January 21st, 1908

New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor. event on January 21, 1908.

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January 22nd, 1908

Birth

Lev Landau, Soviet physicist, Nobel laureate (died in 1968)