Hisdates•ComPage 9: Historical Events In January - 21
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
1977 President Carter pardoned American Vietnam War-era draft evaders and ordered a case-by-case study of deserters on January - 21. 
1977 On January - 21 president Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders
1977 U.S. Presient Jimmy Carter provides a presidential pardon to most Vietnam War draft dodgers on January - 21.
1977 On this day in history john Vincent, composer, dies at 74
1978 On this day in history bee Gees' "Saturday Night Fever" album goes #1 for 24 weeks
1979 Neptune becomes outermost planet (Pluto moves closer) on this day in history.
1979 Price of gold increases to record $875 troy ounce on this day in history.
1980 On this day in history canada expels three diplomats from the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa for spying; caught buying secret information from an American citizen in Ottawa.
1980 Gold hits record $850 an ounce on this day in history.
1980 On January - 21 gold reaches intra-day historic high price of $870 in New York.
1981 On this day in history bernhard Goetz is assaulted for first time on a New York subway train
1981 Allyn Joslyn, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society), dies at 79 on this day in history.
1983 On this day in history bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Anthony E Hecht
1983 In Regina Saskatchewan Joanne Wilson found murdered in her garage; ex-wife of politician Colin Thatcher, son of ex-Premier Ross Thatcher, who will be found guilty of first-degree murder on this day in history.
1983 On January - 21 reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for US military aid
1984 US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton on this day in history.
1984 Jackie Wilson, US singer (I Get the Sweetest Feeling), dies at 49 on January - 21.
1985 -19ºF (-28ºC), Caesar's Head SC (state record) on January - 21.
1985 On this day in history -34ºF (-37ºC), Mt Mitchell NC (state record)
1985 On this day in history bomb attack on Borobudur temple in Java
1985 On January - 21 dennis Potvin ties Bobby Orr's career record of 270 NHL goals
1985 On this day in history barbara Cowsill, rocker (Cowsills), dies of emphysema
1986 100 participate in Nude Olympics race in 38ºF (3ºC), Indiana on January - 21.
1986 On January - 21 allison J Brown, 17, of Oklahoma, crowned 4th Miss Teen USA
1986 On this day in history bomb attack in East-Beirut, 27 killed
1987 On this day in history archbishop's envoy Terry Waite disappears in Lebanon
1987 On January - 21 bB King donates his 7,000 record collection to University of Mississippi
1987 Pieter G Buckinx, Flemish writer (7th Day), dies at 83 on January - 21.
1988 On January - 21 uS accept immigration of 30,000 US-Vietnamese children
1988 Abraham Sofaer, actor (Naked Jungle, Elephant Walk), dies on January - 21.
1989 A woman is assaulted & raped in the room of an Oklahoma football player on this day in history.
1989 On this day in history in St John's Newfoundland Tory Brian Peckford resigns after 10 years as Newfoundland Premier; replaced by Clyde Wells after election
1990 Bob Goodenow succeeds Alan Eagleson as NHL players association executive director on this day in history.
1990 On this day in history washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry said he would seek help but did not publicly concede he had used illegal drugs. He left the next day for a treatment program in Florida.
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