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BulgariaOn this day: January 21
What happened in the Turkic world on January 21? Famous people born and died on this day, key events and national days.
Events
- 1920
Battle of Marash
1920 battle of the Franco-Turkish war - 2025
Grand Kartal fire
2025 hotel fire in Bolu Province, Turkey
Births
- 1882
Pavel Florensky
Russian Orthodox theologian, priest, philosopher, mathematician, physicist, electrical engineer, inventor and Neomartyr (1882–1937) - 1924
Shafiga Akhundova
Azerbaijani composer (1924-2013)
- 1950
Zelimxan Yaqub
Azerbaijani poet (1950-2016)
- 1964
Fuat Oktay
Turkish statesperson (born 1964)
- 1969
Eduard Hämäläinen
Finnish athletics competitor (born 1969) - 2001
Timofey Skatov
Kazakhstani tennis player
Deaths
- 1774
Mustafa III
26th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1757–1774)
- 1938
Ğalimcan İbrahimof
Soviet writer (1887-1938) - 1938
Hamid Sultanov
Azerbaijani statesman (1889-1938)
- 1968
Aleksandr Arbuzov
Russian chemist (1877-1968) - 2000
Suleĭman Aleskerov
Azerbaijani composer (1924–2000)
- 2008
Lutfiyar Imanov
Azerbaijani opera singer (1928–2008)
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