WillDekkard
01-21-2010, 04:22 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on This Date in History
- January 21st
* 1189 Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade.
* 1287 The treaty of San Agayz is signed. Minorca is conquered by King Alfons III of Aragon.
* 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 Zόrich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.
* 1643 Abel Tasman is the first European to reach Tonga.
* 1720 Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.
* 1749 The Verona Philharmonic Theatre is destroyed by fire. It is rebuilt in 1754.
* 1789 The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston, Massachusetts.
* 1793 After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
* 1861 American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
* 1864 The Tauranga Campaign starts during the Maori Wars.
* 1887 Brisbane receives a daily rainfall of 465 millimetres (18.3 inches), a record for any Australian capital city.
* 1893 The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, which is now Botswana.
* 1899 Opel manufactures its first automobile.
* 1908 New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
* 1911 The first Monte Carlo Rally.
* 1915 Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit, Michigan.
* 1919 Meeting of the First Dαil Ιireann in the Mansion House Dublin. Sinn Fιin adopts Ireland's first constitution. The first engagement of Irish War of Independence, Sologhead Beg, County Tipperary.
* 1921 The Italian Communist Party is founded at Livorno.
* 1925 Albania declares itself a republic.
* 1948 The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec. The day is marked annually as Quebec Flag Day.
* 1950 Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
* 1954 The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus (SSN-571), is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
* 1958 The last Fokker C.X in military service, the Finnish Air Force FK-111 target tower, crashes, killing the pilot and winch-operator.
* 1960 Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia, aboard Little Joe 1B an unmanned test of the Mercury spacecraft.
* 1968 Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
* 1968 A B-52 bomber crashes near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.
* 1972 Meghalaya becomes a full-fledged state in India.
* 1972 Tripura becomes a full-fledged state in India.
* 1976 Commercial service of Concorde begins with London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.
* 1977 President Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all American Vietnam War draft evaders, some of whom had emigrated to Canada.
* 1981 Tehran releases United States hostages after 444 days.
* 1997 Newt Gingrich becomes the first leader of the United States House of Representatives to be internally disciplined for ethical misconduct.
* 1999 War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kg (9,500 lb) of cocaine on board.
* 2000 Ecuador: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. Lucio Gutierrez, 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.
* 2002 The Canadian Dollar sets all-time low against the US Dollar (US$0.6179).
* 2004 The residence of reporter Juliet O'Neill is searched by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigating leaks concerning the deportation of Maher Arar.
* 2004 NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies with Flash Memory management and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.
* 2005 In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.
* 2007 Awashima Marine Park in Japan catches a video tape of the rare frilled shark.
* 2008 Black Monday in worldwide stock markets. FTSE 100 had its biggest ever one-day points fall, European stocks closed with their worst result since 11 September 2001, and Asian stocks drop as much as 15%.
- January 21st
* 1189 Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade.
* 1287 The treaty of San Agayz is signed. Minorca is conquered by King Alfons III of Aragon.
* 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 Zόrich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.
* 1643 Abel Tasman is the first European to reach Tonga.
* 1720 Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.
* 1749 The Verona Philharmonic Theatre is destroyed by fire. It is rebuilt in 1754.
* 1789 The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston, Massachusetts.
* 1793 After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
* 1861 American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
* 1864 The Tauranga Campaign starts during the Maori Wars.
* 1887 Brisbane receives a daily rainfall of 465 millimetres (18.3 inches), a record for any Australian capital city.
* 1893 The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, which is now Botswana.
* 1899 Opel manufactures its first automobile.
* 1908 New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
* 1911 The first Monte Carlo Rally.
* 1915 Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit, Michigan.
* 1919 Meeting of the First Dαil Ιireann in the Mansion House Dublin. Sinn Fιin adopts Ireland's first constitution. The first engagement of Irish War of Independence, Sologhead Beg, County Tipperary.
* 1921 The Italian Communist Party is founded at Livorno.
* 1925 Albania declares itself a republic.
* 1948 The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec. The day is marked annually as Quebec Flag Day.
* 1950 Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
* 1954 The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus (SSN-571), is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
* 1958 The last Fokker C.X in military service, the Finnish Air Force FK-111 target tower, crashes, killing the pilot and winch-operator.
* 1960 Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia, aboard Little Joe 1B an unmanned test of the Mercury spacecraft.
* 1968 Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
* 1968 A B-52 bomber crashes near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.
* 1972 Meghalaya becomes a full-fledged state in India.
* 1972 Tripura becomes a full-fledged state in India.
* 1976 Commercial service of Concorde begins with London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.
* 1977 President Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all American Vietnam War draft evaders, some of whom had emigrated to Canada.
* 1981 Tehran releases United States hostages after 444 days.
* 1997 Newt Gingrich becomes the first leader of the United States House of Representatives to be internally disciplined for ethical misconduct.
* 1999 War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kg (9,500 lb) of cocaine on board.
* 2000 Ecuador: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. Lucio Gutierrez, 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.
* 2002 The Canadian Dollar sets all-time low against the US Dollar (US$0.6179).
* 2004 The residence of reporter Juliet O'Neill is searched by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigating leaks concerning the deportation of Maher Arar.
* 2004 NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies with Flash Memory management and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.
* 2005 In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.
* 2007 Awashima Marine Park in Japan catches a video tape of the rare frilled shark.
* 2008 Black Monday in worldwide stock markets. FTSE 100 had its biggest ever one-day points fall, European stocks closed with their worst result since 11 September 2001, and Asian stocks drop as much as 15%.