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  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  Floris H Verster, Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1929  Robert Sherriff's "Journey's End," premieres in London on this day in history.   

1931  Felix Blumenfeld, composer, dies at 67 on January - 21.   

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

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

1935  The Wilderness Society founded on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1939  US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee on January - 21.   

1939  George Kaufman & Moss Hart's "American Way," premieres in NYC on January - 21.   

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  On this day in history australia & Britain attack Tobruk Libya   

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

1941  The birth of Placido Domingo, Spanish tenor on January - 21.   

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

1941  On January - 21 the first commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater, Freeport TX   

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

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

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

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

1942  On this day in history tito's partisans occupy Foca   

1942  On this day in history 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  On January - 21 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  On January - 21 birth of adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect   

1721  James Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794) was born on January - 21.   

1735  On January - 21 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  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  Death of Erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880) on this day in history.   

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