Page 4: Historical Events In January - 20

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

1872  California Stock Exchange Board organized on January - 20.   

1872  On this day in history calif Stock Exchange Board organized   

1873  Charles A Ellwood, US, sociologist/psychologist on this day in history.   

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  British troops under Lord Chelmsford set camp at Isandlwana on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1883  On this day in history billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England v Aust MCG   

1883  On January - 20 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  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  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  Franz Paul Lachner, composer, dies at 86 on January - 20.   

1891  On this day in history mischa Elman, Talnoye Ukraine, US violinist   

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 January - 20.   

1892  On January - 20 1st basketball game played (Mass)   

1892  Roscoe Ates, Grange Miss, actor (Dep Roscoe-Marshal of Gunsight Pass) on this day in history.   

1893  On this day in history kaj Birket-Smith, Danish etnologist/anthropologist (Eskimos)   

1894  On this day in history harold L Gray, creator (Little Orphan Annie)   

1895  On this day in history eva A Jessye, US singer/actress/songwriter (Hallelujah)   

1896  The birth of George Burns, American comedian on January - 20.   

1896  On January - 20 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 this day in history mae Busch, Australian/US actress (Cowboy Socialist)   

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

1899  On this day in history alexander Tcherepnin, composer   

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  Elisabeth I of Bohemia (d. 1330) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1586  Johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Fontana d'Israel) was born on this day in history.   

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

1654  On this day in history birth of michiel de Swaen, South Netherland physician/poet   

0250  Fabianus, Pope (236-50)/saint, dies on January - 20.   

0287  Death of St. Sebastian on January - 20.   

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

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

0882  On this day in history louis II/III the Younger, German king (876-82), dies   

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

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

1479  On January - 20 john II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81