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01/20/1921
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Mountain Autonomous Republic established in RSFSR
Type: Event
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01/20/1921
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Turkey declared in remnants of Ottoman Empire
Type: Event
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01/20/1921
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Bernt Engelmann, Germany, writer
Type: Birth
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01/20/1922
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Arthur Honegger's ballet "Skating Rink" premieres, Paris
Type: Event
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01/20/1922
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Lord James Hanson, English industrialist/House of Lords (Conservative)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1922
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Ray Anthony, Penn, orch leader (Ray Anthony Show, Peter Gunn Theme)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1924
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Yvonne Loriod, Houilles France, pianist
Type: Birth
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01/20/1925
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USSR and Japan sign treaty of Peking, Seychelles back to USSR
Type: Event
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01/20/1925
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E Cardenal, writer
Type: Birth
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01/20/1925
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Edwin Gordon, NYC, VOA correspondant
Type: Birth
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01/20/1925
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Eugen Gomringer, writer
Type: Birth
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01/20/1925
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George Connol, NFL Hall-of-Famer
Type: Birth
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01/20/1926
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2nd German govt of Luther begins
Type: Event
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01/20/1926
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David Eugene Tudor, Phila Penn, composer
Type: Birth
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01/20/1926
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Michael Higgins, Brooklyn NY, actor (1918, Wanda, Black Stallion)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1926
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Patricia Neal, Packard Ky, actress (Hud, Subject Was Roses)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1926
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Robert L Van Citters, cardiology/advisory panelist/UW dean
Type: Birth
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01/20/1927
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Geoffrey WT Atkins, British World Champion racket player (1954-72)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1927
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Olivier Strebelle, Belgian sculptor/ceramist
Type: Birth
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01/20/1928
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Martin Landau, Bkln NY, actor (Mission Impossible, Tucker, Space 1999)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1928
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Peter Donat, Kentville Nova Scotia, (Flamingo Road, Different Story)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1928
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William Berger, Austria, actress (Adventure of Hercules)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1929
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1st feature talking motion picture taken outdoors, "In Old Arizona"
Type: Event
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01/20/1929
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Arte Johnson, Chicago Ill, comedian (Laugh-in, Don't Call Me Charlie)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1930
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1st radio broadcast of "Lone Ranger" (WXYZ-Detroit)
Type: Event
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01/20/1930
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Edwin E "Buzz" Aldrin Jr, Montclair NJ, USAF/astro (Gem 12, Ap 11)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1931
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Sawako Ariyoshi, Japanese writer (Compound Pollution, Doctor's Wife)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1931
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Thomas Roy Garrett, museum curator
Type: Birth
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01/20/1933
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Ron Townson, St Louis Mo, rock vocalist (5th Dimension-Up Up and Away)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1934
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Japan sends Henry Pu Yi as regent to emperor of Manchuria
Type: Event
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01/20/1934
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Tom Baker, actor (Angels Die Hard, Vault of Horror)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1936
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Edward VIII succeeds British king George V
Type: Event
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01/20/1936
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Eldred G Maduro, minister (Netherland Antilles)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1936
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George V, King of Britain (1910-36), dies at 70
Type: Death
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01/20/1937
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-45øF (-43øC), Boca, Calif (state record)
Type: Event
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01/20/1937
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1st Inauguration day on Jan 20th, (held every 4th years there-after)
Type: Event
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01/20/1937
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Dorothy Provine, Deadwood SD, actress (Good Neighbor Sam, Darn Cat)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1939
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Charles Ives' 1st Sonate "Concord," premieres
Type: Event
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01/20/1939
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Hitler proclaims to German parliament to exterminate all European Jews
Type: Event
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01/20/1939
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Murle Breer, LPGA golfer
Type: Birth
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01/20/1939
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Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, Indian astronomer
Type: Birth
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01/20/1940
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Carol Heiss Jenkins, NYC, figure skater (Oly-gold/silver-56, 60)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1940
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Jorge Peixinho, composer
Type: Birth
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01/20/1941
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B‚la Bart¢k's 6th string quartet, premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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01/20/1942
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Japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain
Type: Event
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01/20/1942
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Japanese invade Burma
Type: Event
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01/20/1942
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Nazi officials hold notorious Wannsee conference in Berlin deciding on "final solution" calling for extermination of Europe's Jews
Type: Event
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01/20/1942
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Slim Whitman, yoddler/country singer (Home on the Range)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1943
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Lead SD, temp is 52øF, while 1.5 miles away Deadwood SD records -16øF
Type: Event
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01/20/1943
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Operation-Weiss: Assault of German, Italian, Bulgarian and Croatian
Type: Event
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