Historical Events In January - 20

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

1292  Elisabeth I of Bohemia (d. 1330) was born on January - 20.   

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  King Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578) was born on January - 20.   

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  Michiel de Swaen, South Netherland physician/poet was born on this day in history.   

0250  On this day in history fabianus, Pope (236-50)/saint, dies   

0287  On January - 20 death of st. Sebastian   

0820  On January - 20 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  Death of Bishop Henry, patron saint of Finland on January - 20.   

1191  On this day in history death of frederick VI, Duke of Swabia (b. 1167)   

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