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 January - 21.   

1977  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1977  John Vincent, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history 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 January - 21 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  On this day in history gold hits record $850 an ounce   

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  On January - 21 allyn Joslyn, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society), dies at 79   

1983  On January - 21 bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Anthony E Hecht   

1983  On January - 21 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   

1983  Reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for US military aid on this day in history.   

1984  US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history jackie Wilson, US singer (I Get the Sweetest Feeling), dies at 49   

1985  On this day in history -19ºF (-28ºC), Caesar's Head SC (state record)   

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

1985  On January - 21 bomb attack on Borobudur temple in Java   

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 January - 21.   

1986  On January - 21 100 participate in Nude Olympics race in 38ºF (3ºC), Indiana   

1986  On this day in history 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  On January - 21 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  US accept immigration of 30,000 US-Vietnamese children on this day in history.   

1988  Abraham Sofaer, actor (Naked Jungle, Elephant Walk), dies on January - 21.   

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

1989  On this day in history in St John's Newfoundland Tory Brian Peckford resigns after 10 years as Newfoundland Premier; replaced by Clyde Wells after election   

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  Charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80) was born on January - 21.   

1338  On this day in history birth of king Charles V of France (d. 1380)   

1571  On January - 21 birth of john I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam)   

1659  Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect was born on January - 21.   

1721  James Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794) was born on January - 21.   

1735  Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer was born on January - 21.   

1743  John Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton) was born on January - 21.   

1746  On January - 21 birth of johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS]   

0304  On January - 21 death of saint Agnes (martyred) (b. 291)   

0879  Boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies on January - 21.   

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

1118  On January - 21 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 January - 21 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  On this day in history john Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66