Today in History – January 20 in History
What happened on this day in history – January 20 in History
1327 | Edward II of England is deposed by his eldest son, Edward III. | |
1616 | The French explorer Samuel de Champlain arrives to winter in a Huron Indian village after being wounded in a battle with Iroquois in New France. | |
1783 | Britain signs a peace agreement with France and Spain, who allied against it in the American War of Independence. | |
1908 | The Sullivan Ordinance bars women from smoking in public facilities in the United States. | |
1930 | Charles Lindbergh arrives in New York, setting a cross country flying record of 14.75 hours. | |
1935 | Belgium arrests some Nazi agitators who urge for a return to the Reich. | |
1941 | Hitler meets with Mussolini and offers aid in Albania and Greece. | |
1942 | Nazi officials meet in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to decide the “Final Solution of the Jewish Question.” | |
1944 | Allied forces in Italy begin unsuccessful operations to cross the Rapido River and seize Cassino. | |
1945 | Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated for his fourth term. | |
1945 | The Allies sign a truce with the Hungarians. | |
1946 | France’s Charles DeGaulle hands in his resignation. | |
1952 | British troops occupy Ismalia, Egypt. | |
1954 | Over 22,000 anti-Communist prisoners are turned over to UN forces in Korea. | |
1977 | President Jimmy Carter is sworn in and then surprises the nation as he walks from the U.S. Capitol to the White House. | |
1981 | Ronald Reagan is sworn in as president at the same time 52 American hostages are released from their captors in Tehran, Iran. | |
Born on January 20 | ||
1760 | Charles III, King of Spain. | |
1732 | Richard Henry Lee, American Revolutionary patriot and signatory of the Declaration of Independence. | |
1820 | Anne Clough, promoter of higher education. | |
1893 | Bessy Colman, first African American aviator. | |
1896 | George Burns, comedian and actor in vaudeville, radio, television and film. | |
1910 | Joy Adamson, British author and naturalist (Born Free). | |
1930 | Dr. Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin, second man to walk on the moon. |