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January 20 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 in the Palace of Westminster , now also known as the "Houses of Parliament".1320 - Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland .1356 - Edward Balliol resigns as King of Scotland .1523 - Christian II was forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway .1667 - Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth cedes Kyiv , Smolensk , and left-bank Ukraine to Imperial Russia in the treaty of Andrusiv .1783 - Britain signs a peace treaty with France and Spain , officially ending hostilities in the Revolutionary War .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 - The first constitution of Turkey was adopted, which made fundamental change in the source and exercise of sovereignty.1929 - The movie In Old Arizona 1936 - Edward VIII becomes King of the United Kingdom .1937 - The coldest temperature in California is recorded by Boca station at -45° Fahrenheit .1937 - Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated for a second term as President of the United States . This is the first inauguration scheduled on January 20, following adoption of the 20th Amendment . Previous inaugurations were scheduled on March 4 .1942 - World War II : Nazis at the Wannsee conference in Berlin decide the "final solution to the Jewish problem".1944 - World War II : The Royal Air Force drops 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin .1945 - Hungary drops out of the Second World War , agreeing an armistice with the Allies .1952 - Edgar Faure becomes Prime Minister of France .1954 - The National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations .1958 - Elvis Presley receives his draft notice.1961 - John F. Kennedy is inaugrated as a U.S president.1964 - Meet the Beatles , the first Beatles album in the United States , is released.1969 - The first pulsar is discovered, in the Crab Nebula .1975 - Michael Ovitz founds Creative Artists Agency .1981 - Ronald W. Reagan is inaugurated as the 40th President of the United States .1981 - Iran releases 52 American hostages bare minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated as U.S. President.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 .1987 - Church of England envoy Terry Waite is kidnapped in Lebanon .1990 - Black January - bloody crackdown of Azeri protest demonstrations by Soviet army in Baku .1991 - Sudan 's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.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 .1999 - The China News Service announces new government restrictions on Internet use aimed especially at Internet bars.2001 - Philippine president Joseph Estrada is ousted in the EDSA II Revolution , succeeded by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo 2002 - Inauguration of Churches Uniting in Christ .
Births
225 - Gordian III , Roman Emperor (d. 244 )1358 - Eleanor of Aragon , queen of John I of Castile (d. 1382 )1435 - Ashikaga Yoshimasa , Japanese shogun (d. 1490 )1554 - King Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578 )1586 - Johann Schein , German composer (d. 1630 )1664 - Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina , Italian writer and jurist (d. 1718 )1716 - King Charles III of Spain (d. 1788 )1798 - Anson Jones , 5th and last President of Texas (d. 1858 )1804 - Eugène Sue , French novelist (d. 1857 )1812 - Thomas Meik , Scottish engineer (d. 1896 )1837 - David Josiah Brewer , U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910 )1855 - Ernest Chausson , French composer (d. 1899 )1867 - Yvette Guilbert , French singer and actress (d. 1944 )1873 - Johannes Vilhelm Jensen , Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950 )1876 - Józef Hofmann , Polish pianist (d. 1967 )1878 - Ruth St. Denis , dancer (d. 1968 )1880 - Walter W. Bacon , Governor of Delaware (d. 1962 )1894 - Walter Piston , American composer1896 - George Burns , American actor, comedian (d. 1996 )1900 - Colin Clive , British actor (d. 1937 )1906 - Aristotle Onassis , Greek industrialist (d. 1975 )1910 - Joy Adamson , Austrian naturalist and writer (d. 1980 )1915 - Ghulam Ishaq Khan , President of Pakistan 1918 - Juan Garcia Esquivel , Mexican musician (d. 2002 )1920 - Federico Fellini , Italian film director (d. 1993 )1920 - DeForest Kelley , American actor (d. 1999 )1920 - John O'Connor , American Catholic cardinal (d. 2000 )1924 - Slim Whitman , American singer1925 - Ernesto Cardenal , Nicaraguan theologian and author and politician1926 - Patricia Neal , American actress1926 - David Tudor , American pianist and composer (d. 1996 )1929 - Arte Johnson , American actor1929 - Glenn "Fireball" Roberts , American race car driver (d. 1964 )1929 - Bob Denard , French mercenary1929 - Jimmy Cobb , American jazz drummer1930 - Buzz Aldrin , astronaut1931 - David Lee , American phyicist, Nobel Prize laureate1934 - Tom Baker , British actor1939 - Paul Coverdell , American politician (d. 2000 )1940 - Carol Heiss , American figure skater1946 - David Lynch , American film director1948 - Natan Sharansky , Russian-born physicist and politician1949 - Göran Persson , Prime Minister of Sweden 1950 - Mahamane Ousmane , President of Niger 1951 - Ian Hill , British musician (Judas Priest )1952 - Paul Stanley , American musician (KISS )1955 - Wyatt Knight , American actor1956 - Bill Maher , actor, comedian, and political analyst1958 - Lorenzo Lamas , American actor1960 - Will Wright , American computer game designer1963 - James Denton , American actor1965 - John Michael Montgomery , American singer1965 - Greg Kriesel , American bassist (The Offspring )1968 - Melissa Rivers , American reporter, actress1969 - Skeet Ulrich , American actor1971 - Derrick Green , American singer (Sepultura )1976 - Gretha Smit , Dutch speed skater1979 - Rob Bourdon , American musician (Linkin Park )1989 - Josh Yersin, Cool guy1994 - Stuart Adams, Awesome guy
Deaths
1156 - Bishop Henry , patron saint of Finland1479 - King John II of Aragon (b. 1397 )1568 - Myles Coverdale , English Bible translator1612 - Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1552 )1666 - Anna of Austria , queen of Louis XIII of France and regent (b. 1601 )1707 - Humphrey Hody , English theologian (b. 1659 )1709 - François de la Chaise , French confessor of Louis XIV of France (b. 1624 )1745 - Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1697 )1751 - John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol , English politician (b. 1665 )1779 - David Garrick , English actor (b. 1717 )1819 - King Charles IV of Spain (b. 1748 )1848 - Christian VIII of Denmark (b. 1786 )1850 - Adam Oehlenschläger , Danish poet (b. 1779 )1891 - David Kalakaua , King of Hawaii (b. 1836 )1907 - Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev , Russian chemist (b. 1834 )1920 - Georg Lurich , Estonian freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestler (b. 1876 )1936 - King George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1865 )1944 - James McKeen Cattell , American psychologist (b. 1860 )1962 - Robinson Jeffers , American poet (b. 1887 )1965 - Alan Freed , American disk jockey (b. 1922 )1971 - Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson , American actor, director, writer, and producer (b. 1880 )1983 - Garrincha , Brazilian footballer (b. 1933 )1984 - Johnny Weissmuller , American swimmer and actor (b. 1904 )1990 - Barbara Stanwyck , American actress (b. 1907 )1993 - Audrey Hepburn , Belgian actress (b. 1929 )1996 - Gerry Mulligan , American musician (b. 1927 )1997 - Curt Flood , baseball player (b. 1938 )1998 - Bobo Brazil , American professional wrestler (b. 1924 )2003 - Al Hirschfeld , American caricaturist (b. 1903 )2003 - Bill Werbeniuk , Canadian snooker player (b. 1947 )
2003 - Nedra Volz , American actress (b. 1908 )
2004 - Guinn Smith , American athlete (b. 1920 )2005 - Per Borten , Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1913 )2005 - Roland Frye , American literary critic and theologian
2005 - Jan Nowak-Jeziorański , Polish journalist, writer, and politician (b. 1913 )
2005 - Miriam Rothschild , British zoologist, entomologist, and author (b. 1908 )
Holidays and observances
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