Who was born on January 21 and what events happened on that day?

Who was born on January 21 and what events happened on that day?

👉 HOLIDAYS:

🌏 World Snow Day.
🌏 International Hug Day.
🌏 World Religion Day.
🌏 International Sweatpants Day.

🔹 NATIONAL HOLIDAYS:

🇵🇱 Poland – Grandmothers’ Day.
🇵🇭 Russia – Day of Sanctity and Protection of Human Life.
🇨🇦 Canada – Quebec Flag Day.
🇨🇦 Canada – Lincoln Alexander Day.
🇳🇴 Norway – Princess Ingrid Alexandra’s Birthday.
🇲🇽 Mexico – “Mariachi” Mexican Folk Music Day.
🇺🇸 USA – National Almakhan Appreciation Day.
🇷🇺 Russia – Postgraduate Students’ Day.
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic – Holy Altagracia Day.
🇧🇧 Barbados – Errol Barrow Day.
🇷🇺 Russia – Engineer Corps Day.

👉 EVENTS:

– 1522 – The island of Rhodes is captured by the Ottomans.
– 1698 – Leaving the Grand Embassy in Holland, Peter I arrives in London with volunteers.
– 1775 – Yemelyan Pugachev is executed in Moscow.
– 1793 – The former king of France, Louis XVI, is executed by court order.
– 1854 – The wreck of the RMS Taylor (362 victims).
– 1919 – The revolutionary Irish Parliament, supported by the IRA, declares the country’s independence.
– 1920 – The Paris Peace Conference ends.
– 1925 – Japan recognizes the USSR.
– 1948 – The flag is raised on the Quebec Parliament building.
– 1954 – The world’s first nuclear submarine “Nautilus” was launched in the USA.
– 1977 – Abortion of a child was allowed in Italy.
– 1997 – The famous journalist Otar Kushinashvili died for unknown reasons.
– 1992 – The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan (NOC) was established.
– 1993 – Diplomatic relations were established between Uzbekistan and Belarus.
– 2006 – Salieri was found buried in a lead box in a forest near the city of Svetl, Austria.
– 2012 – The first facial implant operation was performed in Turkey.

👉 BIRTHS:

– 1338 – Charles V the Wise (1380) – King of France from the Valois dynasty.
– 1743 – John Fitch (1798) – American inventor, built the first steamboat in the United States.
– 1819 – Horace Wells (1848) – American dentist, first used anesthesia during surgery.
– 1865 – John Browning (1926) – American inventor, firearms designer.
– 1869 – Grigory Rasputin (1916) – favorite of the family of Russian Emperor Nicholas II.
– 1898 – Zlobin Yevgeny – theater actor, People’s Artist of Uzbekistan (1955).
– 1901 – Ricardo Zamora (1978) – Spanish football goalkeeper and coach.
– 1903 – Igor Kurchatov (1978) – nuclear physicist, academician, creator of the Soviet atomic bomb.
– 1905 – Christian Dior (1957) – French fashion designer.
– 1922 – Paul Scofield – English actor.
– 1941 – Placido Domingo – Spanish singer.
– 1964 – Komil Rashidov – Uzbek diplomat, Doctor of Law, professor.
– 1970 – Abdumalikov Shukhrat – theater artist, People’s Artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan (1999).
– 1956 – Geena Davis – American actress, screenwriter, producer, photo model.
– 1970 – Alen Bokšić – Croatian footballer, bronze medalist at the 1998 World Cup.
– 1981 – Izabella Miko – Polish actress, dancer, film producer.
– 1983 – Svetlana Khodchenkova – Russian theater, film, television and dubbing actress, producer, Honored Artist of Russia (2018).
– 1990 – Kelly Rohrbach – American actress and model.
– 1999 – Rubina Ali – Indian film actress.
– 2004 – Ingrid-Alexandra – eldest daughter of Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and his wife Mette-Marit.