On this day 20th January

in #history7 years ago

Some notable facts about this date, for more, visit http://www.onthisday.com

Facts

1265 First English Parliament summoned other than by royal command (in this instance by Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester) mets in Westminster Hall

1841 China cedes Hong Kong to the British during the 1st Opium War

1921 Republic of Turkey declared out of remnants of Ottoman Empire

1942 Nazi officials hold notorious Wannsee conference in Berlin to organise the "final solution", the extermination of Europe's Jews

1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt sworn-in for an unprecedented (and never to be repeated) 4th term as US President

1981 Ronald Reagan inaugurated as the 40th President of the United States of America

2009 Barack Obama, inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America, becomes the United States' first African-American president

Deaths

288 St. Sebastian, early Christian martyr (commemorated as his feast day)

1479 John II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81

1779 David Garrick, English actor, producer and writer (Aboan-Oroonoko), dies at 61

1936 George V, King of Britain (1910-36), dies at 70

1984 Johnny Weissmuller [Peter Johann Weißmüller], Hungarian actor (Tarzan) and 100m swimmer (Olympic 5 gold-1924, 28), dies at 79

1993 Audrey Hepburn, British actress (Roman Holiday), dies of colon cancer at 63

1994 Matt Busby, Scottish soccer coach (Manchester United), dies at 84

2003 Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (b. 1947)

Sport

1883 Billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England v Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1950 1950 NFL Draft: Leon Hart from University of Notre Dame first pick by Detroit Lions

1957 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open

Films and TV

1990 47th Golden Globes: "Born on the Fouth of July", Tom Cruise, & Michelle Pfeiffer win

2002 59th Golden Globes: "A Beautiful Mind", Russell Crowe, & Sissy Spacek win

2007 12th Critics' Choice Movie Awards: "The Departed" wins Best Film

2008 "Breaking Bad", created by Vince Gilligan and starring Bryan Cranston premieres on AMC

Born on this day

1971 Gary Barlow, English singer (Take That)

1981 Owen Hargreaves, English international footballer

A Couple of Pics from those no longer with us


Matt Busby


Bill Werbeniuk

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