Thursday, January 20, 2011

January 21

TrackYearEventArtistSongAlbum
11525The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zurich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.The Get Up KidsComing CleanFour Minute Mile
21789The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston, Massachusetts.Kind of Like SpittingPassionateBridges Worth Burning
31793After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.MorrisseyMargaret On the GuillotineViva Hate
41861American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.Hey MercedesQuitEverynight Fire Works
51908New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.BraidMy Baby SmokesAge of Octeen
61931Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.Mirah and the Black Cat OrchestraStory of IsaacTo All We Stretch the Open Arm
71954The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.Apples in StereoSubmarine DreamThe Discovery of a World Inside the Moone
81960Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.Kojima MayumiMy Monkey No SatogaeriMe and My Monkey On the Moon
91968A 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.The B-52'sParty Out of BoundsWild Planet
101971The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts.Curved AirU.H.F.Air Cut
111977President Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all American Vietnam War draft evaders, some of whom had emigrated to Canada.Dodgin BulletsTomorrow the World Will Change ForeverEarn Your Respect
121981Production of the iconic DeLorean DMC-12 sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland.John VandersliceTime Travel is LonelyTime Travel is Lonely
132004NASA'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.BrainiacFlash RamElectro-Shock for President

(Historical facts about January 21 are from Wikipedia.)

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