What day is January 21? Historical events that took place on January 21
This Day in History January 21st. The most notable events that took place on January 21st range from historical, political to cultural and social events.
Domestic events taking place on January 21
January 21, 1968: The Command of Route 9 Front - Northern Quang Tri issued the order to open fire to attack Khe Sanh, with the battle opening from the West, capturing the Huong Hoa District Military Sub-region and Hill 832.
January 21, 1976:The founding day of the Saigon - Gia Dinh City Revolutionary People's Committee, chaired by comrade Vo Van Kiet, member of the Central Executive Committee of the Vietnam Workers' Party, replacing the City Military Management Committee.
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January 21, 1983:According to Decision No. 14/QD-TM of the Minister of National Defense, Regiment 665 was established (now Thanh An 665 Investment and Construction Joint Stock Company under Army Corps 11 - Thanh An Corporation).
International events taking place on January 21
January 21, 1793:King Louis XVI of France was executed by guillotine at the Place de la Concorde in Paris after being convicted of treason.
January 21, 1875:The Bank of Indochina was established in Paris by decree of the French president.
January 21, 1924:The death anniversary of the leader of the Russian proletarian revolutionary movement Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. He was the founder of the world's first socialist state, an outstanding Marxist theorist and practical revolutionary, and a teacher of the working class and oppressed peoples of the world. Lenin paid special attention to and put forward many important arguments about the struggle movements of colonial and dependent peoples.
January 21, 2008:The Eyak language in Alaska became extinct after the death of Marie Smith Jones, the last speaker of the language, an event that became a symbol in the fight to preserve the world's dying languages.
