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What happend on 21. January in History
In our data base we found 324 events happened on 21. January:
• 304: Saint Agnes (martyred) (b. 291) [category: Deaths]
• 496: Epiphanius, Bishop of Pavia (b. 438) [category: Deaths]
• 763: The Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa ends in a decisive Abbasid victory. [category: Events]
• 917: Erchanger, Duke of Swabia (b. c. 880) [category: Deaths]
• 1118: Pope Paschal II [category: Deaths]
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• 1338: King Charles V of France (d. 1380) [category: Births]
• 1519: Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (b. 1475) [category: Deaths]
• 1525: The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union. [category: Events]
• 1527: Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (b. c. 1489) [category: Deaths]
• 1546: Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491) [category: Deaths]
• 1609: Joseph Justus Scaliger, French Protestant scholar (b. 1540) [category: Deaths]
• 1610: Elizabeth Fones, English-born colonial American pioneer (d. 1673) [category: Births]
• 1638: Ignazio Donati, Italian composer (b. c. 1570) [category: Deaths]
• 1643: Abel Tasman becomes the first European to reach Tonga. [category: Events]
• 1683: Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, British politician (b. 1621) [category: Deaths]
• 1699: Obadiah Walker, English writer (b. 1616) [category: Deaths]
• 1706: Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (b. 1649) [category: Deaths]
• 1710: Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic (b. 1638) [category: Deaths]
• 1720: Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm. [category: Events]
• 1721: James Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794) [category: Births]
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• 1722: Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English supporter of William III of England (b. 1661) [category: Deaths]
• 1731: Ignjat Đurđević, baroque poet and translator from the Republic of Ragusa (b. 1675) [category: Deaths]
• 1731: Thomas Woolston, English theologian (b. 1669) [category: Deaths]
• 1735: Johann Gottfried Eckard, German pianist and composer (d. 1809) [category: Births]
• 1749: The Verona Philharmonic Theatre is destroyed by fire. It is rebuilt in 1754. [category: Events]
• 1766: James Quin, English actor (b. 1693) [category: Deaths]
• 1773: Alexis Piron, French writer (b. 1689) [category: Deaths]
• 1774: Mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1717) [category: Deaths]
• 1775: Yemelyan Pugachev, Russian rebel [category: Deaths]
• 1789: The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston, Massachusetts. [category: Events]
• 1793: King Louis XVI of France (executed) (b. 1754) [category: Deaths]
• 1793: After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine. [category: Events]
• 1795: Samuel Wallis, English navigator (b. 1728) [category: Deaths]
• 1804: Eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (d. 1887) [category: Births]
• 1809: Josiah Hornblower, American statesman (b. 1729) [category: Deaths]
• 1813: John C. Frémont, American army officer, explorer and presidential candidate (d. 1890) [category: Births]
• 1814: Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French writer and botanist (b. 1737) [category: Deaths]
• 1815: John Bingham, American politician and lawyer (d. 1900) [category: Births]
• 1823: Cayetano José Rodríguez, Argentine cleric, journalist and poet (b. 1761) [category: Deaths]
• 1824: Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, American, Confederate army general (d. 1863) [category: Births]
• 1825: Imre Madách, Hungarian writer (d. 1864) [category: Births]
• 1827: Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician (d. 1900) [category: Births]
• 1829: King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (d. 1907) [category: Births]
• 1831: Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet (b. 1781) [category: Deaths]
• 1836: Ferenc Novák Hungarian Slovene writer (b. 1791) [category: Deaths]
• 1840: Jules Dumont d'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica. [category: Events]
• 1846: Pieter Hendrik Schoute, Dutch mathematician (d. 1923) [category: Births]
• 1848: Henri Duparc, French composer (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1851: Albert Lortzing, German composer (b. 1801) [category: Deaths]
• 1860: Karl Staaff, Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1915) [category: Births]
• 1861: American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate. [category: Events]
• 1862: Božena Němcová, Czech writer (b. 1820) [category: Deaths]
• 1864: Paul Troje, German politician (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1864: The Tauranga Campaign begins during the Maori Wars. [category: Events]
• 1867: Ludwig Thoma, German writer (d. 1921) [category: Births]
• 1867: Maxime Weygand, French general (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1870: Alexander Herzen, Russian writer (b. 1812) [category: Deaths]
• 1872: Franz Grillparzer, Austrian writer (b. 1791) [category: Deaths]
• 1878: Vahan Tekeyan, Armenian poet and public activist (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1879: Joseph Roffo, French rugby player (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1881: Arch McCarthy, American baseball player (d. unknown) [category: Births]
• 1881: Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802) [category: Deaths]
• 1882: Francis Gailey, Australian born American freestyle swimmer (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1882: Pavel Florensky (O.S. January 9), Russian Orthodox theologian and mathematician (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1883: Amang Rodriguez, Filipino politician (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1883: Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1884: Roger Baldwin, American social activist (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1885: Umberto Nobile, Italian aeronautical engineer (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1887: Georges Vézina, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1926) [category: Births]
• 1887: Maude Farris-Luse, American supercentenarian who was the oldest living person at the age of 115. (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1887: 465 millimetres (18.3 in) of rain falls in Brisbane, a record for any Australian capital city. [category: Events]
• 1891: Calixa Lavallée, Canadian composer (b. 1842) [category: Deaths]
• 1893: The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana. [category: Events]
• 1895: Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish couturier (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1897: René Iché, French sculptor (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1898: Avery Claflin, American composer (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1899: Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian born American composer (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1899: Opel manufactures its first automobile. [category: Events]
• 1901: Ricardo Zamora, Spanish footballer (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1901: Elisha Gray, American inventor (b. 1835) [category: Deaths]
• 1904: Puck van Heel, Dutch footballer (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1905: Christian Dior, French fashion designer (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1905: Karl Wallenda, German acrobat (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1906: Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1908: New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor. [category: Events]
• 1909: Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1910: Albert Rosellini, American politician and 15th Governor of Washington (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1910: Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai composer and bandleader (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1911: The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place. [category: Events]
• 1912: Konrad Emil Bloch, German-born biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1914: Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian artist (b. 1857) [category: Deaths]
• 1915: Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit, Michigan. [category: Events]
• 1918: Chichay, Filipino actress (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1918: Richard D. Winters, American war hero (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1919: Eric "Winkle" Brown, Scottish test pilot [category: Births]
• 1919: Gojong of Joseon, Emperor of Korea (b. 1852) [category: Deaths]
• 1919: Meeting of the First Dáil Éireann in the Mansion House Dublin. Sinn Féin adopts Ireland's first constitution. The first engagement of Irish War of Independence, Sologhead Beg, County Tipperary. [category: Events]
• 1921: Howard Unruh, American murderer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1921: Lincoln Alexander, Canadian politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1922: Paul Scofield, English actor (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1922: Telly Savalas, American actor (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1923: Lola Flores, Spanish singer (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1924: Benny Hill, English actor, comedian, and singer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1924: Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: Eva Ibbotson, Austrian-born British author [category: Births]
• 1925: Albania declares itself a republic. [category: Events]
• 1926: Brian Brockless, English organist (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1926: Steve Reeves, American actor (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1926: Camillo Golgi, Italian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1843) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: Clive Churchill, Australian rugby league footballer (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1928: Gene Sharp, American political theorist and pacifist [category: Births]
• 1928: George Goethals, American army engineer (b. 1858) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Felix Blumenfeld, Russian composer (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. [category: Events]
• 1932: John Chaney, American basketball coach [category: Births]
• 1932: Giles Lytton Strachey, British writer (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: Joseph W. Eschbach, American doctor (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1933: George A. Moore, Irish novelist (b. 1852) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: Audrey Dalton, Irish actress [category: Births]
• 1935: Ann Wedgeworth, American actress [category: Births]
• 1936: Koji Hashimoto, Japanese film director (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1937: Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria [category: Births]
• 1937: Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: John Savident, British actor [category: Births]
• 1938: Wolfman Jack, American disk jockey and actor (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1938: Georges Méliès, French filmmaker and innovator (b. 1861) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Jack Nicklaus, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1940: John Duha, American gymnast (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Ivan Putski, Polish-born American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1941: Mike Medavoy, American film producer [category: Births]
• 1941: Plácido Domingo, Spanish tenor [category: Births]
• 1941: Richie Havens, American musician [category: Births]
• 1941: Stathis Giallelis, Greek actor [category: Births]
• 1941: Sparked by the murder of a German officer in Bucharest, Romania, the day before, members of the Iron Guard engaged in a rebellion and pogrom killing 125 Jews. [category: Events]
• 1942: Edwin Starr, American singer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1942: Mac Davis, American musician [category: Births]
• 1943: Dimitris Poulikakos, Greek actor, songwriter and singer [category: Births]
• 1945: Martin Shaw, British actor [category: Births]
• 1946: Johnny Oates, American baseball player and manager (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1947: Jill Eikenberry, American actress [category: Births]
• 1947: Michel Jonasz, French singer and composer [category: Births]
• 1947: Pye Hastings, English singer and musician (Caravan) [category: Births]
• 1948: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec. The day is marked annually as Quebec Flag Day. [category: Events]
• 1950: Agnes van Ardenne, Dutch politician and diplomat. [category: Births]
• 1950: Billy Ocean, West Indian musician [category: Births]
• 1950: Gary Locke, American politician, 21st Governor of Washington, 36th United States Secretary of Commerce, and United States Ambassador to China [category: Births]
• 1950: George Orwell, British writer (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury. [category: Events]
• 1951: Eric Holder, American jurist, and 82nd United States Attorney General [category: Births]
• 1952: Cyril and Libbye Hellier, identical-twin sopranos [category: Births]
• 1952: Louis Menand, American writer and critic [category: Births]
• 1952: Marco Camenisch, Swiss environmental activist [category: Births]
• 1953: Glenn Kaiser, Blues-rock, Heavy metal, Rock, R&B (Resurrection Band) [category: Births]
• 1953: Paul Allen, American entrepreneur, co-founder of Microsoft [category: Births]
• 1954: Idrissa Ouedraogo, Burkinabé filmmaker [category: Births]
• 1954: Phil Thompson, English footballer and coach [category: Births]
• 1954: The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States. [category: Events]
• 1955: Jeff Koons, American artist [category: Births]
• 1955: Archie Hahn, American athlete (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Geena Davis, American actress [category: Births]
• 1956: Robby Benson, American actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Greg Ryan, American soccer coach [category: Births]
• 1958: Frank Ticheli, American composer [category: Births]
• 1958: Michael Wincott, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1958: The last Fokker C.X in military service, the Finnish Air Force FK-111 target tower, crashes, killing the pilot and winch-operator. [category: Events]
• 1959: Alex McLeish, Scottish footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1959: Carl Switzer, American actor (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Cecil B. DeMille, American director (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Toxey Haas, American entrepreneur, founder of Haas Outdoors, Inc. [category: Births]
• 1960: Avianca Flight 671 crashes and burns upon landing at Montego Bay, Jamaica, killing 37. It is the worst air disaster in Jamaica's history and the first for Avianca. [category: Events]
• 1960: Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board. [category: Events]
• 1961: Blaise Cendrars, Swiss writer (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Marie Trintignant, French actress (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1962: Tyler Cowen, American economist [category: Births]
• 1963: Detlef Schrempf, German basketball player [category: Births]
• 1963: Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian-born American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1965: Jam Master Jay, American disc jockey (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1965: Gwynne Evans, American freestyle swimmer and water polo player (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Robert Del Naja, English musician (Massive Attack) [category: Births]
• 1967: Artashes Minasian, Armenian chess Grandmaster [category: Births]
• 1967: Ann Sheridan, American actress (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Charlotte Ross, American actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Sundar C., Film Director and Actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Ulrica Messing, Swedish politician [category: Births]
• 1968: Will Lang Jr., American magazine executive (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: A B-52 bomber crashes near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete. [category: Events]
• 1968: Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins. [category: Events]
• 1969: Eduard Hämäläinen, Finnish-Belarusian decathlete [category: Births]
• 1969: Karina Lombard, American actress [category: Births]
• 1969: M. K. Hobson, American speculative fiction and fantasy writer [category: Births]
• 1969: Tsubaki Nekoi, Japanese manga artist [category: Births]
• 1970: Ken Leung, American actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Mark Trojanowski, American musician (Sister Hazel) [category: Births]
• 1971: Alan McManus, Scottish snooker player [category: Births]
• 1971: Doug Weight, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1971: Sergey Klevchenya, Russian speed skating World Champion [category: Births]
• 1971: Tweet, American singer [category: Births]
• 1971: The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts. [category: Events]
• 1972: Alan Benes, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Cat Power (Chan Marshall), American musician [category: Births]
• 1972: Rick Falkvinge, Swedish politician [category: Births]
• 1972: Yasunori Mitsuda, Japanese composer [category: Births]
• 1974: Alex Sperafico, Brazilian racing driver [category: Births]
• 1974: Rove McManus, Australian television host and comedian [category: Births]
• 1975: Ito, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Nicky Butt, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Thomas Castaignede, French rugby player [category: Births]
• 1975: Willem Korsten, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Yuji Ide, Japanese racing driver [category: Births]
• 1976: Emma Bunton, English singer (Spice Girls) [category: Births]
• 1976: Patrick de Lange, Dutch baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes. [category: Events]
• 1977: Al Baxter, Australian rugby union footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Jerry Trainor, American comedic actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Matt Perry, English rugby player [category: Births]
• 1977: Phil Neville, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Sandro Penna, Italian poet (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: President Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all American Vietnam War draft evaders, some of whom had emigrated to Canada. [category: Events]
• 1978: Andrei Zyuzin, Russian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1978: Bryan Gilmore, National Football League player [category: Births]
• 1978: Faris al-Sultan, German-Iraqi triathlete [category: Births]
• 1978: Phil Stacey, American singer [category: Births]
• 1978: Tamir "Nokio" Ruffin, American singer (Dru Hill) [category: Births]
• 1978: Freda Utley, British scholar and author. (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Brian O'Driscoll, Irish rugby union footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Byung-Hyun Kim, Korean baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Spider Loc, American rapper (G-Unit) [category: Births]
• 1980: Brie Rippner, American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1980: Dave Kitson, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Mari Possa, Salvadorian-American pornographic actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Nana Mizuki, Japanese voice actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1980: Santhanam (actor), Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Andy Lee, Korean singer (Shinhwa) [category: Births]
• 1981: Dany Heatley, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1981: Gillian Chung, Hong Kong singer and actress (Twins) [category: Births]
• 1981: Ivan Ergić, Serbian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Izabella Miko, Polish actress and model [category: Births]
• 1981: Jamie Dalrymple, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1981: Michel Teló, Brazilian sertanejo singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1981: Production of the iconic DeLorean DMC-12 sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland. [category: Events]
• 1982: Dean Whitehead, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Go Shiozaki, Japanese professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1982: Nicolas Mahut, French tennis player [category: Births]
• 1982: Simon Rolfes, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Alex Acker, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Maryse Ouellet, Canadian model and professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1983: Moritz Volz, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Niels de Ruiter, Dutch dart player [category: Births]
• 1983: Peter Philipakos, American/Greek soccer player [category: Births]
• 1984: Raymond Gutierrez, Filipino actor and television host [category: Births]
• 1984: Richard Gutierrez, Filipino actor and television host [category: Births]
• 1984: Robert Ray, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Giannis Skaribas, Greek writer, dramatist, and poet (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Jackie Wilson, American musician (Billy Ward and His Dominoes) (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Adrian Lewis, English darts player [category: Births]
• 1985: Matt Unicomb, Australian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Salvatore Giunta, Medal of Honor recipient [category: Births]
• 1985: Sasha Pivovarova, Russian model [category: Births]
• 1985: Álex Pérez, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Eddie Graham, American professional wrestler and promoter (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: James Beard, American chef and author (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: The inauguration of President Ronald Reagan to a second term, already postponed a day because January 20 fell on a Sunday, becomes the second inauguration in history moved indoors because of freezing temperatures and high winds. The parade is cancelled altogether. [category: Events]
• 1986: Jonathan Quick, American hockey player [category: Births]
• 1986: Peyton Hillis, American football player [category: Births]
• 1986: Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1987: Darren Helm, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1987: Henrico Drost, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Charles Goodell, American politician (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Ashton Eaton, American decathlete [category: Births]
• 1988: Vanessa Hessler, Italian model [category: Births]
• 1988: William C. Woxlin, Swedish composer [category: Births]
• 1989: Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Armenian footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Billy Tipton, American musician (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Carl Furillo, American baseball player (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Jacob Smith, American actor [category: Births]
• 1993: John Cofie, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1993: Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: BooBoo Stewart, American actor and singer (T-Squad) [category: Births]
• 1994: Laura Robson, British tennis player [category: Births]
• 1994: Bassel al-Assad, son of Syrian President Hafez al-Assad (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: René Marc Jalbert, sergeant-at-Arms at the National Assembly of Quebec (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Jeremy Shada, American actor [category: Births]
• 1997: Colonel Tom Parker, American manager of Elvis Presley (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Newt Gingrich becomes the first leader of the United States House of Representatives to be internally disciplined for ethical misconduct. [category: Events]
• 1998: Jack Lord, American actor (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Charles Brown, American blues singer and pianist (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Susan Strasberg, American actress (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms (9,500 lb) of cocaine on board. [category: Events]
• 2000: Ecuador: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. Lucio Gutierrez, Carlos Solorzano and Antonio Vargas depose President Jamil Mahuad. Gutierrez is later replaced by Gen. [category: Events]
• 2001: Jackson Brundage, American actor [category: Births]
• 2001: Byron De La Beckwith, American white supremacist (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Peggy Lee, American singer (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Paul Haines, American-born Canadian poet (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: A 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes the Mexican state of Colima, killing 29 and leaving approximately 10,000 people homeless. [category: Events]
• 2004: Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway [category: Births]
• 2004: Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian writer (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6. [category: Events]
• 2005: John L. Hess, American journalist (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Theun de Vries, Dutch writer (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots. [category: Events]
• 2006: Bedanand Jha, Nepalese politician [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Ibrahim Rugova, President of Kosovo (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Maria Cioncan, Romanian athlete (b. 1977) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: U;Nee, Korean pop artist (b. 1981) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Kenneth Parnell, American convicted sex offender (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Marie Smith Jones, last native speaker of the Eyak language (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Pam Barrett, Canadian politician (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 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 11 September 2001, and Asian stocks drop as much as 14%. [category: Events]
• 2009: Veatrice Rice, American television personality (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Paul Quarrington, Canadian novelist, playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker, musician and educator (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Dennis Oppenheim, American conceptual artist (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: E. V. V. Satyanarayana, Indian film director and producer (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: 2011 Albanian opposition demonstrations [category: Events]
• _: Agnes [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Errol Barrow Day (Barbados) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Flag Day (Quebec) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Fructuosus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: January 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Lady of Altagracia Day (Dominican Republic) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Meinrad of Einsiedeln [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Hug Day (United States) [category: Holidays and observances]