01-21-2006, 07:09 AM
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Location: Maryland
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January 21st
1643 ~ Abel Tasman discovered Tonga.
1793 ~ Louis XVI of France was guillotined.
1908 ~ The New York City Council passed a law making it illegal for women to smoke in public. It was vetoed by the mayor.
1924 ~ Death of Vladimir Lenin, first leader of the U.S.S.R.
1941 ~ Birthday of Plácido Domingo, Opera Singer.
1950 ~ Death of George Orwell, Writer.
1950 ~ Alger Hiss was convicted of perjury.
1954 ~ The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, was launched in Groton, Connecticut.
1959 ~ Death of Cecil B. DeMille, Movie Director.
1977 ~ President Jimmy Carter pardoned nearly all Vietnam War draft evaders.
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