Page 4: Historical Events In January - 20

1870  On this day in history guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer   

1872  On this day in history california Stock Exchange Board organized   

1872  On January - 20 calif Stock Exchange Board organized   

1873  On this day in history charles A Ellwood, US, sociologist/psychologist   

1877  On this day in history ruth St Denis, Newark NJ, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses)   

1878  On January - 20 finlay Currie, Scotland, actor (Quo Vadis, Ivanhoe, Avengers)   

1879  On January - 20 british troops under Lord Chelmsford set camp at Isandlwana   

1879  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 January - 20.   

1887  The U.S. Senate approves a proposal to lease the port of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for use as a naval base on this day in history.   

1887  US Senate approves the naval base lease of Pearl Harbor on January - 20.   

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

1888  Leadbelly, Louisiana, blues 12 string guitarist (Rock Island Line) on January - 20.   

1890  On this day in history franz Paul Lachner, composer, dies at 86   

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

1891  David Kalakahua, emperor of Hawaii, dies on this day in history.   

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  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  On January - 20 harold L Gray, creator (Little Orphan Annie)   

1895  Eva A Jessye, US singer/actress/songwriter (Hallelujah) on this day in history.   

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

1898  On this day in history colin Clive, [Greig], St Malo France, actor (Bride of Frankenstein)   

1899  On January - 20 alexander Tcherepnin, composer   

1900  On January - 20 boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer   

1900  On this day in history john Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81   

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0225  Gordian III, Roman Emperor (d. 244) was born on January - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

1435  On January - 20 birth of ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (d. 1490)   

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

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  Michiel de Swaen, South Netherland physician/poet was born on January - 20.   

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

0287  Death of St. Sebastian on January - 20.   

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

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

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