Page 4: Historical Events In January - 16

1904  Max Vredenburg, composer   

1905  Stanley Cup Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Dawson City (Yukon) in 2 games Ottawa Silver 7 beats Dawson City (Yukon) 23-2 for Stanley Cup, this is most lopsided playoff game, Frank McGee scores 14 goals   

1905  Baseball outfielder Frank Huelsman traded for 6th time in 8 months.   

1905  Ernesto Halffter, composer   

1906  Conference of Algeciras (about Morocco)   

1906  -13] Conference of Algeciras (about Morocco).   

1906  Clement Greenberg, art critic.   

1907  Alexander Knox, Canada, actor (Gorky Park, 2 of a Kind)   

1907  Alfred Shaw, cricketer (seven Tests for England 1877-82), dies.   

1908  Pinnacles National Monument, California established   

1908  Pinnacles National Monument, Calif established   

1908  Ethel Merman, stage and screen actress (Anything Goes, Call Me Madam)   

1909  British explorer Ernest Shackleton finds magnetic south pole.   

1909  Ethel Merman, American singer and actress is born.   

1910  David McCampbell, US pilot/capt (WW II-Pacific-downed 34 Japanese planes)   

1911  Pandora is recorded as becoming inaugural 2-man sailboat to round Cape Horn west to east   

1911  Pandora is recorded as becoming 1st 2-man sailboat to round Cape Horn west to east   

1911  Gilbert Gadoffre, French scholar   

1912  Franz Tumler, Austria, author/novelist (Cloak, Aufruf).   

1912  Georg Heym, writer, dies at 24.   

1913  British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule for Ireland.   

1914  Writer Maksim Gorki returns to Russia.   

1914  Roger Aubert, Belgium, church historian (Le Pontificat de Pie IX)   

1915  Congress authorizes $1 and $50 Panama-Pacific International Expo gold coin   

1915  Congress authorizes $1 and $50 Panama-Pacific Intl Expo gold coin   

1916  Frederick Stewart, British geologist   

1916  Arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57.   

1917  Buddy Lester, Chicago Ill, actor (Nick-Phil Silvers Show).   

1918  Stirling Silliphant, screenwriter.   

1919  Missouri, Nebraska, and Wyoming ratify the Prohibition Amendment, adding it to the Constitution   

1919  The United States went legally dry as prohibition of alcoholic beverages took effect under the 18th amendment to the Constitution. The amendment was repealed in 1933.   

1919  Prohibition ratified by 3/4 of states; Nebraska is 36th.   

1919  Bob Boucher, Kent Ohio, orch leader (Music on Ice).   

1919  Jaroslav Jeremias, composer, dies at 19.   

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1245  Edmund crouchback: Son of henry iii of england   

1409  Ren� i of naples: Ren� i of naples (d. 1480)   

1477  Johannes schöner: German astronomer and cartographer   

1501  Anthony denny: Confidant of king henry viii of england   

1587  Alexander adriaenssen: Flemish painter   

1616  François de vendôme: Duc de beaufort, french soldier   

1626  Lucas achtschellinck: Flemish painter   

1634  Dorthe engelbrechtsdatter: Norwegian poet   

0308  Marcellus i: Catholic pope (-308),   

0429  Honoratius of arles: Bishop/saint,   

0960  Death of Polyeuctus: Patriarch of constantinople   

1343  Death of Robert of anjou: King (naples),   

1400  John holland: 1st duke of exeter, english politician (executed) (b. 1352)   

1545  George spalatin: German reformer (b. 1484)   

1547  Johannes schöner: German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477)   

1554  Death of Christiern pedersen: Danish humanist (b. 1480)