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