Page 4: Historical Events In January - 24
Friday, 17 October 2025
1899 On this day in history belgium govt of Vandenpeereboom forms
1900 On this day in history battle at Tugela-Spionkop, South Africa (Boers vs British army)
1900 On January - 24 newcastle Badminton Club, world's oldest, formed in England
1901 On January - 24 emily Hobhouse views Lord Kitchener's concentration camp at Bloemfontein
1901 1st games played in baseball's American League on January - 24.
1901 Simon Hassler, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.
1902 Denmark sells Virgin Islands to USA on this day in history.
1902 On January - 24 oskar Morgenstern, German/US economist
1903 On this day in history robert Gwathmey, artist (Arts & Letters)
1904 On this day in history franz Coenen, composer, dies at 77
1906 Norman Cook, museum curator on January - 24.
1907 Alfonse Vranckx, Belgian lawyer/politician on January - 24.
1908 General Baden-Powell starts Boy-Scouts on January - 24.
1908 On this day in history robert Baden-Powell organizes the first Boy Scout troop in England.
1908 Gen Baden-Powell starts Boy-Scouts on January - 24.
1909 Ann Todd, Hartford England, actress (Paradine Case, 7th Veil) on this day in history.
1911 C[atherine] L[ucille] Moore, US, sci-fi author (Judgment Night) on this day in history.
1911 On January - 24 carl Eilhardt, composer, dies at 67
1912 On this day in history ken Weekes, cricketer (WI batsman v England 1939, 137 at The Oval)
1913 On January - 24 franz Kafka stops working on "Amerika"; it will never be finished
1913 Mark Goodson, TV game-show proudcer (Goodson-Toddman) on January - 24.
1913 Gustav Luders, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.
1914 On January - 24 opera "Madeleine," premieres in NYC
1915 On this day in history german-British sea battle at Doggersbank &Helgoland
1915 On this day in history german-British sea battle at Doggersbank & Helgoland
1915 On this day in history robert B Motherwell, US, painter (Elegies to the Spanish Republic)
1916 On this day in history john Corner, scientist
1917 On January - 24 ernest Borgnine Academy Award-winning actor Marty [1955], The Poseidon Adventure, The Dirty Dozen, McHale’s Navy was born
1917 The birth of Ernest Borgnine, American actor on January - 24.
1917 Ernest Borgnine, Hamden Ct, actor (Ice Station Zebra, McHale, Marty) on January - 24.
1917 Ernest Borgnine Academy Award-winning actor: Marty [1955], The Poseidon Adventure, The Dirty Dozen, McHale’s Navy was born on this day in history.
1918 Oral Roberts evangelist founder Oral Roberts University was born on January - 24.
1918 On January - 24 gottfried von Einem, Bern Switzerland, Austrian composer (Dantons Tod)
1918 On this day in history oral Roberts evangelist: founder: Oral Roberts University was born
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