On this day: 21 January

Selected events and births on 21 January, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1326 – King Edward II of England issued a royal charter confirming Adam de Brome's foundation of Oriel College, Oxford. Read more: Edward II Adam de Brome Oriel College, Oxford
• 1793 – French Revolution: After being found guilty of high treason by the National Convention, Louis XVI was guillotined in Paris. Read more: French Revolution National Convention Louis XVI
• 1919 – The First Dáil convened at the Mansion House in Dublin and adopted a declaration of independence calling for the establishment of the Irish Republic. Read more: First Dáil Mansion House, Dublin Irish Declaration of Independence
• 1931 – Isaac Isaacs became the first Australian-born governor-general of Australia. Read more: Isaac Isaacs Governor-General of Australia
• 1972 – Tripura, formerly part of the independent Twipra Kingdom, became a state of India. Read more: Tripura Twipra Kingdom States and union territories of India
• 1976 – Concorde, an Anglo-French supersonic airliner, began scheduled commercial flights to London, Paris, Bahrain, and Rio de Janeiro. Read more: Concorde Supersonic transport
• 1981 – The DeLorean Motor Company completed the first production car of the DMC DeLorean at its factory in Northern Ireland. Read more: DeLorean Motor Company DMC DeLorean Northern Ireland
• 1997 – The U.S. House of Representatives voted 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined. Read more: United States House of Representatives Newt Gingrich Professional ethics
• 2017 – Millions of people participated in the Women's March in Washington, D.C., and around the world to advocate for legislation and policies on human rights and other issues. Read more: 2017 Women's March Washington, D.C.

Born on this day

• 1937 – Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria, the youngest son of Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria Read more: Max Emanuel Herzog in Bayern Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria
• 1941 – Mike Medavoy, Chinese-born American film producer, co-founded Orion Pictures Read more: Mike Medavoy Orion Pictures
• 1949 – Trương Tấn Sang, Vietnamese politician and 7th President of Vietnam Read more: Trương Tấn Sang President of Vietnam
• 1950 – Gary Locke, American politician and diplomat, 36th United States Secretary of Commerce Read more: Gary Locke United States Secretary of Commerce
• 1950 – Agnes van Ardenne, Dutch politician and diplomat, Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation Read more: Agnes van Ardenne List of ministers of foreign affairs of the Netherlands
• 1951 – Eric Holder, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 82nd United States Attorney General Read more: Eric Holder United States Attorney General
• 1968 – Steven Marshall, Australian politician, 46th Premier of South Australia Read more: Steven Marshall Premier of South Australia
• 1976 – Aivaras Abromavičius, Lithuanian-Ukrainian banker and politician; 15th Ukrainian Minister of Economic Development Read more: Aivaras Abromavičius Ministry of Economy (Ukraine)
• 2003 – Hannibal Mejbri, Tunisian footballer Read more: Hannibal Mejbri
• 2004 – Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway Read more: Ingrid Alexandra, Crown Princess of Norway
• 2005 – IShowSpeed, American YouTuber and online streamer Read more: IShowSpeed
• 2007 – Luke Littler, English darts player Read more: Luke Littler

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / January 21 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.