On this day: January 21

POSTED: 3:57 PM Jan 18 2013   UPDATED: 2:00 AM Jan 21 2013
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Louis XVI is guillotined, the first nuclear-powered submarine launches, the nation catches "Saturday Night Fever," and President Reagan's second inauguration heads indoors, all on this day.

OTD January 21 - Ethan Allen
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1738: Ethan Allen, the American Revolutionary War hero best known for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga early in the war (pictured, center) and as one of the founders of the state of Vermont, is born in Litchfield, Connecticut Colony.

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    Local mug shots: May 2013

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