01-21-2005, 01:49 AM
|
|
Registered User
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Maryland
Posts: 541,353
|
|
|
January 21st
1561 ~ Birthday of Sir Francis Bacon, Philosopher, Statesman & Essayist.
1643 ~ Abel Tasman discovered Tonga.
1793 ~ After being found guilty for treason by the French Convention, Louis XVI of France was guillotined.
1899 ~ Opel Motors opened for business.
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.
1959 ~ Death of Cecil B. DeMille, Movie Director.
1977 ~ President Jimmy Carter pardoned nearly all Vietnam War draft evaders.
__________________
Eudaimonia
|