January 21
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- 1525 - The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is born 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.
- 1789 - The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1999 - War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 9,500 pounds (4,300 kg) of cocaine on board.
Births
- 1905 - Christian Dior, French fashion designer (d. 1957)
- 1924 - Benny Hill, English actor, comedian, and singer (d. 1992)
- 1938 - Wolfman Jack, American disk jockey and actor (d. 1995)
- 1941 - Plácido Domingo, Spanish tenor
- 1941 - Richie Havens, American musician
- 1950 - Billy Ocean, West Indian musician
- 1952 - Louis Menand, American writer and critic
- 1955 - Jeff Koons, American artist
- 1962 - Tyler Cowen, American economist
Deaths
- 304 - Saint Agnes (martyred)
- 1773 - Alexis Piron, French writer (b. 1689)
- 1793 - King Louis XVI of France (executed) (b. 1754)
- 1831 - Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet (b. 1781)
- 1851 - Albert Lortzing, German composer (b. 1801)
- 1870 - Alexander Herzen, Russian writer (b. 1812)
- 1872 - Franz Grillparzer, Austrian writer (b. 1791)
- 1881 - Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802)
- 1891 - Calixa Lavallée, Canadian composer (b. 1842)
- 1901 - Elisha Gray, American inventor (b. 1835)
- 1914 - Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian artist (b. 1857)
- 1919 - Gojong of Joseon, Emperor of Korea (b. 1852)
- 1924 - Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary (b. 1870)
- 1926 - Camillo Golgi, Italian physician, recipient of the Nobel laureate (b. 1843)
- 1928 - George Goethals, American army engineer (b. 1858)
- 1931 - Felix Blumenfeld, Russian composer (b. 1863)
- 1932 - Giles Lytton Strachey, British writer (b. 1880)
- 1933 - George A. Moore, Irish novelist (b. 1852)
- 1948 - Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer (b. 1876)
- 1950 - George Orwell, British writer (b. 1903)
- 1955 - Archie Hahn, American athlete (b. 1880)
- 1956 - Sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883)
- 1959 - Cecil B. DeMille, American director (b. 1881)
- 1959 - Carl Switzer, American actor (b. 1927)
- 1961 - Blaise Cendrars, Swiss writer (b. 1887)
- 1967 - Ann Sheridan, American actress (b. 1915)
- 1968 - Will Lang Jr., American magazine executive (b. 1914)
- 1977 - Sandro Penna, Italian poet (b. 1906)
- 1978 - Freda Utley, British scholar and author. (b. 1898)
- 1984 - Jackie Wilson, American musician (b. 1934)
- 1984 - Giannis Skaribas, Greek writer, dramatist, and poet (b. 1893)
- 1985 - James Beard, American chef and author (b. 1903)
- 1985 - Eddie Graham, American professional wrestler and promoter (b. 1930)
- 1987 - Charles Goodell, American politician (b. 1926)
- 1989 - Billy Tipton, American musician (b. 1914)
- 1989 - Carl Furillo, American Baseball player (b. 1922)
- 1993 - Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player (b. 1903)
- 1996 - René Marc Jalbert, sergeant-at-Arms at the National Assembly of Quebec (b. 1921)
- 1997 - Colonel Tom Parker, American manager of Elvis Presley (b. 1909)
- 1998 - Jack Lord, American actor (b. 1920)
- 1999 - Susan Strasberg, American actress (b. 1938)
- 1999 - Charles Brown, American blues singer and pianist (b. 1920)
- 2001 - Byron De La Beckwith, American white supremacist (b. 1921)
- 2002 - Peggy Lee, American singer (b. 1920)
- 2003 - Paul Haines, American-born Canadian poet (b. 1933)
- 2004 - Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian writer (b. 1929)
- 2005 - Parveen Babi, Indian actress (b. 1955)
- 2005 - John L. Hess, American journalist (b. 1917)
- 2005 - Theun de Vries, Dutch writer (b. 1907)
- 2006 - Ibrahim Rugova, President of Kosovo (b. 1944)
- 2007 - Maria Cioncan, Romanian athlete (b. 1977)
Births
Deaths
Notes
Radley Metzger Jeff Koons Georges Méliès Blaise Cendrars Ludwig Achim von Arnim Christian Dior Tyler Cowen Noe Ito Louis XVI of France Louis Menand Peer Raben Cecil B. DeMille Jean-Louis Trintignant Matthias Claudius Alexander Herzen George Orwell Benny Hill Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier
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