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01/21/1824
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Ashantees defeat British at Accra, West Africa
Type: Event
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01/21/1824
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Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, Lt Gen 2nd Corps (ANV, Confed)
Type: Birth
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01/21/1827
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Freedom Journal, 1st Black paper, begins publishing
Type: Event
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01/21/1829
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Oscar II Frederik, King of Sweden (1872-1907)/Norway (-1905)/poet
Type: Birth
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01/21/1830
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Portsmouth (Ohio) blacks forcibly deported
Type: Event
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01/21/1831
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Achim v Arnim, writer, dies at 49
Type: Death
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01/21/1833
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Norman Willis, union leader (Britain's Trades Union Congress)
Type: Birth
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01/21/1840
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Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician
Type: Birth
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01/21/1846
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1st edition of Charles Dickens' "Daily News"
Type: Event
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01/21/1848
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Henri Duparc, French composer
Type: Birth
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01/21/1851
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Gustav Albert Lortzing, composer, dies at 49
Type: Death
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01/21/1853
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Envelope-folding machine patented by Russell Hawes, Worcester, Mass
Type: Event
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01/21/1855
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John M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer
Type: Birth
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01/21/1859
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Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer
Type: Birth
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01/21/1861
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Jefferson Davis of Mississippi and 4 other southern senators resign
Type: Event
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01/21/1862
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Bozena Nemcov , [Barnora Panklov ], Czech author, dies at 41
Type: Death
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01/21/1863
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City of Dublin leases part of Cattle Market for 100,000 years
Type: Event
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01/21/1865
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Heinrich E Albers-Sch”nberg, German r”ntgenologist
Type: Birth
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01/21/1867
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James Marcus, actor (Eagle, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Lone Avenger)
Type: Birth
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01/21/1867
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Maxime Weygard, French general/gov-gen (Algeria)
Type: Birth
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01/21/1867
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Willem C Royaards, Dutch theater director (Summer Games)
Type: Birth
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01/21/1871
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John J Rochussen, gov-general of Neth-Indies (1845-51), dies at 73
Type: Death
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01/21/1872
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Frans Beelaerts van Blokland, Dutch foreign minister
Type: Birth
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01/21/1872
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Jonkhr Frans Beelaerts van Blokland, Dutch foreign minister
Type: Birth
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01/21/1872
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Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81
Type: Death
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01/21/1874
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Franz Grillparzer's "Libussa," premieres in Vienna
Type: Event
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01/21/1875
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John Lindworsky, German jesuit/psychologist (Der Wille)
Type: Birth
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01/21/1875
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Paul E Kahle, Germany, professor of oriental studies
Type: Birth
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01/21/1878
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Egon Friedell, Austria, journalist/actor/writer (Der Partylowe)
Type: Birth
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01/21/1879
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Henrik Ibsen's "Et Dukkehjem," premieres in Copenhagen
Type: Event
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01/21/1880
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1st US sewage disposal system separate from storm drains, Memphis
Type: Event
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01/21/1882
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Anton Emil Titl, composer, dies at 72
Type: Death
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01/21/1883
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Olav Aukrust, Norway, poet
Type: Birth
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01/21/1883
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Jacopo Tomadini, composer, dies at 62
Type: Death
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01/21/1884
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Katie Sandwina, Germany, legendary woman weight-lifter
Type: Birth
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01/21/1884
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Roger Nash Baldwin, founder (American Civil Liberties Union)
Type: Birth
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01/21/1884
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Auguste Franchomme, composer, dies at 75
Type: Death
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01/21/1885
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Huddie Ledbetter, "Leadbelly", blues singer [or 12/1/89, 1/29/89]
Type: Birth
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01/21/1885
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Umberto Nobile, Italian general
Type: Birth
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01/21/1886
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Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Finance/Economy
Type: Birth
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01/21/1887
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Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) forms
Type: Event
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01/21/1887
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Alfred Henry Ackley, composer
Type: Birth
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01/21/1887
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Wolfgang K”hler, Ger/US Gestalt psychologist (Mentality of Apes)
Type: Birth
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01/21/1888
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Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer, dies at 83
Type: Death
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01/21/1889
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Bert Collins, cricketer (Aussie batsman in the post WW I years)
Type: Birth
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01/21/1889
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Pitirim A Sorokin, Russian/US sociologist (Social mobility)
Type: Birth
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01/21/1890
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1st issue of Propria Cures, Amsterdam student-weekly newspaper
Type: Event
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01/21/1891
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Francisco Lazaro, Portuguese runner
Type: Birth
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01/21/1891
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Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov, composer
Type: Birth
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01/21/1891
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Timothy Mather Spelman, composer
Type: Birth
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