Page 6: 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  Belgian parliament accepts Locarno treaties on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history franco Evangelisti, Italian composer   

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

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  Felix Blumenfeld, composer, dies at 67 on January - 21.   

1932  USSR & Finland stop non-attack treaty on January - 21.   

1932  [Giles] Lytton Strachey, British biographer/critic, dies at 51 on January - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

1938  On January - 21 dutch govt starts obligatory unemployment insurance   

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

1940  On this day in history foreign correspondents in Netherlands under censorship   

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  On this day in history australia & Britain attack Tobruk Libya   

1941  On this day in history british communist newspaper "Daily Worker" banned   

1941  The birth of Placido Domingo, Spanish tenor on this day in history.   

1941  The first anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria on January - 21.   

1941  On January - 21 the first commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater, Freeport TX   

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

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

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 January - 21.   

1571  John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam) was born on January - 21.   

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  Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0879  On this day in history boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies   

0917  On this day in history death of erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880)   

1118  On January - 21 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 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