January 21
1793 - During the French Revolution, King Louis XVI was guillotined for treason.
1915 - The first Kiwanis Club was founded in Detroit.
1924 - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin died in Moscow at age 53.
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.)
1950 - George Orwell died in London.
1954 - The USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine, was launched.
1957 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated for a second term in the White House.
1976 - British Airways and Air France inaugurated scheduled passenger service on the supersonic Concorde jet.
1977 - President Jimmy Carter issued a pardon for most Vietnam War draft evaders on his first full day in office.
1985 - President Ronald Reagan is sworn in for a second term in office.
2003 - The U.S. Census Bureau reported that Hispanics had surpassed Blacks as the nation's largest minority group.
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's their First Amendment right to support candidates as they choose. This decision upsets two previous precedents on the free speech rights of corporations.
2013 - President Barack Obama is sworn in for a second term in office.
2017 - A day after Donald Trump's first presidential inauguration, an estimated 3 to 5 million people rallied at Women's March demonstrations across the United States to support civil rights and to protest Trump's rhetoric and policies.
2020 - The U.S. reported its first known case of the 2019 novel coronavirus circulating in China, saying a Washington state resident who had returned the previous week from the outbreak's epicenter was hospitalized near Seattle.
Birthdays
23 - Minnie Mills (actress)
41 - Luke Grimes (actor)
42 - Maryse Ouellet (professional wrestler)
49 - Emma Bunton (singer)
62 - Hakeem Olajuwon (basketball player)
69 - Geena Davis (actress)
69 - Robby Benson (actor)
70 - Jeff Koons (artist)
75 - Billy Ocean (singer)
84 - Placido Domingo (opera singer)
85 - Jack Nicklaus (golfer)
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Today in Sports History - January 21
1979 - The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Dallas Cowboys 35-31 to win Super Bowl XIII.
1985 - Dennis Potvin tied Bobby Orr's career record of 270 NHL goals.
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.
1995 - John Stockton of the Utah Jazz became the NBA's all-time assists leader with 9,922.
1997 - New York Yankees slugger Don Mattingly announced his retirement.
2010 - Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers became the 15th player in NBA history to reach 25,000 career points and the youngest to hit the milestone, reaching the mark 35 days faster than Wilt Chamberlain.
2019 - Klay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors sets an NBA record by making his first 10 attempts from 3-point range as the Warriors beat the Los Angeles Lakers 130-111; Thompson ended the game with 44 points.
2024 - Stanford women's basketball coach Tara VanDerveer becomes the winningest college basketball coach with her 1,203rd carer victory after defeating Oregon State 65-56.
1793 - During the French Revolution, King Louis XVI was guillotined for treason.
1915 - The first Kiwanis Club was founded in Detroit.
1924 - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin died in Moscow at age 53.
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.)
1950 - George Orwell died in London.
1954 - The USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine, was launched.
1957 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated for a second term in the White House.
1976 - British Airways and Air France inaugurated scheduled passenger service on the supersonic Concorde jet.
1977 - President Jimmy Carter issued a pardon for most Vietnam War draft evaders on his first full day in office.
1985 - President Ronald Reagan is sworn in for a second term in office.
2003 - The U.S. Census Bureau reported that Hispanics had surpassed Blacks as the nation's largest minority group.
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's their First Amendment right to support candidates as they choose. This decision upsets two previous precedents on the free speech rights of corporations.
2013 - President Barack Obama is sworn in for a second term in office.
2017 - A day after Donald Trump's first presidential inauguration, an estimated 3 to 5 million people rallied at Women's March demonstrations across the United States to support civil rights and to protest Trump's rhetoric and policies.
2020 - The U.S. reported its first known case of the 2019 novel coronavirus circulating in China, saying a Washington state resident who had returned the previous week from the outbreak's epicenter was hospitalized near Seattle.
Birthdays
23 - Minnie Mills (actress)
41 - Luke Grimes (actor)
42 - Maryse Ouellet (professional wrestler)
49 - Emma Bunton (singer)
62 - Hakeem Olajuwon (basketball player)
69 - Geena Davis (actress)
69 - Robby Benson (actor)
70 - Jeff Koons (artist)
75 - Billy Ocean (singer)
84 - Placido Domingo (opera singer)
85 - Jack Nicklaus (golfer)
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Today in Sports History - January 21
1979 - The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Dallas Cowboys 35-31 to win Super Bowl XIII.
1985 - Dennis Potvin tied Bobby Orr's career record of 270 NHL goals.
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.
1995 - John Stockton of the Utah Jazz became the NBA's all-time assists leader with 9,922.
1997 - New York Yankees slugger Don Mattingly announced his retirement.
2010 - Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers became the 15th player in NBA history to reach 25,000 career points and the youngest to hit the milestone, reaching the mark 35 days faster than Wilt Chamberlain.
2019 - Klay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors sets an NBA record by making his first 10 attempts from 3-point range as the Warriors beat the Los Angeles Lakers 130-111; Thompson ended the game with 44 points.
2024 - Stanford women's basketball coach Tara VanDerveer becomes the winningest college basketball coach with her 1,203rd carer victory after defeating Oregon State 65-56.
