Page 4: Historical Events In January - 20

1870  On this day in history guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer   

1872  On January - 20 california Stock Exchange Board organized   

1872  Calif Stock Exchange Board organized on January - 20.   

1873  Charles A Ellwood, US, sociologist/psychologist on January - 20.   

1877  On January - 20 ruth St Denis, Newark NJ, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses)   

1878  Finlay Currie, Scotland, actor (Quo Vadis, Ivanhoe, Avengers) on January - 20.   

1879  On January - 20 british troops under Lord Chelmsford set camp at Isandlwana   

1879  The Schooner Janet Wignall, in passage from Liverpool to Creetown, Scotland, in ballast stranded at Bargue near Dumfries with the loss of all hands on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history john Linnell, British painter/minaturist/engraver, dies   

1883  On this day in history billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England vs Australia MCG   

1883  Billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England v Aust MCG on this day in history.   

1883  On this day in history betram Home Ramsay, English admiral/Commander Allied Naval Forces   

1884  A[braham P] Merritt, US, sci-fi author (Moon Pool, Creep Shadow!) on this day in history.   

1887  On January - 20 the U.S. Senate approves a proposal to lease the port of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for use as a naval base.   

1887  On this day in history uS Senate approves the naval base lease of Pearl Harbor   

1887  On January - 20 uS Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl Harbor   

1888  Leadbelly, Louisiana, blues 12 string guitarist (Rock Island Line) on January - 20.   

1890  Franz Paul Lachner, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1891  Mischa Elman, Talnoye Ukraine, US violinist on January - 20.   

1891  David Kalakahua, emperor of Hawaii, dies on January - 20.   

1892  The first officially recognized basketball game was played at the YMCA gym in Springfield, Mass on this day in history.   

1892  1st basketball game played (Mass) on this day in history.   

1892  Roscoe Ates, Grange Miss, actor (Dep Roscoe-Marshal of Gunsight Pass) on this day in history.   

1893  Kaj Birket-Smith, Danish etnologist/anthropologist (Eskimos) on this day in history.   

1894  Harold L Gray, creator (Little Orphan Annie) on this day in history.   

1895  Eva A Jessye, US singer/actress/songwriter (Hallelujah) on this day in history.   

1896  The birth of George Burns, American comedian on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history elmer R Diktonius, Finnish musicologist/author (Janne Kubik)   

1896  On January - 20 heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37   

1897  On this day in history mae Busch, Australian/US actress (Cowboy Socialist)   

1898  On January - 20 colin Clive, [Greig], St Malo France, actor (Bride of Frankenstein)   

1899  Alexander Tcherepnin, composer on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer   

1900  On this day in history john Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81   

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0225  Gordian III, Roman Emperor (d. 244) was born on this day in history.   

1292  Elisabeth I of Bohemia (d. 1330) was born on January - 20.   

1358  On this day in history birth of eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (d. 1382)   

1435  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (d. 1490)   

1554  On this day in history birth of king Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578)   

1586  Johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Fontana d'Israel) was born on this day in history.   

1622  On this day in history birth of susanna van Baerle, Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns   

1654  Michiel de Swaen, South Netherland physician/poet was born on this day in history.   

0250  Fabianus, Pope (236-50)/saint, dies on this day in history.   

0287  Death of St. Sebastian on this day in history.   

0820  Abu Abdallah M ibn Idris al-Sjafi'i, islamic (Book of Mother), dies on January - 20.   

0842  On this day in history theophilus, Byzantine kaiser (829-42), dies   

0882  Louis II/III the Younger, German king (876-82), dies on this day in history.   

1156  On this day in history death of bishop Henry, patron saint of Finland   

1191  Death of Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia (b. 1167) on this day in history.   

1479  On this day in history john II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81