January 20 Zodiac, Events, Birthdays and Holidays

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on January 20. From 1900 until now. January 20 is under the sign of Aquarius. Famous birthdays on this day include David Lynch (1946), Aristotle Onassis (1906) and Evan Peters (1987). Several movies were released around January 20 over the years, such as Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist in 2023 directed by Kevin Sorbo and Poker Face in 2023 directed by Russell Crowe.
But much more happened on January 20 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Astrology: First day of sun sign Aquarius.
Saint Fabian
Euthymus
Desiderius
Meinrad
Epiphanius of Pavia
Feast day of the following saints in the Roman Catholic Church: Sebastian
Presidential Inauguration Day in the United States.
The Eve of St. Agnes.
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Events

2019 Conflict in Northern Mali: Ten United Nations peacekeepers have been killed in an Islamist militant attack at their base in Mali’s northern Kidal Region.
2018 Syrian Civil War: Northwestern Syria Campaign (October 2017-present). The Syrian Army seizes the Abu al-Duhur Military Airbase, Idlib Governorate.
2017 Syrian Civil War: ISIL militants demolish part of Palmyra’s ancient Roman theatre. (BBC). An airstrike inflicts death on more than 40 Jabhat fateh al-Sham militants at a jihadist camp east of Aleppo. The exact cause of the attack is unknown. (Reuters),
2016 War in North-West Pakistan: Attack on Bacha Khan University: Gunmen attack a Charsadda University, Pakistan. At least 21 people are reported to have been killed.
2015 Shia insurgency: Houthi rebels seize the Presidential residence amid calls from the rebel leader to negotiate changes in the country's power structures.
2014 War in North-West Pakistan: At least 13 people are killed when a suicide bomber explodes near Pakistan's military headquarters at Rawalpindi.
2013 Syrian civil War: Syrian refugees fleeing violence in Syria are shot by the Syrian Army as they attempt to cross the Jordanian Border.
2012 2011-2012 Syrian uprising. At least 10 people are murdered in violence following Friday prayers.
2011 Two bomb attacks close to Karbala result in at least 50 deaths and more than 150 injuries.
2010 Republican Scott Brown wins Massachusetts' vacant Senate seat, decreasing the Democrats' majority by 59 seats to 41.
2009 Barack Hussein Obama is elected 44th President of United States.
2008 NFL playoffs, 2007/08:
2007 Three-man teams use only skis and kitses to complete a 1,093-mile trek (1,759 km), in order to reach the southern pole. This is the first time since 1958, and the first time that they have done so without any mechanical assistance.
2006 Witnesses reported seeing a Bottlenose whale swimming in River Thames. This was the first sighting of the species since 1913, when records started.
2005 George W. Bush is inaugurated at Washington, D.C., for his second term, as the 43rd president of the United States.
2004 2004 Canadian Federal Election: Belinda Stronach officially declares her candidacy for the leadership of Conservative Party of Canada.
2003 British police raided the Finsbury Park mosque, Finsbury Park in London, England as part of an investigation into the hunt for poison ricin. Seven men were arrested for living in the mosque. A replica firearm, tear gas, and stun gun were also reported to have been found on the premises.
2002 Speed skating: world championships sprint, Hamar, Norway. Canada's Katriona Lemay Doan wins the women's competition (2. Andrea Nuyt, Neth., 3. Anzhela Kotyuaga, Bel. ), Jeremy Wotherspoon (also from Canada) becomes the male champion in the men’s competition (2. Casey Fitzrandolph, US, 3. Michael Ireland, Can. ).
2001 In a peaceful 4-day revolution, Joseph Estrada of the Philippines is defeated and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is elected president.
2000 Arkan's funeral is attended by around 10,000 people in Belgrade. Arkan is buried in Belgrade's New Cemetery, with military honors given by his volunteers and funeral rites.
1999 The China News Service announces new government restrictions on Internet use aimed especially at Internet cafes.
1998 Warner Brothers TV Network begins Tuesday night programming
1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in New Orleans LA on KKND 106.7 FM
1996 WPAT FM NYC radio station switches to English-Spanish format
1995 Love! Valor! Compassion! opens at Walter Kerr NYC for 276 performances
1994 In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet to attend The Citadel, but soon drops out.
1993 Adm Studeman, serves as acting Director of CIA
1992 Australia beats India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup.
1991 Black & Blue closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 829 performances
1990 47th Golden Globes: Born on Fourth of July, Driving Miss Daisy win.
1989 Bush inaugurated as 41st President and Quayle becomes 44th vice President
1988 Arizona committee opens hearing on impeachment of Governor Evan Mecham.
1987 Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon
1986 1st federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr
1985 Cold front strikes US, at least 40 die (-27 degrees F (-33 degrees C) in Chicago, Illinois).
1984 US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners.
1982 Honduras constitution goes into effect.
1981 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days freed
1980 President Jimmy Carter announces US boycott of Olympics in Moscow
1978 Columbia Pictures pays $9.5 million for movie rights to Annie
1977 George Bush, ends term as 11th Director of CIA
1976 29th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 7-5 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1975 5th NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 17-10.
1974 A college basketball game ends 210-67
1973 U.S. President Richard Nixon is inaugurated for his second term.
1972 Pakistan launched its Nuclear detterent program few weeks after its defeat in Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
1971 Ard Schenk skates world record 1000m (1:18.8).
1970 Super Fight, computer mock championship between Muhammed Ali and Marciano.
1969 University of Arizona reports first optical identification of pulsar (in Crab Nebula).
1968 US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming.
1966 Demonstrations occur against high food prices in Hungary.
1965 The Rolling Stones, The Dave Clark Five and The Kink appear on Shindig
1962 Kean closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 92 performances
1961 Arthur M Ramsay becomes archbishop of Canterbury.
1960 Patrice Lumumba sentenced to 6 months in Belgian Congo
1959 The first flight of the Vickers Vanguard.
1958 KUED TV channel 7 in Salt Lake City, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1957 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open.
1956 Buddy Holly records Blue Days Black Night in Nashville
1955 1st atomic sub, USS Nautilus, launched at Groton Conn
1954 The General Motors' Motorama show goes on display at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. Chevrolet shows the Corvette Nomad prototype, with Corvette front and station wagon back. Chevrolet also shows a cherry red Corvair prototype, a two-seat fastback coupe with a Corvette front end. The name is a combination of "Corvette" and "Bel Air". Oldsmobile shows the F-88 two-seater convertible with fiberglass body. Pontiac shows the Bonneville Special, a two-seater with fiberglass body,
1953 1st US telecast transmitted to Canada-from Buffalo, New York
1952 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open.
1951 Avalanches in the Alps kill 240 and bury 45,000 for a time in Switzerland, Austria and Italy.
1950 Dance Me a Song opens at Royale Theater NYC for 35 performances
1949 J Edgar Hoover gives Shirley Temple a tear gas fountain pen
1947 Brigadier General Edwin K Wright becomes deputy director of US Central Intelligence Agency.
1946 F Gouin follows Charles De Gaulle as temporary leader of French government.
1945 FDR sworn-in for an unprecedented 4th term as President
1944 RAF drops 2300 ton bombs on Berlin
1943 Temperature in Lead, South Dakota is 52 degrees F, while 1.5 miles away Deadwood, South Dakota records -16 degrees F.
1942 Japanese invade Burma
1941 A Nazi officer is murdered in Bucharest, Romania, sparking a rebellion and pogrom by the Iron Guard, killing 125 Jews and 30 soldiers.
1938 King Farouk of Egypt marries Queen Farida Zulficar in Cairo.
1937 -45 degrees F (-43 degrees C), Boca, California (state record low).
1936 Edward VIII becomes King of the United Kingdom.
1934 Japan sends Henry Pu Yi as regent to emperor of Manchuria.
1930 First radio broadcast of The Lone Ranger (WXYZ-Detroit).
1929 In Old Arizona, the first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, is released.
1925 USSR and Japan sign treaty of Peking, Seychelles back to USSR.
1921 British submarine K5 leaves with man and mouse.
1920 The American Civil Liberties Union is founded.
1910 Ottawa Senators sweep Edmonton in two for the Stanley Cup (second of 1910).
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