* Astronomy

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RE: January 21st

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The Emley Moor transmitting station begins transmitting UHF broadcasts on 21 January 1971
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t20444807/emley-moor-tower/

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The first DeLorean DMC-12 rolling off the production line on January 21, 1981
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeLorean_DMC-12

Scheduled flights of Concorde began on 21 January 1976
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48076872/arospatiale-bac-concorde/

The 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash, was an accident on January 21, 1968
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t40651918/the-1968-thule-air-base-b-52-crash/

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The HTV-2 (KOUNOTORI-2) was launched on the 22nd January, 2011
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t39269466/h-ii-transfer-vehicle-2/

Kosmos 1241 (Russian: 1241 meaning Cosmos 1241) was a target satellite which was used by the Soviet Union in the 1980s for tests of anti-satellite weapons as part of the Istrebitel Sputnik programme. It was launched in 1981, and was itself part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a target for Kosmos 1243 and Kosmos 1258.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos_1241

The Little Joe 1B was launched January 21, 1960
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t40653854/little-joe-1b/

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January 21, 1960 : Miss Sam, a rhesus monkey, was launched on board the rocket Little Joe 1B from Wallops Island
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t40653854/little-joe-1b/

Joseph Richard "Joe" Tanner (born January 21, 1950) is a former NASA astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_R._Tanner

Captain Eric Melrose "Winkle" Brown, (21 January 1919 - 21 February 2016) was a former Royal Navy officer and test pilot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Brown_%28pilot%29

Valentin Ignatyevich Filatyev (January 21, 1930 - September 15, 1990) was a Soviet cosmonaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Filatyev

Umberto Nobile (January 21, 1885 - July 30, 1978) was an Italian aeronautical engineer and Arctic explorer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Nobile

Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin (January 21, 1827 - June 29, 1900) was a Russian mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Mikheevich_Pervushin

Pieter Hendrik Schoute (January 21, 1846, Wormerveer - April 18, 1923, Groningen) was a Dutch mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Hendrik_Schoute

Bengt Georg Daniel Strömgren (21 January 1908 - 4 July 1987) was a Danish astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Str%C3%B6mgren

George A. Van Biesbroeck (or Georges-Achille Van Biesbroeck, January 21, 1880 - February 23, 1974) was a Belgian-American astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Van_Biesbroeck

Louis Ferdinand Cruls (21 January 1848 - 21 June 1908) was a Belgian-born Brazilian astronomer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu%C3%ADs_Cruls

George Orwell Day
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52353081/george-orwell-day/

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NGC 2484 was discovered by Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan on the 21st January 1885.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56362905/ngc-2484/

NGC 3639 was discovered by William Parsons on the 21st January 1855.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56362930/ngc-3639/

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Meteorites

The De Cewsville (H6) meteorite fell in Ontario, Canada, on the 21st January, 1887.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47414434/de-cewsville-meteorite/

The Florence (H3) meteorite fell in Texas, USA, on the 21st January, 1922.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47414438/florence-meteorite/

The Krymka (LL3.2) meteorite fell in Nikolayev, Ukraine, on the 21st January, 1946.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47414386/krymka-meteorite/