Daily Calendar for Saturday, January 21, 2023
Born
- Ethan Allen (patriot) β
- John Fitch (inventor) β
- Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson (Confederate Army general) β
- Christian Dior (fashion designer) β
- Jack Nicklaus (golfer) β
- PlΓ‘cido Domingo (tenor) β
- Billy Ocean (singer) β
- Robby Benson (actor) β
- Geena Davis (actress) β
- Hakeem Olajuwon (basketball player) β
- Jacob Smith (actor) β
Died
- Calixa LavallΓ©e (composer) β
- George Orwell (author) β
- Cecil B. DeMille (director) β
- James Beard (chef & food writer) β
- Jack Lord (actor) β
- Peggy Lee (singer) β
- Terry Jones (member of the Monty Python comedy troupe) β
Events
- First American novel, The Power of Sympathy, published in Boston.β
- Louis XVI of France was beheadedβ
- New York City’s Sullivan Ordinance made it illegal for women to smoke in public placesβ
- Kiwanis International foundedβ
- Song Over the Rainbow, by Arlen and Harburg, copyrightedβ
- First commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater began, in Freeport, Texasβ
- U.S.S. Nautilus, world’s first nuclear-powered submarine, was launchedβ
- President Jimmy Carter issued a pardon for Vietnam War draft evadersβ
- Pittsburgh Steelers won their third Super Bowlβ
- Aretha Franklin became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fameβ
Weather
- Sacramento, California, had a high of only 19 degrees Fβ
- Deadly avalanche occurred at Twin Lakes in Coloradoβ
- Caesars Head, South Carolina, experienced a cold temperature of -19 degrees Fβ
- As much as 3.5 inches of snow fell in Tokyo, Japanβ
- A 3-day, 81-tornado outbreak in the Southeast United States beganβ
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