387 Historic Events for January 21
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Oswald "Ossie" Stevens Nock, railway writer
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| 1926 |
Death |
Camillo Golgi, Ital medical research (malaria, Nobel 1906), dies at 81
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Raf Reymen, Flemish actor
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Paul Burke, New Orleans La, actor (Neal-Dynasty) [or Jul 21]
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Franco Evangelisti, Italian composer
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Steve Reeves, Glasgow Montana, actor (Hercules, Hercules Unchained)
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| 1926 |
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Belgian parliament accepts Locarno treaties
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| 1927 |
Death |
Floris H Verster, Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65
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| 1927 |
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1st national opera broadcast from a US opera house (Faust, Chicago)
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| 1929 |
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Robert Sherriff's "Journey's End," premieres in London
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| 1930 |
Birth |
Valentin Ignatyevich Filatyev, Russia, cosmonaut
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| 1931 |
Death |
Felix Blumenfeld, composer, dies at 67
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Boris Shakhlin, Russia, gymnast (Olympic-gold-1956-60-64)
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| 1932 |
Death |
[Giles] Lytton Strachey, British biographer/critic, dies at 51
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| 1932 |
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USSR and Finland stop non-attack treaty
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| 1933 |
Birth |
William Wrigley III, chewing gum mogul (Wrigleys)
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| 1933 |
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Itzhak Fuks, Israeli El Al captain, crashed in Amsterdam
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| 1935 |
Birth |
Ann Wedgeworth, Abilene Tx, actress (Tiger's Tale, Men's Club, Bogie)
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| 1935 |
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WFI-AM in Philadelphia Penn merges with WLIT as WFIL (now WEAZ)
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| 1935 |
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12.0" (30.5 cm) of rain falls, Quinault RS, Wash (state record)
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| 1935 |
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Wilderness Society forms
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| 1938 |
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Dutch govt starts obligatory unemployment insurance
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| 1939 |
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George Kaufman and Moss Hart's "American Way," premieres in NYC
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| 1939 |
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Mary Ellen McAnally, Illinois, poet (Dance of the Zygotes)
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