JANUARY 20th
Famous Events
1921 Republic of Turkey declared out of remnants of Ottoman Empire
1942 Nazi officials hold notorious Wannsee conference in Berlin to organize 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.
Famous Birthdays
1930 Edwin Aldrin Jr, USAF/Astronaut, born in Montclair, New Jersey. He is famous after he becomes Lunar module pilot on Apollo 11 and the second person to walk on the Moon.
1888 Lead Belly, American blues 12 string guitarist (Rock Island Line), born in Mooringsport, Louisiana (d. 1949)
1910 Joy Adamson [Friederike Viktoria Gessner], Austrian naturalist and author (Born Free), born in Troppau, Austria-Hungary (d. 1980
1920 Federico Fellini, Italian film director and scriptwriter (8 1/2, La Dolce Vita), born in Rimini, Italy (d. 1993)
Famous Deaths
1993 Audrey Hepburn, British actress (Roman Holiday), dies of colon cancer at 63
1936 George V, King of Britain (1910-36), dies at 70
Famous Wedding
1968 Actress Sharon Tate (24) weds actor/director Roman Polanski (34) in Chelsea, London
2001 “Fast Lane” actor Peter Facinelli (27) weds actress and director Jennie Garth (28) at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Montecito, California.
……………..that’s all for the day……………….
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