Historical Events In January - 20

1870  On January - 20 guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer   

1872  California Stock Exchange Board organized on this day in history.   

1872  On January - 20 calif Stock Exchange Board organized   

1873  On this day in history charles A Ellwood, US, sociologist/psychologist   

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  On this day in history 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  On January - 20 john Linnell, British painter/minaturist/engraver, dies   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1890  On this day in history 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  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 January - 20.   

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

1895  On January - 20 eva A Jessye, US singer/actress/songwriter (Hallelujah)   

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  Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37 on January - 20.   

1897  On January - 20 mae Busch, Australian/US actress (Cowboy Socialist)   

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

1899  On January - 20 alexander Tcherepnin, composer   

1900  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of elisabeth I of Bohemia (d. 1330)   

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

1435  Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (d. 1490) was born on this day in history.   

1554  King Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578) was born on this day in history.   

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

1622  Susanna van Baerle, Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns was born on January - 20.   

1654  On January - 20 birth of michiel de Swaen, South Netherland physician/poet   

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

0287  On January - 20 death of st. Sebastian   

0820  On this day in history abu Abdallah M ibn Idris al-Sjafi'i, islamic (Book of Mother), dies   

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

0882  On January - 20 louis II/III the Younger, German king (876-82), dies   

1156  On January - 20 death of bishop Henry, patron saint of Finland   

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

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