About January 21
January 21, 2020 is the 21st day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 345 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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Aquarius is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 4 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On January 21
- 1789 –The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1840 –Jules Dumont d'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica.
- 1861 –American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
- 1864 –The Tauranga Campaign begins during the Maori Wars.
- 1899 –Opel manufactures its first automobile.
- 1911 –The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
- 1915 –Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit, Michigan.
- 1919 –Meeting of the First Dáil Éireann in the Mansion House Dublin. Sinn Féin adopts Ireland’s first constitution. The first engagement of Irish War of Independence, Sologhead Beg, County Tipperary.
- 1925 –Albania declares itself a republic.
- 1931 –Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
- 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, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
- 1966 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Horse in Chinese astrology.
- 1971 –The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts.
- 1977 –President Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all American Vietnam War draft evaders, some of whom had emigrated to Canada.
- 1985 –The inauguration of President Ronald Reagan to a second term, already postponed a day because January 20 fell on a Sunday, becomes the second inauguration in history moved indoors because of freezing temperatures and high winds. The parade is cancelled altogether.
- 1999 –War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4300 kg 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.
- 2005 –In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government’s new taxes erupts into riots.
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