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FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2011

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  • Published Jan 20, 2011 3:42 pm KST
  • Updated Jan 20, 2011 3:42 pm KST

Today is Friday, January 21, the 21st day of 2011. There are 344 days left in the year.

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

1799 ― Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccination is introduced

1903 ― ``Wizard of Oz" premieres in New York City, N.Y.

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

1919 ― Sinn Fein proclaims parliament of Free Ireland

1954 ― First gas turbine automobile exhibited (New York City, N.Y.)

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

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