WillDekkard
01-20-2010, 04:45 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on This Date in History
- January 20th
* 250 Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Pope Fabian is martyred.
* 1265 In Westminster, the first English parliament conducts its first meeting held by Simon de Montfort in the Palace of Westminster, now also known colloquially as the "Houses of Parliament".
* 1320 Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland.
* 1356 Edward Balliol abdicates as King of Scotland.
* 1502 The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro is first explored.
* 1523 Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway.
* 1576 The Mexican city of Leσn is founded by order of the viceroy Don Martνn Enrνquez de Almansa.
* 1649 Charles I of England goes on trial for treason and other "high crimes".
* 1667 The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth cedes Kiev, Smolensk, and left-bank Ukraine to the Tsardom of Russia in the treaty of Andrusovo.
* 1783 The Kingdom of Great Britain signs a peace treaty with France and Spain, officially ending hostilities in the Revolutionary War.
* 1788 The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip decides that Botany Bay is unsuitable for location of a penal colony, and decides to move to Port Jackson.
* 1801 John Marshall is appointed the Chief Justice of the United States.
* 1839 In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats an alliance between Peru and Bolivia.
* 1840 Dumont D'Urville discovers Adιlie Land, Antarctica.
* 1840 Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
* 1841 Hong Kong Island is occupied by the British.
* 1885 L.A. Thompson patents the roller coaster.
* 1887 The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
* 1892 At the YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, the first official basketball game is played.
* 1920 The American Civil Liberties Union is founded.
* 1921 The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty.
* 1929 In Old Arizona, the first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, is released.
* 1936 Edward VIII becomes King of the United Kingdom.
* 1937 Franklin Roosevelt is inaugurated for a second term as President of the United States. This is the first inauguration scheduled on January 20, following adoption of the 20th Amendment. Previous inaugurations were scheduled on March 4.
* 1942 World War II: At the Wannsee Conference held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee, senior Nazi German officials decided on the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question", accelerating The Holocaust.
* 1945 World War II: Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies.
* 1954 The National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
* 1959 The first flight of the Vickers Vanguard.
* 1960 Hendrik Verwoerd announces a plebiscite on whether South Africa should become a Republic.
* 1961 John F. Kennedy is inaugurated as the youngest man, and first-ever Roman Catholic, to become elected President of the United States.
* 1968 The Houston Cougars defeat the UCLA Bruins 71-69 to win the Game of the Century.
* 1981 Iran releases 52 American hostages twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated as U.S. President, the oldest man to be inaugurated at 69.
* 1986 Martin Luther King, Jr. day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
* 1987 Church of England envoy Terry Waite is kidnapped in Lebanon.
* 1990 Black January crackdown of Azerbaijani pro-independence demonstrations by Soviet army in Baku.
* 1991 Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.
* 1992 Air Inter Flight 148 crashes near Strasbourg, France, killing 82 passengers and 5 crew.
* 1999 The China News Service announces new government restrictions on Internet use aimed especially at Internet cafιs.
* 2001 Philippine president Joseph Estrada is ousted in a nonviolent 4-day revolution, and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
* 2009 Barack Obama, inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America, becomes the United States' first African-American president.
- January 20th
* 250 Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Pope Fabian is martyred.
* 1265 In Westminster, the first English parliament conducts its first meeting held by Simon de Montfort in the Palace of Westminster, now also known colloquially as the "Houses of Parliament".
* 1320 Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland.
* 1356 Edward Balliol abdicates as King of Scotland.
* 1502 The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro is first explored.
* 1523 Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway.
* 1576 The Mexican city of Leσn is founded by order of the viceroy Don Martνn Enrνquez de Almansa.
* 1649 Charles I of England goes on trial for treason and other "high crimes".
* 1667 The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth cedes Kiev, Smolensk, and left-bank Ukraine to the Tsardom of Russia in the treaty of Andrusovo.
* 1783 The Kingdom of Great Britain signs a peace treaty with France and Spain, officially ending hostilities in the Revolutionary War.
* 1788 The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip decides that Botany Bay is unsuitable for location of a penal colony, and decides to move to Port Jackson.
* 1801 John Marshall is appointed the Chief Justice of the United States.
* 1839 In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats an alliance between Peru and Bolivia.
* 1840 Dumont D'Urville discovers Adιlie Land, Antarctica.
* 1840 Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
* 1841 Hong Kong Island is occupied by the British.
* 1885 L.A. Thompson patents the roller coaster.
* 1887 The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
* 1892 At the YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, the first official basketball game is played.
* 1920 The American Civil Liberties Union is founded.
* 1921 The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty.
* 1929 In Old Arizona, the first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, is released.
* 1936 Edward VIII becomes King of the United Kingdom.
* 1937 Franklin Roosevelt is inaugurated for a second term as President of the United States. This is the first inauguration scheduled on January 20, following adoption of the 20th Amendment. Previous inaugurations were scheduled on March 4.
* 1942 World War II: At the Wannsee Conference held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee, senior Nazi German officials decided on the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question", accelerating The Holocaust.
* 1945 World War II: Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies.
* 1954 The National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
* 1959 The first flight of the Vickers Vanguard.
* 1960 Hendrik Verwoerd announces a plebiscite on whether South Africa should become a Republic.
* 1961 John F. Kennedy is inaugurated as the youngest man, and first-ever Roman Catholic, to become elected President of the United States.
* 1968 The Houston Cougars defeat the UCLA Bruins 71-69 to win the Game of the Century.
* 1981 Iran releases 52 American hostages twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated as U.S. President, the oldest man to be inaugurated at 69.
* 1986 Martin Luther King, Jr. day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
* 1987 Church of England envoy Terry Waite is kidnapped in Lebanon.
* 1990 Black January crackdown of Azerbaijani pro-independence demonstrations by Soviet army in Baku.
* 1991 Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.
* 1992 Air Inter Flight 148 crashes near Strasbourg, France, killing 82 passengers and 5 crew.
* 1999 The China News Service announces new government restrictions on Internet use aimed especially at Internet cafιs.
* 2001 Philippine president Joseph Estrada is ousted in a nonviolent 4-day revolution, and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
* 2009 Barack Obama, inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America, becomes the United States' first African-American president.