Historical Events In January - 21

1925  Albanian parliament announces itself a republic; Ahmed Zogoe pres on this day in history.   

1925  Lola Flores, Cadiz Spain, singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona) on January - 21.   

1926  Belgian parliament accepts Locarno treaties on January - 21.   

1926  Franco Evangelisti, Italian composer on this day in history.   

1926  On January - 21 camillo Golgi, Ital medical research (malaria, Nobel 1906), dies at 81   

1927  The first national opera broadcast from a US opera house (Faust, Chicago) on January - 21.   

1927  1st national opera broadcast from a US opera house (Faust, Chicago) on January - 21.   

1927  On January - 21 floris H Verster, Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65   

1929  On this day in history robert Sherriff's "Journey's End," premieres in London   

1931  Felix Blumenfeld, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1932  On January - 21 uSSR & Finland stop non-attack treaty   

1932  On January - 21 [Giles] Lytton Strachey, British biographer/critic, dies at 51   

1935  On this day in history the Wilderness Society founded   

1935  On January - 21 12.0" (30.5 cm) of rain falls, Quinault RS, Wash (state record)   

1938  Dutch government starts obligatory unemployment insurance on this day in history.   

1938  On January - 21 dutch govt starts obligatory unemployment insurance   

1939  On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer   

1939  US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee on this day in history.   

1939  On this day in history george Kaufman & Moss Hart's "American Way," premieres in NYC   

1940  Foreign correspondents in Netherlands under censorship on January - 21.   

1941  Anti-Jewish riots take place in Rumania. Gangs of Rumanian Legionnaires hunt for Jews, loot and beat Jews in the street, desecrate 25 synagogues, destroy hundreds of homes and shops, and butcher hundreds of Jews on January - 21.   

1941  On this day in history australia & Britain attack Tobruk Libya   

1941  British communist newspaper "Daily Worker" banned on this day in history.   

1941  The birth of Placido Domingo, Spanish tenor on January - 21.   

1941  The first anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria on January - 21.   

1941  On January - 21 the first commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater, Freeport TX   

1941  1st anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria on January - 21.   

1942  Bronx magistrate rules all pinball machines illegal on this day in history.   

1942  Count Basie records "One O'Clock Jump" on this day in history.   

1942  Japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain on January - 21.   

1942  On this day in history tito's partisans occupy Foca   

1942  On January - 21 unified partisan organization is established in the Vilna ghetto. Resistance organization set upon Kovno ghetto.   

1942  Henryk Opienski, Polish composer/musicologist/conductor, dies at 72 on January - 21.   

1943  Soviet forces reconquer Gumrak airport near Stalingrad on this day in history.   

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1337  On this day in history birth of charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80)   

1338  On January - 21 birth of king Charles V of France (d. 1380)   

1571  John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam) was born on January - 21.   

1659  On January - 21 birth of adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect   

1721  On this day in history birth of james Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794)   

1735  On this day in history birth of johann Gottfried Eckard, composer   

1743  On January - 21 birth of john Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton)   

1746  Johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS] was born on this day in history.   

0304  Death of Saint Agnes (martyred) (b. 291) on this day in history.   

0879  On January - 21 boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies   

0917  Death of Erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880) on this day in history.   

1118  Paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies on January - 21.   

1519  Death of Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (b. 1475) on this day in history.   

1527  On January - 21 death of juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489)   

1546  Death of Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491) on this day in history.   

1596  John Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66 on January - 21.