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Today in History for 21st January 2026
Historical Events1077 - German King Henry IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness1938 - Dutch government starts obligatory unemployment insurance1957 - KSAT TV channel 12 in San Antonio, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting1993 - Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested on suspicion of murder2020 - World's oldest asteroid impact at 2.2 billion years old found in Yarrabubba, Western Australia, may have ended an ice age, reported in "Nature Communications"More Historical Events Famous Birthdays1891 - Nikolai Golovanov, Russian conductor and composer (Bolshoi Opera), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1953)1905 - "Ossie" O.S. Stevens Nock, British railway writer, born in Sutton, England (d. 1994)1952 - Mike Krukow, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1986 SF Giants; Chicago Cubs) and broadcaster (KNBR [with Duane Kuiper] SF Giants), born in Long Beach, California1981 - Ivan Ergi, Serbian soccer midfielder (11 caps; FC Basel 202 games), born in ibenik, Croatia1981 - David F. Sandberg, Swedish film director (Lights Out, Shazam!), born in Jnkping, SwedenMore Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths1851 - (Gustav) Albert Lortzing, German Spieloper composer and actor (Zar und Zimmerman), dies at 491894 - Guillaume Lekeu, Belgian composer (pithalame), dies of typhoid fever at 241928 - George Washington Goethals, American army general and civil engineer who supervised the construction of the Panama Canal, dies at 692005 - Parveen Babi, Indian actress (b. 1955)2015 - Waldemar Kmentt, Austrian operatic tenor (Vienna State Opera, 1951-2005), dies at 85More Famous Deaths
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