Page 6: Historical Events In January - 21

1925  On this day in history albanian parliament announces itself a republic; Ahmed Zogoe pres   

1925  On this day in history 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  On January - 21 camillo Golgi, Ital medical research (malaria, Nobel 1906), dies at 81   

1927  On January - 21 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 this day in history.   

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

1932  On January - 21 uSSR & Finland stop non-attack treaty   

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

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 this day in history.   

1938  Dutch government starts obligatory unemployment insurance on January - 21.   

1938  Dutch govt starts obligatory unemployment insurance on January - 21.   

1939  On January - 21 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer   

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

1939  On this day in history george Kaufman & Moss Hart's "American Way," premieres in NYC   

1940  On January - 21 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 January - 21.   

1942  On January - 21 bronx magistrate rules all pinball machines illegal   

1942  Count Basie records "One O'Clock Jump" on this day in history.   

1942  On January - 21 japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain   

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  On January - 21 soviet forces reconquer Gumrak airport near Stalingrad   

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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  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  On January - 21 birth of james Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794)   

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 January - 21.   

0304  Death of Saint Agnes (martyred) (b. 291) on this day in history.   

0879  Boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies on January - 21.   

0917  On January - 21 death of erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880)   

1118  On January - 21 paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies   

1519  On this day in history death of vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (b. 1475)   

1527  On January - 21 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 January - 21 john Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66