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January 21 in History
Historical Events on January 21
1525
The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.
1861
American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
1925
Albania declares itself a republic.
1941
Sparked by the murder of a German officer in Bucharest, Romania, the day before, members of the Iron Guard engaged in a rebellion and pogrom killing 125 Jews.
1968
Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh: One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
1976
Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.
2000
Ecuador: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. Lucio Gutiérrez, Carlos Solorzano and Antonio Vargas depose President Jamil Mahuad. Gutierrez is later replaced by Gen. Carlos Mendoza, who resigns and allows Vice-President Gustavo Noboa to succeed Mahuad.
2004
NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.
2017
Over 400 cities across America and 160+ countries worldwide participate in a large-scale women's march, on Donald Trump's first full day as president of the United States.
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Famous Birthdays on January 21
1813
John C. Frémont
1951
Eric Holder
1953
Paul Allen
1980
Nana Mizuki
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Famous Deaths on January 21
1924
Vladimir Lenin
1950
George Orwell
1956
Sam Langford
1959
Cecil B. DeMille
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