January 20 Events |
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| January 20th, 2001 (January 20 2001) | Event | Philippine president Joseph Estrada is ousted in the EDSA II Revolution and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. | |
| January 20th, 1999 (January 20 1999) | Event | The China News Service announces new government restrictions on Internet use aimed especially at Internet cafes. | |
| January 20th, 1992 (January 20 1992) | Event | Air Inter Flight 148 crashes near Strasbourg, France, killing 82 passengers and 5 crew. | |
| January 20th, 1991 (January 20 1991) | Event | Sudan s government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country s Muslim north and Christian south. | |
| January 20th, 1990 (January 20 1990) | Event | Black Januarycrackdown of Azerbaijani pro-independence demonstrations by Soviet army in Baku. | |
| January 20th, 1987 (January 20 1987) | Event | Church of England envoy Terry Waite is kidnapped in Lebanon. | |
| January 20th, 1986 (January 20 1986) | Event | Martin Luther King, Jr., day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time. | Martin Luther Quotes |
| January 20th, 1981 (January 20 1981) | Event | Iran releases 52 American hostages twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated as U.S. President. | Ronald Reagan Quotes |
| January 20th, 1969 (January 20 1969) | Event | The first pulsar is discovered, in the Crab Nebula. | |
| January 20th, 1968 (January 20 1968) | Event | The Houston Cougars defeat the UCLA Bruins 71-69 to win the Game of the Century. | |
| January 20th, 1960 (January 20 1960) | Event | Hendrik Verwoerd announces a plebiscite on whether South Africa should become a Republic. | |
| January 20th, 1954 (January 20 1954) | Event | The National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations. | |
| 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, 1944 (January 20 1944) | Event | World War II: The Royal Air Force drops 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin. | |
| January 20th, 1942 (January 20 1942) | Event | World War II: Nazis at the Wannsee conference in Berlin agree on the "final solution to the Jewish problem". | |
| January 20th, 1937 (January 20 1937) | Event | Franklin Roosevelt is inaugurated for a second term as President of the United States. This is the first inauguration scheduled on January 20, following adoption of the 20th Amendment. Previous inaugurations were scheduled on March 4. | |
| January 20th, 1936 (January 20 1936) | Event | Edward VIII becomes King of the United Kingdom. | |
| January 20th, 1929 (January 20 1929) | Event | In Old Arizona, the first full-length talking film filmed outdoors, is released. | |
| January 20th, 1921 (January 20 1921) | Event | The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty. | |
| January 20th, 1920 (January 20 1920) | Event | The American Civil Liberties Union is founded. | |
| January 20th, 1892 (January 20 1892) | Event | At the YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, the first official basketball game is played. | |
| January 20th, 1887 (January 20 1887) | Event | The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base. | |
| January 20th, 1885 (January 20 1885) | Event | L.A. Thompson patents the roller coaster. | |
| January 20th, 1841 (January 20 1841) | Event | Hong Kong Island is occupied by the British. | |
| January 20th, 1840 (January 20 1840) | Event | Dumont D Urville discovers Adelie Land, Antarctica. | |
| January 20th, 1840 (January 20 1840) | Event | Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands. | |
| January 20th, 1839 (January 20 1839) | Event | In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats a Peruvian and Bolivian alliance. | |
| January 20th, 1801 (January 20 1801) | Event | John Marshall is appointed the Chief Justice of the United States. | John Marshall Quotes |
| January 20th, 1788 (January 20 1788) | Event | The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip decides Botany Bay is unsuitable for location of a penal colony, and decides to move to Port Jackson. | |
| January 20th, 1783 (January 20 1783) | Event | The Kingdom of Great Britain signs a peace treaty with France and Spain, officially ending hostilities in the Revolutionary War. | |
| January 20th, 1667 (January 20 1667) | Event | The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth cedes Kiev, Smolensk, and left-bank Ukraine to Imperial Russia in the treaty of Andrusovo. | |
| January 20th, 1649 (January 20 1649) | Event | Charles I of England goes on trial for treason and other "high crimes". | |
| January 20th, 1576 (January 20 1576) | Event | The Mexican city of Leon is founded by order of the viceroy Don Martin Enriquez de Almansa. | |
| January 20th, 1523 (January 20 1523) | Event | Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway. | |
| January 20th, 1502 (January 20 1502) | Event | The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro is first explored. | |
| January 20th, 1356 (January 20 1356) | Event | Edward Balliol abdicates as King of Scotland. | |
| January 20th, 1320 (January 20 1320) | Event | Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland. | |
| 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, 1156 (January 20 1156) | Event | According to legend, freeholder Lalli slays English crusader Bishop Henry with an axe on the ice of lake Koylionjarvi in Finland. | |
| January 20th, 0250 (January 20 0250) | Event | Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Pope Fabian was martyredied in Afterwards the Donatist controversy over readmitting lapsed Christians disaffects many in North Africa. | |
