Daily Calendar for Wednesday, January 21, 2026

First American novel, The Power of Sympathy, published in Boston. – 1789
Louis XVI of France was beheaded – 1793
New York City’s Sullivan Ordinance made it illegal for women to smoke in public places – 1908
Kiwanis International founded – 1915
Song Over the Rainbow, by Arlen and Harburg, copyrighted – 1939
First commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater began, in Freeport, Texas – 1941
U.S.S. Nautilus, world’s first nuclear-powered submarine, was launched – 1954
President Jimmy Carter issued a pardon for Vietnam War draft evaders – 1977
Pittsburgh Steelers won their third Super Bowl – 1979
Aretha Franklin became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 1987

Sacramento, California, had a high of only 19 degrees F – 1854
Deadly avalanche occurred at Twin Lakes in Colorado – 1962
Caesars Head, South Carolina, experienced a cold temperature of -19 degrees F – 1985
As much as 3.5 inches of snow fell in Tokyo, Japan – 2006
A 3-day, 81-tornado outbreak in the Southeast United States began – 2017

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