Today In History
Today is Thursday, Jan. 21, the 21st day of 2021. There are 344 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 2020: The U.S. reported its first known case of the new virus circulating in China.
ON THIS DATE
› 1915: The first Kiwanis Club, dedicated to community service, was founded in Detroit.
› 1977: On his first full day in office, President Jimmy Carter pardoned almost all Vietnam War draft evaders.
› 1997: Speaker Newt Gingrich was reprimanded and fined as the House voted for the first time in history to discipline its leader for ethical misconduct.
› 2003: The Census Bureau announced that Hispanics had surpassed blacks as America’s largest minority group.
› 2007: Lovie Smith became the first Black head coach to make it to the Super Bowl when his Chicago Bears won the NFC championship, beating the New Orleans Saints 39-14; Tony Dungy became the second when his Indianapolis Colts took the AFC title over the New England Patriots, 38-34.
› 2019: First-term senator and former California attorney general Kamala Harris entered the Democratic presidential race. (Harris would withdraw from the race in December; she would be chosen the following August as the party’s vice presidential nominee.)
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
World Golf Hall of Famer Jack Nicklaus is 81. Opera singer-conductor Placido Domingo is 80. Actor Jill Eikenberry is
74. Country musician Jim Ibbotson is 74. Singer-songwriter Billy Ocean is 71. Former U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke is 71. Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is 70. Actor-director Robby Benson is
65. Actor Geena Davis is
65. Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., is 60. Basketball Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon is 58. Actor Charlotte Ross is 53. Actor John Ducey is 52. Actor Karina Lombard is
52. Actor Ken Leung is 51. Rock musician Mark Trojanowski (Sister Hazel) is
51. Rock singer-songwriter Cat Power is 49. Rock DJ Chris Kilmore (Incubus) is 48. Actor Vincent Laresca is 47. Singer Emma Bunton (Spice Girls) is 45. Actor Jerry Trainor is 44. Country singer Phil Stacey is 43. R&B singer Nokio is 42. Actor Izabella Miko is 40. Actor Luke Grimes is 37. Actor Feliz Ramirez is 29.