January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 345 days remaining until the end of the year (346 in leap years). This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Wednesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Monday or Tuesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Thursday or Saturday (56).
In the ancient astronomy, it is the cusp day between Capricorn and Aquarius. In some years it is Aquarius, but others Capricorn. It depends on solar term Dahan (Major cold).
NATIONAL DISC JOCKEY DAY
In the ancient astronomy, it is the cusp day between Capricorn and Aquarius. In some years it is Aquarius, but others Capricorn. It depends on solar term Dahan (Major cold).
NATIONAL DISC JOCKEY DAY
1156 ― According to legend, freeholder Lalli slays English crusader Bishop Henry with an axe on the ice of Lake Köyliönjärvi in Finland.
1265 ― The first Parliament of England summoned other than by royal command (in this instance by Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester) met in Westminster Hall.
1778 ― The first American military court martial trial begins in Cambidge, MA (General Charles Lee).
1801 ― Secretary of State, John Marshall, is appointed the fourth chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by newly-elected president, Thomas Jefferson.
1841 ― China cedes Hong Kong to the British during the first Opium War (Angle-Chinese War).
1887 ― The United States Senate approves the lease of a naval base at Pearl Harbor. -- From AboutEducation.com
1937 ― Pursuant to the 20th Amendment, the first U.S. Presidential Inauguration day is held on January 20th, instead of the original date of March 4th.
1942 ― Nazi officials from the SS and State hold the notorious Wannsee Conference in Berlin to organize the "final solution", extermination of Europe's Jews. -- From the Holocaust Encyclopedia
1945 ― Franklin D. Roosevelt sworn-in for an unprecedented (and never to be repeated) 4th term as U.S. President.
1945 ― The Hungarian Provisional Government concludes an armistice with the USSR, US, and Britain, agree to pay reparations and to join the war against Germany.
1954 ― A low temperature of -70°F (-57°C) is reached in Rogers Pass, MT (U.S. 48-state record).
1965 ― Dictatorial ruler, Generalissimo Francisco Franco, meets with Jewish representatives to discuss legitimizing Jewish communities in Spain.
1972 ― Six oil exporting countries conclude meetings with Western oil companies; an agreement is reached to raise the price of crude.
1979 ― One million Iranians march in Tehran in a show of support for the exiled Ayatollah Khomeini, fundamentalist Muslim leader.
1980 ― President Jimmy Carter announces the U.S. boycott of Olympics in Moscow in protest of the USSR's invasion of Afghanistan.
1981 ― Minutes after Ronald Reagan’s inauguration as the 40th president of the United States, the 52 U.S. captives held at the U.S. embassy in Teheran, Iran, are released, ending the 444-day Iran Hostage Crisis.
1985 ― A cold front strikes U.S., at least 40 die with temperatures of -27°F (-33°C) in Chicago.
1841 ― China cedes Hong Kong to the British during the first Opium War (Angle-Chinese War).
1887 ― The United States Senate approves the lease of a naval base at Pearl Harbor. -- From AboutEducation.com
1905 ― The U.S. begins supervision of the Dominican Republic's national and international debts, testing Theodore Roosevelt's 'Corollary' to the Monroe Doctrine.
1925 ― The Soviet and Japan sign a convention resuming relations: Russia agrees to limit revolutionary activity of the Third Communist International, while Japan agrees to leave the Sakhalin.
1937 ― Pursuant to the 20th Amendment, the first U.S. Presidential Inauguration day is held on January 20th, instead of the original date of March 4th.
1942 ― Nazi officials from the SS and State hold the notorious Wannsee Conference in Berlin to organize the "final solution", extermination of Europe's Jews. -- From the Holocaust Encyclopedia
1945 ― Franklin D. Roosevelt sworn-in for an unprecedented (and never to be repeated) 4th term as U.S. President.
1945 ― The Hungarian Provisional Government concludes an armistice with the USSR, US, and Britain, agree to pay reparations and to join the war against Germany.
1954 ― A low temperature of -70°F (-57°C) is reached in Rogers Pass, MT (U.S. 48-state record).
1965 ― Dictatorial ruler, Generalissimo Francisco Franco, meets with Jewish representatives to discuss legitimizing Jewish communities in Spain.
1972 ― Six oil exporting countries conclude meetings with Western oil companies; an agreement is reached to raise the price of crude.
1979 ― One million Iranians march in Tehran in a show of support for the exiled Ayatollah Khomeini, fundamentalist Muslim leader.
1980 ― President Jimmy Carter announces the U.S. boycott of Olympics in Moscow in protest of the USSR's invasion of Afghanistan.
1981 ― Minutes after Ronald Reagan’s inauguration as the 40th president of the United States, the 52 U.S. captives held at the U.S. embassy in Teheran, Iran, are released, ending the 444-day Iran Hostage Crisis.
1985 ― A cold front strikes U.S., at least 40 die with temperatures of -27°F (-33°C) in Chicago.
1989 ― Ronald Wilson Reagan becomes the first president elected in a "0" year, since 1840, to leave office alive.
1991 ― Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.
1991 ― Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.
1996 ― Yasser Arafat is elected president of the Palestinian National Council with 88.1 percent of the popular vote, becoming the first democratically elected leader of the Palestinian people in history.
1997 ― Comet Hale-Bopp crosses Mars' orbit heading inward toward its passage around the sun.
1997 ― Comet Hale-Bopp crosses Mars' orbit heading inward toward its passage around the sun.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1732 – Richard Henry Lee, American lawyer and politician, President of the Continental Congress (d. 1794)
1798 – Anson Jones, American physician and politician, 5th President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1858)
1920 – Federico Fellini, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1993)
1946 – David Lynch, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1732 – Richard Henry Lee, American lawyer and politician, President of the Continental Congress (d. 1794)
1798 – Anson Jones, American physician and politician, 5th President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1858)
1920 – Federico Fellini, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1993)
1946 – David Lynch, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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