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.
Dan Wynn/James Beard Foundation
1985: Chef and author James Beard, who brought French cooking to the American middle and upper classes in the 1950s, dies of heart failure at the age of 81 in New York City. Beard's name lives on today in his foundation's annual Beard awards in various culinary genres.
