Page 6: Historical Events In January - 05

1920  Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to NY Yankees   

1920  Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Brescia Italy, pianist   

1922  Ernest H Shackleton, Brit South pole explorer (Endurance), dies at 47.   

1925  French Baseball Federation awards silver medals to John McGraw, Charlie Comiskey, and Hugh Jennings.   

1925  Nellie T. Ross is recorded as becoming the inaugural female governor in the US, succeeding her late husband as governor of Wyoming.   

1925  Nellie Taylor Ross became Governor of Wyoming, inaugural woman governor in USA.   

1925  Under Polish control, Danzig establishes Port Gdansk post office   

1925  James Gleason and Richard Tabers "Is zat so?" premieres in NYC   

1926  James Cox of Ford Motors announces 8 hr day and $5 daily minimum wage   

1927  Fox Studios exhibits Movietone.   

1929  Coup by King Alexander in South Slavia   

1930  Mao Tse-tung writes "A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire".   

1931  Robert Duvall, American film actor.   

1931  Robert Duvall, American film actor is born   

1931  1st woman to purchase a baseball team Lucille Thomas purchases Topeka franchise in the Western League.   

1932  Umberto Eco, Italian author is born   

1932  Umberto Eco, Italian author   

1933  Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the US, dies in Northampton, Massachusetts, at age 60   

1933  Work on Golden Gate Bridge begins, on Marin County side   

1933  Calvin Coolidge, 30th President (1923-29), dies in Mass at 60.   

1934  Fenway Park catches fire for 2nd time.   

1934  Fenway Park catches fire for 2nd time (May 8th 1926 also)   

1937  Fingleton and Bradman make record stand of 346 for 6th wicket.   

1937  Fingleton and Bradman make record stand of 346 for 6th wkt.   

1938  King Juan Carlos of Spain   

1938  King Juan Carlos of Spain is born.   

1940  FCC hears inaugural transmission of FM radio with clear, static-free signal.   

1940  Finnish offensive at Suomossalmi against Russia.   

1940  FCC hears 1st transmission of FM radio with clear, static-free signal   

1940  Tina Modotti, [Maria del Carmen], Ital/Mexican communist, dies at 46.   

1941  British/Australian troops conquer Bardia Lybia   

1942  55 German tanks reach North-Africa   

1942  Yves Paringaux, French chief of staff, murdered   

1943  Scientist/educator George Washington Carver dies in Tuskegee, Alabama, at age 81   

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1209  Richard: 1st earl of cornwall, holy roman emperor   

1548  Francisco suarez: Spanish theologian   

1560  William cobbold: Composer   

1587  Xu xiake: Chinese geographer   

1592  Shah jahan: Mughal emperor of india (1628-58), built taj mahal   

1596  Henry lawes: English composer   

1614  Archduke leopold wilhelm of austria: Archduke leopold wilhelm of austria (d. 1662)   

1661  Jacob balthasar schutz: Composer   

0842  Al-mu'tasim: Abbasid caliph (b. 794)   

1066  Edward de belijder: The confessor, king of england (1043-66),   

1387  Death of Pedro iv: King of aragon/conqueror of sicily,   

1400  Death of John montacute: 3rd earl of salisbury, english politician (executed) (b. ca. 1350)   

1425  John of bavaria/bayern: Liege of holland/zealand/dordrecht, poisoned   

1448  Death of Christopher of bavaria: Christopher of bavaria (b. 1416)   

1465  Charles: Duke of orléans, french poet (b. 1394)   

1477  Death of Charles: The bold, duke of burgundy/writer,