Historical Events In January - 21

1977  President Carter pardoned American Vietnam War-era draft evaders and ordered a case-by-case study of deserters on January - 21.   

1977  On January - 21 president Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders   

1977  On this day in history u.S. Presient Jimmy Carter provides a presidential pardon to most Vietnam War draft dodgers.   

1977  On this day in history john Vincent, composer, dies at 74   

1978  On this day in history bee Gees' "Saturday Night Fever" album goes #1 for 24 weeks   

1979  Neptune becomes outermost planet (Pluto moves closer) on January - 21.   

1979  On this day in history price of gold increases to record $875 troy ounce   

1980  On this day in history canada expels three diplomats from the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa for spying; caught buying secret information from an American citizen in Ottawa.   

1980  On this day in history gold hits record $850 an ounce   

1980  On January - 21 gold reaches intra-day historic high price of $870 in New York.   

1981  On January - 21 bernhard Goetz is assaulted for first time on a New York subway train   

1981  On January - 21 allyn Joslyn, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society), dies at 79   

1983  Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Anthony E Hecht on January - 21.   

1983  On this day in history in Regina Saskatchewan Joanne Wilson found murdered in her garage; ex-wife of politician Colin Thatcher, son of ex-Premier Ross Thatcher, who will be found guilty of first-degree murder   

1983  Reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for US military aid on January - 21.   

1984  US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history jackie Wilson, US singer (I Get the Sweetest Feeling), dies at 49   

1985  -19ºF (-28ºC), Caesar's Head SC (state record) on this day in history.   

1985  On January - 21 -34ºF (-37ºC), Mt Mitchell NC (state record)   

1985  On this day in history bomb attack on Borobudur temple in Java   

1985  Dennis Potvin ties Bobby Orr's career record of 270 NHL goals on January - 21.   

1985  Barbara Cowsill, rocker (Cowsills), dies of emphysema on January - 21.   

1986  100 participate in Nude Olympics race in 38ºF (3ºC), Indiana on January - 21.   

1986  Allison J Brown, 17, of Oklahoma, crowned 4th Miss Teen USA on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history bomb attack in East-Beirut, 27 killed   

1987  On January - 21 archbishop's envoy Terry Waite disappears in Lebanon   

1987  BB King donates his 7,000 record collection to University of Mississippi on January - 21.   

1987  Pieter G Buckinx, Flemish writer (7th Day), dies at 83 on January - 21.   

1988  US accept immigration of 30,000 US-Vietnamese children on January - 21.   

1988  Abraham Sofaer, actor (Naked Jungle, Elephant Walk), dies on January - 21.   

1989  A woman is assaulted & raped in the room of an Oklahoma football player on January - 21.   

1989  On January - 21 in St John's Newfoundland Tory Brian Peckford resigns after 10 years as Newfoundland Premier; replaced by Clyde Wells after election   

1990  Bob Goodenow succeeds Alan Eagleson as NHL players association executive director on January - 21.   

1990  On January - 21 washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry said he would seek help but did not publicly concede he had used illegal drugs. He left the next day for a treatment program in Florida.   

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1337  On January - 21 birth of charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80)   

1338  King Charles V of France (d. 1380) was born on January - 21.   

1571  John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.   

1659  On January - 21 birth of adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect   

1721  James Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794) was born on January - 21.   

1735  Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer was born on January - 21.   

1743  John Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton) was born on this day in history.   

1746  Johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS] was born on January - 21.   

0304  Death of Saint Agnes (martyred) (b. 291) on January - 21.   

0879  On January - 21 boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies   

0917  On January - 21 death of erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880)   

1118  On this day in history paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies   

1519  Death of Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (b. 1475) on this day in history.   

1527  On this day in history death of juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489)   

1546  On January - 21 death of azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491)   

1596  On this day in history john Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66