On This Very Day
January 21st
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- 1999
US Coast Guard intercepts a ship with 4,300 kg of cocaine, one of the largest drug busts in US history.
- 1976
Concorde's first scheduled flights take off from Paris and London simultaneously.
- 1940
Birth of Jack Nicklaus, celebrated American golfer.
- 2003
U.S. Census Bureau reports Hispanic population surpasses black population for the first time.
- 1910
U.S. immigration station Angel Island opens in San Francisco Bay. View Post →
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- 1924
Death of Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary and Soviet leader.
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