Monday, January 21, 2013This will be 21st day of the year and 344 days will remain in the year.
January 21 Birthdays
Stonewall Jackson
(Thomas Jonathan Jackson) 1824–1863, American Confederate General. Ethan Allen soldier (1738) John C. Fremont explorer, soldier, and political leader (1813) Sophia Jex-Blake physician (1840) Christian Dior fashion designer (1905) Telly Savalas actor (1924) Jack Nicklaus golfer (1940) Placido Domingo tenor (1941) Geena Davis actor (1956) January 21 in History1793King Louis XVI was guillotined for treason. 1915The first Kiwanis Club was founded in Detroit. 1924Vladimir Ilyich Lenin died in Moscow. 1950Former State department official Alger Hiss found guilty of perjury. 1950George Orwell died in London. 1954USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine was launched. 1977President Carter pardoned most Vietnam War draft evaders. 2003The U.S. Census Bureau reported that Hispanics had surpassed Blacks as the largest minority group. 2010In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court rules in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that the government cannot restrict the spending of corporations for political campaigns, maintaining that it's their First Amendment right to support candidates as they choose. This decision upsets two previous precedents on the free-speech rights of corporations. Return to perpetual calendar Note: Dates in the Islamic calendar are provided for planning purposes only, and calculated with the hdate Islamic calendar program for moonrise in Boston, Masschusetts. Depending on your location and other factors, this result may differ from actual religious observances by one day. Please consult your local religious authority for any religious determinations of hejiric date. 
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