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Lead Belly (January 20, 1889 –December 06, 1949), (born Huddie Ledbetter) American blues -singing twelve string guitarist, would have turned 135 this year. Yvette Guilbert (January 20, 1867 –February 04, 1944), French music-hall singer and actress, would have turned 157 this year. Ruth St. Denis (January 20, 1877 –July 21, 1968), (born ...
January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 345 days remain until the end of the year (346 in leap years). Events. Pre-1600. 250 – ...
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Famous Birthdays is an American website based in Santa Monica, ... As of January 2018 ... As of June 2024 the website received 20 million unique visitors each month.
2009 – During a national financial crisis, thousands of people protested (pictured) at the Icelandic parliament in Reykjavík. Li Jitao (d. 924) David Wilmot (b. 1814) Chandra Khonnokyoong (b. 1909) Yolanda González (b. 1961) More anniversaries: January 19. January 20.
January 8: Eugenio María de Hostos's birthday in Puerto Rico (2024) Blackstone Library. 1697 – Scottish student Thomas Aikenhead became the last person in Great Britain to be executed for blasphemy. 1904 – Blackstone Library (pictured), the first branch of the Chicago Public Library system, was dedicated.
1931 – Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. 1932 – Finland and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty. [8] 1941 – Sparked by the murder of a German officer in Bucharest, Romania the day before, members of the Iron Guard engaged in a rebellion and pogrom killing 125 Jews.
Oprah Gail Winfrey (/ ˈoʊprə /; born Orpah Gail Winfrey; [ b ] January 29, 1954), known mononymously as Oprah, is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and media proprietor. She is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, broadcast from Chicago, which ran in national syndication for 25 years, from ...