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  Belgian parliament accepts Locarno treaties on this day in history.   

1926  On January - 21 franco Evangelisti, Italian composer   

1926  On January - 21 camillo Golgi, Ital medical research (malaria, Nobel 1906), dies at 81   

1927  The first national opera broadcast from a US opera house (Faust, Chicago) on this day in history.   

1927  1st national opera broadcast from a US opera house (Faust, Chicago) on January - 21.   

1927  On January - 21 floris H Verster, Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65   

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

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

1935  The Wilderness Society founded on January - 21.   

1935  12.0" (30.5 cm) of rain falls, Quinault RS, Wash (state record) on January - 21.   

1938  On this day in history dutch government starts obligatory unemployment insurance   

1938  On January - 21 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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history australia & Britain attack Tobruk Libya   

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

1941  On this day in history the birth of Placido Domingo, Spanish tenor   

1941  The first anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria on this day in history.   

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  Count Basie records "One O'Clock Jump" on January - 21.   

1942  Japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain on January - 21.   

1942  On January - 21 tito's partisans occupy Foca   

1942  Unified partisan organization is established in the Vilna ghetto. Resistance organization set upon Kovno ghetto on January - 21.   

1942  Henryk Opienski, Polish composer/musicologist/conductor, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1943  Soviet forces reconquer Gumrak airport near Stalingrad on January - 21.   

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1337  On this day in history 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  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  On January - 21 birth of james Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794)   

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

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

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

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

1118  Paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies on January - 21.   

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  Death of Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491) on this day in history.   

1596  John Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66 on January - 21.