Anniversaries of January 21: What happened in the world on a day like today?

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1893.- The formula of the Coca-cola.

1919.- First meeting of the Irish Parliamentwhich confirms the establishment of the Republic of this country.

1954.- Launching in USA of the ‘Nautilus‘, first nuclear powered submarine.

1976.- He supersonic plane of passengers’concorde‘starts regular line flights.

1991.- The new king of Norway, Harald Vascends to the throne.

1994.- 25 volunteer firefighters die, many of them minors, in the extinction of a fire in Puerto Madryn (Argentina).

1998.- John Paul II start a visit to Cubafirst of a Dad to the island.

2002.- The four deputies of the Sinn Feinpolitical arm of the GONNAtake possession of their offices in the british parliament without giving up his goal of reunifying the island of Ireland.

2018.- About twenty people, fourteen of them foreigners, die in a taliban attack to the Kabul Intercontinental Hotel.

2019.- Nearly 100 dead in a taliban attack on a basis of Afghan secret service.

2020.- The first case of the new coronavirus in Americain USA.

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BIRTH

1879.- Eduardo MarquinaSpanish writer.

1895.- Cristobal BalenciagaSpanish couturier.

1905.- Christian DiorFrench couturier.

1912.- Konrad BlochGerman-American biochemist.

1914.- Rafael Santos TorroellaSpanish poet and professor.

1923.- Lola FloresSpanish dancer, singer and actress.

1924.- Benny HillBritish comic actor.

1933.- Julieta SerranoSpanish actress.

1953.- Paul Allenfounder along with Bill Gates, of Microsoft.

1954.- José Luis Medina del Corral‘Lucchino‘, Spanish fashion designer.

1956.- Geena DavisAmerican actress.

1970.- Marina FoisFrench actress.

1974.- Malena AlterioArgentine-Spanish actress.

1979.- Ramon Melendi‘Melendi‘, Spanish singer and composer.

2004.- Ingrid Alexandraprincess of Norway.

DEATHS

1924.- Vladimir IlyichLenin, architect of the Russian revolution and founder of the Soviet State.

1950.- George OrwellBritish writer.

1958.- Ataulfo ​​ArgentaSpanish conductor.

1959.- Cecil B. de MilleAmerican filmmaker.

1964.- Luis Martin SantosSpanish writer and doctor.

2002.- Adolfo MarsillachSpanish actor, director and playwright.

.- Peggy LeeAmerican jazz singer.

2004.- Carmiña GalloColombian soprano.

2006.- Ibrahim Rugovawriter and politician, first president of Kosovo.

2015.- Vince CamutoAmerican shoe designer.

.- Leon BrittanBritish politician.

2019.- Henry of OrleansFrench aristocrat, claimant to the throne of France.

2020.- Terry JonesBritish actor, film director and screenwriter, member of the Monty Python group.

2022.- Louie AndersonAmerican actor and comedian.

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2023.- Mario BarrientosChilean tenor.

2025.- Mauricio Funesjournalist and former Salvadoran president between 2009 and 2014.

.- Bertrand BlierFrench film director, winner of an Oscar.

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