List of January 21st Major News Events

1958

1958 : The American Secretary of State Dulles has made a trip to Baghdad to reassure the Baghdad Pact Nations that they have American Support. This area of the Middle East was in the process of resisting Soviet Pressures.

1968 International Petroleum Encyclopedia

An encyclopedia concerning the oil industry was reviewed on this day in a local Oklahoma news publication. The name of this book is called the "International Petroleum Encyclopedia". It is a 436-page reference book about the oil industry as a whole-an analysis, description, and report.

1968 Ban Road Tolls Bill

U.S. Senator Monroney had introduced a plan to create a bill which would ban all tolls within the U.S. Interstate Highway System. This bill was also introduced to discourage new turnpikes from being to this U.S. highway network.

Furthermore, Monroney's bill would call for the reimbursement to states for all toll connections, including toll roads, highways, and bridges. Monroney had admitted to a few downsides of this bill, such as the fact that both Turner and Will Rogers Turnpikes had provided about 90 of funds for federal roads.

This issue was to be further discussed in great detail. This was a continuation of progress regarding the use of toll roads since the Federal Highway Act of 1956 was passed nearly ten years ago.

1968

Dr. Oliver Wilham, former president of Oklahoma State University was being praised at the Congressional Bruch held by the Congressional Publishers Association on this day. Four U.S. Senators had made mention to the fact that Wilham would make a fine candidate for Congress because of his knowledge of the educational system and because of his experience in agriculture.

1972 State Of The Union

An Oklahoma Newspaper includes a recap of Nixon's State of the Union Address which took place the day before. Nixon addressed the possibility of making deadlier, missile-firing submarines, and he urged that this process be sped up.

The purpose behind introducing a plan to make more powerful underwater weapons was to keep up with countries, such as the Soviet Union. This plan to create a new underwater sea-launched missile system was to be carried out unless certain agreements were to be made in Vienna.

1992 Lockerbie Bombings

1992 : The UN has ordered Libya to surrender intelligence agents accused of the Lockerbie and French airliner bombings or sanctions will be imposed against Libya

1996 Indonesia Ferry Sinks

An overloaded ferry sinks in an unexpected storm off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, killing 340 people

1997 Child Abuse

An investigation into child abuse by the carers looking after children in Child Care Facilities in North Wales have now named 80 carers who will be investigated for child abuse

2009 Barack Obama

2009 : Following a minor mistake during the first oath-taking yesterday, President Barack Obama has been sworn in as US president for the second time in two days, because one word was given out of order during Tuesday's ceremony. ( The Oath was done behind closed doors in the Map Room of the White House ).

2009 Toyota Takes Number 1 Spot

For the first time Toyota has taken the coveted number 1 seller of cars in the world from General Motors. GM has held the number 1 spot for more than 70 years.

2010 China Growth Massive 8.7% 2009

2010 : While the rest of the world has been in economic turmoil the Chinese economy grew by 8.7% in 2009 set to overtake the Japanese Economy as the world's second largest behind the United States.

2010 Hillary Clinton asks China to investigate the cyber attacks on Google

2010 : The United States is calling on Beijing to investigate the recent cyber attacks on Google, which have prompted the search engine to leave China. The Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has said that companies like Google shouldn't accept 'politically motivated censorship.' Clinton has called for a global Internet free of censorship, and asks that China investigate Google's claims that human rights activists' email accounts have been targeted. 'We look to Chinese authorities to conduct a thorough investigation of the cyber intrusions that led Google to make this announcement,' she said. The agency has sent a formal request, known as a demarche, to the Chinese government.

2011 South Korean Navy Rescues Hijacked Crew

Twenty-one crew members of the Samho Jewelry cargo ship were rescued by the South Korean navy after the ship was taken over by pirates in the Arabian Sea. The ship was carrying chemicals from the United Arab Emirates.    

2012 Dutch Teenager Sails Around the World

2012 : Sixteen year old Laura Dekker became the youngest solo sailor to complete a voyage around the world. Dekker began her journey on January 20th of 2011 and completed the trip when she reached St. Maarten in the Caribbean.

2013 Atari Files for Bankruptcy Protection

The US branch of the Atari corporation filed for bankruptcy protection while trying to separate from its French parent company Atari SA that has been making a loss. Atari was hoping to secure independent funding to continue making digital games.

2014 Parrot In Belarus Election

2014 : A parrot has been nominated as a candidate in local council election in Belarus by activist Kanstantsin Zhukouski. Zhukouski stated that he had submitted an altered identity paper to the electoral commission for his pet parrot and it had been accepted. He soon withdrew the candidacy of the parrot, most likely to avoid punishment after proving his point on the uselessness of Belorusian politics.