21ST
JANUARY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST AGNES; ST FRUCTUOSUS OF TARRAGON;
ST PATROCLUS OF TROYES; ST ALBAN OR BARTHOLOMEW ROE; ST EPIPHANIUS OF PAVIA; & ST
MEINRAD." |
| 21ST |
1276 |
"PIERRE de TARANTAISE" IS ELECTED "POPE
INOCENCE V." |
| 21ST |
1522 |
HEAD INQUISITOR, "ADRIAN FLORISZ
BOEYENS" IS ELECTED POPE. |
| 21ST |
1793 |
KING LOUIS XVI OF FRANCE WAS GUILLOTINED IN PLACE de la
REVOLUTION. |
| 21ST |
1801 |
U.S SHIP FOLLENSBE ARRIVED AT
PORT JACKSON WITH A HUGE CARGO OF LIQUOR, WHICH GOVERNOR KING REFUSES TO ALLOW TO BE
LANDED. |
| 21ST |
1805 |
ROBERT CAMPBELLS SHIP ‘LADY BARLOW’ LEAVES
PORT JACKSON WITH THE FIRST CARGO OF AUSTRALIAN ONLY GOODS; SEAL OIL, SEALSKINS, &
TIMBER, SHIPPED DIRECTLY TO THE U.K., DEFYING THE EAST INDIA COMPANY MONOPOLY. |
| 21ST |
1846 |
THE FIRST EDITION OF THE DAILY NEWS,
EDITED BY "CHARLES DICKENS" WAS PUBLISHED. |
| 21ST |
1853 |
ENVELOPE FOLDING MACHINE PATENTED BY "RUSSELL
HAWES." IN WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS. |
| 21ST |
1863 |
THE PUBLIC FUNERAL OF "BURKE"
& "WILLS" IS HELD IN MELBOURNE. |
| 21ST |
1880 |
BUSHRANGER, "CAPTAIN MOONLITE", AND FELLOW GANG
MEMBER "THOMAS ROGAN", ARE HANGED. PHRENOLOGIST, "MR. McGILL" WHO
EXAMINED "MOONLITES" HEAD AFTER THE HANGING, SAID THE SHAPE OF HIS SKULL,
SUGGESTED "MOONLITE WAS DEVOID OF MORAL COURAGE AND A COMPULSIVE LIAR. |
| 21ST |
1903 |
"HARRY HOUDINI" ESCAPES
POLICE STATION HALVEMAANSTEEG IN AMSTERDAM. |
| 21ST |
1908 |
IT IS MADE ILLEGAL FOR WOMEN TO SMOKE IN PUBLIC IN NEW YORK. |
| 21ST |
1911 |
THE FIRST MONTE CARLO CAR RALLY WAS WON
BY FRENCHMAN "HENRI ROUGIER." |
| 21ST |
1915 |
"KWINANIS INTERNATIONAL" IS FOUNDED IN DETROIT. |
| 21ST |
1926 |
5 MINERS ARE KILLED IN AN EXPLOSION AT
THE REDHEAD COLLIERY, NSW. |
| 21ST |
1935 |
THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY IS FORMED. |
| 21ST |
1942 |
THE JAPANESE BOMB BULOLO, LAE, MADANG,
& SALAMAUA. |
| 21ST |
1944 |
AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AGREEMENT (ANZAC) PACT IS SIGNED IN
CANBERRA. |
| 21ST |
1952 |
A REPORT PREDICTS THE LEANING TOWER OF
PISA WILL COLLAPSE IN 2151. |
| 21ST |
1954 |
THE WORLD’S FIRST NUCLEAR SUBMARINE, THE USS ‘NAUTILUS’
WAS LAUNCHED. |
| 21ST |
1961 |
PORTUGESE REBELS SEIZE CRUISE SHIP ‘SANTA
MARIA.’ |
| 21ST |
1966 |
BEATLE, "GEORGE HARRISON" MARRIES MODEL "PATTI
BOYD." |
| 21ST |
1968 |
U.S. ‘B-52’ BOMBER
WITH NUCLEAR BOMB CRASHES IN GREENLAND. |
| 21ST |
1976 |
SIMULTANEOUS TAKE-OFFS FROM PARIS TO RIO DE JANEIRO &
FROM LONDON TO BAHRAIN, MARK CONCORDE’S ENTRY INTO COMMERCIAL AVIATION. |
| 21ST |
1977 |
U.S. PRESIDENT, "JIMMY
CARTER" PARDONS MOST VIETNAM DRAFT DODGERS. |
| 21ST |
1982 |
"BB KING" DONATED HIS COLLECTION OF 20,000 RECORDS
TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI. |
| 21ST |
1986 |
100 PARTICIPATE IN NUDE OLYMPIC RACE IN
3oc, IN INDIANA, U.S.A. |
| 21ST |
1990 |
U.S. TENNIS PLAYER, "JOHN McENROE" IS EXPELLED FROM
THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN FOR THROWING A TANTRUM & SWEARING AT AN OFFICIAL. |
| 21ST |
1991 |
MANY SYDNEY HOMES ARE LEFT WITHOUT
POWER FOR A WEEK, FOLLOWING A VIOLENT STORM. |
| 21ST |
1993 |
NIGERIAN SINGER, "FELA KUTI" IS ARRESTED ON
SUSPICION OF MURDER. |
| 21ST |
1994 |
"LORENA BOBBIT" IS ACQUITTED
BY A JURY IN VIRGINIA, USA OF MALICIOUSLY WOUNDING HER HUSBAND BY SEVERING HIS PENIS, BY
REASON OF TEMPORY INSANITY. |
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