Page 5: Historical Events In January - 17
Wednesday, 21 January 2026
1891 Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst, composer, dies at 74 

1892 Alexandre Levy, composer, dies at 27. 

1893 -17ºF (-27ºC), Millsboro DE (state record) 

1893 Hawaii's Queen Liliuokalani abdicates the throne, bowing to pressure from sugar planters and businessmen 

1893 Queen Liliuokalani deposed, Kingdom of Hawaii is recorded as becoming a republic 

1893 Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii was deposed in a bloodless revolution and a provisional government established, with annexation by the United States as its aim. 

1893 Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th president of the U.S., dies in Fremont, Ohio, at age 70. 

1893 -17°F (-27°C), Millsboro, Delaware (state record). 

1893 Rutherford B Hayes, 19th US Pres (1877-81), dies in Fremont Ohio at 70. 

1895 French President Casimir-Perier steps down. 

1896 Harry Reser, Ohio, orch leader (Sammy Kaye Show) 

1897 Nils Asther, Malmö Sweden, actor (Bluebeard, Night Monster). 

1899 Al Capone, American gangster is born. 

1899 US takes possession of Wake Island in Pacific 

1899 Al Capone, Italy, gangster (Chicago bootlegging) 

1900 Olga Maria Nicolis di Robilant, patron of the arts. 

1901 Vasily Petrovich Shirinsky, composer. 

1901 Jacob G Agarah, Swedish algologist, dies at 87 

1902 Geoffrey W Lloyd, British minister of Brandstoffen/Energy (1951-55) 

1902 Gideon Scheepers, South Africa Boer leader, executed. 

1903 Warren Hull, Gasport NY, actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World) 

1904 Anton Chekhov's "Cherry Orchard" opens at Moscow Art Theater 

1904 Grant Withers, Pueblo CO, actor (Oklahoma, Annie). 

1905 Punchboards patented by Charles Brewer and C G Scannell, Chicago IL 

1905 Punchboards patented by Charles Brewer and C G Scannell, Chicago. 

1905 Franz Schmid, Germany, ascended northside of Matterhorn (1931). 

1907 Henk H Badings, Bandung Indonesia, Dutch opera composer (Orestes) 

1908 Akkineni LV Lakshmi Varaprasada Rao Prasad, producer 

1908 Ferdinand IV SMJJBFLGRRJ, ruler of Toscane, dies at 72. 

1909 Sir Francis Smith, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819. 

1910 Thomas Crapper, inventor (flush toilet), dies 

1911 Failed assassination attempt on premier Aristide Briand in French Assembly 

1911 Failed assassination attempt on premier Briand in French Assembly. 

1911 inaugural aircraft landing on board a ship, USS Pennsylvania by Eugene Ely. 

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