Page 4: Historical Events In January - 20

1870  Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer on January - 20.   

1872  On January - 20 california Stock Exchange Board organized   

1872  On January - 20 calif Stock Exchange Board organized   

1873  Charles A Ellwood, US, sociologist/psychologist on January - 20.   

1877  On January - 20 ruth St Denis, Newark NJ, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses)   

1878  Finlay Currie, Scotland, actor (Quo Vadis, Ivanhoe, Avengers) on January - 20.   

1879  On January - 20 british troops under Lord Chelmsford set camp at Isandlwana   

1879  On January - 20 the Schooner Janet Wignall, in passage from Liverpool to Creetown, Scotland, in ballast stranded at Bargue near Dumfries with the loss of all hands.   

1882  John Linnell, British painter/minaturist/engraver, dies on this day in history.   

1883  On January - 20 billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England vs Australia MCG   

1883  On January - 20 billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England v Aust MCG   

1883  On January - 20 betram Home Ramsay, English admiral/Commander Allied Naval Forces   

1884  On this day in history a[braham P] Merritt, US, sci-fi author (Moon Pool, Creep Shadow!)   

1887  On this day in history the U.S. Senate approves a proposal to lease the port of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for use as a naval base.   

1887  US Senate approves the naval base lease of Pearl Harbor on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history uS Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl Harbor   

1888  On this day in history leadbelly, Louisiana, blues 12 string guitarist (Rock Island Line)   

1890  On this day in history franz Paul Lachner, composer, dies at 86   

1891  Mischa Elman, Talnoye Ukraine, US violinist on January - 20.   

1891  On January - 20 david Kalakahua, emperor of Hawaii, dies   

1892  On January - 20 the first officially recognized basketball game was played at the YMCA gym in Springfield, Mass.   

1892  1st basketball game played (Mass) on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history roscoe Ates, Grange Miss, actor (Dep Roscoe-Marshal of Gunsight Pass)   

1893  Kaj Birket-Smith, Danish etnologist/anthropologist (Eskimos) on January - 20.   

1894  Harold L Gray, creator (Little Orphan Annie) on this day in history.   

1895  On this day in history eva A Jessye, US singer/actress/songwriter (Hallelujah)   

1896  The birth of George Burns, American comedian on January - 20.   

1896  On this day in history elmer R Diktonius, Finnish musicologist/author (Janne Kubik)   

1896  On January - 20 heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37   

1897  On this day in history mae Busch, Australian/US actress (Cowboy Socialist)   

1898  Colin Clive, [Greig], St Malo France, actor (Bride of Frankenstein) on January - 20.   

1899  Alexander Tcherepnin, composer on January - 20.   

1900  On January - 20 boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer   

1900  John Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81 on January - 20.   

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0225  On this day in history birth of gordian III, Roman Emperor (d. 244)   

1292  On this day in history birth of elisabeth I of Bohemia (d. 1330)   

1358  On January - 20 birth of eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (d. 1382)   

1435  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (d. 1490)   

1554  On this day in history birth of king Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578)   

1586  On this day in history birth of johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Fontana d'Israel)   

1622  Susanna van Baerle, Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns was born on this day in history.   

1654  Michiel de Swaen, South Netherland physician/poet was born on this day in history.   

0250  On this day in history fabianus, Pope (236-50)/saint, dies   

0287  On this day in history death of st. Sebastian   

0820  Abu Abdallah M ibn Idris al-Sjafi'i, islamic (Book of Mother), dies on this day in history.   

0842  On January - 20 theophilus, Byzantine kaiser (829-42), dies   

0882  On this day in history louis II/III the Younger, German king (876-82), dies   

1156  On this day in history death of bishop Henry, patron saint of Finland   

1191  Death of Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia (b. 1167) on January - 20.   

1479  John II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81 on this day in history.