Page 4: Historical Events In January - 20

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

1872  On this day in history california Stock Exchange Board organized   

1872  Calif Stock Exchange Board organized on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history charles A Ellwood, US, sociologist/psychologist   

1877  Ruth St Denis, Newark NJ, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses) on January - 20.   

1878  Finlay Currie, Scotland, actor (Quo Vadis, Ivanhoe, Avengers) on this day in history.   

1879  British troops under Lord Chelmsford set camp at Isandlwana on January - 20.   

1879  On this day in history 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  On January - 20 john Linnell, British painter/minaturist/engraver, dies   

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

1883  Billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England v Aust MCG on this day in history.   

1883  Betram Home Ramsay, English admiral/Commander Allied Naval Forces on this day in history.   

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

1887  The U.S. Senate approves a proposal to lease the port of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for use as a naval base on January - 20.   

1887  US Senate approves the naval base lease of Pearl Harbor on January - 20.   

1887  US Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl Harbor on January - 20.   

1888  Leadbelly, Louisiana, blues 12 string guitarist (Rock Island Line) on this day in history.   

1890  Franz Paul Lachner, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1891  Mischa Elman, Talnoye Ukraine, US violinist on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

1894  On January - 20 harold L Gray, creator (Little Orphan Annie)   

1895  On January - 20 eva A Jessye, US singer/actress/songwriter (Hallelujah)   

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

1896  On January - 20 elmer R Diktonius, Finnish musicologist/author (Janne Kubik)   

1896  Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37 on January - 20.   

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

1898  On this day in history colin Clive, [Greig], St Malo France, actor (Bride of Frankenstein)   

1899  On January - 20 alexander Tcherepnin, composer   

1900  Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history john Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81   

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

1292  Elisabeth I of Bohemia (d. 1330) was born on this day in history.   

1358  Eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (d. 1382) was born on January - 20.   

1435  Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (d. 1490) was born on this day in history.   

1554  King Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578) was born on this day in history.   

1586  Johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Fontana d'Israel) was born on this day in history.   

1622  On January - 20 birth of susanna van Baerle, Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns   

1654  On January - 20 birth of michiel de Swaen, South Netherland physician/poet   

0250  Fabianus, Pope (236-50)/saint, dies on this day in history.   

0287  Death of St. Sebastian on this day in history.   

0820  On January - 20 abu Abdallah M ibn Idris al-Sjafi'i, islamic (Book of Mother), dies   

0842  On this day in history theophilus, Byzantine kaiser (829-42), dies   

0882  On January - 20 louis II/III the Younger, German king (876-82), dies   

1156  On January - 20 death of bishop Henry, patron saint of Finland   

1191  On this day in history death of frederick VI, Duke of Swabia (b. 1167)   

1479  On this day in history john II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81