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Historical Events on January 21

  • Anabaptist

    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.

  • Jefferson Davis

    1861

    American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.

  • Albania

    1925

    Albania declares itself a republic.

  • Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom

    1941

    Sparked by the murder of a German officer in Bucharest, Romania, the day before, members of the Iron Guard engaged in a rebellion and pogrom killing 125 Jews.

  • Battle of Khe Sanh

    1968

    Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh: One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.

  • Concorde

    1976

    Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.

  • Newt Gingrich

    1997

    The U.S. House of Representatives votes 395-28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined.

  • United States Coast Guard

    1999

    War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms (9,500 lb) of cocaine on board.

  • Lucio Gutiérrez

    2000

    Ecuador: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. Lucio Gutiérrez, 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.

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