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January 21, 1998 Pope John Paul II visits Cuba January 21, 1998 News of the Lewinsky/Clinton affair is published, President Clinton vigorously denies all allegations January 21, 1996 53th Golden Globes: Mel Gibson, Nicole Kidman, John Travolta January 21, 1996 Karrie Webb wins LPGA HealthSouth Inaugural Golf Tournament January 21, 1996 U.S. male Figure Skating championship won by Rudy Galindo January 21, 1995 52th Golden Globes: Forrest Gump, Tom Hanks, Jessica Lange January 21, 1994 Dow Jones passes 3900 (record 3,914.20) January 21, 1994 Lorena Bobbitt found temporarily insane of chopping off spouse's penis January 21, 1993 Johan Koss skates world record 5 km in 6:38.77 January 21, 1993 Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested on suspicion of murder January 21, 1991 CBS News correspondant Bob Simon captured by Iraqis in Persian Gulf January 21, 1990 41st NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 12-7 at Pittsburgh January 21, 1990 Bob Goodenow succeeds Alan Eagleson as NHL players assn exec director January 21, 1990 John McEnroe becomes 1st ever expelled from Australian Open January 21, 1990 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Jamaica Golf Classic January 21, 1989 Wayne Gretzky passes Marcel Dionne to become NHL's 2nd all time scorer January 21, 1988 US accept immigration of 30,000 U.S. - Vietnamese children January 21, 1987 BB King donates his 7,000 record collection to the University of Mississippi January 21, 1986 100 participate in Nude Olympics race in 38 degrees F (3 degrees C), Indiana January 21, 1986 Allison J Brown, 17, of Oklahoma, crowned 4th Miss Teen USA January 21, 1986 Bomb attack in East-Beirut, 27 killed January 21, 1985 -19 degrees F (-28 degrees C), Caesar's Head, South Carolina (state record) January 21, 1985 -34 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Mt Mitchell, North Carolina (state record) January 21, 1985 Bomb attack on Borobudur temple in Java January 21, 1985 Dennis Potvin ties Bobby Orr's career record of 270 NHL goals January 21, 1984 U.S. male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton January 21, 1983 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Anthony E Hecht January 21, 1983 Reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for U.S. military aid January 21, 1982 "Little Me" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 36 performances January 21, 1982 New York Islanders begin then NHL record 15 game winning streak January 21, 1981 "Shakespeare's Cabaret" opens at Bijou Theater New York City for 54 performances January 21, 1981 Bernhard Goetz is assault for 1st time on a New York subway train January 21, 1980 Gold hits record $850 an ounce January 21, 1980 Les Henson, Virginia Tech, makes 89' 3" basketball field goal January 21, 1979 Neptune becomes outermost planet (Pluto moves closer) January 21, 1979 Price of gold increases to record $875 troy oz January 21, 1979 Superbowl XIII: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Dallas Cowboys, 35-31 in Miami Superbowl MVP: Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh, QB January 21, 1978 Bee Gees' "Saturday Night Fever" album goes #1 for 24 weeks January 21, 1977 Italy legalizes abortion January 21, 1977 President Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders January 21, 1976 Supersonic Concorde, 1st commercial flights, by Britain and France January 21, 1975 28th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 7-1 at Montreal January 21, 1974 Gold hits record $161.31/silver hits record $3.97 an ounce in London January 21, 1973 3rd NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 33-28 January 21, 1973 Leslie Nielson appears on M*A*S*H in "Ringbanger" January 21, 1972 Assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh terr January 21, 1972 Belgium government of Eyskens-Cools forms January 21, 1972 Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become separate states of Indian union January 21, 1972 Mizoram, formerly part of Assam, creates an Indian union territory January 21, 1971 "Alias Smith and Jones" premieres on ABC TV January 21, 1970 Panama Boeing 747 1st flight NY-London January 21, 1969 22nd NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 3-3 at Montreal January 21, 1968 AFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 25-24 January 21, 1968 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-20 January 21, 1968 U.S. B-52 bomber with nuclear bomb crashes in Greenland January 21, 1967 AFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 30-23 January 21, 1967 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming January 21, 1967 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Gary Visconti January 21, 1966 Beatle George Harrison marries model Patti Boyd January 21, 1965 Persians premier Ali Mansoer injured January 21, 1964 Carl T. Rowan named director of U.S. Information Agency January 21, 1962 John F. Kennedy arrives in Uruguay January 21, 1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational January 21, 1962 Snow falls in San Francisco January 21, 1961 "Conquering Hero" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 8 performances January 21, 1961 KIFI TV channel 8 in Idaho Falls, ID (NBC) begins broadcasting January 21, 1961 Portuguese rebels seize cruise ship Santa Maria January 21, 1960 Little Joe 4 suborbital Mercury test reaches 16 km January 21, 1960 Rock falls traps 437 at Coalbrook South Africa, 417 die of methane poisoning January 21, 1958 KMOT TV channel 10 in Minot, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting January 21, 1958 Phillies agree to televise 78 games into New York City (doesn't happen) January 21, 1957 KSAT TV channel 12 in San Antonio, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting January 21, 1956 "Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)" closes at Golden New York City after 849 performances January 21, 1956 William Shawn succeeds Harold Ross as editor of New Yorker January 21, 1954 1st gas turbine automobile exhibited (New York City) January 21, 1953 John Foster Dulles appointed as Secretary of State January 21, 1952 Nehru's Congress party wins general election in India January 21, 1951 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Tampa Women's Golf Open January 21, 1950 "Lend an Ear" closes at National Theater New York City after 460 performances January 21, 1950 NY jury finds former State Department official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury January 21, 1950 T. 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Eliot's "Cocktail Party," premieres in New York City January 21, 1949 1st inaugural parade televised (Harry Truman) January 21, 1948 W Indies vs. England, Test debut Walcott, Weekes and Jim Laker January 21, 1947 "Sweethearts" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 288 performances January 21, 1947 Arthur Honegger's 4th Symphony premieres in Basel January 21, 1946 "Nellie Bly" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 16 performances January 21, 1945 British troops land on Ramree, near coast of Burma January 21, 1944 447 German bombers attack London January 21, 1944 649 British bombers attack Magdeburg January 21, 1943 Soviet forces reconquer Worosjilowsk January 21, 1943 Soviet forces reconquer Gumrak airport near Stalingrad January 21, 1943 Vice-admiral Cunningham appointed British adm of fleet January 21, 1942 Bronx magistrate rules all pinball machines illegal January 21, 1942 Count Basie records "One O'Clock Jump" January 21, 1942 Japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain January 21, 1942 Tito's partisans occupy Foca January 21, 1941 1st anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria January 21, 1941 1st commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater, Freeport, TX January 21, 1941 Australia and Britain attack Tobruk Libya January 21, 1941 British communist newspaper "Daily Worker" banned January 21, 1940 Foreign correspondents in Netherlands under censorship January 21, 1939 George Kaufman and Moss Hart's "American Way," premieres in New York City January 21, 1939 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer January 21, 1939 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee January 21, 1938 Dutch government starts obligatory unemployment insurance January 21, 1935 12.0" (30.5 cm) of rain falls, Quinault RS, Washington (state record) January 21, 1935 WFI-AM in Philadelphia Penn merges with WLIT as WFIL (now WEAZ) January 21, 1935 Wilderness Society forms January 21, 1932 U.S.S.R. and Finland stop non-attack treaty January 21, 1929 Robert Sherriff's "Journey's End," premieres in London January 21, 1927 1st national opera broadcast from a U.S. opera house (Faust, Chicago) January 21, 1926 Belgian parliament accepts Locarno treaties January 21, 1925 Albanian parliament announces itself a republic; Ahmed Zogoe pres January 21, 1922 1st slalom ski race run, Murren, Switzerland January 21, 1919 Sinn Fein proclaims parliament of Free Ireland January 21, 1915 Kiwanis International founded in Detroit January 21, 1913 Aristide Briand forms French government January 21, 1910 British-Russian military intervention in Persia January 21, 1908 August Strindberg's "Spoksonaten," premieres in Stockholm January 21, 1908 New York City regulation makes it illegal for a woman to smoke in public January 21, 1907 Kenora Thistles sweep Mont Wanderers in 2 for Stanley Cup January 21, 1904 Leos Janacek's opera "Jenufa," premieres in Brno January 21, 1903 "Wizard of Oz," premieres in New York City January 21, 1903 Harry Houdini escapes police station Halvemaansteeg in Amsterdam January 21, 1903 International Theater (Majestic, Park) opens at 5 Columbus Circle New York City January 21, 1901 Clyde Fitch's "Climbers," premieres in New York City January 21, 1894 Oscar Fredriksen skates world record 500m in 47.8 sec January 21, 1890 1st issue of Propria Cures, Amsterdam student-weekly newspaper January 21, 1887 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) forms January 21, 1880 1st U.S. sewage disposal system separate from storm drains, Memphis January 21, 1879 Henrik Ibsen's "Et Dukkehjem," premieres in Copenhagen January 21, 1874 Franz Grillparzer's "Libussa," premieres in Vienna January 21, 1863 City of Dublin leases part of Cattle Market for 100,000 years January 21, 1861 Jefferson Davis of Mississippi and 4 other southern senators resign January 21, 1853 Envelope-folding machine patented by Russell Hawes, Worcester, Mass January 21, 1846 1st edition of Charles Dickens' "Daily News" January 21, 1830 Portsmouth (Ohio) blacks forcibly deported January 21, 1827 Freedom Journal, 1st Black paper, begins publishing January 21, 1824 Ashantees defeat British at Accra, West Africa January 21, 1821 Paramaribo Suriname catches fire, 4 die January 21, 1818 Keats writes his poem "On a Lock of Milton's Hair" January 21, 1813 Pineapple introduced to Hawaii January 21, 1799 Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccination is introduced January 21, 1793 Prussia and Russia sign partition treaty (Poland divided) January 21, 1789 1st American novel, WH Brown's "Power of Sympathy," is published January 21, 1732 Russia and Persia sign Treaty of Riascha January 21, 1677 1st medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), Boston January 21, 1664 Count Miklos of Zrinyi sets out to battle Turkish invasion army January 21, 1604 Tsar Ivan IV defeats False Dmitri, who claims to be the true tsar January 21, 1542 Parliament passes bill of attainder against Queen Katherine Howard January 21, 1522 Head inquisitor Adrian Florisz Boeyens elected pope January 21, 1324 Zen Buddhist religious debate between Tendai and Shingon January 21, 1276 Pierre de Tarantaise elected Pope Innocence V January 21, 1189 Philip II, Henry II and Richard Lion hearted initiate 3rd Crusade January 21, 1077 German King Heinrich IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness |