Page 4: Historical Events In January - 15

1892  Dr. James Naismith publishes, for the inaugural time, the thirteen rules of basketball the game he invented the previous winter, in Springfield, Massachusetts.   

1892  Basketball rules published in Triangle Magazine, Mass.   

1892  Frank Hutchens, composer   

1893  D Ivor D Novello, British composer/writer (Truth Game).   

1894  Edmond Rubbens, Belgian attorney/minister of colonization   

1895  Albert Trott takes 8-43 on Test debut, then a record   

1895  French fleet reaches Majunga, Madagascar   

1896  Henry Arthur Jones' "Michael and his Lost Angel," premieres in London.   

1896  Jacobo Ficher, composer.   

1896  Matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72.   

1899  Goodman Ace, radio/TV actor/columnist/humorist (Better of Goodman)   

1900  SCNEC soccer team forms.   

1900  Caesar Domela, Dutch painter (Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis son)   

1902  Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Faisal al-Saud, king (Saudi Arabia).   

1904  Eduard Lassen, composer, dies at 73   

1905  Coen de Koning is recorded as becoming world champion all-round skater   

1906  Aristotle Onassis, Greece, rich shipping magnate   

1907  Gold dental inlays inaugural described by William Taggart, who invented them.   

1907  3-element vacuum tube patented by Dr Lee de Forest   

1908  C Hill and R J Hartigan make 8th wicket partnership 243 for Australia   

1908  C Hill and R J Hartigan make 8th wkt partnership 243 for Aust   

1908  Edward Teller, Budapest Hungary, fathered H-bomb (Manhattan Project)   

1909  Elie Siegmeister, NYC, composer (Plough and the Stars).   

1909  Ernest Reyer, composer, dies at 85   

1911  Cy Feuer, NYC, Bdwy producer (Feuer and Martin-Chorus Line).   

1911  Wilhelm Berger, composer, dies at 49.   

1913  Telephone service begins between New York and Berlin.   

1913  Lloyd Bridges, American actor is born   

1913  Lloyd Bridges, San Leandro Calif, actor (Sea Hunt, Roots, Airplane)   

1914  Lord Dacre of Glanton, British historian   

1915  In this year, Japan claims economic control of China.   

1915  Guillaume Couture, composer, dies at 63.   

1916  Mikki Doyle, journalist   

1918  Andreas M Donner, Dutch jurist (constitutional law)   

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1432  Afonso v "the african": King of portugal (1438-1481)   

1481  Ashikaga yoshizumi: Japanese shogun (b. 1511)   

1507  Johann oporinus [herbster]: Swiss book publisher (koran)   

1538  Maeda toshiie: Japanese general   

1567  Black box: [catherine quinol], guadeloupe, vocalist (love sensation)   

1622  Molière: French playwright   

1671  Abraham de la pryme: English antiquarian   

1674  Prosper jolyot de crébillon: French writer   

0069  Death of Servius sulpicius galba: 6th emperor of rome (68-69), lynched at 70   

0570  Saint ita: Irish nun (b. 475)   

0936  King rudolph of france: King rudolph of france   

1208  Death of Peter of castelnau: French nobleman, murdered   

1345  Martin zaccaria: Italo-greek ruler   

1481  Ashikaga yoshizumi: Japanese shogun (b. 1511)   

1595  Murat iii: Ottoman sultan (b. 1546)   

1672  Death of John cosin: English clergyman (b. 1594)