Historical Events In January - 20

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

1872  California Stock Exchange Board organized on January - 20.   

1872  On January - 20 calif Stock Exchange Board organized   

1873  On January - 20 charles A Ellwood, US, sociologist/psychologist   

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

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  The Schooner Janet Wignall, in passage from Liverpool to Creetown, Scotland, in ballast stranded at Bargue near Dumfries with the loss of all hands on this day in history.   

1882  John Linnell, British painter/minaturist/engraver, dies on January - 20.   

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

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 January - 20 the U.S. Senate approves a proposal to lease the port of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for use as a naval base.   

1887  On this day in history uS Senate approves the naval base lease of Pearl Harbor   

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

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

1891  On January - 20 david Kalakahua, emperor of Hawaii, dies   

1892  The first officially recognized basketball game was played at the YMCA gym in Springfield, Mass on this day in history.   

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  Kaj Birket-Smith, Danish etnologist/anthropologist (Eskimos) on this day in history.   

1894  On January - 20 harold L Gray, creator (Little Orphan Annie)   

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 January - 20 elmer R Diktonius, Finnish musicologist/author (Janne Kubik)   

1896  On this day in history heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37   

1897  On January - 20 mae Busch, Australian/US actress (Cowboy Socialist)   

1898  Colin Clive, [Greig], St Malo France, actor (Bride of Frankenstein) on this day in history.   

1899  Alexander Tcherepnin, composer on this day in history.   

1900  Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer on January - 20.   

1900  On January - 20 john Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81   

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

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 January - 20.   

1435  Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (d. 1490) was born on this day in history.   

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

1586  On this day in history birth of johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Fontana d'Israel)   

1622  On January - 20 birth of susanna van Baerle, Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns   

1654  Michiel de Swaen, South Netherland physician/poet was born on January - 20.   

0250  On January - 20 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  On January - 20 theophilus, Byzantine kaiser (829-42), dies   

0882  Louis II/III the Younger, German king (876-82), dies on January - 20.   

1156  Death of Bishop Henry, patron saint of Finland on this day in history.   

1191  On January - 20 death of frederick VI, Duke of Swabia (b. 1167)   

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