Birthdates Which Occur on January 20:
1586 Johann Hermann Schein German composer (Fontana d'Israel)
1622 Susanna van Baerle poet/wife of Geeraert Burns
1654 Michiel de Swaen South Netherland physician/poet
1681 Francesco Bartolomeo Conti composer
1716 Carlos III king of Naples/Spain (1759-88): Pompe‹/jesuits
and Jean-Jacques Barth‚lemy French historical writer (Greek Antiquity)
1732 Richard H Lee US farmer (signed Declaration of Independence)
1743 Pascal Boyer composer
1761 Giovanni Domenico Perotti composer
1762 Jerome-Joseph de Momigny composer
1763 Theobald Wolfe Tone Irish patriot
1782 Johan B J F S archduke of Austria
1806 Nathaniel Willis writer/editor/founder (American Monthly Mag)
1809 Sebastian de Iradier Spanish composer (La Paloma)
1812 Ralph Pomeroy Buckland Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1892
1813 Jacon Gartner Lauman Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
1820 Anne Jemima Clough England, promoted higher education for women
1831 Pieter J Joubert general (South Africa)
1843 Pierre-Paul Cambon French diplomat (Madrid, Constantinople, London)
1844 Johan Peter Selmer composer
1847 W R Pettiford Founder (Alabama Penny Savings Bank)
1855 Ernest Chausson composer
1865 Friedrich A H von Waldeck brother of queen Emma/last ruler of Waldeck
1866 Richard Le Gallienne English writer (Maker of Gainborg)
1868 Wilhelm Sch„fer German writer (Ein Totschl„ger)
1870 Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu composer
1873 Charles A Ellwood US, sociologist/psychologist
and Johannes V Jensen Denmark, novelist/poet (Energy Storage, Nobel 1944)
1878 Finlay Currie Scotland, actor (Quo Vadis, Ivanhoe, Avengers)
1884 A[braham P] Merritt US, sci-fi author (Moon Pool, Creep Shadow!)
1888 Leadbelly Louisiana, blues 12 string guitarist (Rock Island Line)
1891 Mischa Elman Talnoye Ukraine, US violinist
1892 Roscoe Ates Grange Miss, actor (Dep Roscoe-Marshal of Gunsight Pass)
1893 Kaj Birket-Smith Danish etnologist/anthropologist (Eskimos)
1894 Harold L Gray creator (Little Orphan Annie)
and Walter Hamor Piston Rockland Maine, composer (Incredible Flutis)
1895 Eva A Jessye US singer/actress/songwriter (Hallelujah)
1896 Elmer R Diktonius Finnish musicologist/author (Janne Kubik)
and George Burns [Nathan Birnbaum], NYC, actor/comedian (Oh God)
and Rolfe Sedan NYC, actor (Mailman-George Burns Show)
1897 Mae Busch Australian/US actress (Cowboy Socialist)
1898 Colin Clive [Greig], St Malo France, actor (Bride of Frankenstein)
1899 Kenjiro Takayanagi vice-president (JVC)
19-- Colleen Zenk Barrington Ill, actress (Barbara-As the World Turns)
and Karen Morris Gowdy actress (Ryan's Hope)
1900 Boris Semyonovich Shekhter composer
and Doris Deane WI, entertainer
1903 Leon Ames Portland Indiana, actor (Mr Ed, Father of the Bride)
1904 Alexandra Danilova ballerina (Turning Point)
and Renato Caccioppoli Italian mathematician/grandson of Bakunin
and Theodore Brameld author/educator (Use of Explosive Ideas)
1907 Roy Welensky Premier (Rhodesia/Nyasaland 1956-63)
1908 Wilfred Conwell Bain composer
1910 Abram Hill director/playwright/founder (American Negro Theater)
and Ennio Porrino composer
and Joy Adamson naturalist/author (Born Free)
and Lauritz Lauritzen German politician
1914 Wensley Pithey Cape Town South Africa, actor (Winston Churchill-Ike)
1915 C W Ceram [Kurt W Marek], German/US writer (March of Archaeology)
and Joe Hitchcock darts player (leader of St Dunstan's Four)
1916 Jopie [Johan A] Pengel premier of Suriname (1963-69)
1919 Alex Nicol Ossining NY, actor (Man From Laramie, Air Cadet)
and Stepan Lucky composer
1920 DeForest Kelley Atlanta GA, actor (Dr McCoy-Star Trek)
and Federico Fellini Rimini Italy, dir (8«, Satyricon, La Dolce Vita)
and Sam M Gibbons (Rep-D-FL, 1963- )
1921 Bernt Engelmann Germany, writer
1922 Lord James Hanson English industrial/Conservative Upper house member
and Ray Anthony Penn, orch leader (Ray Anthony Show, Peter Gunn Theme)
1924 Yvonne Loriod Houilles France, pianist
1925 Edwin Gordon NYC, VOA correspondant
1926 David Eugene Tudor Phila Penn, composer
and Michael Higgins Brooklyn NY, actor (1918, Wanda, Black Stallion)
and Patricia Neal Packard Ky, actress (Hud, Subject Was Roses)
and Robert L Van Citters cardiology/advisory panelist/UW dean
1927 Geoffrey WT Atkins British World CHampion racket player (1954-72)
and Olivier Strebelle Belgian sculptor/ceramist
1928 Martin Landau Bkln NY, actor (Mission Impossible, Tucker, Space 1999)
and Peter Donat Kentville Nova Scotia, (Flamingo Road, Different Story)
and William Berger Austria, actress (Adventure of Hercules)
1929 Arte Johnson Chicago Ill, comedian (Laugh-in, Don't Call Me Charlie)
1930 Edwin E "Buzz" Aldrin Jr Montclair NJ, USAF/astro (Gem 12, Ap 11)
1931 Sawako Ariyoshi Japanese writer (Compound Pollution, Doctor's Wife)
1933 Ron Townson St Louis Mo, rock vocalist (5th Dimension-Up Up & Away)
1934 Tom Baker actor (Angels Die Hard, Vault of Horror)
1936 Eldred G Maduro minister (Netherland Antilles)
1937 Dorothy Provine Deadwood SD, actress (Good Neighbor Sam, Darn Cat)
1940 Carol Heiss Jenkins NYC, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1960)
and Jorge Peixinho composer
1942 Slim Whitman yoddler/country singer (Home on the Range)
1943 Roel de Duyn Dutch Provo politician
1944 Eddie Shah English publisher (Today, Post)
and Isao Okano Japan, middleweight judo (Olympic-gold-1964)
and Lieven Soete Dutch publicist (Molotov-Ribbentrop-pact)
1945 Eric Stewart rock guitarist (10cc-I'm Not in Love)
and Peter Beckwith English real estate developer/multi-millionaire
1946 David Lynch Missoula Montana, actor/director (Dune, Eraserhead)
1947 George Grantham rocker (Poco-Crazy Eyes)
and Malcolm McLaren founded rock group (Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen)
and Ronald Townson rock singer (5th Dimension-We Can Fly)
1948 Anatoly Shcharansky Soviet human rights activist/‚migr‚
and Jerry L Ross Ind, Lt Col USAF/astronaut (STS 61B, 27, 37, 55)
and Melvyn John Pritchard England, rocker (Barclay James Harvest)
1949 Ivana Trump former wife of Donald
1950 Henk Batenburgh cabaret performer/singer (Waaldrecht)
and Magomed Omarovich Tolboyev Russia, cosmonaut
1952 Ian Hill bass guitarist (Judas Priest-Breakin the Law)
and Paul Stanley [Eisen], rock guitarist (KISS-Beth)
1955 Joe Doherty Ireland, IRA activist (jailed in US)
and Michael Anthony rock bassist (Van Halen)
1956 John McNally Columbus GA, US shooter (Olympic-7th-88, 92)
and John Phillips Naber Evanston Ill, swimmer (Olympic-4 gold-76)
1958 Lorenzo Lamas LA Calif, actor (Lance-Falcon Crest, California Fever)
1964 Victoria Sellers London England, actress (Crime Zone, Warlords)
1966 Tracii Guns rock guitarist (LA Guns-It's Over Now)
1967 Joe Pasquale rocker (Prey)
1969 Melissa Rivers NYC, TV hostess (MTV, CBS Morning News)
and Tia Marie Zorne Las Vegas Nevada, Miss Nevada-America (1991)
1970 Dennis Hulshof soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
Deaths Which Occured January 20:
250 Fabianus Italian bishop of Rome (236-50)/saint, dies
820 Aboe Abdallah Mohammed ibn Idris al-Sjafi'i islamic lawyer, dies
842 Theophilus Byzantine kaiser (829-42), dies
882 Louis II/III the Younger German king (876-82), dies
1479 Johan II king of Aragon/Navarra, dies
1569 Miles Coverdale English bible historian (Great bible), dies at 80
1612 Rudolf II von Habsburg emperor of Germany (1576-1612), dies
1639 Mustafa I sultan of Turkey (1622-23), dies
1666 Anna of Austria queen of France/daughter of Philip III, dies at 64
1691 Christian de Placker composer, dies at 78
1713 Pavao Vitezovic Croatian historian, dies
1727 John van Bylevelt Catholic apostole, dies
1745 Charles VII Albert German emperor, dies
1779 John Burman botanist/medical/director botanical gardens, dies
1789 Johann Christoph Oley composer, dies at 51
1798 Christian Cannabich German composer/royal chaplain master, dies at 66
1819 Carlos IV King of Spain (1788-1808), dies
1830 Michal Bogdanowicz composer, dies at 50
1837 John Soane English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84
1838 Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges composer, dies at 64
1857 Edward Francis Fitzwilliam composer, dies at 32
1859 Bettina Brentano composer, dies at 73
1862 Felix Zollicoffer Gen killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines
1882 John Linnell British painter/minaturist/engraver, dies
1890 Franz Paul Lachner composer, dies at 86
1891 David Kalakahua emperor of Hawaii, dies
1896 Heinrich M von Battenberg German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37
1900 John Ruskin English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81
R D Blackmore English novelist (Lorna Doone), dies at 74
1905 Stanislaw Pilinski composer, dies at 65
1914 Emil Liebling composer, dies at 62
Henry Southwick Perkins composer, dies at 80
1936 George V King of Britain (1910-36), dies, succeeded by Edward VIII
1943 Giacomo Benvenuti composer, dies at 57
1948 Mahatma Gandhi India's pacifist, assassinated
1949 Josephus T J Cuypers architect (Effectenbeurs Amsterdam), dies
1952 Arthur Farwell composer, dies at 74
1957 James Connolly 1st Oly winner (1896) since Barasdates (369 CE), dies
1959 Carl Switzer actor (Alfalfa-Our Gang), Shot to death at 31
1960 Matt Moore actor (Deluge, Coquette), dies at 72
1962 Robinson Jeffers poet/playwright (Dear Judas), dies at 75
1964 Jan Rychlik composer, dies at 47
1965 Alan Freed DJ (Big Beat), dies at 42
1971 Gilbert M Anderson actor (1st Movie Cowboy), dies at 88
1973 Amilcar L Cabral fought for Guinea Bissau independence, dies
1974 Edmund Blunden British poet/critic, dies
1975 Franz Andr‚ Belgian conductor, dies at 81
1982 Marc Demeyer Belgian cyclist (Paris-Brussels 1974), dies at 31
1984 Jackie Wilson rocker, dies at 49 from a heart attack
Johnny Weissmuller actor (Tarzan, Jungle Jim), dies in Acapulco at 79
1985 Jo Juda musician, dies at 75
1988 Philippe de Rothschild Bordeaux Vineyard manager dies in Paris at 86
1989 Beatrice Lillie actress (Thoughly Modern Millie), dies at 94
1990 Barbara Stanwyck [Ruby Stevens], actress (Big Valley), dies at 82
Miloslav Istvan composer, dies at 61
1991 Bill Riordon US tennis promotor (Jimmy Connors), dies
Louis Seigner actor (Eclipse, Special Section), dies in a fire at 87
1992 Roberto d'Aubuisson leader of El Salvador, dies
1993 Audrey Hepburn actress (Roman Holiday), dies of colon cancer at 63
Joseph Anthony [Deuster] US director/actor (Rainmaker), dies at 80
Mercer McCleod entertainer, dies of heart failure at 86
1994 Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Kenyan vice-pres (1963-66), dies at about 81
Matt Busby Scottish soccer coach (Manchester United), dies at 84
1995 John Halas Hungarian/US cartoonist (Animal Farm), dies at 81
Mehdi Bazargan director Iranian oil well/premier (1979), dies at 86
Holidays Which Occur January 20:
Bulgaria Grandmother's Day/Babin Den
Cape Verde Islands Memorial to National Heroes
Mali National Army Day
Religious Observances on January 20:
RC Hadewijn/Hadoinus, bishop of Le Mans
250 Ang/RC Memorial of St Fabian, 20th pope (236-50) (opt), martyr
288 NRC/ORC/RC Memorial of St Sebastian, martyr/patron of Andorra (opt)
304 RC Eve of St Agnes
Things to Remember for January 20:
Flowers-carnation & snowdrop Gem-garnet
National Soup-National Egg Month-National Hobby Month
Last Day Astrological sign: Capricorn
Last Day Delta Cancrid meteor shower, radiant in Cancer, west of Praesepe
2 Days Coma-Berenicid meteor shower, radiant in Coma Berenices
Reindeer Day
[Ancient Rome] a d xiij Kal Feb
[US] Inauguration Day (every 4th year, 1997, 2001, 2005, etc)
Highlights in History Which Occur January 20:
250 St Fabian ends his reign as Catholic Pope (236-50)
820 Book of mother, published
1045 Giovanni di Sabina elected Pope Sylvester III
1265 1st English Parliament called into session by Earl of Leicester
1320 Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland
1356 Scottish king Edward Baliol resigns
1503 Casa Contratacion (Board of Trade) found (Spain) to deal with
American affairs
1513 Christian II succeeds Johan I as Danish/Norwegian king
1613 Peace of Kn„rod ends War of Kalmar between Denmark & Sweden
1648 Cornerstone of Amsterdam townhall laid
1667 Treaty of Andrussovo-ends 13 year war between Poland & Russia
1778 1st American military court martial trial begins, Cambridge, Mass
1781 1st edition of Pieter It Hoens "Post of Neder-Rhijn" published
1783 Hostilities cease in Revolutionary War
1785 Samuel Ellis advertises to sell Oyster Island (Ellis Is), no takers
1788 Pioneer African Baptist church organizes in Savannah, Ga
1800 Napoleon I's sister Carolina marries King Joachim Murat of Naples
1801 John Marshall appointed US chief justice
1807 Napoleon convenes great Sanhedrin, Paris
1809 1st US geology book published by William Maclure
1840 Dumont D'Urville discovers Ad‚lie Land, Antarctica
and Dutch King Willem II crowned
1841 China cedes Hong Kong to British
1850 Investigator, 1st ship to effect northwest passage, leaves England
1860 Dutch troops conquer Watampone in Celebes
1866 Prim's Insurrection in Spain ends
1868 Florida constitutional convention meets in Tallahassee
1869 Elizabeth Cady Stanton becomes 1st woman to testify before Congress
1870 "City of Boston" vanishes at sea with all 177 aboard
and Hiram R Revels elected to fill unexpired term of Jefferson Davis
1872 Calif Stock Exchange Board organized
1879 British troops under Lord Chelmsford set camp at Isandlwana
1887 US Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl Harbor
1892 1st basketball game played (Mass)
1893 A Charlois discovers asteroid #355 Gabriella
1910 Ottawa Senators sweep Edmonton in 2 for Stanley Cup (2nd of 1910)
1920 Dutch 2nd Chamber passes school laws
1921 British submarine K5 leaves with man & mouse
and Dagestan ASSR forms in RSFSR
and Mountain Autonomous Republic established in RSFSR
and Turkey declared in remnants of Ottoman Empire
1922 Arthur Honegger's ballet "Skating Rink" premieres, Paris
1925 B Jekhovsky discovers asteroid #1040 Klumpkea
and USSR & Japan sign treaty of Peking, Seychelles back to USSR
1926 2nd German govt of Luther begins
1929 1st feature talking motion picture taken outdoors, "In Old Arizona"
1930 1st radio broadcast of "Lone Ranger" (WXYZ-Detroit)
and K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1163 Saga
1934 Japan sends Henry Pu Yi as regent to emperor of Manchuria
1936 Edward VIII succeeds British king George V
1937 -45øF (-43øC), Boca, Calif (state record)
and 1st Inauguration day on Jan 20th, (held every 4th years there-after)
1939 Charles Ives' 1st Sonate "Concord," premieres
and Hitler proclaims to German parliament to exterminate all European Jews
and Y Vaisala discovers asteroids #1534 Nasi & #1929 Kollaa
1941 B‚la Bart¢k's 6th string quartet, premieres
1942 Japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain
and Japanese invade Burma
and L Oterma discovers asteroids #1558 Jarnefelt & #1559 Kustaanheimo
and Nazi officials hold notorious Wannsee conference in Berlin deciding
on "final solution" calling for extermination of Europe's Jews
1943 Lead SD, temp is 52øF, while 1.5 miles away Deadwood SD records -16øF
and Operation-Weiss: Assault of German, Italian, Bulgarian & Croatian
1944 RAF drops 2300 ton bombs on Berlin
1945 FDR sworn-in for an unprecedented 4th term as president
1946 F Gouin follows De Gaulle as temporary leader of French govt
1949 J Edgar Hoover gives Shirley Temple a tear gas fountain pen
and Pres Truman announces his point 4 program
1950 Suriname becomes independent part in Realm of Netherlands
1952 British army occupies Ismailiya, Suez Canal Zone
1953 1st US telecast transmitted to Canada-from Buffalo NY
and 1st live coast-to-coast inauguration address (Eisenhower)
1954 -70øF (-57øC), Rogers Pass, Montana (US 48 state record)
and Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' "Concertino opus 94," premieres
1955 1st atomic sub, USS Nautilus, launched at Groton Conn
1956 Buddy Holly records "Blue Days Black Night" in Nashville
1957 Gomulka wins Poland's parliamentary election
and Morton Gould's "Declaration," premieres
1958 KUED TV channel 7 in Salt Lake City, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1959 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' Moscow-Tsjerjomoesjki, premieres in Moscow
1960 Patrice Lumumba sentenced to 6 months in Belgian Congo
1961 Arthur M Ramsay becomes archbishop of Canterbury
and Francis Poulenc's "Gloria," premieres
and Robert Frost recites "Gift Outright" at JFK's inauguration
and Yugoslav ex-vice-president Milovan Djilas flees
1964 "Meet The Beatles" album released in US
1965 Beatles appear on Shindig (ABC-TV)
and Byrds record "Mr Tambourine Man"
and JPL proposes modified Apollo flight to fly around Mars & return
Generalissimo Francisco Franco meets with Jewish representatives to
and discuss legitimizing Jewish communities in Spain
1966 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2086 Newell
and Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #3678
1968 Houston ends UCLA's 47-game basketball winning streak, 71-69
1969 Richard M Nixon inaugurated as president
and U of Az reports 1st optical id of pulsar (in Crab Nebula)
1970 Super Fight, computer mock championship between Ali & Marciano
1971 Ard Schenk skates world record 1000m (1:18.8)
and John Lennon meets Yoko Ono's parents in Japan
1974 4th AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 15-13
and A college basketball game ends 210-67
and Essex Comm College beats Englewood Cliffs 210-67 in basketball
1975 5th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 17-10
and Terrence McNally's "Ritz," premieres in NYC
1978 Columbia Pictures pays $9.5 million for movie rights to "Annie"
1980 President Jimmy Carter announces US boycott of Olympics in Moscow
and Super Bowl XIV: Pitt Steelers-31, LA Rams-19, 1st team to win 4 Bowls
1981 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days freed
and Islander Glenn Resch's 25th & last shut-out opponent-Flames 5-0
and Ronald Reagan inaugurated as president
1982 7 miners killed in an explosion in Craynor Ky
and Honduras constitution goes into effect
and M Lovas discovers asteroid #3103
and Piet Dankert elected chairman of European Parliament
1985 Cold front strikes US, at least 40 die (-27øF (-33øC) in Chicago)
and Super Bowl XIX: SF 49'ers-38, Miami Dolphins-16 in Stanford
1986 1st federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr
and Chunnel announced (railroad tunnel under Canal)
and Milt coup in Lesotho under gen-mjr Lekhanya & premier Leabua Jonathan
1987 Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon
and Rhino Records 1st #1-Billy Vera & Beaters' "At This Moment"
1988 Andr‚ Hoffman skates world record 1500m (1:52.06)
and Arizona committee opens hearing on impeachment of Gov Evan Mecham
1989 Bush inaugurated as 41st president & Quayle becomes 44th vice pres
and Reagan becomes 1st pres elected in a "0" year, since 1840, to leave
office alive
1990 47th Golden Globe Awards
and US 64th manned space mission STS 32 (Columbia 10) returns from space
1991 Buffalo Bills beat LA Raiders 51-3 for AFC title
and Matt Barr's field goal with no time left gives NY Giant 15-13
and US Patriot missiles begins shooting down Iraqi missiles
and victory over defending champs SF 49ers, for NFC title
1992 Score begins selling international soccer cards
1993 Bill Clinton inaugurated as 42nd president
1995 1994-95 NHL Season begin after a lengthy strike
and Russian ruble drops to 3,947 per dollar (record)
1996 NHL All Star Game: East beats West, 5-4, in Fleet Center Boston
and WPAT FM NYC radio station switches to English-Spanish format
1870 'City of Boston' vanished at sea with all 177 aboard.
Your Special Reminders for January 20:
1951 62øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1994 0øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 20th day of year with 345 remaining (Numerology = 3)
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