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 this day in history.   

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

1977  U.S. Presient Jimmy Carter provides a presidential pardon to most Vietnam War draft dodgers on January - 21.   

1977  On January - 21 john Vincent, composer, dies at 74   

1978  On January - 21 bee Gees' "Saturday Night Fever" album goes #1 for 24 weeks   

1979  Neptune becomes outermost planet (Pluto moves closer) on this day in history.   

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

1980  On January - 21 canada expels three diplomats from the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa for spying; caught buying secret information from an American citizen in Ottawa.   

1980  Gold hits record $850 an ounce on this day in history.   

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

1981  Bernhard Goetz is assaulted for first time on a New York subway train on this day in history.   

1981  Allyn Joslyn, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society), dies at 79 on January - 21.   

1983  Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Anthony E Hecht on this day in history.   

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

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

1985  Bomb attack on Borobudur temple in Java on January - 21.   

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

1985  On this day in history barbara Cowsill, rocker (Cowsills), dies of emphysema   

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 January - 21.   

1986  Bomb attack in East-Beirut, 27 killed on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history archbishop's envoy Terry Waite disappears in Lebanon   

1987  On this day in history bB King donates his 7,000 record collection to University of Mississippi   

1987  Pieter G Buckinx, Flemish writer (7th Day), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history uS accept immigration of 30,000 US-Vietnamese children   

1988  On this day in history abraham Sofaer, actor (Naked Jungle, Elephant Walk), dies   

1989  A woman is assaulted & raped in the room of an Oklahoma football player on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1571  On this day in history birth of john I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam)   

1659  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

0304  On this day in history death of saint Agnes (martyred) (b. 291)   

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

0917  Death of Erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880) on January - 21.   

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  Death of Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491) on this day in history.   

1596  John Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66 on this day in history.