Stories of Kindness from Around the World

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1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.
Ethan Allen (January 21st, 1738-1789) was born in Litchfield, Connecticut. He was a hero of the American Revolution who led the small force that captured Fort Ticonderoga in New York without bloodshed in 1775. The fort contained much needed supplies and ammunition.
John Charles Frémont or Fremont (January 21, 1813 in Savannah, Georgia – July 13, 1890) was an American military officer, explorer, and politician who became the first candidate of the anti-slavery Republican Party for the office of President of the United States. During the 1840s, when he led four expeditions into the American West.
Joseph Georges Gonzague Vézina (/ˈvÉ›záµ»nÉ™/; French: [ʒɔʁʒ vezina]; January 21, 1887 – March 27, 1926) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played seven seasons in the National Hockey Association (NHA) and nine in the National Hockey League (NHL), all with the Montreal Canadiens. At the start of the 1926–27 NHL season, the Canadiens donated the Vezina Trophy to the NHL as an award to the goaltender who allowed the fewest goals during the season. Since 1981, the award has been given to the most outstanding goaltender as determined by a vote of NHL general managers.
Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas (Greek: Αριστοτέλης "Τέλλυ" Σαβάλας; January 21, 1922 in Garden City, New York – January 22, 1994). Columbia University. Savalas's best-known role was as the star of the television series Kojak.

1948 – The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec.
January 21, 1954 - The USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear powered submarine, was launched at Groton, Connecticut. by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis (born January 21, 1956) in Wareham, Massachusetts. Thelma & Louise (1991) & A League of Their Own (1992).
Detlef Schrempf (born January 21, 1963 in Leverkusen, West Germany) is a German-American retired professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Washington Huskies from 1981 to 1985, and was drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA) by the Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the 1985 NBA draft, with the eighth overall pick. He was an All-NBA Third Team member in 1995, a three-time NBA All-Star and the NBA Sixth Man of the Year twice. He played for the West German, and later German, national team in the 1984 and 1992 Summer Olympics. http://detlef.com/
Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon (/əˈlaɪʒuːˌɒn/;[1] [olaÉŸuwɔ̃]; born January 21, 1963 in Lagos, Nigeria), formerly known as Akeem Olajuwon, is a Nigerian-American retired professional basketball player. From 1984 to 2002, he played the center position in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Houston Rockets and the Toronto Raptors. He led the Rockets to back-to-back NBA championships in 1994 and 1995. In 2008, he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, and in 2016, he was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame. in 1993–94, he became the only player in NBA history to win the NBA MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, and Finals MVP awards in the same season.
January 21, 1976 - The Concorde supersonic jet began passenger service with flights from London to Bahrain and Paris to Rio de Janeiro, cruising at twice the speed of sound (Mach 2) at an altitude up to 60,000 feet.
1979: The Pittsburgh Steelers and Dallas Cowboys each seeking their third Lombardi Trophy meet in the first Super Bowl rematch in Miami's Orange Bow. Super Bowl XIII is just as thrilling as the meeting between the Steelers and Cowboys three years earlier as Pittsburgh wins again 35-31. Terry Bradshaw is the game's MVP passing for 318 yards with four touchdowns.

Gratitude lifts our eyes off the things we lack, so we might see the blessings we possess. ~Max Lucado
I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you will work them, water them with your blood and tears and you laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom. Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Our Daily Bread- When I played college basketball, I made a conscious decision at the beginning of each season to walk into that gym and dedicate myself totally to my coach—doing whatever he might ask me to do. It would not have benefited my team for me to announce, “Hey, Coach! Here I am. I want to shoot baskets and dribble the ball, but don’t ask me to run laps, play defense, and get all sweaty!” Every successful athlete has to trust the coach enough to do whatever the coach asks them to do for the good of the team. In Christ, we are to become God’s “living sacrifice” (Rom. 12:1). We say to our Savior and Lord: “I trust You. Whatever You want me to do, I am willing.” Then He “transforms” us by renewing our minds to focus on the things that please Him.