Page 6: Historical Events In January - 21

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

1925  On this day in history lola Flores, Cadiz Spain, singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona)   

1926  Belgian parliament accepts Locarno treaties on this day in history.   

1926  Franco Evangelisti, Italian composer on January - 21.   

1926  Camillo Golgi, Ital medical research (malaria, Nobel 1906), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1927  On January - 21 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  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  On January - 21 felix Blumenfeld, composer, dies at 67   

1932  On January - 21 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 January - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  Australia & Britain attack Tobruk Libya on this day in history.   

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

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

1941  On this day in history 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 January - 21.   

1942  On this day in history bronx magistrate rules all pinball machines illegal   

1942  On this day in history count Basie records "One O'Clock Jump"   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1659  On this day in history birth of adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect   

1721  On this day in history 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  John Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton) was born on January - 21.   

1746  On this day in history 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  On this day in history boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies   

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 January - 21 death of juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489)   

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.