Historical Events In January - 21

1925  Albanian parliament announces itself a republic; Ahmed Zogoe pres on January - 21.   

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 this day in history camillo Golgi, Ital medical research (malaria, Nobel 1906), dies at 81   

1927  On this day in history the first national opera broadcast from a US opera house (Faust, Chicago)   

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

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

1929  Robert Sherriff's "Journey's End," premieres in London on this day in history.   

1931  On January - 21 felix Blumenfeld, composer, dies at 67   

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

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

1935  On this day in history the Wilderness Society founded   

1935  12.0" (30.5 cm) of rain falls, Quinault RS, Wash (state record) on this day in history.   

1938  On January - 21 dutch government starts obligatory unemployment insurance   

1938  On January - 21 dutch govt starts obligatory unemployment insurance   

1939  US female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer on this day in history.   

1939  On January - 21 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee   

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  On this day in history 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.   

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

1941  On January - 21 british communist newspaper "Daily Worker" banned   

1941  On January - 21 the birth of Placido Domingo, Spanish tenor   

1941  The first anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria on this day in history.   

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

1941  1st anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria on this day in history.   

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

1942  Count Basie records "One O'Clock Jump" on January - 21.   

1942  On January - 21 japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain   

1942  Tito's partisans occupy Foca on this day in history.   

1942  Unified partisan organization is established in the Vilna ghetto. Resistance organization set upon Kovno ghetto on this day in history.   

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

1943  Soviet forces reconquer Gumrak airport near Stalingrad on January - 21.   

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1337  On January - 21 birth of charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80)   

1338  King Charles V of France (d. 1380) was born on this day in history.   

1571  On this day in history birth of john I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam)   

1659  On this day in history birth of adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect   

1721  James Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794) was born on this day in history.   

1735  Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer was born on this day in history.   

1743  John Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton) was born on January - 21.   

1746  On January - 21 birth of johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS]   

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  On January - 21 death of erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880)   

1118  On this day in history paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies   

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

1527  Death of Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489) on this day in history.   

1546  On January - 21 death of azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491)   

1596  On this day in history john Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66