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January 21st, 1793
In Paris, the French Revolution turns bloody as King Louis XVI [-----1-----] is executed on the guillotine.
1924
Vladimir Lenin, the Russian revolutionary who founded the Soviet Union, the world’s first Communist state, dies in Moscow.
1950
In New York, a case is the [-----2-----] of the American politics during the early years of the Cold War. Alger Hiss, the former State Department official, accused of being part of a Communist [-----3-----] is found guilty of lying to a grand jury. Hiss, who always maintained his innocence, serves less than four years in prison.
1977
President Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War [-----4-----], keeping his promise he made on the campaign trail.
“And I’m not gonna say all those young people are guilty or not guilty. I’m just gonna say what you did but was right or wrong. You are forgiven for it. Come on back home.”
1976
Supersonic Concorde jet rolls in the service for the first time, beginning a run that lasts for nearly three decades.
And 1942
Count Basie and his [-----5-----], one of the most popular big bands in the U.S., recall their hit, One O’clock Jump.
Today in History, January 21st, Tim Maguire, the Associated Press.
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