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January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 344 days remain until the end of the year (345 in leap years). Events. Pre-1600. 763 ...
January 21: Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States (2019) The First Dáil Éireann 763 – The Abbasid Caliphate crushed the Alid revolt when one of the rebel leaders was mortally wounded in battle near Basra , in what is now Iraq.
January 10 – Leonard Boswell, American politician (d. 2018) January 16 – Marilyn Horne, American mezzo-soprano [6] January 17 – Cedar Walton, American jazz pianist (d. 2013) January 19 – Phil Rollins, American basketball player; January 20 – Dave Hull, American radio personality (d. 2020) January 21 – Ann Wedgeworth, American ...
January 21 – The first DeLorean automobile, a stainless steel sports car with gull-wing doors, rolls off the production line in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland. January 24 – An earthquake of M s 6.8 magnitude in Sichuan, China, kills 150 people. Japan suffers a less serious earthquake on the same day. [8]
1941 – World War II: Sparked by the murder of a German officer the previous day, members of the Iron Guard began a rebellion and pogrom in Bucharest, Romania. page numbers needed 1948 – The Flag of Quebec , featuring a white cross and four fleurs-de-lis on a blue field, was adopted and flown for the first time over the Quebec Parliament ...
These Women's History Month fun facts will teach you about the many contributions of women throughout history. ... 21 minutes, and 40 seconds, becoming the first woman to run a marathon at just 23 ...
It simultaneously celebrates the shortest day of the year, midwinter, the return of the Sun, and a festival of rebirth. This year, it occurs from December 21, 2022, to January 1, 2023.
January – The American Federation of Labor's National Committee for Modification of the Volstead Act is formed to work for the repeal of Prohibition in the United States. January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics.