Ralph Pomeroy Buckland American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born Leyden Massachusetts (d. 1892)
Jan 20 1813
Jacon Gartner Lauman American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Taneytown Maryland (d. 1867)
Jan 20 1820
Anne Jemima Clough England promoted higher education for women
Jan 20 1834
George D. Robinson 34th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)
Jan 20 1837
David Josiah Brewer U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910)
Jan 20 1843
Pierre-Paul Cambon French diplomat (Madrid Constantinople London)
Jan 20 1847
W R Pettiford Founder (Alabama Penny Savings Bank)
Jan 20 1865
Friedrich A H von Waldeck brother of queen Emmalast ruler of Waldeck
Jan 20 1866
Richard Le Gallienne English writer (Maker of Gainborg)
Jan 20 1867
Yvette Guilbert [Emma Laure Esther Guilbert] French singer and actress born in Paris France (d. 1944)
Jan 20 1873
Charles A Ellwood American sociologistpsychologist
Jan 20 1873
Johannes V Jensen Danish novelistpoet (Energy Storage Nobel 1944)
Jan 20 1877
Ruth St Denis ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses) born in Newark New Jersey
Jan 20 1878
Finlay Currie Scottish actor (Quo Vadis Ivanhoe Avengers) born in Edinburgh (d. 1968)
Jan 20 1880
Walter W. Bacon American politician (d. 1962)
Jan 20 1883
Betram Home Ramsay English admiralCommander Allied Naval Forces
Jan 20 1884
A[braham] Merritt American sci-fi author (The Moon Pool Burn Witch Bun ) born in Beverly New Jersey (d. 1943)
Jan 20 1889
Allan Haines Loughead American aviation executive (d. 1969)
HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY
Jan 20 1156 According to legend freeholder Lalli slays English crusader Bishop Henry with an axe on the ice of Lake Kylinjrvi in Finland
Jan 20 1265 First English Parliament summoned other than by royal command (in this instance by Simon de Montfort Earl of Leicester) mets in Westminster Hall
Jan 20 1320 Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes King of Poland
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