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 January - 21.  

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

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

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 January - 21.  

1938  On January - 21 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 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 January - 21.  

1940  On January - 21 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  Australia & Britain attack Tobruk Libya on this day in history.  

1941  On January - 21 british communist newspaper "Daily Worker" banned  

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

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

1941  The first commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater, Freeport TX on January - 21.  

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

1942  Bronx magistrate rules all pinball machines illegal on January - 21.  

1942  On January - 21 count Basie records "One O'Clock Jump"  

1942  Japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain on this day in history.  

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

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

1942  Henryk Opienski, Polish composer/musicologist/conductor, dies at 72 on January - 21.  

1943  Soviet forces reconquer Gumrak airport near Stalingrad on this day in history.  

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1337  On January - 21 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 January - 21.  

1659  Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect was born on this day in history.  

1721  James Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794) was born on this day in history.  

1735  On this day in history 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  Johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS] was born on this day in history.  

0304  On January - 21 death of saint Agnes (martyred) (b. 291)  

0879  Boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies on this day in history.  

0917  Death of Erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880) on January - 21.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1596  John Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66 on this day in history.