Page 6: Historical Events In January - 21

1926  Franco Evangelisti, Italian composer   

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

1927  The inaugural national opera broadcast from a US opera house (Faust, Chicago).   

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

1927  Floris H Verster, Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65   

1929  Robert Sherriff's "Journey's End," premieres in London.   

1931  Felix Blumenfeld, composer, dies at 67   

1932  USSR and Finland stop non-attack treaty.   

1932  [Giles] Lytton Strachey, British biographer/critic, dies at 51   

1935  The Wilderness Society founded   

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

1938  In this year, Dutch government starts obligatory unemployment insurance   

1938  In this year, Dutch govt starts obligatory unemployment insurance.   

1939  US female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer   

1939  US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee   

1939  George Kaufman and Moss Hart's "American Way," premieres in NYC   

1940  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.   

1941  Australia and Britain attack Tobruk Libya   

1941  British communist newspaper "Daily Worker" banned   

1941  Placido Domingo, Spanish tenor is born   

1941  The inaugural anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria   

1941  The inaugural commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater, Freeport TX.   

1941  1st anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria.   

1942  Bronx magistrate rules all pinball machines illegal   

1942  Count Basie records "One O'Clock Jump"   

1942  Japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain.   

1942  Tito's partisans occupy Foca.   

1942  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.   

1943  Soviet forces reconquer Gumrak airport near Stalingrad   

1943  Vice-Admiral Cunningham appointed British Admiral of Fleet   

1943  Soviet forces reconquer Worosjilowsk   

1943  Otakar Sini, composer, dies at 61   

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1337  Charles v: The wise, king of france (1364-80)   

1338  King charles v of france: King charles v of france (d. 1380)   

1571  John i pontanus: Physicist/historian (amsterdam)   

1659  Adriaen van der werff: Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect   

1721  James murray: British military officer, governor of quebec   

1735  Johann gottfried eckard: Composer   

1743  John fitch: Inventor (had a working steamboat years before fulton)   

1746  Johann h pestalozzi: Zurich switz, educator (leonard & gertrude) [ns]   

0304  Saint agnes: Saint agnes (martyred) (b. 291)   

0879  Boudouin with the iron arm: Earl of flanders,   

0917  Death of Erchanger: Duke of swabia (c. 880)   

1118  Paschalis ii: [raniero], pope (1099-1118),   

1519  Vasco núñez de balboa: Spanish explorer (b. 1475)   

1527  Juan de grijalva: Spanish conquistador (c. 1489)   

1546  Death of Azai sukemasa: Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491)   

1596  John ligarius: German theologist/prime minister,