Historical Events In January - 21

1925  Albanian parliament announces itself a republic; Ahmed Zogoe pres on January - 21.  

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

1926  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1927  On this day in history 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 January - 21.  

1927  On this day in history floris H Verster, Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65  

1929  Robert Sherriff's "Journey's End," premieres in London on January - 21.  

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

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1932  USSR & Finland stop non-attack treaty on this day in history.  

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

1935  On January - 21 the Wilderness Society founded  

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

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

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

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

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  Foreign correspondents in Netherlands under censorship on January - 21.  

1941  On this day in history 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 & Britain attack Tobruk Libya on January - 21.  

1941  British communist newspaper "Daily Worker" banned on this day in history.  

1941  On this day in history 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  1st anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria on this day in history.  

1942  On this day in history 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 January - 21.  

1942  Unified partisan organization is established in the Vilna ghetto. Resistance organization set upon Kovno ghetto on January - 21.  

1942  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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  On January - 21 birth of adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect  

1721  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies  

0917  On January - 21 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  Death of Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489) on January - 21.  

1546  On January - 21 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