Historical Events In January - 21

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

1925  On January - 21 lola Flores, Cadiz Spain, singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona)   

1926  On January - 21 belgian parliament accepts Locarno treaties   

1926  Franco Evangelisti, Italian composer on January - 21.   

1926  On this day in history 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 January - 21.   

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

1929  On January - 21 robert Sherriff's "Journey's End," premieres in London   

1931  Felix Blumenfeld, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history uSSR & Finland stop non-attack treaty   

1932  On this day in history [Giles] Lytton Strachey, British biographer/critic, dies at 51   

1935  The Wilderness Society founded on this day in history.   

1935  12.0" (30.5 cm) of rain falls, Quinault RS, Wash (state record) on this day in history.   

1938  On January - 21 dutch government starts obligatory unemployment insurance   

1938  On January - 21 dutch govt starts obligatory unemployment insurance   

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

1939  On this day in history 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 January - 21.   

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

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

1941  The first anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria on January - 21.   

1941  The first commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater, Freeport TX on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history 1st anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria   

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

1942  Tito's partisans occupy Foca on January - 21.   

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

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  On this day in history 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  On January - 21 birth of john I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam)   

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 January - 21 birth of john Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton)   

1746  On January - 21 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  Boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies on January - 21.   

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

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  On this day in history 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.