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)