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   Today in History | OnThisDay.com to All   
   Today in History for 20th January 2019   
   20 Jan 19 04:29:59   
   
   From: today.in.history.|.onthisday.com@alt119.net.remove-l1x-this   
      
   Historical Events   
      
   1840 - Dutch King Willem II crowned   
      
   1929 - 1st feature talking motion picture taken outdoors, "In Old Arizona"   
      
   1954 - The National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio   
   stations.   
      
   1961 - The Democrat J.F. Kennedy is inaugurated as President of the United   
   States, the youngest ever sworn in   
      
   1983 - American gangster Roy DeMeo is found murdered in his car trunk after   
   disappearing a few days earlier   
      
   2008 - "Breaking Bad", created by Vince Gilligan and starring Bryan Cranston   
   and Aaron Paul premieres on AMC   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1716 - Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer and numismatist (d. 1795)   
      
   1781 - Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (d. 1848)   
      
   1877 - Ruth St Denis, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses), born in Newark, New   
   Jersey   
      
   1896 - Rolfe Sedan, American actor (Young Frankenstein, Ninotchka, George   
   Burns Show), born in NYC, New York (d. 1982)   
      
   1940 - Jorge Peixinho, composer   
      
   1959 - Lea Antonoplis, West Covina Cat, tennis star   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1779 - David Garrick, English actor, producer and writer (Aboan-Oroonoko),   
   dies at 61   
      
   1890 - Franz Paul Lachner, German composer, dies at 86   
      
   1983 - Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (b. 1933)   
      
   1996 - Peter Stadlen, pianist/critic, dies at 85   
      
   2005 - Jan Nowak-JezioraÅ„ski, Polish journalist, writer, and politician (b.   
   1913)   
      
   2014 - Claudio Abbado, Italian composer and conductor (London Symph-1982),   
   dies at 80   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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