20TH
JANUARY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST SEBASTIAN; ST FABIAN, POPE; ST
EUTHYMIUS THE GREAT; & ST FECHIN." |
| 20TH |
250 |
"ST. FABIAN" ENDS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 20TH |
1669 |
BIRTH OF "SUSANNAH ANNESLEY,"
"MOTHER OF METHODISM" BORN THE 25TH CHILD IN HER FAMILY, SHE MARRIED
"SAMUEL WESLEY" IN 1689 & BORE HIM 19 CHILDREN. |
| 20TH |
1841 |
BRITAIN OCCUPIES HONG KONG. |
| 20TH |
1878 |
"CLEOPATRA’S" NEEDLE
ARRIVED IN LONDON. |
| 20TH |
1880 |
BUSHRANGER, "CAPTAIN MOONLITE" & FELLOW GANG
MEMBER, "THOMAS ROGAN" ARE HANGED IN DARLINGHURST GAOL. |
| 20TH |
1892 |
BASKETBALL IS PLAYED FOR THE FIRST
TIME, AT THE YMCA IN SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS. |
| 20TH |
1900 |
THE ROLLER COASTER WAS PATENTED BY "L.A. THOMPSON"
OF CONEY ISLAND, NEW YORK. |
| 20TH |
1910 |
CANBERRA OFFICIALLY BECOMES THE
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL. |
| 20TH |
1944 |
THE RAF DROPPED 2,300 TONS OF BOMBS ON BERLIN. |
| 20TH |
1949 |
"J. EDGAR HOOVER" GIVES
"SHIRLEY TEMPLE" A TEAR GAS FOUNTAIN PEN. |
| 20TH |
1961 |
"JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY" BECOMES 35TH PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES, THE FIRST ROMAN CATHOLIC TO HOLD THIS OFFICE. |
| 20TH |
1965 |
THE MAN WHO COINED THE TERM, ‘ROCK
AND ROLL,’ DJ, "ALAN FREED" DIES. |
| 20TH |
1966 |
"SIR ROBERT MENZIES" RETIRES FROM AUSTRALIAN
POLITICS. |
| 20TH |
1971 |
"JOHN LENNON" MEETS
"YOKO ONO’S" PARENTS IN JAPAN. |
| 20TH |
1972 |
A ‘BEECH 65/80’ AIRCRAFT CRASHES AT ALICE
SPRINGS KILLING 8. |
| 20TH |
1980 |
U.S. PRESIDENT, "JIMMY
CARTER" ANNOUNCES THE U.S. BOYCOTT OF THE MOSCOW OLYMPIC GAMES. |
| 20TH |
1981 |
52 AMERICANS WHO HAD BEEN HELD HOSTAGE IN THE U.S. EMBASSY IN
TEHRAN FOR 444 DAYS BY FOLLOWERS OF "AYATOLLA KHOMEINI" WERE RELEASED. |
| 20TH |
1981 |
"RONALD REAGAN" BECOMES THE
40th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. |
| 20TH |
1987 |
THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTEBURY’S SPECIAL ENVOY IN THE
MIDDLE EAST, "TERRY WAITE" DISAPPEARS WHILE ON A PEACE MISSION IN BEIRUT,
LEBANON. |
| 20TH |
1998 |
THE "MAMAS & PAPAS" &
THE "EAGLES" ARE INDUCTED INTO THE "ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME." |
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