What Happened In January 1882 - Historical Events 1882 January

Famous Birthdays on January in 1882

2nd » Herbert von Petersdorff, German swimmer (d. 1917)
4th » Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian set designer (d. 1943)
5th » Herbert Bayard Swope, American journalist (d. 1958)
6th » Aleksandra Ekster, Russian painter (d. 1949)
6th » Fan S. Noli, Albanian-American bishop and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1965)
6th » Sam Rayburn, American politician, 48th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1961)
12th » Milton Sills, American actor (d. 1930)
14th » Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American historian and journalist (d. 1944)
15th » Princess Margaret of Connaught (d. 1920)
16th » Robert Lane (soccer) or Robert Lane, Canadian soccer player (d. 1940)
16th » Margaret Wilson (writer) or Margaret Wilson, American author (d. 1973)
17th » Noah Beery, Sr., American actor (d. 1946)
17th » Arnold Rothstein, American businessman (d. 1928)
20th » Johnny Torrio, Italian-American mobster (d. 1957)
21st » Pavel Florensky, Russian mathematician and theologian (d. 1937)
21st » Francis Gailey, Australian-American swimmer (d. 1972)
22nd » Theodore Kosloff, Russian-American actor, ballet dancer, and choreographer (d. 1956)
25th » Virginia Woolf, English author and critic (d. 1941)
26th » André Rischmann, French rugby player (d. 1955)
30th » Franklin D. Roosevelt, American politician, 32nd President of the United States (d. 1945)

3rd » William Harrison Ainsworth, English author (b. 1805)
4th » John William Draper, English-American physician, chemist, and photographer (b. 1811)
6th » Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American author (b. 1815)
13th » Wilhelm Mauser, German weapon designer, co-founded the Mauser named The Mauser Company (b. 1834)
24th » Levi Boone, American politician, 17th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1808)