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  On this day in history belgian parliament accepts Locarno treaties   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1931  Felix Blumenfeld, composer, dies at 67 on January - 21.   

1932  On this day in history uSSR & Finland stop non-attack treaty   

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

1935  On this day in history the Wilderness Society founded   

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

1938  Dutch government starts obligatory unemployment insurance on January - 21.   

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

1939  On January - 21 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer   

1939  On this day in history uS male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee   

1939  On January - 21 george Kaufman & Moss Hart's "American Way," premieres in NYC   

1940  On January - 21 foreign correspondents in Netherlands under censorship   

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

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 January - 21 1st anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria   

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

1942  On January - 21 count Basie records "One O'Clock Jump"   

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

1942  On January - 21 tito's partisans occupy Foca   

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

1942  On January - 21 henryk Opienski, Polish composer/musicologist/conductor, dies at 72   

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

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1337  Charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80) was born on January - 21.   

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  Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect was born on this day in history.   

1721  On January - 21 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 this day in history birth of john Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton)   

1746  On this day in history birth of johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS]   

0304  Death of Saint Agnes (martyred) (b. 291) on January - 21.   

0879  Boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies on this day in history.   

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

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 January - 21.   

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  On January - 21 john Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66