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What happend on 20. January in History
In our data base we found 325 events happened on 20. January:
• 225: Gordian III, Roman Emperor (d. 244) [category: Births]
• 250: Pope Fabian [category: Deaths]
• 250: Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Pope Fabian is martyred. [category: Events]
• 1156: Bishop Henry, patron saint of Finland [category: Deaths]
• 1191: Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia (b. 1167) [category: Deaths]
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• 1265: In Westminster, the first English parliament conducts its first meeting held by Simon de Montfort in the Palace of Westminster, now also known colloquially as the "Houses of Parliament". [category: Events]
• 1292: Elisabeth of Bohemia (1292–1330) (d. 1330) [category: Births]
• 1320: Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland. [category: Events]
• 1356: Edward Balliol abdicates as King of Scotland. [category: Events]
• 1435: Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (d. 1490) [category: Births]
• 1479: King John II of Aragon (b. 1397) [category: Deaths]
• 1523: Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway. [category: Events]
• 1554: King Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578) [category: Births]
• 1568: Myles Coverdale, English Bible translator [category: Deaths]
• 1576: The Mexican city of León is founded by order of the viceroy Don Martín Enríquez de Almanza. [category: Events]
• 1586: Johann Schein, German composer (d. 1630) [category: Births]
• 1612: Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1552) [category: Deaths]
• 1649: Charles I of England goes on trial for treason and other "high crimes". [category: Events]
• 1663: Isaac Ambrose, English Puritan divine (b. 1604) [category: Deaths]
• 1664: Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist (d. 1718) [category: Births]
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• 1666: Anna of Austria, wife of Louis XIII of France and regent (b. 1601) [category: Deaths]
• 1703: Joseph-Hector Fiocco, Flemish composer and violinist (d. 1741) [category: Births]
• 1707: Humphrey Hody, English theologian (b. 1659) [category: Deaths]
• 1709: François de la Chaise, French confessor of Louis XIV of France (b. 1624) [category: Deaths]
• 1716: Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer and numismatist (d. 1795) [category: Births]
• 1716: King Charles III of Spain (d. 1788) [category: Births]
• 1732: Richard Henry Lee, American statesman (d. 1794) [category: Births]
• 1739: Francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (b. 1659) [category: Deaths]
• 1751: John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (b. 1665) [category: Deaths]
• 1755: Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet, Royal Navy admiral (d. 1824) [category: Births]
• 1761: Giovanni Domenico Perotti, Italian composer (d. 1825) [category: Births]
• 1762: Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny, Belgian/French composer and music-theorist (d. 1842) [category: Births]
• 1770: Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1722) [category: Deaths]
• 1775: André-Marie Ampère, French physicist (d. 1836) [category: Births]
• 1779: David Garrick, English actor (b. 1717) [category: Deaths]
• 1781: Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (d. 1848) [category: Births]
• 1783: Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (d. 1860) [category: Births]
• 1783: The Kingdom of Great Britain signs a peace treaty with France and Spain, officially ending hostilities in the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence). [category: Events]
• 1785: Invading Siamese forces attempt to exploit the political chaos in Vietnam, but are ambushed and annihilated at the Mekong River by the Tay Son in the Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút. [category: Events]
• 1788: The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip decides that Botany Bay is unsuitable for the location of a penal colony, and decides to move to Port Jackson. [category: Events]
• 1798: Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (d. 1858) [category: Births]
• 1804: Eugène Sue, French novelist (d. 1857) [category: Births]
• 1810: Benjamin Chew, Chief Justice of colonial Pennsylvania (b. 1722) [category: Deaths]
• 1812: Thomas Meik, Scottish engineer (d. 1896) [category: Births]
• 1819: King Charles IV of Spain (b. 1748) [category: Deaths]
• 1834: George D. Robinson, 34th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896) [category: Births]
• 1837: David Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910) [category: Births]
• 1837: Sir John Soane, English neo-classical architect (b. 1753) [category: Deaths]
• 1839: In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats an alliance between Peru and Bolivia. [category: Events]
• 1841: Minh Mang, the second emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam (b. 1791) [category: Deaths]
• 1841: Hong Kong Island is occupied by the British. [category: Events]
• 1848: Christian VIII of Denmark (b. 1786) [category: Deaths]
• 1850: Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (b. 1779) [category: Deaths]
• 1852: Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 6th Yokozuna (b. 1794) [category: Deaths]
• 1855: Ernest Chausson, French composer (d. 1899) [category: Births]
• 1867: Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1873: Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Danish Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1873: The Blessed Father Basil Anthony Marie Patrice Moreau, Founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799) [category: Deaths]
• 1875: Jean-François Millet, French painter (b. 1814) [category: Deaths]
• 1876: Józef Hofmann, Polish pianist (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1877: Dato Maharajalela Lela, Malay nationalist. [category: Deaths]
• 1878: Finlay Currie, British actor (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1878: Ruth St. Denis, American dancer (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1880: Max Schöne, German swimmer (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1880: Walter W. Bacon, American politician and 60th Governor of Delaware (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1885: L.A. Thompson patents the roller coaster. [category: Events]
• 1886: Claude Jameson, American soccer player (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1887: The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base. [category: Events]
• 1889: Allan Haines Loughead, American aviation executive (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1891: Mischa Elman, Ukrainian born violinist (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1891: King Kalākaua, of Hawaiʻi (b. 1836) [category: Deaths]
• 1893: Georg Åberg, Swedish athlete (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1894: Walter Piston, American composer (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1895: Gábor Szegő, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1896: George Burns, American actor, comedian (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1896: Isabel Withers, American actress (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1898: U Razak, Burmese politician (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1899: Clarice Cliff, English ceramic artist (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1899: Kenjiro Takayanagi, Japanese development of television (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1900: Colin Clive, British actor (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1900: John Ruskin, English art critic (b. 1819) [category: Deaths]
• 1901: Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (b. 1826) [category: Deaths]
• 1902: Leon Ames, American actor (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1907: Paula Wessely, Austrian actress (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1908: Fleur Cowles, American writer, editor and artist (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1908: Jean S. MacLeod (aka Catherine Airlie), Scottish writer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1908: John Ordronaux, American Civil War army surgeon, a professor of medical jurisprudence, and pioneering mental health commissioner (b. 1830) [category: Deaths]
• 1910: Joy Adamson, Austrian naturalist and writer (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1911: Wendell J. Westcott, American carillonneur (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1912: Walter Briggs, Jr., American sports executive (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1913: Cleon Skousen, American author (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1913: José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican engraver and illustrator (b. 1852). [category: Deaths]
• 1915: Ghulam Ishaq Khan, President of Pakistan (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1918: Juan García Esquivel, Mexican bandleader (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1918: Nevin S. Scrimshaw, American food scientist [category: Births]
• 1920: DeForest Kelley, American actor (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1920: Federico Fellini, Italian film director (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1920: Frank Kush, American football player and coach [category: Births]
• 1920: Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian author and ski jumper (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1920: Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: The American Civil Liberties Union is founded. [category: Events]
• 1921: Telmo Zarraonaindía, Spanish footballer (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1921: The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty. [category: Events]
• 1922: Elizabeth Diana Percy, Duchess of Northumberland (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1922: Graham Stark, British actor [category: Births]
• 1922: Ray Anthony, American trumpeter, bandleader and actor [category: Births]
• 1923: Nora Brockstedt, Norwegian singer [category: Births]
• 1924: Slim Whitman, American singer [category: Births]
• 1924: Ivor Crapp, Australian rules football umpire (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan theologian and politician [category: Births]
• 1926: David Tudor, American pianist and composer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1926: Jamiluddin Aali, Pakistani poet, essayist and columnist [category: Births]
• 1926: Patricia Neal, American actress (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1926: Qurratulain Hyder, Indian and Pakistani novelist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1928: Rudy Boesch, Contestant on Survivor: Borneo (3rd Place) and Survivor: All-Stars (17th Place) [category: Births]
• 1929: Arte Johnson, American actor [category: Births]
• 1929: Edward Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, American race car driver (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1929: Jimmy Cobb, American jazz drummer [category: Births]
• 1929: In Old Arizona, the first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, is released. [category: Events]
• 1930: Buzz Aldrin, American astronaut [category: Births]
• 1931: David Lee, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate [category: Births]
• 1931: Hachidai Nakamura, Japanese songwriter and pianist (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1932: Lou Fontinato, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1933: Ron Townson, American singer (The 5th Dimension) (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1934: Tom Baker, British actor [category: Births]
• 1934: Fujifilm, the photographic and electronics company, is founded in Tokyo, Japan. [category: Events]
• 1935: Alexander Men, Russian priest (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1935: Joan Weston, Roller Derby Queen (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1936: King George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1865) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: Edward VIII becomes King of the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1937: Dorothy Provine, American singer, dancer and actress (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1938: Derek Dougan, Northern Irish footballer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1938: William Berger, Austrian actor (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1939: Paul Coverdell, American politician (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1940: Carol Heiss, American figure skater [category: Births]
• 1940: Krishnam Raju, Indian actor and politician [category: Births]
• 1940: Mandé Sidibé, prime minister of Mali (d. August 2009) [category: Births]
• 1940: Omar Bundy, American army general (b. 1861) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Pierre Lalonde, Canadian singer and television host [category: Births]
• 1941: John Bissinger, American gymnast (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: A Nazi officer is murdered in Bucharest, Romania, sparking a rebellion and pogrom by the Iron Guard, killing 125 Jews and 30 soldiers. [category: Events]
• 1942: Linda Moulton Howe, American investigative journalist and documentary producer-writer-director-editor [category: Births]
• 1942: World War II: At the Wannsee Conference held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee, senior Nazi German officials discuss the implementation of the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question". [category: Events]
• 1943: Rick Evans, American singer (Zager and Evans) [category: Births]
• 1944: Farhad Mehrad, Iranian musician (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1944: José Luis Garci, Spanish filmmaker [category: Births]
• 1944: James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Christopher Martin-Jenkins, cricket commentator and correspondent (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1945: Dave Boswell, American baseball player (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1945: Eric Stewart, English musician and songwriter (10cc, Hotlegs and The Mindbenders) [category: Births]
• 1945: Robert Olen Butler, American writer [category: Births]
• 1945: World War II: Germany begins the evacuation of 1.8 million people from East Prussia, a task which will take nearly two months. [category: Events]
• 1945: World War II: Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies. [category: Events]
• 1946: David Lynch, American film director [category: Births]
• 1946: Vladimír Merta, Czech singer-songwriter, journalist, writer, photographer, architect and filmmaker [category: Births]
• 1947: Cyrille Guimard, French cyclist and directeur sportif [category: Births]
• 1947: Josh Gibson, American baseball player (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Mel Pritchard, British musician [category: Births]
• 1948: Nancy Kress, American writer [category: Births]
• 1948: Natan Sharansky, Russian-born physicist and politician [category: Births]
• 1949: Göran Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden (1996–2006) [category: Births]
• 1949: Point Four Program a program for economic aid to poor countries announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address for a full term as President. [category: Events]
• 1950: Chuck Lefley, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1950: Daniel Benzali, Brazilian-American actor [category: Births]
• 1950: Edward Hirsch, American poet [category: Births]
• 1950: Liza Goddard, British actress [category: Births]
• 1950: Mahamane Ousmane, President of Niger [category: Births]
• 1951: Ian Hill, British musician (Judas Priest) [category: Births]
• 1951: Ivan Fischer, Hungarian conductor [category: Births]
• 1952: Paul Stanley, American musician (Kiss and Wicked Lester) [category: Births]
• 1953: Colleen Zenk Pinter, American actress [category: Births]
• 1953: Jeffrey Epstein, American financier and convicted sex offender [category: Births]
• 1954: Ken Page, American singer and actor [category: Births]
• 1954: Rudy La Scala, Venezuelan singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1954: Fred Root, English cricketer (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: The National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations. [category: Events]
• 1955: Hiromi Ōta, Japanese singer [category: Births]
• 1955: Joe Doherty, Irish Republican Army member [category: Births]
• 1955: McKeeva Bush, Caymanian politician, Premier of the Cayman Islands [category: Births]
• 1955: Wyatt Knight, American actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Bill Maher, American author, comedian, and political analyst [category: Births]
• 1956: Maria Larsson, Swedish politician [category: Births]
• 1958: Lorenzo Lamas, American actor [category: Births]
• 1959: R.A. Salvatore, American author [category: Births]
• 1959: Tami Hoag, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1959: The first flight of the Vickers Vanguard. [category: Events]
• 1960: Apa Sherpa, Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer, summitted Everest 19 times [category: Births]
• 1960: Scott Thunes, American musician (Frank Zappa) [category: Births]
• 1960: Will Wright, American computer game designer [category: Births]
• 1960: Hendrik Verwoerd announces a plebiscite on whether South Africa should become a Republic. [category: Events]
• 1962: Robinson Jeffers, American poet (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Firebreaker Chip, American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1963: James Denton, American actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Fareed Zakaria, Indian-American journalist and author [category: Births]
• 1964: Kazushige Nojima, Japanese game scenario writer [category: Births]
• 1964: Ozzie Guillén, Venezuelan-born baseball player and manager [category: Births]
• 1964: Ron Harper, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1965: Anton Weissenbacher, Romanian footballer [category: Births]
• 1965: Colin Calderwood, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1965: Greg Kriesel, American bassist (The Offspring) [category: Births]
• 1965: Heather Small, British singer (Hot House and M People) [category: Births]
• 1965: John Michael Montgomery, American singer [category: Births]
• 1965: Sophie, Countess of Wessex, the wife of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex [category: Births]
• 1965: Warren Joyce, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1965: Alan Freed, American disk jockey (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Rainn Wilson, American actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Stacey Dash, American actress [category: Births]
• 1966: Tracii Guns, American guitarist (L.A. Guns, Brides of Destruction and Contraband) [category: Births]
• 1968: Melissa Rivers, American reporter and actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Nick Anderson, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1969: Nicky Wire, British musician (Manic Street Preachers) [category: Births]
• 1969: Patrick K. Kroupa, American computer hacker [category: Births]
• 1969: East Pakistani police kill student activist Amanullah Asaduzzaman. The resulting outrage is in part responsible for the Bangladesh Liberation War. [category: Events]
• 1970: Edwin McCain, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1970: Kerri Kenney-Silver, American actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Mitch Benn, UK comedian, songwriter and actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Skeet Ulrich, American actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, American drummer (The Roots) [category: Births]
• 1971: Brian Giles, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1971: Derrick Green, American singer (Sepultura) [category: Births]
• 1971: Gary Barlow, English singer (Take That) [category: Births]
• 1971: Gerard McDonnell, Irish mountaineer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1971: Wakanohana Masaru, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 66th Yokozuna [category: Births]
• 1971: Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, American actor, director, writer, and producer (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Minanogawa Tōzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 34th Yokozuna (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Pakistan launched its Nuclear weapons program few weeks after its defeat in Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. [category: Events]
• 1973: Josh Weston, American porn actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1973: Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant [category: Births]
• 1973: Amilcar Cabral, Guinea Bissauan and Cape Verdian politician (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: David Dei, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: David Eckstein, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Norberto Fontana, Argentine racing driver [category: Births]
• 1976: Gretha Smit, Dutch speed skater [category: Births]
• 1976: Kirsty Gallacher, Scottish television presenter [category: Births]
• 1977: Melody, Belgian singer [category: Births]
• 1977: Sid Wilson, American Musician, (Slipknot) [category: Births]
• 1978: Allan Søgaard, Danish footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Joy Giovanni, American actress and glamour model [category: Births]
• 1978: Luciano Zauri, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Salvatore Aronica, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Sonja Kesselschläger, German heptathlete [category: Births]
• 1979: Asaka Kubo, Japanese singer [category: Births]
• 1979: Shang Yi, Chinese footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Will Young, British singer [category: Births]
• 1979: Gustav Winckler, Danish singer (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Brigitte Olivier, Belgian judoka [category: Births]
• 1980: Petra Rampre, Slovenian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1980: Philippe Cousteau, Jr., French oceanographer [category: Births]
• 1980: William Roberts, British painter (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Brendan Fevola, Australian Rules football player [category: Births]
• 1981: Crystal Lowe, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Daniel Cudmore, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Freddy Guzmán, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Jason Richardson, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Owen Hargreaves, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated, at age 69 the oldest man ever to be inaugurated as U.S. President, Iran releases 52 American hostages. [category: Events]
• 1982: Fredrik Strømstad, Norwegian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Joe Swash, English actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Geovany Soto, Puerto Rican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Mari Yaguchi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume, Dream Morning Musume and ZYX) [category: Births]
• 1983: Paula Taylor, English-Thai actress, model and presenter [category: Births]
• 1983: Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Olivia Hallinan, English actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Toni Gonzaga, Filipina actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1984: Victoria Asher, American keytarist (Cobra Starship) [category: Births]
• 1984: Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Marina Inoue, Japanese voice actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Derek Fathauer, American professional golfer [category: Births]
• 1986: Genie Chuo, Taiwanese singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time. [category: Events]
• 1987: Janin Lindenberg, German sprinter [category: Births]
• 1987: Marco Simoncelli, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1987: Church of England envoy Terry Waite is kidnapped in Lebanon. [category: Events]
• 1988: Benjamin Ulrich, German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1988: Jeffrén Suárez, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Uwa Elderson Echiéjilé, Nigerian footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Dora Stratou, Greek choreographer and folklorist (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Pashtun Nationalist & non-violent freedom fighter (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Washington, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi film director (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Hayedeh, Persian singer (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: On Black Saturday, the Red Army kills Azerbaijani civilians in Baku. [category: Events]
• 1991: Jolyon Palmer, English race car driver [category: Births]
• 1991: Polona Hercog, Slovenian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1991: Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south. [category: Events]
• 1992: Air Inter Flight 148 crashes near Strasbourg, France, killing 82 passengers and five crew members. [category: Events]
• 1993: Audrey Hepburn, Anglo-Dutch actress (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Sir Matt Busby, Scottish football player and coach (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Gerry Mulligan, American musician (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Curt Flood, American baseball player (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Bobo Brazil, American professional wrestler (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Shannon Tavarez, American actress (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1999: The China News Service announces new government restrictions on Internet use, aimed especially at Internet cafés. [category: Events]
• 2001: Philippine president Joseph Estrada is ousted in a nonviolent 4-day revolution, and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. [category: Events]
• 2002: Carrie Hamilton, actress and singer, daughter of comedienne/actress Carol Burnett (b. 1963). [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Al Hirschfeld, American caricaturist (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Craig Kelly, American snowboarder (b. 1966) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Nedra Volz, American actress (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Guinn Smith, American athlete (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Polish journalist, writer, and politician (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Miriam Louisa Rothschild, British zoologist, entomologist, and author (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Parveen Babi, Indian Actress and Model (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Per Borten, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Roland Frye, American literary critic and theologian (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Dave Lepard, Swedish rock singer and guitarist (Crashdïet) (b. 1980) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Witnesses report seeing a bottlenose whale swimming in the River Thames, the first time the species had been seen in the Thames since records began in 1913. [category: Events]
• 2007: A three-man team, using only skis and kites, completes a 1,093-mile (1,759 km) trek to reach the southern pole of inaccessibility for the first time since 1958 and for the first time ever without mechanical assistance. [category: Events]
• 2009: David Newman, American jazz musician, nicknamed "Fathead" (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Sheila O'Nions Walsh (aka Sheila Walsh, Sophie Leyton), English romance writer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Stan Hagen, Canadian politician (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Stéphanos II Ghattas, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria for the Coptic Catholic Church (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Barack Obama is inaugurated as the first black President of the United States. [category: Events]
• 2012: Etta James, American singer (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• _: Abadios [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Armed Forces Day (Mali) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Euthymius the Great [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Fabian [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: January 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Manchán of Lemanaghan [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Martyrs' Day (Azerbaijan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Sebastian [category: Holidays and observances]