Today in History : January 20
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 : Adolf Hitler meets with Benito 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.
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 : Adolf Hitler meets with Benito 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.
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