Historical Events In January - 04
Wednesday, 29 March 2023
1903 On January - 04 topsy, an elephant, was electrocuted by Thomas Edison during the War of Currents campaign.
1903 Joris Diels, Flemish actor/director (Haagsche Comedy) on January - 04.
1903 On this day in history geo[rge J H] Poggenbeek, Dutch surrealist painter, dies at 49
1904 Supreme Court rules Puerto Ricans cannot be denied admission to US on January - 04.
1904 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 beat Winnipeg Rowing Club, 2 games to 1 on January - 04.
1905 Sterling Holloway, Cedartown Ga, actor (Waldo-Life of Riley) on this day in history.
1906 South Africa beat England by one wicket, their first Test win on January - 04.
1906 On January - 04 south Africa beat England by one wicket, their 1st Test win
1907 On January - 04 george Bernard Shaw's "Don Juan in Hell," premieres in London
1908 On January - 04 angela Maria "Geli" Raubal, Austrian nude model/Hitler's lover
1908 Antony Winkler Prins, writer (Groiller Encyclopaedia), dies at 70 on January - 04.
1910 Commissioning of USS Michigan (BB-27), the first U.S. dreadnought battleship on this day in history.
1910 Leon Delagrange, French aviation pioneer, dies on this day in history.
1912 On this day in history smallest earth-moon distance this century, 356,375 km center-to-center
1912 On January - 04 smallest earth-moon distance this century, 356,375 km center-to-ctr
1913 Malietoa Tanumafili II, King of West-Samoa (1962- ) on January - 04.
1913 Alfred von Schlieffen, Prussian general-field marshal, dies at 79 on January - 04.
1914 On this day in history mohammed Sahir, shah (Afghanistan)
1914 On this day in history silas Weir Mitchell, US physician/author (Free Quaker), dies at 84
1915 Trans-Caucausus Russian defeat Turkish troops on January - 04.
1915 1st elected Jewish governor, Moses Alexander, takes office in Idaho on January - 04.
1916 Catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede, portrait painter on this day in history.
1917 Maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire on January - 04.
1919 On January - 04 al "Jazbo" Collins, NYC, DJ (Tonight! America After Dark)
1920 Amsterdam actors decide to strike for retirement benefits on this day in history.
1920 On January - 04 1st Black baseball league, National Negro Baseball League, organizes
1920 On this day in history benito Perez Galdos, Spanish writer (Fortunata y Jacinta)
1921 On January - 04 eugene O'Neill's "Diff'rent," premieres in NYC
1922 Frank Wess, flutist/saxophonist/composer on this day in history.
1923 On January - 04 lenin's "Political Testament" calls for removal of Stalin
1923 On this day in history 1st broadcast of "Barn Dance Show" (WBAP
1923 On January - 04 flavio Testi, composer
1925 On January - 04 french psychologist Emil Coué brings his self-esteem therapy to US "Every day in every way I am getting better & better"
1925 On this day in history veikko Hakulinen, Finland, 30K/50K cross country skier (Oly-gold-1956)
« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next Page »