January 21 ⇒Detail
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1187 - ★Chinzei Bugyo, or Defense Commissioner of the West, is created.
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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.
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1862 - ◆Opel, a German automobile company, is founded by Adam Opel.
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1896 - ▼(birth) "Paula Hitler", the younger sister of "Adolf Hitler".
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1899 - ◆(death) Katsu Kaishu, Japanese statesman, naval engineer.
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1899 - ◆Opel produces its first car.
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1924 – (death) Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary.
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1976 - ▼The first commercial Concorde flight takes off.
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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.
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2007 - Hideo Higashikokubaru is elected governor of Miyazaki Prefecture (Kyushu, Japan).
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2012 - The Muslim Brotherhood's party wins 47.18 per cent of seats in the Egyptian parliament.
January 21 ⇒Detail
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February 26, 745 - ◇Gyoki became the first Buddhist priest who was given the highest rank.
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March 11, 1901 - ▼(birth) Takeshi Mitarai, President of Canon (camera maker).
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March 11, 1901 - ▼The UK rejects the amended Hay-Pauncefote treaty.
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March 7, 1866 - ▼The Satcho Alliance, the alliance between Satsuma and Choshu, is formed.
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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, Commander of the Imperial Japanese Army.
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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.
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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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