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 January - 21 belgian parliament accepts Locarno treaties   

1926  On this day in history franco Evangelisti, Italian composer   

1926  On January - 21 camillo Golgi, Ital medical research (malaria, Nobel 1906), dies at 81   

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

1927  On this day in history 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  On this day in history robert Sherriff's "Journey's End," premieres in London   

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

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  The Wilderness Society founded on January - 21.   

1935  On January - 21 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 January - 21 dutch govt starts obligatory unemployment insurance   

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

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

1939  George Kaufman & Moss Hart's "American Way," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1940  Foreign correspondents in Netherlands under censorship on January - 21.   

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

1941  British communist newspaper "Daily Worker" banned on January - 21.   

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

1941  On this day in history the first anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria   

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

1941  1st anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria on January - 21.   

1942  On this day in history bronx magistrate rules all pinball machines illegal   

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

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

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

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 January - 21.   

1721  On January - 21 birth of james Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794)   

1735  On January - 21 birth of johann Gottfried Eckard, composer   

1743  On January - 21 birth of john Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton)   

1746  Johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS] was born on January - 21.   

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

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  Paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies on this day in history.   

1519  On this day in history death of vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (b. 1475)   

1527  Death of Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489) on January - 21.   

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