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What happened in history on this day: January 21?
On January 21 in ...
- 1789 - First American novel is published, The Power of Sympathy by W.H. Brown.
- 1853 - Envelope-folding machine patented by Russell Hawes, Worcester Massachusetts.
- 1861 - Jefferson Davis of Mississippi and four other southern senators resign from the US Senate.
- 1880 - First US sewage disposal system separate from storm drains, in Memphis, Tennessee.
- 1887 - Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) forms in the USA.
- 1908 - New York City, New York regulation makes it illegal for a woman to smoke in public.
- 1915 - Kiwanis International founded in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
- 1927 - First national opera broadcast from a US opera house (Faust, Chicago Illinois).
- 1941 - First commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater, in Freeport, Texas.
- 1942 - Bronx magistrate rules all pinball machines illegal.
- 1944 - US General Dwight Eisenhower accepts the revised plan for Operation Overlord, with five divisions landing on fifty miles of Normandy beaches. Americans are to land on the west, aiming for Cherbourg, Brest, and ports around the Loire estuary. British and Canadian forces are to land on the east near Caen, seizing Caen on the first day. D-Day is set for June 5.
- 1949 - First inaugural parade televised (US President Harry Truman).
- 1950 - New York jury finds former State Department official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury.
- 1953 - John Foster Dulles appointed as US Secretary of State.
- 1953 - George Humphrey takes office as Treasury Secretary.
- 1954 - First atomic submarine, USS Nautilus, launched on Thames River, christened by First Lady Mamie Eisenhower.
- 1954 - First gas turbine automobile exhibited (New York City, New York).
- 1960 - Little Joe 4 suborbital Mercury test reaches 16 km.
- 1961 - C. Douglas Dillon takes office as US Treasury Secretary.
- 1964 - Carl T Rowan named director of US Information Agency.
- 1968 - US B-52 bomber with nuclear bomb crashes in Greenland.
- 1977 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter grants an unconditional pardon to hundreds of thousands of men who evaded the draft during the Vietnam War.
- 1981 - The first De Lorean DMC-12 automobile, a stainless steel sports car with gull-wing doors, rolls off the production line in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland.
- 1983 - US President Ronald Reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for US military aid.
- 1985 - -19 degrees F (-28 degrees C), Caesar's Head, South Carolina (state record).
- 1985 - -34 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Mount Mitchell, North Carolina (state record).
- 1986 - Allison J Brown, age 17 of Oklahoma, crowned fourth Miss Teen USA.
- 1987 - BB King donates his 7,000 record collection to University of Mississippi.
- 1988 - US accepts immigration of 30,000 US-Vietnamese children.
- 1996 - 53th Golden Globes: Mel Gibson, Nicole Kidman, John Travolta.
- 1997 - Newt Gingrich becomes the first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives to be internally disciplined for ethical misconduct.
- 1999 - In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 9,500 pounds (4.3 t) of cocaine aboard, headed for Houston, Texas.
- 2005 - Disk jockey Dave Plotkin sets a record for the world's longest continuous broadcast by a single jock, staying on the air for 110 hours. Plotkin broadcast from Rollins College's WPRK-FM in Winter Park, Florida, USA.
- 2007 - New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson announces plans to run for President in 2008.
- 2009 - The U.S. Senate endorses former New York Senator and former first lady Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State.
Births on January 21
- 1802 - Birth of Francis Elias Spinner in German Flats, New York, USA; major general in New York militia, sheriff of Herkimer County (1834-37), Congressman (1855-61), US Tresurer (1861-75).
- 1897 - Birth of J Carrol Naish in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Charlie Chan - Adventures of Charlie Chan).
- 1904 - Birth of Joseph Ford McGuinn in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Dick Tracy's G-Men).
- 1904 - Birth of Richard P Blackmur in Massachusetts, USA; critic/poet (Anni Mirabiles, Good European).
- 1910 - Birth of Patsy Kelly in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Cowboy and the Lady).
- 1915 - Birth of Alan Hewitt in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Detective Brennan - My Favorite Martian).
- 1921 - Birth of John Doucette in Brockton, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Lock Up, Big Town).
- 1924 - Birth of Telly [Aristotle] Savalas in Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA; actor (Acapulco, Kojak).
- 1924 - Death of G.F.C. Smillie in Washington, D.C., USA; bank note engraver.
- 1926 - Birth of Paul Burke in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; actor (Neal - Dynasty, The Thomas Crown Affair).
- 1935 - Birth of Ann Wedgeworth in Abilene, Texas, USA; actress (Tiger's Tale, Men's Club, Bogie).
- 1938 - Birth of Wolfman Jack AKA Robert Weston Smith in Brooklyn, New York, USA; disk jockey (XERF, XERB in Mexico), announcer (The Midnight Special TV show) (dies 1995).
- 1939 - Birth of Mary Ellen McAnally in Illinois, USA; poet (Dance of the Zygotes).
- 1940 - Birth of Jack Nicklaus in Columbus, Ohio, USA; golfer (Player of Year 1967, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976).
- 1941 - Birth of Richie Havens in Brooklyn, New York, USA; folk singer ("Here Comes the Sun").
- 1942 - Birth of Mac Davis in Lubbock, Texas, USA; singer/actor (Mac Davis Show, North Dallas 40).
- 1947 - Birth of Jill Eikenberry in New Haven, Connecticut, USA; actress (Ann Kelsey - L.A. Law, Manhattan Project).
- 1947 - Birth of Jimmy Ibbotson in Pennsylvania, USA; country singer, guitarist (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band).
- 1950 - Birth of Joseph R Tanner in Danville, Illinois, USA; astronaut (STS 66, 82, sk 97).
- 1955 - Birth of Peter Fleming in New Jersey, USA; tennis player (US Open Doubles 1979, 1981, 1983).
- 1955 - Birth of Robby Benson in Dallas, Texas, USA; actor (One on One, Running Brave, The Chosen, Ice Castles, Beauty and the Beast).
- 1956 - Birth of Bob Brill in New York City, New York, USA; drummer (Berlin - "Take My Breath Away").
- 1957 - Birth of Geena (Virginia) Davis in Wareham, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Beetlejuice, The Fly).
- 1958 - Birth of Miguel Alejandro in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Popi).
- 1961 - Birth of Gabrielle Carteris in Phoenix, Arizona, USA; actress (Andrea - Beverly Hills 90210).
- 1961 - Birth of Sherry Ramsay in Staunton, Virginia, USA; actress (Trish Mason - As the World Turns).
- 1963 - Birth of Cindy Schreyer in Forest Park, Georgia, USA; LPGA golfer (1993 Sun-Times Challenge).
- 1968 - Birth of Charlotte Ross in Chicago, Illinois; actress (Eve - Days of Our Lives).
- 1968 - Birth of Tom Urbani in Santa Cruz, California, USA; pitcher (Saint Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers).
- 1969 - Birth of Rusty Greer in Fort Rucker, Alabama, USA; outfielder (Texas Rangers).
- 1971 - Birth of Doug Weight in Warren, Michigan, USA; NHL center (Edmonton Oilers, Team USA 98).
- 1971 - Birth of Tommy Puett in Gary, Indiana, USA; actor (Tyler - Life Goes On, America's Top 10).
- 1972 - Birth of Alan Benes in Evansville, Indiana, USA; pitcher (Saint Louis Cardinals).
- 1979 - Birth of Kelly Gaudet; Miss Florida Teen-USA (1996).
- 1980 - Birth of Aubrie Rippner in Los Angeles, California; tennis star (1995 USTA National Girls 18).
Deaths on January 21
- 1971 - Richard B Russell, American politician (Senator-Democrat-Georgia), dies at age 73.
- 1974 - Lewis L Strauss, head US Atomic Energy Commission (1953-58), dies at age 78.
- 1991 - Richard Bolling, American politician (Representative-Democrat-Missouri)/US civil-rights leader, dies at age 74.
- 1997 - Death of Colonel Tom Parker at age 87 after a stroke; celebity manager (Elvis Presley, Minnie Pearl, Eddy Arnold, Hank Snow, Tom Mix).
- 1998 - Death of Jack Lord, American actor (Hawaii Five-O) (born 1920).
- 2005 - Death of Don Poier, U.S. play-by-play man for the Memphis Grizzlies (born 1951).
- 2022 - Death of Louie Anderson at age 68 of complications from non-Hodgkins lymphopma in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; comedian, actor (Christine - Baskets TV show, Emmy award, Coming to America movie), host (Family Fued TV show (1999-2002)), voice actor (Life with Louie TV show (1994-1998)), writer (Dear Dad: Letters from an Adult Child).
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