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   Today in History | OnThisDay.com to All   
   Today in History for 20th January 2024   
   20 Jan 24 05:46:14   
   
   From: today.in.history.|.onthisday.com@bbs.alt119.net   
      
   Historical Events   
      
   1356 - Edward Balliol abdicates as King of Scots   
      
   1919 - International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Double Bay, Sydney: Gerald   
   Patterson beats Algernon Kingscote 6-4, 6-4, 8-6 to retain title for   
   Australasia over the Great Britain, 3-1; ends 4-1   
      
   1968 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming   
      
   1990 - Black January - crackdown of Azerbaijani pro-independence   
   demonstrations by Soviet army in Baku   
      
   2013 - AFC Championship, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough: Baltimore Ravens beat   
   New England Patriots, 28-13   
      
   2017 - Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States   
   of America and Mike Pence as the 48th Vice President   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1880 - Walter W. Bacon, American politician (d. 1962)   
      
   1907 - Paula Wessely, Austrian actress and producer (Masquerade), born in   
   Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 2000)   
      
   1952 - Patrick Smith, Australian sports journalist (The Age, The Australian,   
   SEN; Walkley Award 1997, 2002, 04), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2023)   
      
   1955 - Hiromi ÅŒta, Japanese pop singer (Momen no handkerchief), born in   
   Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, Japan   
      
   1956 - Maria Larsson, Swedish politician, born in LÃ¥ngasjö, Sweden   
      
   1975 - Kati Agócs, American-Canadian composer (The Debrecen Passion), and   
   educator (New England Conservatory), born in Windsor. Ontario   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1707 - Humphrey Hody, English theologian (b. 1659)   
      
   1936 - George V, King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and   
   Emperor of India (1910-36), dies at 70 after being euthanized by his doctor   
      
   1979 - Gustav Winckler, Danish pop singer ("Skibet skal sejle i nat"- "The   
   Ship Is Leaving Tonight"), dies in a car crash at 53   
      
   1994 - Aar van de Werfhorst [pseudonym for Pieter Gerhardus Jansen], Dutch   
   writer, dies at 87   
      
   2007 - Anatol Rapoport, Ukrainian-American mathematician and biologist (game   
   theory), dies at 95   
      
   2018 - John Coleman, American journalist, co-founder of The Weather Channel   
   and broadcaster (1953-2014), dies at 83   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
   https://www.onthisday.com/day/january/20   
      
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