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A bit of January 21st history…
1525 - The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is born when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, and a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz’s mother in Zurich, breaking a thousand year tradition of church-state union
1793 - Louis the XVI of France is executed by guillotine in Paris following his conviction for high treason. (pictured)
1919 - Irish militant nationalist party Sinn Fein creates its own parliament in Dublin and declares Ireland independent of Great Britain, sparking the Irish War of Independence
1968 - The Battle of Khe Sanh, one of the most publicized and controversial battles of the Vietnam War, begins
2020 - World’s oldest asteroid impact at 2.2 billion years old found in Western Australia; may have ended an ice age
A bit of January 21st history… 1525 - The Swiss Anabaptist...