January 21 - UncleWoody.org - What happened on the day I was born?

Send This Page To A Friend \| Home What happened today in history? Uncle Woody's Almanac for January 21
2007		Cheerios inventor and former General Mills vice president, Lester Borchardt, dies in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at age 99. (photo credit: General Mills)
2002	Jazz vocalist Peggy Lee dies of a heart attack at her California home at age 81.
1999	Raul Salinas de Gortari, brother of a former Mexican president, is convicted of arranging the murder of a political rival and sentenced to 50 years in prison.
1998	US president Bill Clinton denies reports of an affair with former intern Monica Lewinsky and that he influenced her to lie about it.
1997	Newt Gingrich is fined and reprimanded as the US House of Representatives votes for first time in history to discipline the Speaker of the House for ethical misconduct.
1977	US president Jimmy Carter provides a presidential pardon to most Vietnam War draft dodgers.
1976	England and France place their Concorde supersonic jetliners into regular service.
1966	The Beatles' lead guitarist, George Harrison, and fashion model Pattie Boyd are married.
1954	The USS Nautilus, the world's first atomic submarine, is launched from the shipyards at Groton, Connecticut.
1950	George Orwell, author of 1984 and Animal Farm, dies in London.
1924	Russian> revolutionary and founder of Bolshevism, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, dies at age 54.
1915	The first Kiwanis Club is chartered, in Detroit.
1908	A New York City law is passed making it illegal for a woman to smoke in public.
1865	Akron, OH, is incorporated as a city.
1793	King Louis XVI of France is found guilty of treason and beheaded during the Revolution.