History for January 21 - On-This-Day.com:
Stonewall Jackson 1824, Telly Savalas 1924, Steve Reeves 1926
Wolfman Jack 1939, Jack Nicklaus 1940, Richie Havens 1941
1793 - During the French Revolution, King Louis XVI was executed on the guillotine. He had been condemned for treason.
1853 - Dr. Russell L. Hawes patented the envelope folding machine.
1915 - The first Kiwanis club was formed in Detroit, MI.
1924 - Soviet leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin died. Joseph Stalin began a purge of his rivals for the leadership of the Soviet Union.
1954 - The Nautilus was launched in Groton, CT. It was the first atomic-powered submarine. U.S. First Lady Mamie Eisenhower broke the traditional bottle of champagne across the bow.
1994 - A jury in Manassas, VA, acquitted Lorena Bobbitt by reason of temporary insanity of maliciously wounding (severing his penis) her husband John. She accused him of sexually assaulting her.
1998 - A former White House intern said on tape that she had an affair with U.S. President Clinton.
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