January 21
Activity of the day
Today is . . .
- Flag Day in Quebec
- Feast Day of Agnes, patron saint of girls
On this day . . .
- Louis XVI, King of France, is guillotined in the Place de la Révolution, Paris (1793)
- The first issue of the Daily News, edited by Charles Dickens, is published (1846)
- The first Monte Carlo Rally begins (1911)
- BBC makes its first world broadcast from London (1930)
- Marcel Boulestin becomes the first TV chef (1937)
- The world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched (1954)
- Concorde inaugurates its commercial service (1976)
- Black Monday in worldwide stock markets (2008)
- The recording industry sues 532 computer users for 'illegally distributing songs over the Internet' (2004)
Births
- Christian Dior, French fashion designer (1905)
- Lola Flores, Spanish singer (1925)
- Telly Savalas, American film actor (1925)
- Benny Hill, English comedian (1925)
- Jack Nicklaus, American golfer (1940)
- Richie Havens, American musician (1941)
- Placido Domingo, Spanish-born opera singer (1941)
- Robby Benson, American actor (1956)
- Geena Davis, American actress (1957)
Deaths
- Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Russian leader (1924)
- Lytton Strachey, English critic and biographer (1932)
- George Orwell, English author (1950)
- Cecil B De Mille, American film director (1959)
- Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's manager (1997)