MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2013

Today is Monday, January 21, the 21st day of 2013. There 344 days left in the year.

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

1903 ― ``Wizard of Oz” premieres in New York City

1919 ― Sinn Fein proclaims parliament of Free Ireland

1954 ― First atomic submarine, USS Nautilus, launched on Thames River, christened by First Lady Mamie Eisenhower

1966 ― Beatle George Harrison marries model Patti Boyd

1976 ― Supersonic Concorde, first commercial flights, by Britain and France

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)