TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2014

Today is Tuesday, January 21, the 21st day of 2014. There are 344 days left in the year.

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

1189 ― Philip II, Henry II and Richard Lion-Hearted initiate third Crusade

1799 ― Edward Jenner’s smallpox vaccination is introduced

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

1919 ― Sinn Fein proclaims parliament of Free Ireland

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