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On Jan. 21, 1924, Russian revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Lenin died at age 54. (Go to article.)
On Jan. 21 , 1905, Christian Dior , French fashion designer and creator of the ''New Look'' in 1947 , was born. Following his death on Oct. 24 , 1957, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
Editorial Cartoon of the Day
On January 21, 1865, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about public safety. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)
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1793 France's King Louis XVI, condemned for treason, was executed on the guillotine.
1861 Five Southerners resigned from the U.S. Senate, including Jefferson Davis of Mississippi, the future president of the Confederacy.
1915 The first Kiwanis Club was founded, in Detroit.
1942 Count Basie and His Orchestra recorded "One O'Clock Jump" in New York City for Okeh Records.
1950 A federal jury in New York City found former State Department official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury.
1950 Author George Orwell died in London.
1954 The first atomic submarine, the USS Nautilus, was launched at Groton, Conn.
1976 The supersonic Concorde jet was put into service by Britain and France.
1977 President Jimmy Carter pardoned almost all Vietnam War draft evaders.
1994 A jury in Manassas, Va., 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 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 Census Bureau announced that Hispanics had surpassed blacks as America's largest minority group.
2004 The recording industry sued 532 computer users it said were illegally distributing songs over the Internet.
2009 The Senate confirmed Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state.
Current Birthdays
Eric Holder turns 59 years old today.
AP Photo/Alex Brandon Attorney General Eric Holder turns 59 years old today.
69 Placido Domingo
Opera singer
69 Richie Havens
Folk singer, musician
68 Mac Davis
Singer
63 Jill Eikenberry
Actress ("L.A. Law")
60 Billy Ocean
R&B singer
60 Gary Locke
Secretary of commerce
54 Robby Benson
Actor, director
54 Geena Davis
Actress
47 Hakeem Olajuwon
Basketball player
34 Emma Bunton
Singer (Spice Girls)
Historic Birthdays
Christian Dior
1/21/1905 - 10/24/1957
French fashion designer
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35 George Gillespie
1/21/1613 - 12/17/1648
Scottish minister/polemical writer
51 Ethan Allen
1/21/1738 - 2/12/1789
American soldier - frontiersman
55 John Fitch
1/21/1743 - 7/2/1798
American steamboat builder
77 John Fremont
1/21/1813 - 7/13/1890
Americium mapmaker/explorer
39 Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
1/21/1824 - 5/10/1863
American Civil War general
71 Sophia Jex-Blake
1/21/1840 - 1/7/1912
English physician
71 John Browning
1/21/1855 - 11/26/1926
American weapons designer
98 Maxime Weygand
1/21/1867 - 1/28/1965
Belgian-bn.French army officer
77 Cristobal Balenciaga
1/21/1895 - 3/23/1972
Spanish dress designer
88 Sir Charles Moses
1/21/1900 - 2/9/1988
English-bn. Australian broadcaster
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