On this day: January 21

POSTED: 12:57 PM PST Jan 18, 2013    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Jan 20, 2013 

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 - Jefferson Davis
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1861: Calling it the "the saddest day of my life," Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate. The next month he would be selected as provisional president of the Confederate States of America.

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