420 Historic Events for January 20
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| 1866 |
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Richard Le Gallienne, English writer (Maker of Gainborg)
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| 1868 |
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Wilhelm Sch„fer, German writer (Ein Totschl„ger)
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| 1868 |
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Florida constitutional convention meets in Tallahassee
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| 1869 |
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton becomes 1st woman to testify before Congress
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| 1870 |
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"City of Boston" vanishes at sea with all 177 aboard
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| 1870 |
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Hiram R Revels elected to fill unexpired term of Jefferson Davis
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| 1870 |
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Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer
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| 1872 |
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Calif Stock Exchange Board organized
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| 1873 |
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Charles A Ellwood, US, sociologist/psychologist
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| 1873 |
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Johannes V Jensen, Denmark, novelist/poet (Energy Storage, Nobel 1944)
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| 1877 |
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Ruth St Denis, Newark NJ, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses)
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| 1878 |
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Finlay Currie, Scotland, actor (Quo Vadis, Ivanhoe, Avengers)
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| 1879 |
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British troops under Lord Chelmsford set camp at Isandlwana
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| 1882 |
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John Linnell, British painter/minaturist/engraver, dies
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| 1883 |
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Billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England v Aust MCG
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| 1883 |
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Betram Home Ramsay, English admiral/Commander Allied Naval Forces
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| 1884 |
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A[braham P] Merritt, US, sci-fi author (Moon Pool, Creep Shadow!)
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| 1887 |
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US Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl Harbor
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| 1888 |
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Leadbelly, Louisiana, blues 12 string guitarist (Rock Island Line)
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| 1890 |
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Franz Paul Lachner, composer, dies at 86
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| 1891 |
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David Kalakahua, emperor of Hawaii, dies
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| 1891 |
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Mischa Elman, Talnoye Ukraine, US violinist
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| 1892 |
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Roscoe Ates, Grange Miss, actor (Dep Roscoe-Marshal of Gunsight Pass)
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| 1892 |
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1st basketball game played (Mass)
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| 1893 |
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Kaj Birket-Smith, Danish etnologist/anthropologist (Eskimos)
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