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This Day In History      January 21
1677—1st medical publication in America.(pamphlet on smallpox), Boston
1789—1st American novel, WH Brown’s “Power of Sympathy” is published.
1827—Freedom Journal, 1st Black paper, begins publishing.
1846—1st edition of Charles Dickens’ “Daily News”
1853—Envelope-folding machine patented by Russell Hawes, Worchester, Mass.
1861—Jefferson Davis of Mississippi and 4 other southern senators resign (U.S. Civil War)
1880—1st US sewage disposal system separate from storm drains, Memphis, Tennessee.
1899—Open manufactured its first automobile.
1903—:Wizard of Oz” premieres in NYC.
1908—NYC regulation makes it illegal for a woman to smoke in public.
1915—Kiwanis International founded in Detroit.
1927—1st national opera broadcast from a US opera house (Faust, Chicago)
1942—Count Basie records “One O’Clock Jump.”
1947—“Sweethearts” opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 288 performances.
1949—1st inaugural parade televised (Harry Truman).
1956—“Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)” closes at Golden NYC after 849 performances.
1967—US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming, US male Figure Championship won by Gary Visconti.
1970—PanAm Boeing 747 1st flight NY-London.
1977—US President Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders.
1986—100 participants in Nude Olympics race in 38 degree weather..Indiana.
1987—B.G.King donates his 7,000 record collection to the University of Mississippi.
1990—John McEnroe becomes 1st ever player to be expelled from the Australian Open.
1992—Bill Cowher becomes head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, becoming only the second head coach of the team since 1970 (Chuck Noll)
1999—In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the US Coast Guard intercepts a ship carrying 4,300 kg of cocaine.

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