Page 6: Historical Events In January - 21

1925  On January - 21 albanian parliament announces itself a republic; Ahmed Zogoe pres   

1925  Lola Flores, Cadiz Spain, singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona) on this day in history.   

1926  Belgian parliament accepts Locarno treaties on January - 21.   

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  On January - 21 the first national opera broadcast from a US opera house (Faust, Chicago)   

1927  1st national opera broadcast from a US opera house (Faust, Chicago) on this day in history.   

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

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

1931  On this day in history felix Blumenfeld, composer, dies at 67   

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

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

1935  The Wilderness Society founded on this day in history.   

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

1938  On January - 21 dutch government starts obligatory unemployment insurance   

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

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

1939  US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee on January - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

1941  On January - 21 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 this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history the first commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater, Freeport TX   

1941  On January - 21 1st anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria   

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

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

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

1942  Tito's partisans occupy Foca on January - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

1943  On January - 21 soviet forces reconquer Gumrak airport near Stalingrad   

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

1338  On this day in history birth of king Charles V of France (d. 1380)   

1571  On January - 21 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 January - 21 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  On this day in history death of saint Agnes (martyred) (b. 291)   

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

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 January - 21 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