Page 5: Historical Events In January - 15
Wednesday, 04 February 2026
1919 2 million gallons of molasses spill in a tidal wave that drowns 21 in Boston MA 

1919 Pianist and statesman Ignace Paderewski is recorded as becoming inaugural premier of Poland 

1919 Pianist and statesman Ignace Jan Paderewski is recorded as becoming the inaugural premier of the new republic of Poland 

1919 Semana Tragica (Tragic Week) Bloodbath in Buenos Aires 

1919 2 million gallons of molasses flood Boston MA, drowning 21 

1919 Karl Liebknecht, Marxist revolutionary, murdered at 47 

1920 Prohibition comes into force, making it illegal to sell beer and liquor. 

1922 Irish Free State forms. Revolutionary leader Michael Collins is recorded as becoming inaugural premier. 

1922 Irish Free State forms; Michael Collins is recorded as becoming inaugural premier. 

1922 Irish Free State forms; Michael Collins is recorded as becoming 1st premier 

1922 John Kirk Barry, Dr/explorer David Livingstone's companion, dies at 89 

1923 Lithuania seizes and annexes the country of Memel. 

1924 3rd Dutch government Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms 

1924 3rd Dutch govt Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms. 

1924 Geza Zichy, composer, dies at 74 

1925 Hans Luther forms German government, with DNVP. 

1925 Hans Luther forms German govt, with DNVP. 

1926 Enrico Toselli, composer, dies at 42. 

1929 Martin Luther King, US black civil rights campaigner2006 NASA's Stardust mission successfully ends, the inaugural to return dust from a comet is born 

1929 Martin Luther King, US black civil rights campaigner is born. 

1930 George Headley scores century on debut vs England (made 176). 

1930 George Headley scores century on debut v England (made 176) 

1932 Georg Kerschensteiner, German educationalist, dies at 77 

1934 8.4 earthquake in India/Nepal, 10700 die. 

1934 Babe Ruth signs a 1934 contract for $35000 ($17000 cut) 

1934 In Bihar-Nepal, India a 8.4 earthquake resulted in 10700 deaths 

1934 Hermann Bahr, Austrian writer (Concert), dies at 70. 

1935 300 Dutch ice cream salesmen protest against Italian competition. 

1936 Horace Stoneham elected president of New York Giants. 

1936 Non-profit Ford Foundation incorporates 

1936 The inaugural all-glass windowless structure in US completed, Toledo, Ohio. 

1936 1st all-glass windowless structure in US completed, Toledo, Ohio 

1936 Henry Forster, cricket (Hants and Oxford U, Gov-Gen of Australia), dies 

1939 Municipal Railway and Market St RR begin service to Transbay Terminal 

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