Unveiling the Lost Tales of January 21 | A Historical Journey

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Join us as we dive into the forgotten stories of January 21 in history! From important events to little-known facts, this video will unearth the fascinating past of this date. Whether you're a history buff or just curious about the world, this video will take you on an exciting journey through time.

1677 1st medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), published in Boston
1789 The 1st American novel, William Hill Brown's "The Power of Sympathy" is published by Isaiah Thomas
1793 Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine in Paris, following his conviction for "high treason" by the newly created French Parliament (Convention nationale), during the French Revolution
1830 In Portsmouth, Ohio, African Americans forcibly deported
1861 Jefferson Davis of Mississippi and 4 other southern senators resign (U.S Civil War)
1880 1st US sewage disposal system separate from storm drains in Memphis, Tennessee
1908 "Sullivan Ordinance" is passed in NYC, making it illegal for a woman to smoke in public places. It was vetoed 2 weeks later by mayor George B. McClellan Jr.
1915 Kiwanis International founded in Detroit
1921 British crime writer Agatha Christie publishes her first novel "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" introducing the character Hercule Poirot
1924 Vladimir Lenin's Testament is handed over to the Communist Party; it calls for changes to the Soviet governing structure and criticizes Joseph Stalin, Leon Trotsky and other members
1950 New York jury finds former State Department official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury
1953 John Foster Dulles appointed as US Secretary of State
1954 1st gas turbine automobile exhibited (NYC)
1954 USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine, launched on the Thames River in Connecticut
1960 Little Joe 4 suborbital Mercury test reaches 16 km
1968 US B-52 bomber with nuclear bomb on board crashes in Greenland
1969 A partial meltdown at the Lucens nuclear reactor in Switzerland seriously contaminating the cavern containing the reactor; the plant is sealed and decommissioned
1976 Supersonic Concorde has its 1st commercial flights
1977 US President Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders
1978 Bee Gees' album "Saturday Night Fever" goes #1 for 24 weeks
1979 Neptune becomes outermost planet (Pluto moves closer)
1981 Bernhard Goetz is assaulted for 1st time on a New York City subway train
1988 US accepts immigration of 30,000 US-Vietnamese children
1990 John McEnroe becomes 1st ever player to be expelled from the Australian Open
1991 CBS News correspondant Bob Simon and four TV crew captured and held for 40 days by Iraqis in the Persian Gulf
1998 Pope John Paul II visits Cuba
1999 In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the US Coast Guard intercepts a ship carrying 4,300 kg of cocaine
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.
2017 More than 2 million people protest worldwide in the 'Women's March' against Donald Trump, with 500,000 marching in Washington, D.C.
2020 World's oldest asteroid impact at 2.2 billion years old found in Yarrabubba, Western Australia, may have ended an ice age, reported in "Nature Communications”
2021 Avril Haines is sworn in as the first female US Director of National Intelligence by VP Kamala Harris
2023 72 year-old gunman shoots and kills eleven people, injuring nine, at dance studio in Monterey Park, California. Attempts second killing nearby before being surrounded and killing himself.