January 21
Friday 21, 2005:
In Belize's capital city, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.
Wednesday 21, 2004:
NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceased communication with mission control. The problem was with Flash Memory management and fixed remotely from Earth on Feb 6th.
Tuesday 21, 2003:
The terms of Kevin Mitnick's parole allow him to use a computer again.
Thursday 21, 1999:
War on Drugs: In one of the one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 9,500 pounds (4,300 kg) of cocaine on board.
Tuesday 21, 1997:
Newt Gingrich becomes the first leader of the United States House of Representatives to be internally disciplined for ethical misconduct.
Friday 21, 1994:
Lorena Bobbitt is found not-guilty by reason of temporary insanity for severing the penis of her husband John Bobbitt.
Friday 21, 1977:
President Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all Vietnam War draft evaders.
Wednesday 21, 1976:
The first commercial service Concorde flight took off.
Tuesday 21, 1969:
An experimental underground nuclear reactor at Lucens Vad, Switzerland, released radiation into a cavern, which was then sealed.
Sunday 21, 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.
Thursday 21, 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.
Saturday 21, 1950:
Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
Tuesday 21, 1941:
World War II: Australian and British forces attack Tobruk, Libya.
Wednesday 21, 1925:
Albania declares itself a republic.
Monday 21, 1924:
Vladimir Lenin dies and Joseph Stalin begins to purge his rivals to clear way for his leadership.
Tuesday 21, 1919:
Meeting in the Mansion House Dublin, the Sinn Féin adopts Ireland's first constitution.
Thursday 21, 1915:
Kiwanis International founded in Detroit, Michigan.
Saturday 21, 1911:
The first Monte Carlo Rally.
Tuesday 21, 1908:
New York City passes a law, the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public only to be vetoed by the mayor.
Saturday 21, 1899:
Opel Motors opens for business.
Friday 21, 1887:
a record for any Australian capital city.
Thursday 21, 1864:
The Tauranga Campaign starts during the Maori Wars.
Monday 21, 1861:
American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
Friday 21, 1853:
Russell L. Hawes patents the envelope-folding machine.
Monday 21, 1793:
Russia and Prussia partition Poland.
Wednesday 21, 1789:
The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston, Massachusetts.
Sunday 21, 1720:
Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.
Wednesday 21, 1643:
Abel Tasman discovers Tonga.
Wednesday 21, 1525:
The Swiss Anabaptist Movement was born when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptized each other in the home of Manz's mother on Neustadt-Gasse, Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.
Tuesday 21, 1276:
Innocent V becomes Pope.
Saturday 21, 1189:
Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade.
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