January 21 ⇒Back
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1187 - ▲Chinzei Bugyo, is created to oversee the defense of Kyushu.
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1793 - ★King Louis XVI of France is executed.
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1862 - ◆The First Japanese Embassy to Europe leaves Shinagawa Port, Japan.
This year, Katsu Kaishu becomes director of the Kobe Naval School.
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1862 - ◆Opel, a German automobile company, is founded by Adam Opel.
At the beginning, Opel just produced sewing machines in a cowshed in Rüsselsheim.
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1896 - ▼(birth) "Paula Hitler", the younger sister of "Adolf Hitler".
(legal birth January 20, 1896)
(birth January 21, 1896)
(birth Japan time January 22, 1896)
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1899 - ◆(death) Katsu Kaishu, Japanese statesman, naval engineer during the Late Tokugawa shogunate and early Meiji period.
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1899 - ◆Opel produces its first car.
Opel was founded on January 21, 1862 and originally produced sewing machines.
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Both the date of foundation and the date of the start of automobile production were coincided with the dates related to Katsu Kaishu, who was a consummate samurai and one of the founders of the Japanese navy. So, the company must have been owned by the Japanese Tokugawa clan.
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1924 – ★(death) Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary.
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1976 - ▼The first commercial Concorde flight takes off.
(European time January 21, 1976: Japan time January 22, 1976)
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1995 - ◇The Bojinka plot, a large-scale terrorist attack, is planned by terrorists.
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1995 - ◇The Crown Prince and Princess of Japan enjoy the Middle East tour. (timeline)
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2007 - ▲Hideo Higashikokubaru is elected governor of Miyazaki Prefecture (Kyushu, Japan).
On this day, Kagoshima City receives up to 20 millimeters of rain, the maximum rain fall in this month in Kagoshima.
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2012 - ★The Muslim Brotherhood's party wins 47.18 per cent of seats in the Egyptian parliament.
The electoral commission announces the final results from marathon polls.
January 21 ⇒Back
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February 26, 745 - ★Gyoki becomes the first priest who is given the highest Buddhist rank.
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March 7, 1866 - ▼The Satcho Alliance is formed (Japan).
The feudal domains of Satsuma and Choshu form the military alliance in order to combine their efforts to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan.
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March 11, 1901 - ▼(birth) Takeshi Mitarai, President of Canon (camera maker). (timeline)
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March 11, 1901 - ▼The UK rejects the amended Hay-Pauncefote treaty.
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March 7, 1904 – ★(birth) Reinhard Heydrich, German Nazi SS senior officer.
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February 16, 1941 - ▼(birth) "Kim Jong-il", "North Korean leader".
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February 25, 1943 - ▲(death) Takeyo Akera, Japanese fighter pilot.
Akera is the commander of the 64th sentaiof the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service. He is killed in action over Tinsukia, India. He is a popular hero pilot after Tateo Kato.
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February 25, 1943 - ▲(birth) George Harrison, English musician (The Beatles).
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February 11, 1947 – ▲(birth) Yukio Hatoyama, Prime Minister of Japan.
The day is the 100th anniversary of Edison's birth (February 11, 1847). In the light of the strategy of Japan's conspiracy, it is highly probable that Hatoyama is Edison's descendant. His enormous amount of asset probably comes from Edison's legacy.
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February 11, 1947 – ▲(birth) Kikko Matsuoka, Japanese actress.
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February 11, 1947 – ▲(birth) Roy Moore, American jurist and Republican politician.
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