Page 6: Historical Events In January - 21

1925  Albanian parliament announces itself a republic; Ahmed Zogoe pres on this day in history.   

1925  On January - 21 lola Flores, Cadiz Spain, singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona)   

1926  On January - 21 belgian parliament accepts Locarno treaties   

1926  Franco Evangelisti, Italian composer on January - 21.   

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  On January - 21 floris H Verster, Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65   

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

1931  Felix Blumenfeld, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history the Wilderness Society founded   

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

1938  On January - 21 dutch government starts obligatory unemployment insurance   

1938  Dutch govt starts obligatory unemployment insurance on this day in history.   

1939  US female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer on January - 21.   

1939  On January - 21 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee   

1939  On this day in history 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  Australia & Britain attack Tobruk Libya on January - 21.   

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

1941  The birth of Placido Domingo, Spanish tenor on January - 21.   

1941  On January - 21 the first anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria   

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 January - 21.   

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

1942  Tito's partisans occupy Foca on this day in history.   

1942  On January - 21 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 this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history soviet forces reconquer Gumrak airport near Stalingrad   

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1337  On this day in history birth of charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80)   

1338  King Charles V of France (d. 1380) was born on this day in history.   

1571  John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.   

1659  On this day in history birth of adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect   

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  John Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton) was born on January - 21.   

1746  On January - 21 birth of johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS]   

0304  Death of Saint Agnes (martyred) (b. 291) on this day in history.   

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

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

1118  On January - 21 paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies   

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

1527  On January - 21 death of juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489)   

1546  On January - 21 death of azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491)   

1596  On January - 21 john Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66