January 20
1775 André-Marie Ampère, French physicist, was born.
1841 Hong Kong was ceded to Great Britain.
1885 L.A. Thompson patented the roller coaster.
1896 Comedian George Burns was born Nathan Birnbaum in New York City.
1936 Britain's King George V died.
2009 Barack Obama was inaugurated as the first black President of the United States.
January 21
1610 Elizabeth Fones, English-born colonial American pioneer, was born. (d. 1673) [My 9th Great-Grandmother. Read about her on Wikipedia.]
1721 James Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec, was born.
1738 Ethan Allen, American soldier/frontiersman, was born.
1793 France's King Louis XVI, was executed on the guillotine.
1891 Calixa Lavallée, Canadian composer, died.
1924 Russian revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Lenin died at age 54.
1940 Jack Nicklaus, American golf legend, was born.
1941 Placido Domingo, Opera singer, was born.
1948 The Flag of Quebec was adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec.
1950 Author George Orwell died in London.
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is responsible for Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell Counties. Our mission is “To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.” If you want to discover more about your family origins, or how and where to locate information about your ancestors, our members will be there to help you.
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