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| Birthday January 20, 1760 Charles III, king of Spain (1759-88) |
| Birthday January 20, 1775 Andre-Marie Ampre, founder of science of electromagnetism |
| Birthday January 20, 1891 Mischa Elman Violinist |
| Birthday January 20, 1896 Nathan Birnbaum, (better known as George Burns) |
| Birthday January 20, 1903 Leon Ames, Actor |
| Birthday January 20, 1920 Federico Fellini, director (8« and Satyricon |
| Birthday January 20, 1926 Patricia Neal, Actress (Hud and The Subject Was Roses) in Packard Ky |
| Birthday January 20, 1930 Edwin E (Buzz) Aldrin Jr, US astronaut (Gemini 12 and Apollo 11) |
| Birthday January 20, 1937 Dorothy Provine, in Deadwood SD |
| Birthday January 20, 1956 John Naber, swimmer |
| Birthday January 20, 1974 Football player-turned-murderer born |
| History January 20, 1265 1st English Parliament called into session by Earl of Leicester |
| History January 20, 1777 Battle of Millstone, New Jersey |
| History January 20, 1783 End of Revolutionary War |
| History January 20, 1841 Hong Kong ceded to the British |
| History January 20, 1863 Mud March begins |
| History January 20, 1866 Prim's Insurrection in Spain ends |
| History January 20, 1872 Calif Stock Exchange Board organized |
| History January 20, 1887 Pearl Harbor obtained by US from Hawaii for use as a naval base |
| History January 20, 1892 1st basketball game played |
| History January 20, 1909 GM takes an interest in Oakland Motor Car Corp. |
| History January 20, 1918 Goeben and Breslau battle the Allies in the Aegean |
| History January 20, 1929 1st feature talking motion picture taken outdoors "In Old Arizona" |
| History January 20, 1937 Franklin Delano Roosevelt is sworn in as president |
| History January 20, 1937 Inauguration day every 4th year |
| History January 20, 1942 The Wannsee Conference |
| History January 20, 1945 FDR inaugurated to fourth term |
| History January 20, 1949 Truman announces Point Four program |
| History January 20, 1953 1st live coast-to-coast inauguration address |
| History January 20, 1961 Robert Frost reads at JFK's inauguration |
| History January 20, 1961 John F. Kennedy inaugurated |
| History January 20, 1964 Meet The Beatles" album released in US |
| History January 20, 1969 Richard Nixon takes office |
| History January 20, 1972 New communist offensive anticipated |
| History January 20, 1973 Country star Jerry Lee Lewis rocks the Grand Ole Opry |
| History January 20, 1980 Bullfight spectators die when bleachers collapse |
| History January 20, 1980 President Carter calls for Olympics to be moved from Moscow |
| History January 20, 1981 Iran hostages are freed after 444 days |
| History January 20, 1981 Islander Glenn Resch's 25th & last shut-out opponent - Flames 5-0 |
| History January 20, 1981 Ronald Reagan becomes president |
| History January 20, 1981 US embassy hostages freed in Tehran |
| History January 20, 1987 Terry Waite disappears |
| History January 20, 1993 Actress Audrey Hepburn dies |
| History January 20, 1996 Arafat elected leader of Palestine |