On Jan. 21, 2009, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., won near-unanimous Senate confirmation as U.S. secretary of state. She took the oath of office later that day.

On Jan. 21, 2003, the U.S. Census Bureau said Hispanics had moved past African Americans as the largest minority group in the United States.

On Jan. 21, 1924, Vladimir Lenin, architect of the Bolshevik Revolution and the first leader of the Soviet Union, died of a brain hemorrhage at the age of 54.

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