About January 21
January 21, 2024 is the 21st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 345 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
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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 20 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On January 21
- 1720 –Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.
- 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 begins during the Maori Wars.
- 1887 –465 mm of rain falls in Brisbane, a record for any Australian capital city.
- 1893 –The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
- 1899 –Opel manufactures its first automobile.
- 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.
- 1931 –Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
- 1950 –Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
- 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 –Avianca Flight 671 crashes and burns upon landing at Montego Bay, Jamaica, killing 37. It is the worst air disaster in Jamaica’s history and the first for Avianca.
- 1960 –Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
- 1966 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Horse in Chinese astrology.
- 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.
- 1971 –The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts.
- 1981 –Production of the iconic DeLorean DMC-12 sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland.
- 1997 –Newt Gingrich becomes the first leader of the United States House of Representatives to be internally disciplined for ethical misconduct.
- 2004 –NASA’s MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.
- 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 14%.
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