Page 4: Historical Events In January - 24

1899  On January - 24 belgium govt of Vandenpeereboom forms   

1900  Battle at Tugela-Spionkop, South Africa (Boers vs British army) on January - 24.   

1900  On January - 24 newcastle Badminton Club, world's oldest, formed in England   

1901  On this day in history emily Hobhouse views Lord Kitchener's concentration camp at Bloemfontein   

1901  1st games played in baseball's American League on January - 24.   

1901  On January - 24 simon Hassler, composer, dies at 68   

1902  On this day in history denmark sells Virgin Islands to USA   

1902  On this day in history oskar Morgenstern, German/US economist   

1903  On January - 24 robert Gwathmey, artist (Arts & Letters)   

1904  Franz Coenen, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1906  On January - 24 norman Cook, museum curator   

1907  Alfonse Vranckx, Belgian lawyer/politician on this day in history.   

1908  General Baden-Powell starts Boy-Scouts on January - 24.   

1908  Robert Baden-Powell organizes the first Boy Scout troop in England on January - 24.   

1908  Gen Baden-Powell starts Boy-Scouts on this day in history.   

1909  Ann Todd, Hartford England, actress (Paradine Case, 7th Veil) on January - 24.   

1911  C[atherine] L[ucille] Moore, US, sci-fi author (Judgment Night) on this day in history.   

1911  Carl Eilhardt, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history ken Weekes, cricketer (WI batsman v England 1939, 137 at The Oval)   

1913  Franz Kafka stops working on "Amerika"; it will never be finished on January - 24.   

1913  On this day in history mark Goodson, TV game-show proudcer (Goodson-Toddman)   

1913  On January - 24 gustav Luders, composer, dies at 47   

1914  On this day in history opera "Madeleine," premieres in NYC   

1915  On this day in history german-British sea battle at Doggersbank &Helgoland   

1915  German-British sea battle at Doggersbank & Helgoland on January - 24.   

1915  On this day in history robert B Motherwell, US, painter (Elegies to the Spanish Republic)   

1916  John Corner, scientist on January - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Gottfried von Einem, Bern Switzerland, Austrian composer (Dantons Tod) on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history oral Roberts evangelist: founder: Oral Roberts University was born   

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1287  Richard Aungerville, English bishop (d. 1345) was born on this day in history.   

1444  Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1476) was born on this day in history.   

1638  On January - 24 birth of charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet (d. 1706)   

1664  On January - 24 birth of john Vanbrugh, London, dramatist/architect (baptized)   

1670  William Congreve, English playwright (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.   

1674  On this day in history birth of thomas Tanner, English bishop (d. 1735)   

1679  On this day in history birth of christian von Wolff, German philosopher   

1705  Farinelli, [Carlo Broschi], Andria Italy, castrato was born on this day in history.   

0041  On January - 24 death of caligula, [G C Germanicus], Roman emperor (37-41), assassinated at 28   

0661  Death of Ali ibn Abu Talib, kalief of Islam (656-61), murdered on January - 24.   

0772  On this day in history stefanus III/IV, pope (768-72), dies   

0817  Stefanus IV, pope (816-17), dies on January - 24.   

1125  Death of David IV of Georgia (b. 1073) on this day in history.   

1336  On this day in history alfonso IV, the Benignant, king of Aragon (1327-36), dies at 36   

1366  Death of Alfonso IV of Aragon (b. 1299) on this day in history.   

1376  Death of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English military leader on this day in history.