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History for January 21:
Events:
1813 - The pineapple is introduced to Hawaii.
1908 - New York City regulation makes it illegal for a woman to smoke in public.
1954 - First gas turbine automobile exhibited - NY city.
1954 - Nautilus, first atomic powered submarine launched.
1967 - Ann Sheridan dies at age 51
1979 - Neptune becomes the outermost planet (Pluto moves closer.)
Birthdays:
1743 - John Fitch, had a working steamboat years before Fulton.
1813 - John C. Fremont, mapmaker & explorer of Western US.
1815 - Horace Wells, dentist, pioneer in use of medical anethesia.
1824 - General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, military leader
1924 - Benny Hill,British Comedian
1925 - Telly Savalas, Actor
1940 - Jack Nicklaus, golfer
1941 - Placido Domingo, Operatic Tenor