Historical Events In January - 20
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1870 On this day in history 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 January - 20 charles A Ellwood, US, sociologist/psychologist
1877 Ruth St Denis, Newark NJ, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses) on January - 20.
1878 Finlay Currie, Scotland, actor (Quo Vadis, Ivanhoe, Avengers) on January - 20.
1879 On this day in history 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 Billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England vs Australia MCG on January - 20.
1883 On January - 20 billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England v Aust MCG
1883 Betram Home Ramsay, English admiral/Commander Allied Naval Forces on this day in history.
1884 On this day in history a[braham P] Merritt, US, sci-fi author (Moon Pool, Creep Shadow!)
1887 On this day in history 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 January - 20.
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 this day in history.
1891 Mischa Elman, Talnoye Ukraine, US violinist on January - 20.
1891 On January - 20 david Kalakahua, emperor of Hawaii, dies
1892 On this day in history the first officially recognized basketball game was played at the YMCA gym in Springfield, Mass.
1892 1st basketball game played (Mass) on this day in history.
1892 On this day in history roscoe Ates, Grange Miss, actor (Dep Roscoe-Marshal of Gunsight Pass)
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 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 Mae Busch, Australian/US actress (Cowboy Socialist) on this day in history.
1898 Colin Clive, [Greig], St Malo France, actor (Bride of Frankenstein) on this day in history.
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 January - 20.
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