Page 6: Historical Events In January - 21

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

1925  Lola Flores, Cadiz Spain, singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona) on January - 21.   

1926  On January - 21 belgian parliament accepts Locarno treaties   

1926  On January - 21 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 January - 21 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   

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 January - 21 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  Dutch govt starts obligatory unemployment insurance on this day in history.   

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

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

1939  On January - 21 george Kaufman & Moss Hart's "American Way," premieres in NYC   

1940  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

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

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 January - 21.   

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

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  John Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton) was born on this day in history.   

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  Boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies on January - 21.   

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 January - 21.   

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