Page 4: Historical Events In January - 20

1870  Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer on this day in history.   

1872  On January - 20 california Stock Exchange Board organized   

1872  Calif Stock Exchange Board organized on January - 20.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1883  Billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England vs Australia MCG on January - 20.   

1883  Billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England v Aust MCG on January - 20.   

1883  On this day in history betram Home Ramsay, English admiral/Commander Allied Naval Forces   

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

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

1887  On January - 20 uS Senate approves the naval base lease of Pearl Harbor   

1887  On January - 20 uS Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl Harbor   

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

1890  Franz Paul Lachner, composer, dies at 86 on January - 20.   

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

1891  On this day in history 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  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 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 January - 20 alexander Tcherepnin, composer   

1900  Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer on January - 20.   

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

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0225  On January - 20 birth of gordian III, Roman Emperor (d. 244)   

1292  On January - 20 birth of elisabeth I of Bohemia (d. 1330)   

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

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  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  Death of St. Sebastian on January - 20.   

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

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

0882  Louis II/III the Younger, German king (876-82), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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