January 20

is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian_Calendar. There are 345 days remaining (346 in leap_years). In astrology, it is the cusp day, between Aquarius and Capricorn.

Events

  • 1156 - According to legend, freeholder Lalli slays English crusader Bishop_Henry with an axe on the ice of the lake Köyliönjärvi in Finland.
  • 1265 - In Westminster, the first English parliament conducts its first meeting.
  • 1320 - Duke Wladyslaw_Lokietek becomes king of Poland.
  • 1356 - Edward_Balliol resigns as King of Scotland.
  • 1513 - Christian II becomes King of Denmark and Norway.
  • 1667 - Poland cedes Kiev, Smolensk, and eastern Ukraine to Russia.
  • 1801 - John_Marshall is appointed Chief_Justice_of_the_United_States.
  • 1839 - In the Battle_of_Yungay, Chile defeats a Peruvian and Bolivian alliance.
  • 1840 - Dumont_D'Urville discovers Adélie_Land, Antarctica.
  • 1840 - Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
  • 1885 - L.A._Thompson patents the roller_coaster.
  • 1887 - The United_States_Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl_Harbor as a naval base.
  • 1891 - James_Hogg becomes the first native Texan to be governor of that state.
  • 1892 - At the YMCA in Springfield,_Massachusetts, the first official basketball game is played.
  • 1921 - Republic of Turkey is declared.
  • 1929 - The movie ''In_Old_Arizona'' was released. The film was the first full-length talking film to be filmed outdoors.
  • 1936 - Edward VIII becomes King of the United_Kingdom.
  • 1937 - Franklin_D._Roosevelt is inaugurated for a second term as President_of_the_United_States.
  • 1941 - Franklin_D._Roosevelt is inaugurated for a third term as President_of_the_United_States, becoming the only President to be elected to three terms.
  • s at the Wannsee_conference in Berlin decide the "final_solution to the Jewish problem" is relocation.
  • drops 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin.
  • 1945 - Franklin_D._Roosevelt is inaugurated for a fourth term as President_of_the_United_States, becoming the only President to be elected to four terms.
  • 1949 - Harry_S._Truman is re-inaugurated as the 33rd President_of_the_United_States.
  • 1952 - Edgar_Faure becomes Prime Minister of France.
  • 1953 - Dwight_D._Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th President_of_the_United_States.
  • 1954 - The National_Negro_Network is established with 40 charter member radio_stations.
  • 1957 - Dwight_D._Eisenhower is inaugurated for a second term as President_of_the_United_States.
  • 1958 - Elvis_Presley receives his draft notice.
  • 1961 - John_F._Kennedy is inaugurated as the 35th President_of_the_United_States.
  • 1964 - ''Meet_the_Beatles'', the first Beatles album in the United_States, is released.
  • 1965 - Lyndon B. Johnson is re-inaugurated as the 36th President_of_the_United_States.
  • 1969 - The first pulsar is discovered, in the Crab_Nebula.
  • 1969 - Richard M. Nixon is inaugurated as the 37th President_of_the_United_States.
  • 1973 - Richard M. Nixon is inaugurated for a second term as President_of_the_United_States.
  • 1975 - Michael_Ovitz founds Creative_Artists_Agency.
  • 1977 - Jimmy_Carter is inaugurated as the 39th President_of_the_United_States.
  • 1980 - Super_Bowl_XIV sees the coronation of the Pittsburgh_Steelers as the team of the 1970s as they defeat the Los Angeles Rams, 31-19.
  • 1981 - Ronald W. Reagan is inaugurated as the 40th President_of_the_United_States and becomes the oldest to take office (69 years and 349 days). Minutes later, Iran releases 52 American hostages that were captive for 444 days.
  • 1985 - Super_Bowl_XIX becomes the most watched game in history when an estimated 115.9 million people see the San_Francisco_49ers beat the Miami_Dolphins, 38-16. This game also was the first time television commercials ran for a million dollars a minute.
  • 1985 - Ronald W. Reagan is inaugurated for a second term as President_of_the_United_States.
  • 1986 - Martin_Luther_King,_Jr., day was celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
  • 1986 - The United_Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel_Tunnel.
  • 1989 - George_H._W._Bush is inaugurated as the 41st President_of_the_United_States.
  • 1993 - Bill_Clinton is inaugurated as the 42nd President_of_the_United_States.
  • 1994 - In South_Carolina, Shannon_Faulkner becomes the first female cadet to attend The_Citadel but soon drops out.
  • 1996 - Yasser_Arafat is elected president of the Palestinian_Authority.
  • 1997 - Bill_Clinton starts his second term as President_of_the_United_States.
  • 1999 - The China_News_Service announces new government restrictions on Internet use aimed especially at Internet_bars.
  • 2001 - George_W._Bush is inaugurated as the 43rd President_of_the_United_States.
  • 2002 - Michael_Jordan, now of the Washington_Wizards, plays his first game in Chicago since rejoining the NBA. The Wizards beat the Chicago_Bulls, 77-69.
  • 2002 - Inauguration of Churches_Uniting_in_Christ.

    Births

  • 225 - Gordian_III, Roman_emperor (d. 244)
  • 1812 - Thomas_Meik, engineer (d. 1896)
  • 1856 - Harriot_Eaton_Stanton_Blatch, women's rights activist (d. 1940)
  • 1873 - Johannes_Vilhelm_Jensen, Danish author, Nobel prize winner (d. 1950)
  • 1878 - Ruth_St._Denis, dancer (d. 1968)
  • 1894 - Walter_Piston, composer
  • 1896 - George_Burns, actor, comedian (d. 1996)
  • 1907 - Paula_Wessley, actress (d. 2000)
  • 1915 - C._W._Ceram, author (d. 1972)
  • 1915 - Ghulam_Ishaq_Khan, President_of_Pakistan
  • 1918 - Esquivel, musician (d. 2002)
  • 1920 - Federico_Fellini, film director (d. 1993)
  • 1920 - DeForest_Kelly, actor (d. 1999)
  • 1920 - John_O'Connor, Cardinal of New_York_City (d. 2000)
  • 1921 - Bernt_Engelmann, author (d. 1994)
  • 1925 - Ernesto_Cardenal, theologian, author and politician
  • 1926 - Patricia_Neal, actress
  • 1926 - David_Tudor, pianist and composer (d. 1996)
  • 1930 - Buzz_Aldrin, astronaut
  • 1940 - Carol_Heiss, Olympic figure_skating gold medalist
  • 1946 - David_Lynch, film director
  • 1949 - Göran_Persson, Prime_Minister_of_Sweden
  • 1952 - Paul_Stanley, musician, of the rock band KISS
  • 1956 - Bill_Maher, actor, comedian, political analyst
  • 1958 - Lorenzo_Lamas, actor
  • 1969 - Skeet_Ulrich, actor
  • 1976 - Gretha_Smit, Olympic speed_skating silver medalist

    Deaths

  • 1156 - Bishop_Henry, patron saint of Finland
  • 1779 - David_Garrick, actor (b. 1717)
  • 1848 - Christian_VIII_of_Denmark (b. 1786)
  • 1850 - Adam_Oehlenschlager, Danish poet (b. 1779)
  • 1904 - Dmitri_Ivanovich_Mendeleev, Russian chemist and inventor of the Periodic_table (b. 1834)
  • 1936 - King George_V_of_the_United_Kingdom (b. 1865)
  • 1944 - James_McKeen_Cattell, first professor of Psychology in U.S. (b. 1860)
  • 1962 - Robinson_Jeffers, poet
  • 1965 - Alan_Freed, disk_jockey (b. 1922)
  • 1971 - Gilbert_M._'Broncho_Billy'_Anderson, actor, director, writer, producer
  • 1984 - Johnny_Weissmuller, Olympic swimming gold medalist, actor (b. 1904)
  • 1990 - Barbara_Stanwyck, actress (b. 1907)
  • 1993 - Audrey_Hepburn, actress (b. 1929)
  • 1996 - Gerry_Mulligan, musician (b. 1927)
  • 1997 - Curt_Flood, baseball star
  • 2004 - Guinn_Smith, American athlete

    Holidays and observances

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