420 Historic Events for January 20
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| 1943 |
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Giacomo Benvenuti, composer, dies at 57
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| 1943 |
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Lead SD, temp is 52øF, while 1.5 miles away Deadwood SD records -16øF
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| 1944 |
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Lieven Soete, Dutch publicist (Molotov-Ribbentrop-pact)
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Birth |
Isao Okano, Japan, middleweight judo (Olympic-gold-1964)
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Eddie Shah, English publisher (Today, Post)
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| 1944 |
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RAF drops 2300 ton bombs on Berlin
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| 1945 |
Birth |
Peter Beckwith, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire
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| 1945 |
Birth |
Eric Stewart, rock guitarist (10cc-I'm Not in Love)
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| 1945 |
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FDR sworn-in for an unprecedented 4th term as president
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| 1946 |
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David Lynch, Missoula Montana, actor/director (Dune, Eraserhead)
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| 1946 |
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F Gouin follows De Gaulle as temporary leader of French govt
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| 1947 |
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Ronald Townson, rock singer (5th Dimension-We Can Fly)
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| 1947 |
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Brigadier General Edwin K Wright, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA
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| 1947 |
Death |
Josh Gibson, Negro League slugger, dies of a brain tumor at age 35
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| 1947 |
Birth |
George Grantham, rocker (Poco-Crazy Eyes)
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Malcolm McLaren, founded rock group (Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen)
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Anatoly Shcharansky, Soviet human rights activist/‚migr‚
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Jerry Ross, Ind, Lt Col USAF/astronaut (STS 61B, 27, 37, 55, 74,sk:88)
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| 1948 |
Birth |
Melvyn John Pritchard, England, rocker (Barclay James Harvest)
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| 1948 |
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Mahatma Gandhi, India's pacifist, assassinated
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| 1949 |
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J Edgar Hoover gives Shirley Temple a tear gas fountain pen
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| 1949 |
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Ivana Trump, former wife of Donald
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Birth |
Kieron Walsh, academic
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| 1949 |
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Pres Truman announces his point 4 program
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| 1949 |
Death |
Josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87
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