Page 4: Historical Events In January - 20

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

1872  On this day in history california Stock Exchange Board organized   

1872  On this day in history calif Stock Exchange Board organized   

1873  On January - 20 charles A Ellwood, US, sociologist/psychologist   

1877  Ruth St Denis, Newark NJ, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses) on this day in history.   

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  On January - 20 the Schooner Janet Wignall, in passage from Liverpool to Creetown, Scotland, in ballast stranded at Bargue near Dumfries with the loss of all hands.   

1882  John Linnell, British painter/minaturist/engraver, dies on January - 20.   

1883  On January - 20 billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England vs Australia MCG   

1883  On January - 20 billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England v Aust MCG   

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  The U.S. Senate approves a proposal to lease the port of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for use as a naval base on this day in history.   

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

1887  US Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl Harbor on January - 20.   

1888  On January - 20 leadbelly, Louisiana, blues 12 string guitarist (Rock Island Line)   

1890  On January - 20 franz Paul Lachner, composer, dies at 86   

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

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

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

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

1892  Roscoe Ates, Grange Miss, actor (Dep Roscoe-Marshal of Gunsight Pass) on January - 20.   

1893  Kaj Birket-Smith, Danish etnologist/anthropologist (Eskimos) on January - 20.   

1894  On January - 20 harold L Gray, creator (Little Orphan Annie)   

1895  On this day in history eva A Jessye, US singer/actress/songwriter (Hallelujah)   

1896  The birth of George Burns, American comedian on January - 20.   

1896  Elmer R Diktonius, Finnish musicologist/author (Janne Kubik) on this day in history.   

1896  Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history alexander Tcherepnin, composer   

1900  Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer on January - 20.   

1900  John Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81 on this day in history.   

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0225  On January - 20 birth of gordian III, Roman Emperor (d. 244)   

1292  On January - 20 birth of elisabeth I of Bohemia (d. 1330)   

1358  Eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (d. 1382) was born on this day in history.   

1435  Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (d. 1490) was born on January - 20.   

1554  King Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578) was born on January - 20.   

1586  Johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Fontana d'Israel) was born on January - 20.   

1622  On January - 20 birth of susanna van Baerle, Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns   

1654  On this day in history birth of michiel de Swaen, South Netherland physician/poet   

0250  Fabianus, Pope (236-50)/saint, dies on January - 20.   

0287  On this day in history death of st. Sebastian   

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

0842  Theophilus, Byzantine kaiser (829-42), dies on January - 20.   

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

1156  Death of Bishop Henry, patron saint of Finland on January - 20.   

1191  Death of Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia (b. 1167) on January - 20.   

1479  John II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81 on this day in history.