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21 Jan 1287
The treaty of San Agayz is signed. Minorca is conquered by King Alfons III of Aragon.
21 Jan 1324
Zen Buddhist religious debate between Tendai & Shingon
21 Jan 1522
Head inquisitor Adrian Florisz Boeyens elected pope
21 Jan 1525
The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is born when Conrad Grebel Felix Manz George Blaurock and a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manzs mother in Zrich breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union
21 Jan 1542
English Parliament passes bill of attainder against Queen Katherine Howard
21 Jan 1664
Count Miklos of Zrinyi sets out to battle Turkish invasion army
21 Jan 1677
1st medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox) published in Boston
21 Jan 1749
Verona Philharmonic Theatre destroyed by fire. Rebuilt 1754.
21 Jan 1789
1st American novel WH Browns Power of Sympathy is published
21 Jan 1793
Prussia & Russia sign partition treaty dividing Poland.
21 Jan 1813
Spaniard Don Francisco de Paula y Marin plants coffee in Hawaii - 1st record of coffee growing in Hawaii
21 Jan 1818
Keats writes his poem On a Lock of Miltons Hair
21 Jan 1830
In Portsmouth Ohio African Americans forcibly deported
21 Jan 1853
Envelope-folding machine patented by Russell Hawes in Worcester Massachusetts
21 Jan 1863
City of Dublin leases part of Cattle Market for 100000 years
21 Jan 1864
The Tauranga Campaign of the New Zealand Wars begins
21 Jan 1874
Franz Grillparzers Libussa premieres in Vienna
21 Jan 1879
Henrik Ibsens Et Dukkehjem premieres in Copenhagen
21 Jan 1880
1st US sewage disposal system separate from storm drains in Memphis Tennessee
21 Jan 1887
Brisbane receives a daily rainfall of 465 millimetres (18.3 inches) a record for any Australian capital city
21 Jan 1890
1st issue of Propria Cures Amsterdam student-weekly newspaper
21 Jan 1893
Tati Concessions Land formerly part of Matabeleland formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate (now Botswana)
21 Jan 1894
Oscar Fredriksen skates world record 500m in 47.8 sec
21 Jan 1900
The second contingent of Canadian troops sails from Halifax to fight in South Africa against the Boers
21 Jan 1903
International Theater (Majestic Park) opens at 5 Columbus Circle NYC
21 Jan 1904
Leos Janaceks opera Jenufa premieres in Brno
21 Jan 1907
Stanley Cup Hockey Montreal Arena Kenora Thistles beat Montreal Wanderers 8-6 in Game 2 for a 12-8 aggregate goal victory
21 Jan 1908
August Strindbergs Spoksonaten premieres in Stockholm
21 Jan 1908
Sullivan Ordinance is passed in NYC making it illegal for a woman to smoke in public places. It was vetoed 2 weeks later by mayor George B. McClellan Jr.
21 Jan 1910
British-Russian military intervention in Persia
21 Jan 1913
Aristide Briand forms French government for the 2nd time
21 Jan 1919
Irish militant nationalist party Sinn Fein creates its own parliament in Dublin and declares Ireland independent of Great Britain sparking the Irish War of Independence
21 Jan 1920
14th Davis Cup Australasia beats Great Britain in Sydney (4-1)
21 Jan 1922
1st slalom ski race run at Murren Switzerland
21 Jan 1925
Albanian parliament announces itself a republic Ahmed Zogoe president
21 Jan 1927
1st national opera broadcast from a US opera house (Faust Chicago)
21 Jan 1929
Robert Sherriffs Journeys End premieres in London
21 Jan 1930
Boston Bruins become first team in NHL history to score 100 goals in a season in a 5-1 win over Chicago at Boston Garden Cooney Weiland scores Bruins 100th goal in their 26th game of the year
21 Jan 1934
Parisian baker and student of medieval life Henri Littire appears in court charged with forcing his adulterous wife Juliette to wear a chastity belt. Having committed the same offence in 1932 he was sentenced to three months in prison and fined 50 francs for cruelty to his wife
21 Jan 1935
12.0 (30.5 cm) of rain falls Quinault RS Washington (state record)
21 Jan 1935
WFI-AM in Philadelphia Pennsylvania merges with WLIT as WFIL (now WEAZ)
21 Jan 1935
The Wilderness Society is founded by conservationists
21 Jan 1938
Dutch government starts obligatory unemployment insurance
21 Jan 1939
US female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer
21 Jan 1939
US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee
21 Jan 1940
Foreign correspondents in Netherlands subjected to censorship
21 Jan 1941
1st commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater Freeport Texas
21 Jan 1941
Australian and British troops attack Tobruk Libya
21 Jan 1941
British communist newspaper Daily Worker banned
21 Jan 1942
Bronx magistrate rules all pinball machines illegal
21 Jan 1943
Soviet forces reconquer Gumrak airport near Stalingrad
21 Jan 1943
Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham Royal Navy promoted to Admiral of the Fleet
21 Jan 1945
British troops land on Ramree near coast of Burma
21 Jan 1946
Nellie Bly opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 16 performances
21 Jan 1947
Sweethearts opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 288 performances
21 Jan 1947
Arthur Honeggers 4th Symphony premieres in Basel
21 Jan 1948
West Indies v England Test debut of Walcott Weekes & Jim Laker
21 Jan 1950
Lend an Ear closes at National Theater NYC after 460 performances
21 Jan 1958
Phillies agree to televise 78 games into NYC (doesnt happen)
21 Jan 1958
St Louis Hawks forward Bob Pettit becomes first member of the losing team to win the NBA All-Star MVP award scores 28 points and grabs 26 rebounds even though East beats West 130-118
21 Jan 1960
Little Joe 4 suborbital Mercury test reaches 16 km
21 Jan 1960
Rock falls traps 437 at Coalbrook South Africa 417 die of methane poisoning
21 Jan 1961
Conquering Hero closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 8 performances
21 Jan 1961
KIFI TV channel 8 in Idaho Falls Idaho (NBC) begins broadcasting
21 Jan 1961
Portuguese rebels seize cruise ship Santa Maria
21 Jan 1964
Carl T Rowan named director of US Information Agency
21 Jan 1965
Iranian premier Hassan Ali Mansur assassinated by 17-year-old Mohammad Bokharaei a member of the Fadayan-e Islam
21 Jan 1967
6th AFL All Star Game LA Memorial Coliseum Eastern Division beats Western Division 30-23 MVPs Babe Parilli Boston Patriots QB Verlon Biggs NY Jets DE
21 Jan 1967
US male Figure Skating championship won by Gary Visconti
21 Jan 1968
7th AFL All Star Game Gator Bowl Jacksonville Eastern Division beats Western Division 25-24 MVPs Joe Namath NY Jets QB Don Maynard NY Jets F Speedy Duncan LA Chargers DBKR
21 Jan 1968
US B-52 bomber with nuclear bomb on board crashes in Greenland
21 Jan 1968
The Battle of Khe Sanh - one of the most publicized and controversial battles of the Vietnam War - begins at the Khe Sanh Air Base
21 Jan 1950
New York jury finds former State Department official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury
21 Jan 1952
William Shawn succeeds Harold Ross as editor of The New Yorker
21 Jan 1954
USS Nautilus the first nuclear-powered submarine launched on the Thames River in Connecticut
21 Jan 1954
First time in All-Star history an overtime period is needed to decide a winner Boston Celtics guard Bob Cousys 10-point OT scoring burst gave the East a 98-93 win Cousy wins All-Star MVP honours
21 Jan 1956
Comedy in Music (Victor Borge) closes at Golden NYC after 849 performances
21 Jan 1957
KSAT TV channel 12 in San Antonio TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
21 Jan 1958
KMOT TV channel 10 in Minot ND (NBC) begins broadcasting
21 Jan 1972
Assams North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh territory
21 Jan 1972
Manipur Meghalaya and Tripura become separate states of Indian union
21 Jan 1972
Mizoram formerly part of Assam creates an Indian union territory
21 Jan 1973
Leslie Nielson appears on MASH in Ringbanger
21 Jan 1974
Gold hits record 161.31 silver hits record 3.97 an ounce in London
21 Jan 1975
28th NHL All-Star Game Montreal Forum Wales Conference beats Campbell Conference 7-1 MVP Syl Apps Jr. Pittsburgh C
21 Jan 1976
Supersonic Concorde has its 1st commercial flights
21 Jan 1978
Panamanian boxer Roberto Durn becomes undisputed world lightweight champion with a 12th-round TKO of Esteban De Jesus at Caesars Palace Las Vegas defends his WBA title for 12th time also takes De Jesus WBC title
21 Jan 1979
Neptune becomes outermost planet (Pluto moves closer)
21 Jan 1979
Price of gold increases to record 875 troy oz
21 Jan 1979
Super Bowl XIII Miami Orange Bowl Pittsburgh Steelers beat Dallas Cowboys 35-31 MVP Terry Bradshaw Pittsburgh QB
21 Jan 1980
Les Henson Virginia Tech makes 89 3 basketball field goal
21 Jan 1981
Shakespeares Cabaret opens at Bijou Theater New York City for 54 performances
21 Jan 1981
Bernhard Goetz is assaulted for 1st time on a New York City subway train
21 Jan 1981
Norman Stronge and his son James (both former Ulster Unionist Members of Parliament) are assassinated by the Irish Republican Army at their home Tynan Abbey which is then burnt down
21 Jan 1982
Little Me opens at Eugene ONeill Theater NYC for 36 performances
21 Jan 1982
NY Islanders begin then NHL record 15 game winning streak
21 Jan 1983
Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Anthony E Hecht
21 Jan 1983
First supertitles for a live opera performance Elektra at Canadian Opera Company English titles by Sonya Friedman
21 Jan 1984
US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton
21 Jan 1985
-19F (-28C) Caesars Head South Carolina (state record)
21 Jan 1985
-34F (-37C) Mt Mitchell North Carolina (state record)
21 Jan 1985
Dennis Potvin ties Bobby Orrs career record of 270 NHL goals
21 Jan 1985
Jessye Norman sings Simple Gifts at the second inauguration of US President Ronald Reagan in Washington
21 Jan 1986
100 participate in Nude Olympics race in 38F (3C) Indiana
21 Jan 1986
Allison J Brown 17 of Oklahoma crowned 4th Miss Teen USA
21 Jan 1987
B.B. King is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
21 Jan 1988
US accepts immigration of 30000 US-Vietnamese children
21 Jan 1989
A woman is assaulted and raped in room of an Oklahoma football player
21 Jan 1990
Bob Goodenow succeeds Alan Eagleson as NHL players association executive director
21 Jan 1991
CBS News correspondant Bob Simon and four TV crew captured and held for 40 days by Iraqis in the Persian Gulf
21 Jan 1991
Sacramentos Dick Motta coaches in his 1648th regular season game a 97-94 Kings victory over Houston at the time an NBA record for the most regular-season coaching appearances
21 Jan 1992
UN serves Libya a resolution to hand over intelligence agents accused of two airliner bombings
21 Jan 1993
Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested on suspicion of murder
21 Jan 1994
Lorena Bobbitt found temporarily insane when she cut off her husbands penis
21 Jan 1994
Dallas Mavericks suffer 19th straight loss at Reunion Arena 91-87 to the Seattle SuperSonics extends an unwanted NBA record for the most consecutive home defeats
21 Jan 1996
Karrie Webb wins LPGA HealthSouth Inaugural Golf Tournament
21 Jan 1996
US male Figure Skating championship won by Rudy Galindo
21 Jan 1997
An inquiry in North Wales names more than 80 child abusers
21 Jan 1999
In one of the largest drug busts in American history the US Coast Guard intercepts a ship carrying 4300 kg of cocaine
21 Jan 2001
58th Golden Globes Gladiator Tom Hanks & Julia Roberts win
21 Jan 2001
Pittsburgh Penguins beat Chicago Blackhawks 4-0 in first-ever NHL game featuring 2 European trained coaches Czech Ivan Hlinka behind the bench for Pittsburgh and Fin Alpo Suhonen Chicago
21 Jan 2002
The Canadian Dollar sets all-time low against the US Dollar (US0.6179).
21 Jan 2004
Canada The residence of reporter Juliet ONeill is searched by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigating leaks concerning the deportation of Maher Arar
21 Jan 2004
NASAs 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.
21 Jan 2004
Minnesota Wild set an NHL record for 2 fastest goals when Jim Dowd and Richard Park score just 3 seconds apart in the final 15 seconds of a 4-2 win over visiting Chicago Blackhawks
21 Jan 2005
In Belmopan Belize the unrest over the governments new taxes erupts into riots
21 Jan 2007
Awashima Marine Park in Japan catches a video tape of the rare frilled shark.
21 Jan 2007
AFC Championship RCA Dome Indianapolis Indianapolis Colts beat New England Patriots 38-34
21 Jan 2007
NFC Championship Soldier Field Chicago Chicago Bears beat New Orleans Saints 39-14
21 Jan 2008
Black Monday in worldwide stock markets. FTSE 100 had its biggest ever one-day points fall European stocks closed with their worst result since 911 and Asian stocks drop as much as 15%.
21 Jan 2008
The Eyak language in Alaska becomes extinct as its last native speaker dies
21 Jan 2013
30 people are killed in a car bombing in Salamiyeh Syria
21 Jan 2013
41 people are injured after two trains collide in Vienna Austria
21 Jan 2013
18 people are killed and 24 are injured after a bus falls down a ravine in Yungas Bolivia
21 Jan 2013
1 person is killed and 15 are injured by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake in Indonesia
21 Jan 2013
Jeroen Dijsselbloem Netherlands Minister of Finance becomes the President of the Euro Group
21 Jan 2015
Italian fashion label Gucci names Alessandro Michele as its new creative director
21 Jan 2017
Adam Hadwin fires only the 7th sub-60 round (59) in PGA Tour history in the 3rd round of the CareerBuilder Challenge at LaQuinta CC
21 Jan 2018
NFC Championship Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia Philadelphia Eagles beat Minnesota Vikings 38-7
21 Jan 2018
Gambian Dictator Yahya Jammeh finally concedes office and leaves Gambia 2 months after losing the presidential election
21 Jan 2018
AFC Championship Gillette Stadium Foxborough New England Patriots beat Jacksonville Jaguars 24-20
21 Jan 2019
Li Na of China becomes first Asian player to be elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame joins Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Mary Pierce of France as Class of inductees
21 Jan 1720
Sweden and Prussia sign a peace treaty ending hostilities between them during the Great Northern War
21 Jan 1907
Stanley Cup Hockey Montreal Arena Westmount Quebec Kenora Thistles (ON) beat Montreal Wanderers 8-6 for 12-8 aggregate challenge series victory
21 Jan 1969
A partial meltdown at the Lucens nuclear reactor in Switzerland seriously contaminating the cavern containing the reactor the plant is sealed and decommissioned
21 Jan 1972
Manipur Meghalaya and Tripura become separate states of the Indian union
21 Jan 1979
Super Bowl XIII Miami Orange Bowl Miami FL Pittsburgh Steelers beat Dallas Cowboys 35-31 MVP Terry Bradshaw Pittsburgh QB
21 Jan 1985
Jessye Norman sings Simple Gifts at the second inauguration of US President Ronald Reagan in Washington D. C.
21 Jan 1813
First reference to pineapple cultivation in Hawaii in diary entry by Francisco de Paula Marin
21 Jan 1919
Irish militant nationalist party Sinn Fin creates its own parliament in Dublin and declares Ireland independent of Great Britain sparking the Irish War of Independence
21 Jan 1948
Three of the greats of cricket make their debut in a drawn 1st Test match at Bridgetown Barbados Sir Clyde Walcott and Sir Everton Weekes for the West Indies and Jim Laker of England
21 Jan 1982
NY Islanders begin then NHL record 15 game winning streak with a 6-1 win over Pittsburgh Penguins at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
21 Jan 1276
French Cardinal Pierre de Tarantaise elected head of the Catholic Church takes the name of Pope Innocent V
21 Jan 1549
Act of Uniformity passed by the English Parliament requiring clergy use The Book of Common Prayer
21 Jan 1948
Three of the greats of cricket make their debut in a drawn 1st Test match at Bridgetown Barbados Sir Clyde Walcott and Sir Everton Weekes for the West Indies and Jim Laker for England
21 Jan 1961
Francis Poulencs Gloria premieres in Boston (Boston Symphony and Chorus Pro Musica under conductor Charles Mnch)
21 Jan 1964
Carl Rowan named director of US Information Agency
21 Jan 1789
The 1st American novel William Hill Browns The Power of Sympathy is published by Isaiah Thomas
21 Jan 1961
Francis Poulencs Gloria premieres in Boston Massachusetts by Boston Symphony and Chorus Pro Musica under conductor Charles Mnch
21 Jan 1903
International Theater (Majestic Park) opens at 5 Columbus Circle NYC
21 Jan 1980
Price of gold increases to then record 843 troy oz
21 Jan 2008
Fears of a possible US recession cause a Black Monday for global stock markets European stocks suffer their worst result since 911 and Asian stocks drop as much as 15%
21 Jan 1940
Foreign correspondents in the Netherlands subjected to censorship
21 Jan 1945
WWII British troops land on Ramree near coast of Burma
21 Jan 1973
Leslie Nielson appears in Ringbanger episode of television series MASH
21 Jan 1974
Gold hits a record 161.31 and silver hits a record 3.97 an ounce in London
21 Jan 1994
Dow Jones Industrial Average passes 3900 (record 3914.20)
21 Jan 2019
A light aircraft carrying EPL team Cardiff Citys record signing Emiliano Sala of French club FC Nantes disappears near the Channel islands en route to Wales
21 Jan 2020
Revival of Charles Fullers stage drama A Soldiers Play starring David Alan Grier and Blair Underwood at the American Airlines Theatre NYC run suspended dut to Covid-19 closures wins 3 Tony Awards
21 Jan 2020
Worlds oldest asteroid impact at 2.2 billion years old found in Yarrabubba Western Australia may have ended an ice age reported in Nature Communications
21 Jan 2022
Yemen detention centre in Saada held by rebel Houthis bombed killing more than 70 people [1]
21 Jan 2023
72 year-old gunman shoots and kills eleven people injuring nine at dance studio in Monterey Park California. Attempts second killing nearby before being surrounded and killing himself.
21 Jan 2024
A deep freeze - nearly two weeks of frigid winter storms across the US claim the lives of at least 70 people with Oregon Tennessee and Kentucky declaring states of emergency [1]
21 Jan 2024
Dan Campbells Detroit Lions secure a divisional playoff win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
21 Jan 2024
Ecuador discovers it largest-ever stash of cocaine - 22 tones worth US 1 billion buried on a pig farm [1]
21 Jan 2024
Tara VanDerveer (70) becomes winningest college basketball coach with 1.203rd victory as Stanford University defeats visiting Oregon State Beavers 65-56 [1]
21 Jan 2025
Republican Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States of America only the second elected to non-consecutive terms joining Grover Cleveland and JD Vance as the 50th Vice-President the event is held indoors due to inclement weather
21 Jan 1287
The Treaty of San Agayz is signed and Minorca is conquered by King Alfonso III of Aragon
21 Jan 1324
Zen Buddhist religious debate between Tendai and Shingon
21 Jan 1522
Head Inquisitor Adrian Florisz Boeyens is elected pope
21 Jan 1664
Count Mikls of Zrnyi sets out to battle the Turkish invasion army
21 Jan 1677
First medical publication in America a pamphlet on smallpox is published in Boston
21 Jan 1789
The first American novel William Hill Browns The Power of Sympathy is published by Isaiah Thomas
21 Jan 1749
Verona Philharmonic Theatre is destroyed by fire and rebuilt in 1754
21 Jan 1813
Spaniard Don Francisco de Paula y Marin plants coffee in Hawaii first record of coffee growing in Hawaii
21 Jan 1831
African Americans are forcibly deported from Portsmouth Ohio
21 Jan 1908
Sullivan Ordinance is passed in NYC making it illegal for a woman to smoke in public places it is vetoed two weeks later by Mayor George B. McClellan Jr.
21 Jan 1927
First national opera broadcast from a US opera house (Faust Chicago)
21 Jan 1934
Parisian baker and student of medieval life Henri Littire appears in court charged with forcing his adulterous wife Juliette to wear a chastity belt. Having committed the same offense in 1932 he is sentenced to three months in prison and fined 50 francs for cruelty to his wife.
21 Jan 1954
First nuclear-powered submarine USS Nautilus is launched on the Thames River in Connecticut
21 Jan 1968
Battle of Khe Sanh begins at the Khe Sanh Air Base one of the most publicized and controversial battles of the Vietnam War
21 Jan 1974
Price of gold hits a record 161.31 and silver hits a record 3.97 an ounce in London
21 Jan 1976
Supersonic Concorde has its first commercial flights
21 Jan 1980
Price of gold peaks briefly at over 870 before closing at then record 850 an ounce
21 Jan 1991
CBS News correspondent Bob Simon and four TV crew members are captured and held for 40 days by Iraqis during the Persian Gulf War
21 Jan 2025
79 people are killed in a hotel fire in the ski resort town of Balu in north-west Turkey with 51 injured [1]
21 Jan 2025
Historic snowstorm hits US deep south with Louisiana and parts of Texas issuing their first-ever blizzard warnings record snow accumulations in Louisiana and Florida [1]