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Historical Events on January 21

  • Switzerland

    1525

    The 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 Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.

  • American Civil War

    1861

    American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.

  • Albania

    1925

    Albania declares itself a republic.

  • Bucharest

    1941

    Sparked by the murder of a German officer in Bucharest, Romania, the day before, members of the Iron Guard engaged in a rebellion and pogrom killing 125 Jews.

  • Vietnam War

    1968

    Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh: One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.

  • Concorde

    1976

    Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.

  • Ecuador

    2000

    Ecuador: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. Lucio Gutiérrez, 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.

  • NASA

    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.

  • 2017 Women's March

    2017

    Over 400 cities across America and 160+ countries worldwide participate in a large-scale women's march, on Donald Trump's first full day as president of the United States.

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