January 20

January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . Following are still 345 days (346 days in a leap year ) until the end of the year.

Content

 * 1 Events
 * 2 Birth
 * 3 Deceased
 * 4 celebration / commemoration etc.
 * 5 Weather Extremes
 * 5.1 Netherlands
 * 5.2 Belgium

Events [ edit ]

 * General
 * 1968 - An explosion and fire at a refinery in the Dutch village of Pernis make two dead and 70 wounded and provide millions of damage.


 * Media
 * 1982 - Ozzy Osbourne, former lead singer of Black Sabbath , bite the head off a live bat thrown at him during a performance.
 * 1986 - The last Bumble About appears.
 * 2012 - The FBI gets the website Megaupload.com from the air. Hackers group Anonymous responds with a big attack on websites of US government agencies and the music industry.


 * War
 * 1841 - Hong Kong by the British occupied.
 * 1990 - Soviet troops erected a bloodbath in Baku, also known as Black January .
 * 2011 - Dutch F-16 's, along with Danish , Norwegian and British aircraft, intercept above the North Sea, two Russian bombers of type Tupolev Tu-95 Bear .


 * Politics
 * 1265 - First session of the English Parliament in the Palace of Westminster .
 * 1941 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt is inaugurated as president for the third time, a first in American history.
 * 1942 - The Nazis decide on the Wannsee Conference on the "Final Solution" ("solution of the Jewish question").
 * 1960 - Hendrik Verwoerd announced a referendum to determine whether South Africa a republic should be.
 * 1996 - Yasser Arafat won brilliantly the first presidential elections in the autonomous Palestinian territories.
 * 1998 - The Washington Post reports on a relationship of President Clinton with intern Monica Lewinsky .
 * 2009 - Barack Obama is the first African-American president of the United States inaugurated.
 * 2013 - US President Barack Obama explains in the "Blue Room" of the White House the oath for his second term.


 * Science and Technology
 * 1896 - First use of X-rays in medicine, both in Germany and in the United States.

Born [ edit ]
Michiel de Swaen, born on January 20, 1654

King Charles III of Spain, born on January 20, 1716

Agnes Kant, born on January 20, 1967

Crystal Lowe, born on January 20, 1981

Dena Kaplan, born on January 20, 1989
 * 1630 - Philip Florinus of Sulzbach, Austrian Marshal (deceased 1703 )
 * 1654 - Michiel de Swaen, surgeon and one of the main southern Dutch / Flemish rhetoricians (deceased in 1707 )
 * 1716 - Charles III, King of Spain (deceased in 1788 )
 * 1751 - Ferdinand, Duke of Parma, Duke of Parma (deceased in 1802 )
 * 1795 - French Vervloet, Belgian painter, draftsman and lithographer (deceased in 1872 )
 * 1849 - Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (deceased in 1922 )
 * 1849 - August Strindberg, Swedish writer (deceased in 1912 )
 * 1857 - Vladimir Bekhterev, Russian neurologist (deceased in 1927 )
 * 1860 - Antônio Parreiras, Brazilian artist (deceased in 1937 )
 * 1865 - Anton Handlirsch, Austrian entomologist (deceased in 1935 )
 * 1870 - Guillaume Lekeu, Belgian composer (deceased in 1894 )
 * 1875 - Henrik Sjöberg, Swedish athlete + Turner (deceased in 1905 )
 * 1877 - Albert Van Huffel, Flemish Belgian architect (deceased in 1935 )
 * 1893 - Georg Åberg, Swedish athlete (deceased in 1946 )
 * 1893 - Alphons Boosten, Dutch architect (deceased in 1951 )
 * 1899 - Kenjiro Takayanagi, Japanese television pioneer (deceased in 1990 )
 * 1899 - Armas Toivonen, Finnish athlete (deceased in 1973 )
 * 1903 - Klaas van Beeck, Dutch conductor (deceased in 1979 )
 * 1907 - Carlotta Monti, American actress (deceased in 1993 )
 * 1908 - Fleur Cowles, American journalist, editor and artist (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1911 - Edward Schroeder, American skater (deceased in 2005 )
 * 1913 - Odd Frantzen, Norwegian footballer (deceased in 1977 )
 * 1913 - Tollien Schuurman, Dutch athlete (deceased in 1994 )
 * 1916 - Johan Adolf Pengel, Surinamese politician (deceased in 1970 )
 * 1920 - Federico Fellini, Italian filmmaker (deceased in 1993 )
 * 1921 - Connie Haines, American singer (deceased in 2008 )
 * 1922 - Ray Anthony, American trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and actor
 * 1922 - Enrico Manfredini, Italian archbishop of Bologna (deceased in 1983 )
 * 1924 - Yvonne Loriod, French pianist (deceased in 2010 )
 * 1929 - Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (deceased in 1964 )
 * 1930 - Buzz Aldrin, American astronaut
 * 1933 - Don Thompson, British athlete (deceased in 2006 )
 * 1934 - Tom Baker, British actor
 * 1934 - Giorgio Bassi, Italian racing driver
 * 1935 - Edward Demuyt, Belgian politician
 * 1939 - Frits Frijmersum, Surinamese politician
 * 1941 - Pim ter Linde, Dutch music manager
 * 1943 - Roel van Duijn, Dutch anarchist politician and campaigner
 * 1943 - Armando Guebuza, Mozambican President
 * 1945 - Eric Stewart, British musician and composer
 * 1946 - David Lynch, American film director
 * 1946 - Ricardo Puno Jr., Filipino lawyer, television presenter and columnist
 * 1947 - Cyrille Guimard, French cyclist and sports director
 * 1949 - Göran Persson, Swedish politician, former Prime Minister
 * 1951 - Clyde Sefton, Australian cyclist
 * 1951 - Alexander Vercamer, Belgian politician
 * 1952 - Paul Stanley, American musician
 * 1954 - Jos van der Donk, Dutch Paralympic athlete
 * 1956 - John Naber, American swimmer and Olympic champion
 * 1956 - Henk Poort, Dutch opera singer and musical star
 * 1956 - Rodolfo Rodríguez, Uruguayan footballer
 * 1957 - Alu Alkhanov, Chechen politician
 * 1957 - Guy Manning, British multi-instrumentalist and singer
 * 1957 - Ton Spranger, Dutch footballer
 * 1958 - Paula Patricio, Dutch television presenter
 * 1959 - Cees Mudde, Dutch painter and illustrator
 * 1960 - Nils Henrik Asheim, Norwegian composer
 * 1960 - Falk Boden, German cyclist
 * 1960 - Will Wright, American computer game designer
 * 1961 - Patricio Yáñez, Chilean footballer
 * 1962 - Hans Bonte, Belgian politician
 * 1962 - Olav Mol, Dutch motorsport commentator
 * 1964 - Aquilino Pimentel III, Filipino lawyer and politician
 * 1964 - Fareed Zakaria, Indian-American journalist and author
 * 1965 - Sophie Rhys-Jones, Countess of Wessex
 * 1966 - Mylène d'Anjou, Dutch actress and comedian
 * 1966 - Fatima Bali, Belgian politician
 * 1966 - Rainn Wilson, American actor
 * 1967 - Agnes Kant, Dutch politician
 * 1969 - Darren Braithwaite, British athlete
 * 1969 - Andre Cason, American athlete
 * 1970 - Dennis Hulshoff, Dutch footballer
 * 1971 - Gary Barlow, British singer
 * 1971 - Davit Kizilashvili, Georgian footballer
 * 1973 - Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz, queen of Belgium
 * 1974 - Paskal Jakobsen, Dutch singer and guitarist
 * 1975 - Norberto Fontana, Argentine racing driver
 * 1976 - Lilian Jégou, French cyclist
 * 1976 - Pablo Lastras, Spanish cyclist
 * 1976 - Gretha Smit, Dutch skater
 * 1976 - Jeroen Spitzenberger, Dutch actor
 * 1977 - Ilian Stoyanov, Bulgarian footballer
 * 1977 - JC Tran, Vietnamese American poker player
 * 1977 - Sid Wilson, American musician
 * 1978 - Sonja Kesselschläger, German athlete
 * 1978 - Davit Mujiri, Georgian footballer
 * 1979 - Rob Bourdon, American drummer
 * 1981 - Koen Barbé, Belgian cyclist
 * 1981 - Jürgen Colin, Dutch footballer
 * 1981 - Owen Hargreaves, British footballer
 * 1981 - Crystal Lowe, Canadian actress
 * 1981 - Anders Olsson, Swedish chess
 * 1981 - Jason Richardson, American basketball player
 * 1981 - Balz Weber, Swiss mountain biker
 * 1982 - Fredrik Strømstad, Norwegian footballer
 * 1982 - Pierre Webo, Cameroonian footballer
 * 1983 - Niek van der Bruggen, Dutch DJ
 * 1983 - Daniel Fernández Artola, Spanish footballer
 * 1983 - Roy Chipolina, Gibraltar footballer
 * 1983 - Philipp Schörghofer, Austrian alpine skier
 * 1985 - Ehsan Haddadi, Iranian athlete
 * 1985 - Marko Kolsi, Finnish footballer
 * 1986 - Istvan Bakx, Dutch footballer
 * 1987 - Marco Simoncelli, Italian motorcycle racer (deceased in 2011 )
 * 1988 - Eugene Godsoe, American swimmer
 * 1988 - Callum MacLeod, British racing driver
 * 1988 - Pasquale Di Sabatino, Italian racing driver
 * 1989 - Dena Kaplan, Australian actress
 * 1990 - Polona Hercog, Slovenian tennis
 * 1991 - Renato Ibarra, Ecuadorian footballer
 * 1991 - Jolyon Palmer, British racing driver
 * 1991 - Jacqueline Seifriedsberger, Austrian ski jumper
 * 1992 - Mauro Calamia, Swiss racing driver
 * 1994 - Lucas Piazon, Brazilian footballer

Deceased [ edit ]
Audrey Hepburn, deceased on January 20, 1993

Etta James, deceased on January 20, 2012

Jan Manschot, deceased on January 20, 2014
 * 250 - Fabian, Pope and Martyr
 * 640 - Eadbald of Kent, Anglo-Saxon King of Kent
 * 1516 - Juan Díaz de Solís (about 46), Spanish navigator
 * 1649 - Godefridus Udemans (about 66), Dutch minister
 * 1666 - Anne of Austria (64), Queen of France
 * 1813 - Christoph Martin Wieland (79), German writer
 * 1819 - Charles IV (70), King of Spain
 * 1837 - Adam Afzelius (86), Swedish botanist
 * 1848 - Christian VIII (61), king of Denmark and Norway
 * 1875 - Jean-François Millet (60), French painter
 * 1882 - John Linnell (89), English painter
 * 1885 - Johan Filip Koenraad Schwaebe (78), Dutch publisher, printer and writer
 * 1896 - Graciano Lopez Jaena (39), Filipino revolutionary and national hero
 * 1901 - Zénobe Gramme (74), Belgian scientist
 * 1902 - Aubrey Thomas de Vere, Irish poet and critic
 * 1906 - Marcelo Spinola y Maestre (71), Spanish and Blessed Cardinal Archbishop of Seville
 * 1927 - Emil Bourgonjon (85), Belgian sculptor
 * 1933 - Isabelo Tampinco (82), Filipino sculptor
 * 1936 - Andries Bonger (74), Dutch art collector
 * 1936 - George V (70), King of the United Kingdom
 * 1936 - Jarl Öhman (44), Finnish footballer and football coach
 * 1948 - Joseph Simons (59), Flemish writer
 * 1949 - Joseph Cuypers (87), Dutch architect
 * 1957 - James Connolly (88), American athlete
 * 1965 - Alan Freed (43), American DJ
 * 1966 - Peter Kuhn (55), Dutch cartoonist
 * 1971 - Antonio Bacci (85), Italian curial cardinal
 * 1973 - Lorenz Böhler (88), Austrian surgeon
 * 1982 - Marc Demeyer (31), Belgian cyclist
 * 1983 - Garrincha (49), Brazilian footballer
 * 1984 - Johnny Weissmuller (79), American swimmer and actor
 * 1989 - John Harding (92), British marshal
 * 1990 - Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni (102), Japanese prince and former Prime Minister of Japan
 * 1990 - Barbara Stanwyck (82), American actress
 * 1993 - Audrey Hepburn (63), Dutch-British actress
 * 1994 - Matt Busby (84), Scottish footballer and coach
 * 1996 - Jef Mermans (73), Belgian footballer
 * 1997 - Herman Alarm (53), Dutch linguist
 * 1999 - Josefina Pla (95), Paraguayan writer, poet, artist and art critic
 * 2002 - Tom van Beek (70), Dutch actor
 * 2004 - Alan Brown (84), British Formula 1 driver
 * 2005 - Per Borten (91), Norwegian Prime Minister
 * 2006 - Fred van der Werff (90), Dutch entrepreneur
 * 2007 - Yvonne Habets (58), Dutch journalist and TV presenter
 * 2007 - Anatol Rapoport (95), American mathematician
 * 2007 - Alfredo Ripstein (90), Mexican director
 * 2007 - Ali de Vries (92), Dutch athlete
 * 2009 - Ramón de Algeciras (70), Spanish flamenco guitarist
 * 2009 - Stéphanos II Ghattas (89), Egyptian and Coptic Cardinal Patriarch of Alexandria
 * 2009 - Rene Michaux (55), Belgian gendarme in the Dutroux case
 * 2009 - David Newman (75), American tenor saxophonist
 * 2009 - Gerrit van der Valk (80), Dutch entrepreneur
 * 2009 - Dina Vierny (89), French supermodel
 * 2010 - Arjen Grolleman (37), Dutch radio DJ
 * 2011 - Paul Ducheyne (85), Belgian football chairman
 * 2011 - Bruce Gordon (94), American actor
 * 2012 - Etta James (73), American singer
 * 2012 - Harry Underwater (61), Dutch cybercrime specialist
 * 2013 - Frans van Hoof (71), Dutch writer and poet
 * 2014 - Claudio Abbado (80), Italian conductor
 * 2014 - James Jacks (66), American film producer
 * 2014 - John Mackey (96), Irish-New Zealand bishop
 * 2014 - Jan Manschot (66), Dutch drummer
 * 2014 - Dick Mulder (94), Dutch Church leader
 * 2014 - Leen van de Velde (87), Dutch footballer
 * 2015 - Edgar Froese (70), German artist
 * 2015 - Onno Krijn (57), Dutch composer, arranger and musician
 * 2015 - Peter Pontiac (63), Dutch illustrator and cartoonist
 * 2015 - Hitoshi Saito (54), Japanese judoka

Celebration / commemoration etc. [ edit ]
Saint Sebastian
 * Roman Catholic calendar:
 * Saint Sebastian († c. 288 ) - Free Remembrance
 * St. Fabian (Flavius) († 250 ) - Free Remembrance
 * Saint Desiderius / Disdir Kortrijk († 1194 )
 * Holy Fechin of Fore (Fobhar) († 665 )
 * Holy Smeralda (or Smiralda or Eustochia) Calafato († 1485 )
 * Saint Euthymius the Great († 473 )


 * The inauguration of the president of the United States every four years on this date held since 1937 (with two exceptions: Dwight D. Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan on January 21)

[Netherlands edit ]
Record counts [1]
 * 1942 - Lowest mean daily temperature is -12.7 ° C
 * 1999 - Highest mean daily temperature 10 ° C
 * 1940 - Lowest minimum temperature -16.3 ° C
 * 1999 - Highest maximum temperature 12.1 ° C
 * 1960 - Highest hourly average wind speed 17 m / s
 * 1929 - Longest sunshine duration 7.3 hours
 * 1993 - Longest rainfall duration 18.4 hours
 * 1993 - Top etmaalsom of rainfall 16.1 mm
 * 1950 - Lowest mean daily relative humidity 65%

Belgium [ edit ]
Record counts [2] Extraordinary events [3]
 * 1838 - Lowest mean daily temperature is -12.8 ° C
 * 2007 - Highest mean daily temperature is 11.9 ° C
 * 1838 - Lowest minimum temperature -17.8 ° C
 * 2007 and 1918 - Highest maximum temperature 12.8 ° C
 * 1954 - Top etmaalsom of precipitation 19 mm
 * 1940 - Lowest minimum temperature ever in Belgium: -30.1 ° C in Rochefort. Elsewhere at -22.2 ° C and -25.5 ° C in Vilvoorde in Haacht.
 * 1954 - 62 mm of rain on the Baraque Michel (Jalhay).
 * 1963 - Minima to -17.9 ° C in Gerdingen (Bree) and -19.1 ° C on the Baraque Michel (Jalhay).
 * 1987 - Coldest January decade of the century: average temperature -8.3 ° C.
 * 1993 - Warmest January decade of the century: average temperature: 8.5 ° C.