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