Page 4: Historical Events In January - 20

1870  Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer on January - 20.   

1872  On January - 20 california Stock Exchange Board organized   

1872  On January - 20 calif Stock Exchange Board organized   

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

1877  Ruth St Denis, Newark NJ, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses) on January - 20.   

1878  On this day in history finlay Currie, Scotland, actor (Quo Vadis, Ivanhoe, Avengers)   

1879  British troops under Lord Chelmsford set camp at Isandlwana on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1883  Betram Home Ramsay, English admiral/Commander Allied Naval Forces on January - 20.   

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

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  US Senate approves the naval base lease of Pearl Harbor on this day in history.   

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

1888  Leadbelly, Louisiana, blues 12 string guitarist (Rock Island Line) on this day in history.   

1890  Franz Paul Lachner, composer, dies at 86 on January - 20.   

1891  Mischa Elman, Talnoye Ukraine, US violinist on this day in history.   

1891  On January - 20 david Kalakahua, emperor of Hawaii, dies   

1892  On January - 20 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1896  On January - 20 the birth of George Burns, American comedian   

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 January - 20 mae Busch, Australian/US actress (Cowboy Socialist)   

1898  On this day in history colin Clive, [Greig], St Malo France, actor (Bride of Frankenstein)   

1899  On January - 20 alexander Tcherepnin, composer   

1900  On January - 20 boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer   

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

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0225  On this day in history birth of gordian III, Roman Emperor (d. 244)   

1292  Elisabeth I of Bohemia (d. 1330) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

0287  Death of St. Sebastian on January - 20.   

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

0842  Theophilus, Byzantine kaiser (829-42), dies on this day in history.   

0882  On this day in history louis II/III the Younger, German king (876-82), dies   

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 January - 20.   

1479  John II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81 on January - 20.