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Events on the 20th of January in history

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20 Jan 0250 Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Pope Fabian is martyred.
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20 Jan 0250 St Fabian ends his reign as Catholic Pope (236-50)
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20 Jan 0649 King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom.
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20 Jan 0820 Book of mother, published
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20 Jan 1045 Giovanni di Sabina elected Pope Sylvester III
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20 Jan 1265 The first English parliament to include not only Lords but also representatives of the major towns holds its first meeting in the Palace of Westminster, now commonly known as the "Houses of Parliament".
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20 Jan 1265 1st English Parliament called into session by Earl of Leicester
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20 Jan 1320 Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland.
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20 Jan 1356 Edward Balliol abdicates as King of Scotland.
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20 Jan 1356 Scottish king Edward Baliol resigns
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20 Jan 1503 Casa Contratacion (Board of Trade) found (Spain) to deal with American affairs
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20 Jan 1513 Christian II succeeds Johan I as Danish/Norwegian king
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20 Jan 1523 Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway.
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20 Jan 1567 Battle of Rio de Janeiro: Portuguese forces under the command of Estácio de Sá definitively drive the French out of Rio de Janeiro.
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20 Jan 1576 The Mexican city of León is founded by order of the viceroy Don Martín Enríquez de Almanza.
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20 Jan 1613 Peace of Kn
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20 Jan 1648 Cornerstone of Amsterdam town hall laid
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20 Jan 1649 Charles I of England goes on trial for treason and other "high crimes".
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20 Jan 1667 Treaty of Andrussovo-ends 13 year war between Poland & Russia
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20 Jan 1778 1st American military court martial trial begins, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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20 Jan 1781 1st edition of Pieter It Hoens "Post of Neder-Rhijn" published
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20 Jan 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).
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20 Jan 1783 Hostilities cease in Revolutionary War
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20 Jan 1785 Invading Siamese forces attempt to exploit the political chaos in Vietnam, but are ambushed and annihilated at the Mekong river by the Tây Sơn in the Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút.
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20 Jan 1785 Samuel Ellis advertises to sell Oyster Island (Ellis Island), no takers
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20 Jan 1788 Pioneer African Baptist church organizes in Savannah, Georgia
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20 Jan 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.
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20 Jan 1800 Napoleon I's sister Carolina marries King Joachim Murat of Naples
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20 Jan 1801 John Marshall appointed US chief justice
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20 Jan 1807 Napoleon convenes the great Sanhedrin, Paris
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20 Jan 1809 1st US geology book published by William Maclure
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20 Jan 1839 In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats an alliance between Peru and Bolivia.
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20 Jan 1840 Dumont D'Urville discovers Ad
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20 Jan 1840 Dutch King Willem II crowned
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20 Jan 1841 Hong Kong Island is occupied by the British.
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20 Jan 1841 China cedes Hong Kong to the British
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20 Jan 1850 Investigator, 1st ship to effect northwest passage, leaves England
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20 Jan 1860 Dutch troops conquer Watampone in Celebes
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20 Jan 1866 Prim's Insurrection in Spain ends
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20 Jan 1868 Florida constitutional convention meets in Tallahassee
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20 Jan 1869 Elizabeth Cady Stanton becomes 1st woman to testify before Congress
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20 Jan 1870 "City of Boston" vanishes at sea with all 177 aboard
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20 Jan 1870 Hiram R Revels elected to fill unexpired term of Jefferson Davis
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20 Jan 1872 California Stock Exchange Board organized
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20 Jan 1877 Last day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
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20 Jan 1879 British troops under Lord Chelmsford set camp at Isandlwana
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20 Jan 1883 Billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England vs Australia MCG
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20 Jan 1887 The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
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20 Jan 1887 US Senate approves the naval base lease of Pearl Harbor
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20 Jan 1892 1st basketball game played (Massachusetts)
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20 Jan 1910 Ottawa Senators sweep Edmonton in 2 for the Stanley Cup (2nd of 1910)
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20 Jan 1920 The American Civil Liberties Union is founded.
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20 Jan 1920 Dutch 2nd Chamber passes school laws
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20 Jan 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.
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20 Jan 1921 Mountain Autonomous Republic established in RSFSR
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20 Jan 1921 Turkey declared in remnants of the Ottoman Empire
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20 Jan 1921 British submarine K5 leaves with man & mouse
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20 Jan 1921 Dagestan ASSR forms in RSFSR
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20 Jan 1922 Arthur Honegger's ballet "Skating Rink" premieres, Paris
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20 Jan 1925 USSR & Japan sign treaty of Peking, Seychelles back to USSR
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20 Jan 1926 2nd German government of Luther begins
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20 Jan 1929 1st feature talking motion picture taken outdoors, "In Old Arizona"
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20 Jan 1929 In Old Arizona, the first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, is released.
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20 Jan 1930 1st radio broadcast of "Lone Ranger" (WXYZ-Detroit)
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20 Jan 1934 Japan sends Henry Pu Yi as regent to emperor of Manchuria
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20 Jan 1936 Edward VIII becomes King of the United Kingdom.
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20 Jan 1936 Edward VIII succeeds British king George V
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20 Jan 1937 -45
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20 Jan 1937 1st Inauguration day on Jan 20th, (held every 4th years thereafter)
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20 Jan 1939 Charles Ives' 1st sonata "Concord" premieres
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20 Jan 1939 Hitler proclaims to German parliament to exterminate all European Jews
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20 Jan 1941 A German officer is murdered in Bucharest, Romania, sparking a rebellion and pogrom by the Iron Guard, killing 125 Jews and 30 soldiers.
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20 Jan 1941 B
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20 Jan 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".
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20 Jan 1942 Nazi officials hold notorious Wannsee conference in Berlin deciding on "final solution" calling for extermination of Europe's Jews
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20 Jan 1942 Japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain
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20 Jan 1942 Japanese invade Burma
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20 Jan 1943 Lead SD, temp is 52
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20 Jan 1943 Operation-Weiss Assault of German, Italian, Bulgarian & Croatian
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20 Jan 1944 RAF drops 2300 ton bombs on Berlin
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20 Jan 1945 World War II: Germany begins the evacuation of 1.8 million people from East Prussia, a task which will take nearly two months.
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20 Jan 1945 World War II: The Miklós provisional government of Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies.
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20 Jan 1945 FDR sworn-in for an unprecedented 4th term as President
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20 Jan 1946 F Gouin follows De Gaulle as temporary leader of French government
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20 Jan 1947 Brigadier General Edwin K Wright, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA
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20 Jan 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.
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20 Jan 1949 President Truman announces his point 4 program
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20 Jan 1949 J Edgar Hoover gives Shirley Temple a tear gas fountain pen
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20 Jan 1950 "Dance Me a Song" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 35 performances
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20 Jan 1950 Suriname becomes independent part in Realm of the Netherlands
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20 Jan 1950 "Dance Me a Song" opens at Royale Theater New York City NY for 35 performances
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20 Jan 1952 British army occupies Ismailiya, Suez Canal Zone
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20 Jan 1952 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
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20 Jan 1953 1st US telecast transmitted to Canada-from Buffalo, New York
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20 Jan 1953 1st live coast-to-coast inauguration address (Eisenhower)
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20 Jan 1954 The National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
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20 Jan 1954 -70
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20 Jan 1954 Dmitri Shostakovich's "Concertino opus 94" premieres
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20 Jan 1955 1st atomic sub, USS Nautilus, launched at Groton Conn
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20 Jan 1956 Buddy Holly records "Blue Days Black Night" in Nashville
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20 Jan 1957 Gomulka wins Poland's parliamentary election
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20 Jan 1957 Morton Gould's "Declaration" premieres in Washington DC
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20 Jan 1958 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
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20 Jan 1958 KUED TV channel 7 in Salt Lake City UT (PBS) begins broadcasting
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20 Jan 1959 The first flight of the Vickers Vanguard.
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20 Jan 1959 Dmitri Shostakovich's "Moscow-Tsjerjomoesjki" premieres in Moscow
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20 Jan 1960 Hendrik Verwoerd announces a plebiscite on whether South Africa should become a Republic.
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20 Jan 1960 Patrice Lumumba sentenced to 6 months in Belgian Congo
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20 Jan 1961 Robert Frost recites "The Gift Outright" at JFK's inauguration
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20 Jan 1961 Arthur M Ramsay becomes archbishop of Canterbury
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20 Jan 1961 Francis Poulenc's "Gloria" premieres in Boston
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20 Jan 1961 Yugoslav ex-Vice-President Milovan Djilas flees
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20 Jan 1962 "Kean" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 92 performances
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20 Jan 1962 "Kean" closes at Broadway Theater New York City NY after 92 performances
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20 Jan 1964 "Meet The Beatles" album released in US
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20 Jan 1965 Byrds record "Mr Tambourine Man"
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20 Jan 1965 JPL proposes modified Apollo flight to fly around Mars & return
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20 Jan 1965 The Beatles appear on Shindig (ABC-TV)
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20 Jan 1965 The Byrds record "Mr Tambourine Man"
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20 Jan 1965 Generalissimo Francisco Franco meets with Jewish representatives to discuss legitimizing Jewish communities in Spain
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20 Jan 1968 Houston ends UCLA's 47-game basketball winning streak, 71-69
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20 Jan 1968 US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming
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20 Jan 1968 US male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood
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20 Jan 1969 University of Arizona reports 1st optical id of pulsar (in Crab Nebula)
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20 Jan 1969 East Pakistani police kill student activist Amanullah Asaduzzaman. The resulting outrage is in part responsible for the Bangladesh Liberation War.
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20 Jan 1969 Richard M Nixon inaugurated as President
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20 Jan 1970 20th NBA All-Star Game East beats West 142-135 at Philadelphia
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20 Jan 1970 23rd NHL All-Star Game East beat West 4-1 at St Louis
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20 Jan 1970 Super Fight, computer mock championship between Ali & Marciano
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20 Jan 1971 John Lennon meets Yoko Ono's parents in Japan
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20 Jan 1971 Ard Schenk skates world record 1000m (1 18.8)
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20 Jan 1972 Pakistan launched its Nuclear weapons program few weeks after its defeat in Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
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20 Jan 1974 A college basketball game ends 210-67
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20 Jan 1974 Essex Community College beats Englewood Cliffs 210-67 in basketball
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20 Jan 1974 7th ABA All-Star Game East 128 beats West 112 at Virginia
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20 Jan 1975 5th NFL Pro Bowl NFC beats AFC 17-10
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20 Jan 1975 Terrence McNally's "Ritz" premieres in New York City NY
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20 Jan 1976 29th NHL All-Star Game Wales beat Campbell 7-5 at Philadelphia
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20 Jan 1977 Mr Knoche, serves as acting Director of CIA
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20 Jan 1977 George Bush, ends term as 11th director of CIA
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20 Jan 1977 Mr Knoche, serves as acting director of CIA through March 9
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20 Jan 1978 Columbia Pictures pays $9.5 million for movie rights to "Annie"
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20 Jan 1980 Super Bowl MVP: Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh, QB
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20 Jan 1980 Super Bowl XIV: Pittsburgh Steelers beat LA Rams, 31-19 in Pasadena
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20 Jan 1980 President Jimmy Carter announces US boycott of Olympics in Moscow
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20 Jan 1980 Super Bowl XIV Pittsburgh Steelers beat Los Angeles Rams, 31-19 in Pasadena; Super Bowl MVP Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh, Quarterback
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20 Jan 1980 US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne
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20 Jan 1981 Frank C Carlucci, ends term as Deputy Director of CIA
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20 Jan 1981 Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated, Iran releases 52 American hostages.
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20 Jan 1981 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days freed
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20 Jan 1981 Islander Glenn Resch's 25th & last shut-out opponent-Flames 5-0
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20 Jan 1981 Admiral Stansfield Turner, USN (Retired), ends term as 12th director of CIA
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20 Jan 1981 Ronald Reagan inaugurated as President
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20 Jan 1982 7 miners killed in an explosion in Craynor, Kentucky
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20 Jan 1982 Honduras constitution goes into effect
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20 Jan 1982 Piet Dankert elected chairman of European Parliament
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20 Jan 1984 US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners
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20 Jan 1985 Cold front strikes US, at least 40 die (-27
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20 Jan 1985 Super Bowl XIX San Francisco 49ers beat Miami Dolphins, 38-16 in Stanford; Super Bowl MVP Joe Montana, San Francisco, Quarterback
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20 Jan 1986 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
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20 Jan 1986 1st federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr
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20 Jan 1986 Chunnel announced (railroad tunnel under English Channel)
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20 Jan 1986 Military coup in Lesotho under General-Major Lekhanya & premier Leabua Jonathan
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20 Jan 1987 Church of England envoy Terry Waite is kidnapped in Lebanon.
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20 Jan 1987 Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon
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20 Jan 1987 Rhino Records 1st #1-Billy Vera & the Beaters' "At This Moment"
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20 Jan 1988 Arizona committee opens hearing on impeachment of Governor Evan Mecham
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20 Jan 1988 Andr
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20 Jan 1989 Reagan becomes 1st President elected in a "0" year, since 1840, to leave office alive
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20 Jan 1989 Bush inaugurated as 41st President & Quayle becomes 44th Vice President
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20 Jan 1989 Wayne Holdsworth takes a wicket 1st ball in 1st-class cricket
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20 Jan 1990 Following seven days of pogroms on local Armenian population of Baku, Azerbaijan the Red Army enters the city to restore order.
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20 Jan 1990 US 64th manned space mission STS 32 (Columbia 10) returns from space
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20 Jan 1990 47th Golden Globes Born on 4th of July, Driving Miss Daisy win
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20 Jan 1991 "Black & Blue" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 829 performances
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20 Jan 1991 "Les Miserables, " opens at Pantages Theatre, LA
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20 Jan 1991 "Peter Pan" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC or 45 performances
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20 Jan 1991 "Shogun - The Musical" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 72 performances
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20 Jan 1991 Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.
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20 Jan 1991 Buffalo Bills beat Los Angeles Raiders 51-3 for AFC title
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20 Jan 1991 Iraq pardes captured Allied airmen on TV
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20 Jan 1991 Matt Barr's field goal with no time left gives New York Giant 15-13 victory over defending champs San Francisco 49ers, for NFC title
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20 Jan 1991 US Patriot missiles begins shooting down Iraqi missiles
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20 Jan 1991 "Black & Blue" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City NY after 829 performances
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20 Jan 1991 "Les Miserables" opens at Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles
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20 Jan 1991 "Peter Pan" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City NY or 45 performances
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20 Jan 1991 "Shogun - The Musical" closes at Marquis Theater New York City NY after 72 performances
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20 Jan 1991 13th UCP Telethon
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20 Jan 1991 Jane Geddes wins LPGA Jamaica Golf Classic
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20 Jan 1992 Air Inter Flight 148, an Airbus A320-111, crashes into a mountain near Strasbourg, France killing 87 of the 96 people on board. A design flaw in the computer mode selection system resulted in the crew selecting the wrong rate of descent.
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20 Jan 1992 Score begins selling international soccer cards
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20 Jan 1992 Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
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20 Jan 1993 Admiral Studeman, serves as acting director of CIA
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20 Jan 1993 Bill Clinton inaugurated as 42nd President
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20 Jan 1995 "Love! Valor! Compassion!" opens at Walter Kerr NYC for 276 performances
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20 Jan 1995 "Love! Valor! Compassion!" opens at Walter Kerr New York City NY for 276 performances
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20 Jan 1995 1994-95 NHL Season begin after a lengthy strike
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20 Jan 1995 Russian ruble drops to 3,947 per dollar (record)
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20 Jan 1996 46th NHL All-Star Game East beat West 5-4 at Fleet Center Boston
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20 Jan 1996 Australia defeat Sri Lanka 2-0 to win World Series Cup
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20 Jan 1996 US female Figure Skating championship won by Michelle Kwan
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20 Jan 1996 WPAT FM New York City NY radio station switches to English-Spanish format
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20 Jan 1997 Comet Hale-Bopp crosses Mars' orbit
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20 Jan 1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in New Orleans LA on KKND 106.7 FM
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20 Jan 1997 Pakistan defeats West Indies 2-0 to win Australia one-day Series
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20 Jan 1998 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducts Mama & Papas & Eagles
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20 Jan 1998 Warner Brothers TV Network begins Tuesday night programming
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20 Jan 1999 The China News Service announces new government restrictions on Internet use, aimed especially at Internet cafés.
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20 Jan 2001 President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada is ousted in a nonviolent 4-day revolution, and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
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20 Jan 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.
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20 Jan 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.
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20 Jan 2009 A protest movement in Iceland culminates as the 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests start.
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