What Happened In January 1894 - Historical Events 1894 January

Historical Events for January, 1894

1st » The Manchester Ship Canal, is officially opened to traffic.
7th » William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for film called motion picture film.
9th » New England Telephone and Telegraph Company named New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery (electricity) named battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.

1st » Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician (d. 1974)
1st » Shitsu Nakano, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2007)
3rd » ZaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963)
4th » Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (d. 1962)
8th » Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (d. 1941)
10th » Pingali Lakshmikantam, Indian poet (d. 1972)
12th » Georges Carpentier, French boxer (d. 1975)
15th » Ecaterina Teodoroiu, Romanian soldier (d. 1917)
16th » Irving Mills, American publisher (d. 1985)
20th » Harold Gray, American cartoonist, created 'Little Orphan Annie' (d. 1968)
20th » Walter Piston, American composer (d. 1976)
23rd » Jyotirmoyee Devi, Indian author (d. 1988)
30th » Boris III of Bulgaria (d. 1943)
31st » Isham Jones, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1956)