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  On this day in history belgian parliament accepts Locarno treaties   

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 this day in history the first national opera broadcast from a US opera house (Faust, Chicago)   

1927  On January - 21 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  On January - 21 robert Sherriff's "Journey's End," premieres in London   

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

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 this day in history the Wilderness Society founded   

1935  On this day in history 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 this day in history dutch govt starts obligatory unemployment insurance   

1939  On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer   

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 January - 21.   

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

1941  On January - 21 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 January - 21 australia & Britain attack Tobruk Libya   

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

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

1941  On January - 21 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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain   

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

1942  On this day in history 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 January - 21 birth of charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80)   

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

1721  James Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794) was born on January - 21.   

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

1743  On this day in history 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  On this day in history boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies   

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

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  On this day in history 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