What Happened on January 21, 1991

• CBS News correspondant Bob Simon and four TV crew captured and held for 40 days by Iraqis in the Persian Gulf
• Sacramento's Dick Motta coaches in his 1,648th regular season game, a 97-94 Kings' victory over Houston; at the time an NBA record for the most regular-season coaching appearances

• Frank Mitchell, actor (Music is Magic, Prairie Gunsmoke), dies

Holidays: Martin Luther King Jr. Day (United States)

• #1 Song: The First Time - Surface
• #1 Song: Innuendo - Queen