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01/20/1943
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Giacomo Benvenuti, composer, dies at 57
Type: Death
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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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01/20/1944
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Lieven Soete, Dutch publicist (Molotov-Ribbentrop-pact)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1944
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Isao Okano, Japan, middleweight judo (Olympic-gold-1964)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1944
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Eddie Shah, English publisher (Today, Post)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1944
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RAF drops 2300 ton bombs on Berlin
Type: Event
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01/20/1945
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Peter Beckwith, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire
Type: Birth
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01/20/1945
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Eric Stewart, rock guitarist (10cc-I'm Not in Love)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1945
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FDR sworn-in for an unprecedented 4th term as president
Type: Event
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01/20/1946
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David Lynch, Missoula Montana, actor/director (Dune, Eraserhead)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1946
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F Gouin follows De Gaulle as temporary leader of French govt
Type: Event
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01/20/1947
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Ronald Townson, rock singer (5th Dimension-We Can Fly)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1947
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Brigadier General Edwin K Wright, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA
Type: Event
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01/20/1947
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Josh Gibson, Negro League slugger, dies of a brain tumor at age 35
Type: Death
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01/20/1947
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George Grantham, rocker (Poco-Crazy Eyes)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1947
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Malcolm McLaren, founded rock group (Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1948
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Anatoly Shcharansky, Soviet human rights activist/‚migr‚
Type: Birth
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01/20/1948
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Jerry Ross, Ind, Lt Col USAF/astronaut (STS 61B, 27, 37, 55, 74,sk:88)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1948
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Melvyn John Pritchard, England, rocker (Barclay James Harvest)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1948
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Mahatma Gandhi, India's pacifist, assassinated
Type: Death
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01/20/1949
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J Edgar Hoover gives Shirley Temple a tear gas fountain pen
Type: Event
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01/20/1949
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Ivana Trump, former wife of Donald
Type: Birth
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01/20/1949
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Kieron Walsh, academic
Type: Birth
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01/20/1949
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Pres Truman announces his point 4 program
Type: Event
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01/20/1949
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Josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87
Type: Death
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01/20/1950
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Henk Batenburgh, cabaret performer/singer (Waaldrecht)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1950
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"Dance Me a Song" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 35 performances
Type: Event
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01/20/1950
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Suriname becomes independent part in Realm of Netherlands
Type: Event
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01/20/1951
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Magomed Omarovich Tolboyev, Russian cosmonaut
Type: Birth
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01/20/1952
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Ian Hill, bass guitarist (Judas Priest-Breakin the Law)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1952
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British army occupies Ismailiya, Suez Canal Zone
Type: Event
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01/20/1952
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Louise Suggs wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
Type: Event
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01/20/1952
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Paul Stanley, [Eisen], rock guitarist (KISS-Beth)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1952
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Arthur Farwell, composer, dies at 74
Type: Death
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01/20/1953
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1st live coast-to-coast inauguration address (Eisenhower)
Type: Event
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01/20/1953
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1st US telecast transmitted to Canada-from Buffalo NY
Type: Event
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01/20/1954
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-70øF (-57øC), Rogers Pass, Montana (US 48 state record)
Type: Event
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01/20/1954
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Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' "Concertino opus 94," premieres
Type: Event
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01/20/1954
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Fred Root, cricketer (Engld pace bowler in 3 Tests v Aus 1926), dies
Type: Death
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01/20/1954
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Warren Bardsley, cricketer (41 Tests for Australia, 2469 runs), dies
Type: Death
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01/20/1955
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1st atomic sub, USS Nautilus, launched at Groton Conn
Type: Event
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01/20/1955
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Joe Doherty, Ireland, IRA activist (jailed in US)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1955
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Michael Anthony, rock bassist/singer (Van Halen-Pretty Woman)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1956
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Buddy Holly records "Blue Days Black Night" in Nashville
Type: Event
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01/20/1956
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Bill Maher, comedian (Politically Incorrect)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1956
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John McNally, Naha Okinawa, US rapid fire pistol (Oly-84, 88, 92, 96)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1956
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John Phillips Naber, Evanston Ill, swimmer (Olympic-4 gold/silver-76)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1957
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James Connolly, 1st Oly winner (1896) since Barasdates (369 CE), dies
Type: Death
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01/20/1957
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Morton Gould's "Declaration," premieres in Washington, DC
Type: Event
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01/20/1957
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Gomulka wins Poland's parliamentary election
Type: Event
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