History Of 21 January | On This Day In World
In the history of the World, some other important events recorded on the date of 21 January are as follows: -
1720: The Treaty of Stockholm is signed by Persia and Sweden.
1789: William Hill Brown's book 'The Power of Sympathy' appeared in Boston.
1840: The patent for the English alphabet Telegraph was granted to William Cook and Charles Wheelstone.
1853: The envelope-folding machine was patented by Russell Howes.
1865: An oil well was drilled with torpedoes for the first time.
1924: For the first time in Britain, a Labor Party government is formed, with Racje MacDonald becoming Prime Minister.
1925: Albania declares itself a republic.
1945: Ras Bihari Bose, eminent lawyer and freedom fighter died.
1958: Copyright Act enacted.
1972: The states of Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura were established.
1981: All those held hostage at the US Embassy in Tehran are rescued.
1996: Around 400 people died near the Sumatra coast of Indonesia when a boat full of passengers drowned.
2000: Asia's first 'slit liver' transplant takes place in Hong Kong.
2003: Driverless American reconnaissance plane crashes in Pakistan.
2008: India successfully launched an spy satellite of Israel and installed it in Polar Arbit.
2008: Former cricketer Imran Khan and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf were included in the list of 2007 Hall of Fame Award.
2009: An Air Force training aircraft Suryakikaran crashes in Bidar, Karnataka.
2015: Italian fashion label Gucci named Alessandro Michele as its new creative director.
2019: China's Li Na became the first Asian player to be selected for the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
2020: The "Nature Communications" report reported that the ice age of the world's oldest asteroid impact, found in Yarrabuba, Western Australia, could end.
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