Page 4: 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 this day in history 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 this day in history finlay Currie, Scotland, actor (Quo Vadis, Ivanhoe, Avengers)   

1879  British troops under Lord Chelmsford set camp at Isandlwana on January - 20.   

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 January - 20.   

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

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  On January - 20 franz Paul Lachner, composer, dies at 86   

1891  Mischa Elman, Talnoye Ukraine, US violinist on this day in history.   

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  On January - 20 roscoe Ates, Grange Miss, actor (Dep Roscoe-Marshal of Gunsight Pass)   

1893  On January - 20 kaj Birket-Smith, Danish etnologist/anthropologist (Eskimos)   

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

1895  On January - 20 eva A Jessye, US singer/actress/songwriter (Hallelujah)   

1896  On January - 20 the birth of George Burns, American comedian   

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 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  John Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81 on this day in history.   

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0225  Gordian III, Roman Emperor (d. 244) was born on this day in history.   

1292  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (d. 1490)   

1554  King Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578) was born on January - 20.   

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

1622  Susanna van Baerle, Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

0882  Louis II/III the Younger, German king (876-82), dies on this day in history.   

1156  On January - 20 death of bishop Henry, patron saint of Finland   

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