Page 4: Historical Events In January - 20

1870  On this day in history guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer   

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 this day in history ruth St Denis, Newark NJ, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses)   

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

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

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

1882  On January - 20 john Linnell, British painter/minaturist/engraver, dies   

1883  On this day in history billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England vs Australia MCG   

1883  On this day in history billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England v Aust MCG   

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

1884  A[braham P] Merritt, US, sci-fi author (Moon Pool, Creep Shadow!) on January - 20.   

1887  On January - 20 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 January - 20.   

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

1888  On January - 20 leadbelly, Louisiana, blues 12 string guitarist (Rock Island Line)   

1890  On January - 20 franz Paul Lachner, composer, dies at 86   

1891  On this day in history mischa Elman, Talnoye Ukraine, US violinist   

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

1892  On this day in history the first officially recognized basketball game was played at the YMCA gym in Springfield, Mass.   

1892  On January - 20 1st basketball game played (Mass)   

1892  Roscoe Ates, Grange Miss, actor (Dep Roscoe-Marshal of Gunsight Pass) on January - 20.   

1893  Kaj Birket-Smith, Danish etnologist/anthropologist (Eskimos) on this day in history.   

1894  On this day in history harold L Gray, creator (Little Orphan Annie)   

1895  Eva A Jessye, US singer/actress/songwriter (Hallelujah) on this day in history.   

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

1896  Elmer R Diktonius, Finnish musicologist/author (Janne Kubik) on January - 20.   

1896  On this day in history heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37   

1897  Mae Busch, Australian/US actress (Cowboy Socialist) on January - 20.   

1898  On January - 20 colin Clive, [Greig], St Malo France, actor (Bride of Frankenstein)   

1899  On this day in history alexander Tcherepnin, composer   

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

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 January - 20 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 January - 20 birth of ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (d. 1490)   

1554  On January - 20 birth of king Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578)   

1586  On January - 20 birth of johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Fontana d'Israel)   

1622  On this day in history 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 January - 20.   

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

0842  Theophilus, Byzantine kaiser (829-42), dies on January - 20.   

0882  Louis II/III the Younger, German king (876-82), dies on January - 20.   

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.