
January 21st, 1519 (January 21 1519) | Death | Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (born in 1475) | |
January 21st, 1338 (January 21 1338) | Birth | King Charles V of France (died in 1380) | |
January 21st, 1287 (January 21 1287) | Event | The treaty of San Agayz is signedied in Minorca is conquered by King Alfons III of Aragon. | |
January 21st, 1189 (January 21 1189) | Event | Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. | |
January 21st, 1118 (January 21 1118) | Death | Pope Paschal II | |
January 21st, 0917 (January 21 0917) | Death | Erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880) | |
January 21st, 0304 (January 21 0304) | Death | Saint Agnes (martyred) (born in 291) | |