Page 6: 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 this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history franco Evangelisti, Italian composer   

1926  Camillo Golgi, Ital medical research (malaria, Nobel 1906), dies at 81 on January - 21.   

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

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

1927  Floris H Verster, Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65 on January - 21.   

1929  On January - 21 robert Sherriff's "Journey's End," premieres in London   

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

1932  USSR & Finland stop non-attack treaty on this day in history.   

1932  [Giles] Lytton Strachey, British biographer/critic, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1935  On January - 21 the Wilderness Society founded   

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

1938  On this day in history dutch government starts obligatory unemployment insurance   

1938  On this day in history 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  George Kaufman & Moss Hart's "American Way," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1940  Foreign correspondents in Netherlands under censorship on this day in history.   

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  Australia & Britain attack Tobruk Libya on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history british communist newspaper "Daily Worker" banned   

1941  The birth of Placido Domingo, Spanish tenor on this day in history.   

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

1941  The first commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater, Freeport TX on this day in history.   

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

1942  On January - 21 bronx magistrate rules all pinball machines illegal   

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history soviet forces reconquer Gumrak airport near Stalingrad   

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1337  Charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history birth of johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS]   

0304  On this day in history death of saint Agnes (martyred) (b. 291)   

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

0917  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489)   

1546  On this day in history 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