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21 January, 2007
Awashima Marine Park in Japan catches a video tape of the rare frilled shark
21 January, 2005
In Belizes capital city, the unrest over the governments new taxes erupts into riots.
21 January, 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 January, 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 January, 2002
Canadian Dollar sets all-time low against the US Dollar (US$0.6179).
21 January, 1999
War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 9,500 pounds (4,300 kg) of cocaine on board.
21 January, 1997
Newt Gingrich becomes the first leader of the United States House of Representatives to be internally disciplined for ethical misconduct.
21 January, 1985
Because January 20 had fallen on a Sunday, Ronald Reagans public inaugural ceremony (for his second term as President) was moved to Monday, January 21. Due to bad weather, the ceremony was held indoors in the United States Capital Rotunda.[1]
21 January, 1977
President Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all American Vietnam War draft evaders, some of whom had emigrated to Canada.
21 January, 1976
Commercial service of Concorde begins with London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.
21 January, 1972
Tripura becomes a full- fledged state in India.
21 January, 1969
An experimental underground nuclear reactor at Lucens Vad, Switzerland, released radiation into a cavern, which was then sealed.
21 January, 1968
Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh - One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
21 January, 1958
The last Fokker C.X in military service, the Finnish Air Force FK-111 target tower, crashed, killing the pilot and winch-operator.
21 January, 1954
The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, then the First Lady of the United States.
21 January, 1950
Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
21 January, 1941
World War II: Australian and British forces attack Tobruk, Libya.
21 January, 1925
Albania declares itself a republic.
21 January, 1924
Vladimir Lenin dies and Joseph Stalin begins to purge his rivals to clear way for his leadership.
21 January, 1921
The Italian Communist Party is founded at Livorno.
21 January, 1919
Meeting of the First Dáil Éireann in the Mansion House Dublin, Sinn Féin adopts Irelands first constitution. The first engagement of Irish War of Independence, Sologhead Beg, County Tipperary.
21 January, 1915
Kiwanis International founded in Detroit, Michigan.
21 January, 1911
The first Monte Carlo Rally.
21 January, 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.
21 January, 1907
The Kenora Thistles win the Stanley Cup, representing the smallest town (Kenora, Ontario) ever to win ice hockeys ultimate prize, or any major North American sports title.
21 January, 1899
Opel manufactured its first automobile .
21 January, 1893
The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, was formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate (modern Botswana).
21 January, 1887
Brisbane receives a daily rainfall of 465 millimetres (18.3 inches), a record for any Australian capital city.
21 January, 1864
The Tauranga Campaign starts during the Maori Wars.
21 January, 1861
American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
21 January, 1793
After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, Louis XVI of France is guillotined.
21 January, 1789
The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston, Massachusetts.
21 January, 1749
The Verona Philharmonic Theatre burned (rebuilt 1754).
21 January, 1720
Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.
21 January, 1643
Abel Tasman was first european reached Tonga.
21 January, 1525
The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is born when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manzs mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.
21 January, 1287
The treaty of San Agayz is signed. Minorca is conquered by King Alfons III of Aragon.
21 January, 1189
Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade.

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