20JAN11

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Births for January 20

• 1716 Charles III, King of Spain (1759-88)

• 1716 Jean-Jacques Barth‚lemy, French historical writer (Greek Antiquity)

• 1775 Andr‚-Marie Ampre, France, discovered electromagnetism (or 0122)

• 1782 Johan B J F S, arch duke 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 186

• 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)

• 1847 W R Pettiford, Founder (Alabama Penny Savings Bank)

• 1865 Friedrich A H von Waldeck, nephew of queen Emma

• 1866 Richard Le Gallienne, English writer (Maker of Gainborg)

• 1873 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)

• 1894 Harold L Gray, creator (Little Orphan Annie)

• 1894 Walter Hamor Piston, Rockland Maine, composer (Incredible Flutis)

• 1894 Walter Piston, US composer

• 1896 George Burns, (Nathan Birnbaum), NYC, actor/comedian (Oh God)

• 1896 Rolfe Sedan, NYC, actor (Mailman-George Burns Show)

• 1897 Mae Busch, Australian/US actress (Cowboy Socialist)

• 1898 Colin Clive, (Greig), British/French actor (Bride of Frankenstein)

• 1899 Kenjiro Takayanagi, vice-president (JVC)

• 1903 Leon Ames, Portland Indiana, actor (Mr Ed, Father of the Bride)

• 1904 Alexandra Danilova, ballerina (Turning Point)

• 1904 Theodore Brameld, author/educator (Use of Explosive Ideas)

• 1907 Roy Welensky, Premier (Rhodesia/Nyasaland 1956-63)

• 1910 Abram Hill, director/playwright/founder (American Negro Theater)

• 1910 Joy Adamson, naturalist/author (Born Free)

• 1910 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)

• 1915 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)

• 1920 DeForest Kelley, actor (Dr McCoy-Star Trek)

• 1920 Federico Fellini, Italian director (8«, Satyricon, La Dolce Vita)

• 1920 Sam M Gibbons, (Rep-D-FL, 1963- )

• 1921 Bernt Engelmann, Germany, writer

• 1922 Ray Anthony, Penn, orch leader (Ray Anthony Show, Peter Gunn Theme)

• 1924 Yvonne Loriod, Houilles France, pianist

• 1926 David Tudor, Phila Penn, composer

• 1926 Patricia Neal, Packard Ky, actress (Hud, Subject Was Roses)

• 1926 Robert L Van Citters, cardiology/advisory panelist/UW dean

• 1928 Martin Landau, Bkln NY, actor (Mission Impossible, Tucker, Space 1999

• 1928 Peter Donat, Kentville Nova Scotia, (Flamingo Road, Different Story)

• 1928 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 Nelson Doubleday, Baseball team owner (NY Mets)

• 1933 Ron Townson, rock vocalist (5th Dimension-Up Up & Away)

• 1936 Eldred G Maduro, minster (Netherland Antilles)

• 1937 Dorothy Provine, Deadwood SD, actress (Good Neighbor Sam, Darn Cat)

• 1940 Carol Heiss Jenkins, NYC, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1960)

• 1942 Slim Whitman, yoddler/country singer (Home on the Range)

• 1943 Roel de Duyn, Once-The hague, provo/gnome

• 1944 Isao Okano, Japan, middleweight judo (Olympic-gold-1964)

• 1944 Lieven Soete, publicist (Molotov-Ribbentrop-pact)

• 1945 Eric Stewart, rock guitarist (10CC-I'm Not in Love)

• 1946 David Lynch, Montana, director (Dune, Eraserhead)

• 1947 George Grantham, rocker (Poco-Crazy Eyes)

• 1947 Malcolm McLaren, founded rock group (Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen)

• 1947 Ronald Townson, rock singer (5th Dimension-We Can Fly)

• 1948 Anatoly Shcharansky, Soviet human rights activist/‚migr‚

• 1948 Jerry L Ross, Ind, Lt Col USAF/astronaut (STS 61B, 27, 37, 55)

• 1950 Magomed Omarovich Tolboyev, Russia, cosmonaut

• 1952 Ian Hill, bass guitarist (Judas Priest-Breakin the Law)

• 1952 Paul Stanley, rock guitarist (KISS-Beth)

• 1955 Joe Doherty, Ireland, IRA activist (jailed in US)

• 1955 Michael Anthony, rocker (Van Halen-Jump, 1984)

• 1956 John McNally, Columbus GA, US shooter (Olympic-7th-88, 92)

• 1956 John Phillips Naber, Evanston Ill, swimmer (Olympic-4 gold-76)

• 1958 Lorenzo Lamas, LA Calif, actor (Lance-Falcon Crest, California Fever)

• 1966 Tia Carrere, Honolulu Hawaii, actress (Wayne's World, General Hosp)

• 1967 Joe Pasquale, rocker (Prey)

• 1969 Tia Marie Zorne, Las Vegas Nevada, Miss Nevada-America (1991)

Passings for 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

• 1612 Rudolf II von Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612), dies

• 1639 Mustafa I, sultan of Turkey (1622-23), dies

• 1713 Pavao Vitezovic, Croatian historian, dies

• 1745 Charles VII Albert, German emperor, dies

• 1779 John Burman, botanist/medical/director botanical gardens, dies

• 1819 Carlos IV, King of Spain (1788-1808), dies

• 1837 John Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84

• 1862 Felix Zollicoffer, Gen killed after mistakenly riding into Union line

• 1882 John Linnell, British painter/minaturist/engraver, 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

• 1900 R D Blackmore, English novelist (Lorna Doone), dies at 74

• 1936 George V, King of Britain (1910-36), dies, succeeded by Edward VIII

• 1948 Mahatma Gandhi, India's pacifist, assassinated

• 1949 Josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Effectenbeurs Amsterdam), dies

• 1957 James Connolly, 1st Olympic winner (1896) since Barasdates (369 CE)

• 1962 Robinson Jeffers, poet/playwright (Dear Judas) dies at 75

• 1965 Alan Freed, DJ (Big Beat), dies at 42

• 1973 Amilcar L Cabral, fought for Guinea Bissau independence, dies

• 1984 Johnny Weismuller, actor (Tarzan, Jungle Jim), dies in Acapulco at 79

• 1988 Philippe de Rothschild, Bordeaux Vineyard manager dies in Paris at 86

• 1990 Barbara Stanwyck, (Ruby Stevens), actress (Big Valley), dies at 82

• 1991 Bill Riordon, US tennis promotor (Jimmy Connors), dies

• 1992 Roberto d'Aubuisson, leader of El Salvador, dies

• 1993 Audrey Hepburn(-Ruston), actress (Roman Holiday), dies at 63

• 1993 Joseph Anthony (Deuster), US director/actor (Rainmaker), dies at 80

Special events for 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

• 1613 Peace of Kn„rod ends War of Kalmar between Denmark & Sweden

• 1667 Treaty of Andrussovo-ends 13 year war between Poland & Russia

• 1778 1st American military court martial trial begins, Cambridge, Mass

• 1783 Hostilities cease in Revolutionary War

• 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 the great Sanhedrin, Paris

• 1809 1st US geology book published by William Maclure

• 1840 Dumont D'Urville discovers Ad‚lie Land, Antarctica

• 1841 China cedes Hong Kong to the British

• 1850 Investigator, 1st ship to effect northwest passage, leaves England

• 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

• 1870 Hiram R Revels elected to fill unexpired term of Jefferson Davis

• 1872 Calif Stock Exchange Board organized

• 1887 US Senate approves the 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 the Stanley Cup (2nd of 1910)

• 1921 Dagestan ASSR forms in RSFSR

• 1921 Mountain Autonomous Republic established in RSFSR

• 1921 Turkey declared in remnants of the Ottoman Empire

• 1922 Arthur Honegger's ballet "Skating Rink" premiers, Paris

• 1925 B Jekhovsky discovers asteroid #1040 Klumpkea

• 1925 USSR & Japan sign treaty of Peking, Seychelles back to USSR

• 1926 2nd German cabinet of Luther begins

• 1929 1st feature talking motion picture taken outdoors, "In Old Arizona"

• 1930 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1163 Saga

• 1934 Japan sends Henry Pu Yi as regent to emperor of Manchuria

• 1936 England replaces King George V stamp series with King Edward VIII

• 1937 -45ø F (-43ø C), Boca, Calif (state record)

• 1937 1st Inauguration day on Jan 20th, (held every 4th years there-after)

• 1939 Y Vaisala discovers asteroids #1534 Nasi & #1929 Kollaa

• 1942 Japanese air raid on Rabaul, New Britain

• 1942 Japanese invade Burma

• 1942 L Oterma discovers asteroids #1558 Jarnefelt & #1559 Kustaanheimo

• 1943 Lead SD, temp is 52øF, while 1.5 miles away Deadwood SD records -16øF

• 1944 RAF bombs 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 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

• 1953 1st live coast-to-coast inauguration address (Eisenhower)

• 1954 -70ø F (-57ø C), Rogers Pass, Montana (state record)

• 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

• 1958 KUED TV channel 7 in Salt Lake City, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting

• 1960 Patrice Lumumba sentenced to 6 months in Belgian Congo

• 1961 Arthur M Ramsay becomes archbishop of Canterbury

• 1961 Robert Frost recites "The Gift Outright" at JFK's inauguration

• 1961 Yugoslav ex-vice-president Milovan Djilas flees

• 1964 "Meet The Beatles" album released in US

• 1965 JPL proposes modified Apollo flight to fly around Mars & return

• 1965 The Beatles appear on Shindig (ABC-TV)

• 1965 The Byrds record "Mr Tambourine Man"

• 1966 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2086 Newell

• 1966 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

• 1969 U of Az reports 1st optical id of pulsar (in Crab Nebula)

• 1971 John Lennon meets Yoko Ono's parents in Japan

• 1974 4th AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 15-13

• 1974 A college basketball game ends 210-67

• 1974 Essex Comm College beats Englewood Cliffs 210-67 in basketball

• 1975 5th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 17-10

• 1978 Columbia Pictures pays $9.5 million for movie rights to "Annie"

• 1980 President Jimmy Carter announces US boycott of Olympics in Moscow

• 1980 Super Bowl XIV-Pittsburgh Steelers-31, Los Angeles Rams-19

• 1981 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days freed

• 1981 Islander Glenn Resch's 25th & last shut-out opponent-Flames 5-0

• 1981 Ronald Reagan inaugurated as president

• 1982 7 miners killed in an explosion in Craynor Ky

• 1982 Honduras constitution goes into effect

• 1982 M Lovas discovers asteroid #3103

• 1985 Cold front strikes US, at least 40 die (-33øC in Chicago)

• 1985 Super Bowl XIX-San Francisco 49'ers-38, Miami Dolphins-16

• 1986 1st federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr

• 1987 Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon

• 1987 Rhino Records 1st #1-Billy Vera & the Beaters' "At This Moment"

• 1988 Arizona committee opens hearing on impeachment of Gov Evan Mecham

• 1989 Bush inaugurated as 41st president & Quayle becomes 44th vice pres

• 1990 47th Golden Globe Awards

• 1990 US 64th manned space mission STS 32 (Columbia 10) returns from space

• 1991 Buffalo Bills beat LA Raiders 51-3 for AFC title

• 1991 Matt Barr's field goal with no time left gives NY Giant 15-13

• 1992 Score begins selling international soccer cards

• 1993 Bill Clinton inaugurated as 42nd president

Songs for date January 20

• 01/20/44 --- Cherry (James, Harry)

• 01/20/44 --- Speak Low (Lombardo, Guy)

• 01/20/50 --- Sentimental Me (Ames Brothers)

• 01/20/50 --- I Said My Pajamas (& Put On My Prayers) (Martin, Tony)

• 01/20/58 --- Oh Julie (Crescendos)

• 01/20/58 --- Magic Moments (Como, Perry)

• 01/20/58 --- 26 Miles (Santa Catalina) (Four Preps)

• 01/20/58 --- Get A Job (Silhouettes)

• 01/20/58 --- Witchcraft (Sinatra, Frank)

• 01/20/62 --- Break It To Me Gently (Lee, Brenda)

• 01/20/68 --- I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite (Boyce, Tommy & Bobby Hart)

• 01/20/73 --- Could It Be I'm Falling In Love (Spinners)

• 01/20/79 --- I Will Survive (Gaynor, Gloria)

• 01/20/79 --- Heaven Knows (Summer, Donna)

• 01/20/90 --- Roam (B-52's)

• 01/20/90 --- Price Of Love (Bad English)

• 01/20/90 --- Escapade (Jackson, Janet)

• 01/20/90 --- No More Lies (Michel'le)