January 21
1793 - King Louis XVI of France was guillotined for treason.
1861 - Five Southerners resigned from the U.S. Senate, including Jefferson Davis of Mississippi, the future president of the Confederacy.
1910 - The Great Paris Flood began as the rain-swollen Seine River burst its banks, sending water into the French capital.
1915 - The first Kiwanis Club in the United States was founded in Detroit.
1924 - Russian revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Lenin died in Moscow at age 53.
1942 - Pinball machines were banned in New York City after a court ruled they were gambling devices that relied on chance rather than skill (the ban was lifted in 1976).
1950 - George Orwell died in London.
1950 - Former State Department official Alger Hiss, accused of being part of a Communist spy ring, was found guilty in New York of lying to a grand jury. (Hiss, who proclaimed his innocence, served less than four years in prison.)
1954 - The USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, was launched at Groton, Connecticut.
1957 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower is sworn in to his second term in office.
1976 - The supersonic Concorde jet was put into service by Britain and France.
1977 - On his first full day in office, President Jimmy Carter pardoned almost all of the Vietnam War draft evaders.
1985 - President Ronald Reagan is sworn into his second term in office.
1994 - A jury in Manassas, Virginia, acquitted Lorena Bobbitt by reason of temporary insanity of maliciously wounding her husband, John, whom she'd accused of sexually assaulting her.
1997 - Speaker Newt Gingrich was reprimanded and fined as the House voted for first time in history to discipline its leader for ethical misconduct.
1998 - Pope John Paul II began his first visit to Cuba.
2003 - The U.S. Census Bureau reported that Hispanics had surpassed African Americans as the largest minority group in the United States.
2004 - The recording industry sued 532 computer users it said were illegally distributing songs over the Internet.
2009 - The U.S. Senate confirmed former U.S. senator and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state.
2010 - In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that the government cannot restrict the spending of corporations for political campaigns, maintaining that it is their First Amendment right to supports candidates as they choose. The decision upset two previous precedents on the free-speech rights of corporations.
2010 - Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards finally admitted fathering a child during an affair before his second White House bid.
2013 - President Barack Obama is sworn into his second term in office.
2017 - A day after Donald Trump’s inauguration, more than 1 million people rallied at women’s marches in the nation’s capital and cities around the world to send the new president an emphatic message that they wouldn’t let his agenda go unchallenged.
2020 - The U.S. reported its first known case of the new virus circulating in China, saying a Washington state resident who had returned the previous week from the outbreak’s epicenter was hospitalized near Seattle; U.S. officials stressed that they believed the overall risk of the virus to the American public remained low.
2021 - On his first full day in office, President Joe Biden signed 10 executive orders aimed at combating the coronavirus pandemic, including one broadening the use of the Defense Production Act to expand vaccine production; he also signed an order mandating masks for travel, including in airports and on planes, ships, trains, buses and public transportation. The Biden administration also said it would resume funding for the World Health Organization, which had been halted by the Trump administration.
Birthdays
28 - Marny Kennedy (actress)
30 - Feliz Ramirez (actor)
32 - Kelly Rohrbach (model)
38 - Luke Grimes (actor)
39 - Maryse Ouellet (professional wrestler)
41 - Izabella Miko (actress)
43 - Nokio (singer)
44 - Phil Stacey (singer)
45 - Jerry Trainor (actor)
46 - Emma Bunton (singer)
48 - Vincent Laresca (actor)
52 - Ken Leung (actor)
53 - Karina Lombard (actress)
53 - John Ducey (actor)
54 - Charlotte Ross (actress)
59 - Hakeem Olajuwon (basketball player)
66 - Geena Davis (actress)
72 - Billy Ocean (singer)
75 - Jill Eikenberry (actress)
81 - Placido Domingo (singer)
82 - Jack Nicklaus (golfer)
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Today in Sports History - January 21
1979 - The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Dallas Cowboys 35-31 in Miami to win Super Bowl XIII; the Steelers became the first franchise to win three Super Bowl championships.
1986 - Former major-league player, Randy Bass, became the highest-paid baseball player in Japanese history. Bass signed a three-year contract for $3.25 million. He played for the Hanshin Tigers.
1990 - John McEnroe was disqualified and expelled for throwing a tantrum and using abusive language at an official while leading Mikael Pernfors in the Australian Open. He was the first person to be thrown out of a Grand Slam in 27 years. He was fined $6,500 and kicked out of the tournament.
1994 - The Dallas Mavericks lose an NBA record 19th consecutive home game.
1995 - John Stockton of the Utah Jazz became the NBA's all-time career assist leader when he got his 9,922nd.
1997 - Don Mattingly announced his retirement from baseball.
2010 - Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers became the 15th player (and youngest) in NBA history to reach the 25,000 career point milestone.
2019 - Klay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors sets an NBA record by making his first 10 attempts from 3-point range in a 130-111 win over the Los Angeles Lakers; Thompson scored 44 points in the contest.
1793 - King Louis XVI of France was guillotined for treason.
1861 - Five Southerners resigned from the U.S. Senate, including Jefferson Davis of Mississippi, the future president of the Confederacy.
1910 - The Great Paris Flood began as the rain-swollen Seine River burst its banks, sending water into the French capital.
1915 - The first Kiwanis Club in the United States was founded in Detroit.
1924 - Russian revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Lenin died in Moscow at age 53.
1942 - Pinball machines were banned in New York City after a court ruled they were gambling devices that relied on chance rather than skill (the ban was lifted in 1976).
1950 - George Orwell died in London.
1950 - Former State Department official Alger Hiss, accused of being part of a Communist spy ring, was found guilty in New York of lying to a grand jury. (Hiss, who proclaimed his innocence, served less than four years in prison.)
1954 - The USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, was launched at Groton, Connecticut.
1957 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower is sworn in to his second term in office.
1976 - The supersonic Concorde jet was put into service by Britain and France.
1977 - On his first full day in office, President Jimmy Carter pardoned almost all of the Vietnam War draft evaders.
1985 - President Ronald Reagan is sworn into his second term in office.
1994 - A jury in Manassas, Virginia, acquitted Lorena Bobbitt by reason of temporary insanity of maliciously wounding her husband, John, whom she'd accused of sexually assaulting her.
1997 - Speaker Newt Gingrich was reprimanded and fined as the House voted for first time in history to discipline its leader for ethical misconduct.
1998 - Pope John Paul II began his first visit to Cuba.
2003 - The U.S. Census Bureau reported that Hispanics had surpassed African Americans as the largest minority group in the United States.
2004 - The recording industry sued 532 computer users it said were illegally distributing songs over the Internet.
2009 - The U.S. Senate confirmed former U.S. senator and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state.
2010 - In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that the government cannot restrict the spending of corporations for political campaigns, maintaining that it is their First Amendment right to supports candidates as they choose. The decision upset two previous precedents on the free-speech rights of corporations.
2010 - Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards finally admitted fathering a child during an affair before his second White House bid.
2013 - President Barack Obama is sworn into his second term in office.
2017 - A day after Donald Trump’s inauguration, more than 1 million people rallied at women’s marches in the nation’s capital and cities around the world to send the new president an emphatic message that they wouldn’t let his agenda go unchallenged.
2020 - The U.S. reported its first known case of the new virus circulating in China, saying a Washington state resident who had returned the previous week from the outbreak’s epicenter was hospitalized near Seattle; U.S. officials stressed that they believed the overall risk of the virus to the American public remained low.
2021 - On his first full day in office, President Joe Biden signed 10 executive orders aimed at combating the coronavirus pandemic, including one broadening the use of the Defense Production Act to expand vaccine production; he also signed an order mandating masks for travel, including in airports and on planes, ships, trains, buses and public transportation. The Biden administration also said it would resume funding for the World Health Organization, which had been halted by the Trump administration.
Birthdays
28 - Marny Kennedy (actress)
30 - Feliz Ramirez (actor)
32 - Kelly Rohrbach (model)
38 - Luke Grimes (actor)
39 - Maryse Ouellet (professional wrestler)
41 - Izabella Miko (actress)
43 - Nokio (singer)
44 - Phil Stacey (singer)
45 - Jerry Trainor (actor)
46 - Emma Bunton (singer)
48 - Vincent Laresca (actor)
52 - Ken Leung (actor)
53 - Karina Lombard (actress)
53 - John Ducey (actor)
54 - Charlotte Ross (actress)
59 - Hakeem Olajuwon (basketball player)
66 - Geena Davis (actress)
72 - Billy Ocean (singer)
75 - Jill Eikenberry (actress)
81 - Placido Domingo (singer)
82 - Jack Nicklaus (golfer)
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Today in Sports History - January 21
1979 - The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Dallas Cowboys 35-31 in Miami to win Super Bowl XIII; the Steelers became the first franchise to win three Super Bowl championships.
1986 - Former major-league player, Randy Bass, became the highest-paid baseball player in Japanese history. Bass signed a three-year contract for $3.25 million. He played for the Hanshin Tigers.
1990 - John McEnroe was disqualified and expelled for throwing a tantrum and using abusive language at an official while leading Mikael Pernfors in the Australian Open. He was the first person to be thrown out of a Grand Slam in 27 years. He was fined $6,500 and kicked out of the tournament.
1994 - The Dallas Mavericks lose an NBA record 19th consecutive home game.
1995 - John Stockton of the Utah Jazz became the NBA's all-time career assist leader when he got his 9,922nd.
1997 - Don Mattingly announced his retirement from baseball.
2010 - Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers became the 15th player (and youngest) in NBA history to reach the 25,000 career point milestone.
2019 - Klay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors sets an NBA record by making his first 10 attempts from 3-point range in a 130-111 win over the Los Angeles Lakers; Thompson scored 44 points in the contest.
