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| January 20th, 2005 (January 20 2005) | Death | Per Borten, Prime Minister of Norway (born in 1913) | |
| January 20th, 2005 (January 20 2005) | Death | Roland Frye, American literary critic and theologian (born in 1921) | |
| January 20th, 2005 (January 20 2005) | Death | Jan Nowak-Jezioranski, Polish journalist, writer, and politician (born in 1913) | |
| January 20th, 2005 (January 20 2005) | Death | Miriam Louisa Rothschild, British zoologist, entomologist, and author (born in 1908) | |
| January 20th, 1975 (January 20 1975) | Birth | David Eckstein, American baseball player | |
| January 20th, 1975 (January 20 1975) | Birth | Norberto Fontana, Argentine racing driver | |
| January 20th, 1965 (January 20 1965) | Birth | Colin Calderwood, Scottish footballer | |
| January 20th, 1965 (January 20 1965) | Birth | Greg Kriesel, American bassist (The Offspring) | |
| January 20th, 1965 (January 20 1965) | Birth | Sophie, The Countess of Wessex, the wife of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex | |
| January 20th, 1965 (January 20 1965) | Birth | John Michael Montgomery, American singer | |
| January 20th, 1965 (January 20 1965) | Birth | Anton Weissenbacher, Romanian footballer | |
| January 20th, 1965 (January 20 1965) | Death | Alan Freed, American disk jockey (born in 1922) | |
| January 20th, 1955 (January 20 1955) | Birth | Wyatt Knight, American actor | |
| January 20th, 1955 (January 20 1955) | Birth | Joe Doherty, Provisional Irish Republican Army member | |
| January 20th, 1955 (January 20 1955) | Birth | Hiromi Ota, Japanese singer | |
| January 20th, 1945 (January 20 1945) | Event | Hungary ends its involvement in the Second World War, agreeing to an armistice with the Allies. | |
| January 20th, 1945 (January 20 1945) | Birth | Robert Olen Butler, American writer | |
| January 20th, 1945 (January 20 1945) | Birth | Christopher Martin-Jenkins, cricket commentator and correspondent | |
| January 20th, 1945 (January 20 1945) | Birth | Eric Stewart, English musician and songwriter (10cc) | |
| January 20th, 1935 (January 20 1935) | Birth | Joan Weston, Roller Derby Queen (died in 1997) | |
| January 20th, 1925 (January 20 1925) | Birth | Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan theologian and author and politician | |
| January 20th, 1915 (January 20 1915) | Birth | Ghulam Ishaq Khan, President of Pakistan (died in 2006) | |
| January 20th, 1885 (January 20 1885) | Event | L.A. Thompson patents the roller coaster. | |
| January 20th, 1875 (January 20 1875) | Death | Jean-Francois Millet, French painter (born in 1814) | |
| January 20th, 1855 (January 20 1855) | Birth | Ernest Chausson, French composer (died in 1899) | |
| January 20th, 1775 (January 20 1775) | Birth | Andre-Marie Ampere, French physicist (died in 1836) | |
| January 20th, 1435 (January 20 1435) | Birth | Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (died in 1490) | |
| January 20th, 1265 (January 20 1265) | Event | In Westminster, the first English parliament conducts its first meeting in the Palace of Westminster, now also known as the "Houses of Parliament". | |
| January 20th, 0225 (January 20 0225) | Birth | Gordian III, Roman Emperor (died in 244) | |
