Page 4: Historical Events In January - 20

1872  Calif Stock Exchange Board organized.   

1873  Charles A Ellwood, US, sociologist/psychologist   

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

1878  Finlay Currie, Scotland, actor (Quo Vadis, Ivanhoe, Avengers).   

1879  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   

1882  John Linnell, British painter/minaturist/engraver, dies.   

1883  Billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England vs Australia MCG   

1883  Billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England v Aust MCG   

1883  Betram Home Ramsay, English admiral/Commander Allied Naval Forces   

1884  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.   

1887  US Senate approves the naval base lease of Pearl Harbor.   

1887  US Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl Harbor.   

1888  Leadbelly, Louisiana, blues 12 string guitarist (Rock Island Line)   

1890  Franz Paul Lachner, composer, dies at 86   

1891  Mischa Elman, Talnoye Ukraine, US violinist   

1891  David Kalakahua, emperor of Hawaii, dies   

1892  The inaugural officially recognized basketball game was played at the YMCA gym in Springfield, Mass   

1892  1st basketball game played (Mass)   

1892  Roscoe Ates, Grange Miss, actor (Dep Roscoe-Marshal of Gunsight Pass)   

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

1894  Harold L Gray, creator (Little Orphan Annie)   

1895  Eva A Jessye, US singer/actress/songwriter (Hallelujah).   

1896  George Burns, American comedian is born   

1896  Elmer R Diktonius, Finnish musicologist/author (Janne Kubik).   

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

1897  Mae Busch, Australian/US actress (Cowboy Socialist)   

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

1899  Alexander Tcherepnin, composer.   

1900  Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer.   

1900  John Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81   

1902  The Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed, it ends the "splendid isolation" of Britain and recognizes Japan's interests in Korea.   

1903  Leon Ames, Portland Indiana, actor (Mr Ed, Father of the Bride)   

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0225  Gordian iii: Roman emperor   

1292  Elisabeth i of bohemia: Elisabeth i of bohemia (d. 1330)   

1358  Eleanor of aragon: Wife of john i of castile   

1435  Ashikaga yoshimasa: Japanese shogun   

1554  King sebastian of portugal: King sebastian of portugal (d. 1578)   

1586  Johann hermann schein: German composer (fontana d'israel)   

1622  Susanna van baerle: Dutch poet/wife of geeraert burns   

1654  Michiel de swaen: South netherland physician/poet   

0250  Fabianus: Pope (236-50)/saint,   

0287  St. sebastian: St. sebastian   

0820  Abu abdallah m ibn idris al-sjafi'i: Islamic (book of mother),   

0842  Death of Theophilus: Byzantine kaiser (829-42),   

0882  Death of Louis ii/iii the younger: German king (876-82),   

1156  Bishop henry: Patron saint of finland   

1191  Frederick vi: Duke of swabia (b. 1167)   

1479  Death of John ii: King of aragon/navarra,