Hisdates•ComPage 9: Historical Events In January - 21
Wednesday, 22 January 2025
1977 President Carter pardoned American Vietnam War-era draft evaders and ordered a case-by-case study of deserters on this day in history. 
1977 President Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders on this day in history.
1977 U.S. Presient Jimmy Carter provides a presidential pardon to most Vietnam War draft dodgers on this day in history.
1977 On this day in history john Vincent, composer, dies at 74
1978 Bee Gees' "Saturday Night Fever" album goes #1 for 24 weeks on January - 21.
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 Canada expels three diplomats from the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa for spying; caught buying secret information from an American citizen in Ottawa on January - 21.
1980 Gold hits record $850 an ounce on this day in history.
1980 On January - 21 gold reaches intra-day historic high price of $870 in New York.
1981 Bernhard Goetz is assaulted for first time on a New York subway train on this day in history.
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 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 on January - 21.
1983 On January - 21 reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for US military aid
1984 On January - 21 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton
1984 Jackie Wilson, US singer (I Get the Sweetest Feeling), dies at 49 on this day in history.
1985 -19ºF (-28ºC), Caesar's Head SC (state record) on this day in history.
1985 -34ºF (-37ºC), Mt Mitchell NC (state record) on this day in history.
1985 Bomb attack on Borobudur temple in Java on this day in history.
1985 Dennis Potvin ties Bobby Orr's career record of 270 NHL goals on this day in history.
1985 Barbara Cowsill, rocker (Cowsills), dies of emphysema on this day in history.
1986 100 participate in Nude Olympics race in 38ºF (3ºC), Indiana on this day in history.
1986 On January - 21 allison J Brown, 17, of Oklahoma, crowned 4th Miss Teen USA
1986 On this day in history bomb attack in East-Beirut, 27 killed
1987 On this day in history archbishop's envoy Terry Waite disappears in Lebanon
1987 BB King donates his 7,000 record collection to University of Mississippi on this day in history.
1987 On this day in history pieter G Buckinx, Flemish writer (7th Day), dies at 83
1988 US accept immigration of 30,000 US-Vietnamese children on January - 21.
1988 On January - 21 abraham Sofaer, actor (Naked Jungle, Elephant Walk), dies
1989 A woman is assaulted & raped in the room of an Oklahoma football player on January - 21.
1989 In St John's Newfoundland Tory Brian Peckford resigns after 10 years as Newfoundland Premier; replaced by Clyde Wells after election on January - 21.
1990 Bob Goodenow succeeds Alan Eagleson as NHL players association executive director on this day in history.
1990 On this day in history 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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