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Day Of The Week: January 21
January 21, 2025 is the 21st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 344 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Aquarius is your zodiac sign. Garnet is your modern birthstone. Emerald is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: January 21
- 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.
- 1643 –Abel Tasman becomes the first European to reach Tonga.
- 1911 –The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
- 1931 –Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
- 1960 –Avianca Flight 671 crashes and burns upon landing at Montego Bay, Jamaica, killing 37. It is the worst air disaster in Jamaica’s history and the first for Avianca.
- 1966 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Horse in Chinese astrology.
- 1968 –A 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.
- 1976 –Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.
- 1985 –The inauguration of President Ronald Reagan to a second term, already postponed a day because January 20 fell on a Sunday, becomes the second inauguration in history moved indoors because of freezing temperatures and high winds. The parade is cancelled altogether.
- 2000 –Ecuador: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. Lucio Gutierrez, 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.
Who were born on January 21?
- 1610 –Elizabeth Fones, English-born colonial American pioneer (d. 1673)
- 1864 –Paul Troje, German politician (d. 1942)
- 1909 –Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer (d. 2004)
- 1941 –Ivan Putski, Polish-born American professional wrestler
- 1946 –Johnny Oates, American baseball player and manager (d. 2004)
- 1969 –M. K. Hobson, American speculative fiction and fantasy writer
- 1974 –Alex Sperafico, Brazilian racing driver
- 1975 –Nicky Butt, English footballer
- 1982 –Go Shiozaki, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1982 –Nicolas Mahut, French tennis player
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