SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2012

Today is Saturday, January 21, the 21st day of 2012. There are 345 days left in the year.

1077 ― German King Heinrich IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness

1793 ― Prussia and Russia sign partition treaty (Poland divided)

1799 ― Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccination is introduced

1908 ― New York City regulation makes it illegal for a woman to smoke in public

1966 ― Beatle George Harrison marries model Patti Boyd

1977 ― President Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders

1977 ― Italy legalizes abortion

1978 ― Bee Gees' ``Saturday Night Fever" album goes No. 1 for 24 weeks

1979 ― Neptune becomes outermost planet (Pluto moves closer)

1986 ― 100 participate in Nude Olympics race in Indiana