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  On January - 20 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 January - 20.   

1878  On January - 20 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  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  Billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England v Aust MCG on January - 20.   

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

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 January - 20.   

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

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

1888  On this day in history leadbelly, Louisiana, blues 12 string guitarist (Rock Island Line)   

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

1891  On January - 20 mischa Elman, Talnoye Ukraine, US violinist   

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  On January - 20 kaj Birket-Smith, Danish etnologist/anthropologist (Eskimos)   

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  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  Alexander Tcherepnin, composer on January - 20.   

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 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 January - 20.   

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

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

1586  On this day in history birth of johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Fontana d'Israel)   

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  On January - 20 fabianus, Pope (236-50)/saint, dies   

0287  On this day in history death of st. Sebastian   

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

0842  On January - 20 theophilus, Byzantine kaiser (829-42), dies   

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

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

1191  On January - 20 death of frederick VI, Duke of Swabia (b. 1167)   

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