On January 21, but in 1793, Louis XVI de France he dies guillotined in Paris.

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OTHER ANNIVERSARIES:

  • 1893.- The formula for Coca-Cola was patented, a drink that from then on began to be marketed and known worldwide.
  • 1919.- First meeting of the Irish Parliament, in which the establishment of the Republic of this country is confirmed.
  • 1921.- The Communist Party of Italy is founded in Livorno.
  • 1929.- Signature of the treaty establishing the borders between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
  • 1954.- Launching in the United States of the ‘Nautilus’, the first nuclear-powered submarine.
  • 1976.- The supersonic passenger plane ‘Concorde’ begins regular flights.
  • 1977.- In the United States, President Jimmy Carter grants amnesty to Vietnam deserters.
  • 1991.- The new king of Norway, Harald V, swears in the Constitution before Parliament.
  • 1994.- 25 volunteer firefighters die, many of them minors, while extinguishing a fire in Puerto Madryn (Argentina).
  • 1998.- John Paul II begins a visit to Cuba, the first by a pope to the island.
  • 2000.- A civic-military coup, led by indigenous people and officers, deposes Ecuadorian president Jamil Mahuad.
  • 2001.- The German Jutta Kleinschmidt becomes the first woman to win the Paris-Dakar Rally.
  • 2002.- The four deputies of Sinn Fein, the political arm of the IRA, take possession of their offices in the British Parliament without giving up their political objective of reunifying the island of Ireland.
  • 2003.- An earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale causes 29 deaths and 30,000 victims in the Mexican state of Colima.
  • 2018.- Twenty people, fourteen of them foreigners, die in a Taliban attack on the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul.
  • 2019.- Nearly 100 dead in a Taliban attack on an Afghan secret service base.
  • 2020.- The first case of the new coronavirus in America is confirmed, in the US.

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BIRTH:

  • 1879.- Eduardo Marquina, Spanish writer.
  • 1895.- Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish couturier.
  • 1905.- Christian Dior, French couturier.
  • 1912.- Konrad Bloch, German-American biochemist.
  • 1914.- Rafael Santos Torroella, Spanish poet and professor.
  • 1918.- Marcelino Camacho, Spanish union leader.
  • 1923.- Lola Flores, Spanish dancer, singer and actress.
  • 1924.- Benny Hill, British comic actor.
  • 1933.- Julieta Serrano, Spanish actress.
  • 1940.- Jack Nicklaus, American golf player.
  • 1941.- Plácido Domingo, Spanish tenor.
  • 1942.- Alberto Corazón, Spanish graphic designer and artist.
  • 1953.- Paul Allen, founder along with Bill Gates, of Microsoft.
  • 1954.- José Luis Medina del Corral, ‘Lucchino’, Spanish fashion designer.
  • 1956.- Geena Davis, American actress.
  • 1964.- Miguel Angel Rodríguez Bajón, Spanish journalist and politician.
  • 1970.- Marina Foïs, French actress.
  • 1974.- Malena Alterio, Argentine-Spanish actress.
  • 1979.- Ramón Melendi, ‘Melendi’, Spanish singer and composer.
  • 1991.- Javi Calvo, Spanish actor, screenwriter, director and producer (one of ‘the Javis’).
  • 1996.- Marco Asensio, Spanish footballer.
  • 2004.- Ingrid Alexandra, princess of Norway.

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DEATHS:

  • 1883.- José de Salamanca, Spanish banker, lawyer and politician, Marquis of Salamanca.
  • 1924.- Vladimir Ilyich, Lenin, architect of the Russian revolution and founder of the Soviet State.
  • 1950.- George Orwell, British writer.
  • 1958.- Ataulfo ​​Argenta, Spanish conductor.
  • 1959.- Cecil B. de Mille, American filmmaker.
  • 1964.- Luis Martín Santos, Spanish writer and doctor.
  • 2002.- Adolfo Marsillach, Spanish actor, director and playwright.
  • .- Peggy Lee, American jazz singer.
  • 2004.- Luis Cuenca, Spanish actor.
  • .- Carmiña Gallo, Colombian soprano.
  • 2006.- Ibrahim Rugova, writer and politician, first president of Kosovo.
  • 2015.- Vince Camuto, American shoe designer.
  • .- Leon Brittan, British politician.
  • 2019.- Henry of Orleans, French aristocrat, claimant to the throne of France.
  • .- Emiliano Sala, Argentine soccer player.
  • 2020.- Terry Jones, British actor, film director and screenwriter, member of the Monty Python group.
  • 2021.- Jordi Fàbregas, Spanish musician.
  • 2022.- Louie Anderson, American actor and comedian.
  • 2023.- Mario Barrientos, Chilean tenor.



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