January 20

Events

Pre-1600

• 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution.<ref>Template:Catholic Encyclopedia</ref>
• 1156 – Finnish peasant Lalli kills English clergyman Henry, the Bishop of Turku, on the ice of Lake Köyliö.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1265 – The first English parliament to include not only Lords but also representatives of the major towns holds its first meeting in the Palace of Westminster, now commonly known as the "Houses of Parliament".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1320 – Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland.
• 1356 – Edward Balliol surrenders his claim to the Scottish throne to Edward III in exchange for an English pension.
• 1401 – The Taula de canvi (Catalan: "Table of change"), described as Europe's first-ever public bank,<ref name=Bindseil>Template:Cite book</ref> began operations inside Barcelona's Llotja de Mar.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1523 – Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway.
• 1567 – Battle of Rio de Janeiro: Portuguese forces under the command of Estácio de Sá definitively drive the French out of Rio de Janeiro.
• 1576 – The Mexican city of León is founded by order of the viceroy Don Martín Enríquez de Almanza.

1601–1900

• 1649 – The High Court of Justice for the trial of Charles I begins its proceedings.
• 1783 – The Kingdom of Great Britain signs preliminary articles of peace with the Kingdom of France, setting the stage for the official end of hostilities in the American Revolutionary War later that year.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1785 – Invading Siamese forces attempt to exploit the political chaos in Vietnam, but are ambushed and annihilated at the Mekong river by the Tây Sơn in the Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút.
• 1788 – The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay, beginning the British colonization of Australia. Arthur Phillip decides that Port Jackson is a more suitable location for a colony.
• 1839 – In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats an alliance between Peru and Bolivia.
• 1841 – Hong Kong Island is occupied by the British during the First Opium War.
• 1874 – The Treaty of Pangkor is signed between the British and Sultan Abdullah of Perak, paving the way for further British colonization of Malaya.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1877 – The last day of the Constantinople Conference results in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
• 1887 – The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.

1901–present

• 1909 – Newly formed automaker General Motors (GM) buys into the Oakland Motor Car Company, which later becomes GM's long-running Pontiac division.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1921 – The British K-class submarine HMS K5 sinks in the English Channel; all 56 on board die.
• 1921 – The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty.
• 1937 – Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner are sworn in for their second terms as U.S. President and U.S. Vice President; it is the first time a Presidential Inauguration takes place on January 20 since the 20th Amendment changed the dates of presidential terms.
• 1941 – A German officer is killed in Bucharest, Romania, sparking a rebellion and pogrom by the Iron Guard, killing 125 Jews and 30 soldiers.
• 1942 – World War II: At the Wannsee Conference held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee, senior Nazi German officials discuss the implementation of the "Final Solution to the Jewish question".<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• 1945 – World War II: The provisional government of Béla Miklós in Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies.
• 1945 – World War II: Germany begins the evacuation of 1.8 million people from East Prussia, a task which will take nearly two months.
• 1953 – Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th President of the United States of America, becoming the first president to begin his presidency on January 20 since the 20th Amendment changed the dates of presidential terms.<ref name="JCCIC">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1954 – In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
• 1961 – John F. Kennedy is inaugurated as the 35th President of the United States of America, becoming the youngest man to be elected into that office, and the first Roman Catholic.
• 1972 – Pakistan launches its nuclear weapons program, a few weeks after its defeat in the Bangladesh Liberation War, as well as the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
• 1973 – Amílcar Cabral, leader of the independence movement in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, is assassinated in Conakry, Guinea.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1974 – China gains control over all the Paracel Islands after a military engagement between the naval forces of China and South Vietnam.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1981 – Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated as the 40th President of the United States of America, Iran releases 52 American hostages.
• 1986 – In the United States, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
• 1986 – Leabua Jonathan, Prime Minister of Lesotho, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by General Justin Lekhanya.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – Protests in Azerbaijan, part of the Dissolution of the Soviet Union.
• 1991 – Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.
• 1992 – Air Inter Flight 148, an Airbus A320-111, crashes into a mountain near Strasbourg, France, killing 87 of the 96 people on board.
• 2001 – President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada is ousted in a nonviolent four-day revolution, and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
• 2009 – Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America, becoming the first African-American President of the United States.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2009 – A protest movement in Iceland culminates as the 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests start.
• 2017 – Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States of America.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2018 – A group of four or five gunmen attack The Inter-Continental Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, sparking a 12-hour battle. The attack kills 40 people and injures many others.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2018 – Syrian civil war: The Government of Turkey announces the initiation of the Afrin offensive and begins shelling Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) positions in Afrin Region.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2021 – Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States of America. At the time of his inauguration, he became the oldest person ever inaugurated. Kamala Harris became the first female Vice President of the United States.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2025 – Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States of America. He is currently the oldest person ever inaugurated.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

• 225 – Gordian III, Roman emperor (d. 244)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1029 – Alp Arslan, Seljuk sultan (probable;<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> d. 1072)
• 1292 – Elizabeth of Bohemia, queen consort of Bohemia (d. 1330)
• 1436 – Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shōgun (d. 1490)
• 1488 – Sebastian Münster, German scholar, cartographer, and cosmographer (d. 1552)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1499 – Sebastian Franck, German humanist (probable;<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> d. 1543)
• 1500 – Jean Quintin, French priest, knight and writer (d. 1561)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1502 – Sebastian de Aparicio, Spanish-Mexican rancher and missionary (d. 1600)<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:In lang</ref>
• 1526 – Rafael Bombelli, Italian mathematician (d. 1572)
• 1554 – Sebastian, King of Portugal (d. 1578)<ref>Template:Cite EB1911</ref>
• 1569 – Heribert Rosweyde, Jesuit hagiographer (d. 1629)
• 1573 – Simon Marius, German astronomer and academic (d. 1624)<ref>Template:NDB</ref>
• 1586 – Johann Hermann Schein, German composer (d. 1630)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1601–1900

• 1664 – Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian lawyer and jurist (d. 1718)
• 1703 – Joseph-Hector Fiocco, Flemish violinist and composer (d. 1741)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1716 – Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French archaeologist and numismatist (d. 1795)
• 1716 – Charles III of Spain (d. 1788)
• 1732 – Richard Henry Lee, American lawyer and politician, President of the Continental Congress (d. 1794)
• 1741 – Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Swedish botanist and author (d. 1783)
• 1755 – Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet, English admiral (d. 1824)
• 1762 – Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny, Belgian-French composer and theorist (d. 1842)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1775 – André-Marie Ampère, French physicist and mathematician (d. 1836)
• 1781 – Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg, Austrian-German historian and politician (d. 1848)
• 1783 – Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (d. 1860)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1799 – Anson Jones, American physician and politician, 5th President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1858)
• 1812 – William Fox, English-New Zealand politician, 2nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1893)<ref name="Britannica">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1812 – Thomas Meik, Scottish engineer (d. 1896)
• 1814 – David Wilmot, American politician, sponsor of Wilmot Proviso (d. 1868)
• 1819 – Göran Fredrik Göransson, Swedish merchant, ironmaster and industrialist (d. 1900)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1834 – George D. Robinson, American lawyer and politician, 34th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)
• 1855 – Ernest Chausson, French composer (d. 1899)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1856 – Harriot Stanton Blatch, American suffragist and organizer (d. 1940)
• 1865 – Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (d. 1944)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1865 – Wilhelm Ramsay, Finnish geologist and professor (d. 1928)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1870 – Guillaume Lekeu, Belgian pianist and composer (d. 1894)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1873 – Johannes V. Jensen, Danish author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950)
• 1874 – Steve Bloomer, English footballer and coach (d. 1938)
• 1876 – Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer (d. 1957)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1878 – Finlay Currie, Scottish-English actor (d. 1968)
• 1879 – Ruth St. Denis, American dancer and educator (d. 1968)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1880 – Walter W. Bacon, American accountant and politician, 60th Governor of Delaware (d. 1962)
• 1882 – Johnny Torrio, Italian-American mob boss (d. 1957)
• 1883 – Enoch L. Johnson, American mob boss (d. 1968)
• 1883 – Forrest Wilson, American journalist and author (d. 1942)
• 1888 – Lead Belly, American folk/blues musician and songwriter (d. 1949)
• 1889 – Allan Haines Loughead, American engineer and businessman, founded the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company (d. 1969)
• 1891 – Mischa Elman, Ukrainian-American violinist (d. 1967)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1893 – Georg Åberg, Swedish triple jumper (d. 1946)
• 1894 – Harold Gray, American cartoonist, created Little Orphan Annie (d. 1968)
• 1894 – Walter Piston, American composer, theorist, and academic (d. 1976)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1895 – Gábor Szegő, Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1985)
• 1896 – George Burns, American actor, comedian, and producer (d. 1996)
• 1898 – U Razak, Burmese educator and politician (d. 1947)
• 1899 – Clarice Cliff, English potter (d. 1972)
• 1899 – Kenjiro Takayanagi, Japanese engineer (d. 1990)
• 1900 – Dorothy Annan, English painter, potter, and muralist (d. 1983)
• 1900 – Colin Clive, English actor (d. 1937)

1901–present

• 1902 – Leon Ames, American actor (d. 1993)
• 1902 – Kevin Barry, Irish Republican Army volunteer (d. 1920)
• 1906 – Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate (d. 1975)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
• 1907 – Paula Wessely, Austrian actress and producer (d. 2000)
• 1909 – Gōgen Yamaguchi, Japanese martial artist (d. 1989)
• 1910 – Joy Adamson, Austria-Kenyan painter and conservationist (d. 1980)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1915 – Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Pakistani businessman and politician, 7th President of Pakistan (d. 2006)
• 1918 – Juan García Esquivel, Mexican pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2002)
• 1918 – Nevin Scrimshaw, American scientist (d. 2013)
• 1920 – Federico Fellini, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1993)<ref name="UPI">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1920 – DeForest Kelley, American actor (d. 1999)<ref name="UPI"/>
• 1920 – Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian ski jumper and author (d. 2006)
• 1921 – Telmo Zarra, Spanish footballer (d. 2006)
• 1922 – Ray Anthony, American trumpeter and bandleader<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1922 – Don Mankiewicz, American author and screenwriter (d. 2015)
• 1923 – Slim Whitman, American country and western singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1924 – Yvonne Loriod, French pianist and composer (d. 2010)
• 1925 – Jamiluddin Aali, Pakistani poet, playwright, and critic (d. 2015)
• 1925 – Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan priest, poet, and politician (d. 2020)
• 1926 – Patricia Neal, American actress (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1926 – David Tudor, American pianist and composer (d. 1996)
• 1927 – Qurratulain Hyder, Indian-Pakistani journalist and academic (d. 2007)
• 1928 – Antonio de Almeida, French conductor and musicologist (d. 1997)
• 1929 – Arte Johnson, American actor and comedian (d. 2019)<ref name="UPI"/>
• 1929 – Masaharu Kawakatsu, Japanese biologist
• 1929 – Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (d. 1964)
• 1930 – Buzz Aldrin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut<ref name="AP"/>
• 1931 – David Lee, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1931 – Hachidai Nakamura, Japanese pianist and composer (d. 1992)
• 1932 – Lou Fontinato, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2016)
• 1934 – Hennie Aucamp, South African poet, author, and academic (d. 2014)
• 1934 – Tom Baker, English actor<ref name="UPI"/>
• 1935 – Dorothy Provine, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2010)
• 1937 – Bailey Howell, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1938 – Derek Dougan, Irish-English footballer and journalist (d. 2007)
• 1939 – Paul Coverdell, American captain and politician (d. 2000)
• 1939 – Chandra Wickramasinghe, Sri Lankan-English mathematician, astronomer, and biologist
• 1940 – Carol Heiss, American figure skater and actress
• 1940 – Krishnam Raju, Indian actor and politician (d. 2022)
• 1940 – Mandé Sidibé, Malian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Mali (d. 2009)
• 1942 – Linda Moulton Howe, American journalist and producer
• 1944 – José Luis Garci, Spanish director and producer
• 1944 – Farhad Mehrad, Iranian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)
• 1944 – Pat Parker, American poet<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (d. 1989)
• 1945 – Christopher Martin-Jenkins, English journalist and sportscaster (d. 2013)
• 1945 – Eric Stewart, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref name="AP"/>
• 1946 – David Lynch, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2025)<ref name="AP">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1946 – Vladimír Merta, Czech singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist
• 1947 – Cyrille Guimard, French cyclist and sportscaster
• 1948 – Nancy Kress, American author and academic
• 1948 – Natan Sharansky, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel
• 1949 – Göran Persson, Swedish lawyer and politician, 31st Prime Minister of Sweden
• 1950 – Daniel Benzali, Brazilian-American actor
• 1950 – William Mgimwa, Tanzanian banker and politician, 13th Tanzanian Minister of Finance (d. 2014)
• 1950 – Mahamane Ousmane, Nigerien politician, President of Niger
• 1951 – Iván Fischer, Hungarian conductor and composer
• 1951 – Ian Hill, English rock bassist
• 1952 – Nikos Sideris, Greek psychiatrist and poet
• 1952 – Paul Stanley, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref name="AP"/>
• 1952 – John Witherow, South African-English journalist and author
• 1953 – Jeffrey Epstein, American financier and convicted sex offender (d. 2019)
• 1954 – Mohammad Dawran, Afghan aviator and military officer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1954 – Ken Page, American actor and cabaret singer (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1954 – Alison Seabeck, English lawyer and politician
• 1955 – McKeeva Bush, Caymanian politician, Premier of the Cayman Islands
• 1956 – Maria Larsson, Swedish educator and politician, Swedish Minister of Health and Social Affairs
• 1956 – Bill Maher, American comedian, political commentator, media critic, television host, and producer<ref name="AP"/>
• 1956 – Richard Morecroft, English-Australian journalist and television host<ref>Template:Cite episode</ref>
• 1956 – John Naber, American swimmer
• 1957 – Andy Sheppard, English saxophonist and composer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1958 – Lorenzo Lamas, American actor, director, and producer<ref name="AP"/>
• 1959 – Tami Hoag, American author
• 1959 – R. A. Salvatore, American author
• 1961 – Janey Godley, Scottish actor, writer and comedian (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1961 – Yolanda González (activist), Basque militant activist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1963 – James Denton, American actor<ref name="AP"/>
• 1963 – Mark Ryden, American painter and illustrator
• 1964 – Ozzie Guillén, Venezuelan-American baseball player and manager<ref name="UPI"/>
• 1964 – Ron Harper, American basketball player and coach
• 1964 – Jack Lewis, American soldier and author
• 1964 – Kazushige Nojima, Japanese screenwriter and songwriter
• 1964 – Aquilino Pimentel III, Filipino lawyer and politician
• 1964 – Fareed Zakaria, Indian-American journalist and author
• 1965 – Colin Calderwood, Scottish footballer and manager<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1965 – Warren Joyce, English footballer and manager
• 1965 – Greg K., American musician and songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
• 1965 – John Michael Montgomery, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"/>
• 1965 – Heather Small, English singer-songwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1965 – Sophie, Countess of Wessex
• 1965 – Anton Weissenbacher, Romanian footballer
• 1966 – Chris Morris, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1966 – Rainn Wilson, American actor<ref name="AP"/>
• 1967 – Kellyanne Conway, American political strategist and pundit
• 1967 – Stacey Dash, American actress and television journalist<ref name="AP"/>
• 1968 – Nick Anderson, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1968 – Junior Murray, Grenadian cricketer
• 1969 – Patrick K. Kroupa, American computer hacker and activist, co-founded MindVox
• 1969 – Reno Wilson, American actor<ref name="AP"/>
• 1969 – Nicky Wire, Welsh singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1970 – Skeet Ulrich, American actor<ref name="AP"/>
• 1971 – Gary Barlow, English singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1971 – Wakanohana Masaru, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 66th Yokozuna
• 1971 – Questlove, American musician, record producer, and filmmaker<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1972 – Nikki Haley, American accountant and politician, 116th Governor of South Carolina
• 1973 – Stephen Crabb, Scottish-Welsh politician, Secretary of State for Wales
• 1973 – Queen Mathilde of Belgium<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1975 – David Eckstein, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1975 – Norberto Fontana, Argentinian racing driver
• 1975 – Zac Goldsmith, English journalist and politician<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1975 – Ira Newble, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1976 – Kirsty Gallacher, Scottish television presenter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1976 – Michael Myers, American football player
• 1976 – Gretha Smit, Dutch speed skater
• 1977 – Paul Adams, South African cricketer and coach
• 1977 – Sid Wilson, American musician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1978 – Sonja Kesselschläger, German heptathlete
• 1978 – Allan Søgaard, Danish footballer
• 1979 – Rob Bourdon, American musician and songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
• 1979 – Will Young, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 1980 – Karl Anderson, American wrestler
• 1980 – Philippe Cousteau, Jr., American-French oceanographer and journalist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1980 – Philippe Gagnon, Canadian swimmer
• 1980 – Kim Jeong-hoon, South Korean singer and actor
• 1981 – Freddy Guzmán, Dominican baseball player
• 1981 – Owen Hargreaves, English footballer
• 1981 – Jason Richardson, American basketball player
• 1982 – Ruchi Sanghvi, Indian computer engineer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1982 – Fredrik Strømstad, Norwegian footballer
• 1983 – Geovany Soto, Puerto Rican baseball player<ref>Template:Baseballstats</ref>
• 1984 – Toni Gonzaga, Filipino singer and television personality<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1984 – Bonnie McKee, American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
• 1985 – Nabil Boukili, Belgian politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1986 – Kevin Parker, Australian singer, songwriter, musician, and producer<ref name="AP"/>
• 1987 – Evan Peters, American actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1988 – Uwa Elderson Echiéjilé, Nigerian footballer<ref>Template:NFT</ref>
• 1988 – Jan Muršak, Slovenian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – Nick Foles, American football player
• 1989 – Alex Grant, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, New Zealand rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1991 – Tom Cairney, Scottish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1991 – Ciara Hanna, American actress and model
• 1991 – Polona Hercog, Slovenian tennis player
• 1991 – Jumpol Adulkittiporn, Thai actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1993 – Lorenzo Crisetig, Italian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1993 – Cat Janice, American singer-songwriter<ref name= hodjat>Hodjat, Arya (January 24, 2024). "Meet Cat Janice, the DC Musician Who Became a Viral Pop Sensation—From Hospice".Washingtonian.</ref> (d. 2024)
• 1993 – DeVante Parker, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Seán Kavanagh, Irish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Hampus Lindholm, Swedish ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Lucas Piazon, Brazilian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1995 – Joey Badass, American rapper and actor<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• 1995 – Calum Chambers, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1995 – José María Giménez, Uruguayan footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1995 – Sergi Samper, Spanish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1995 – Kim So-hee, South Korean singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2000 – Tyler Herro, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2002 – Arnaud Kalimuendo, French footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2003 – J. J. McCarthy, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2003 – Antonia Ružić, Croatian tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 640 – Eadbald, king of Kent<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 820 – Al-Shafi‘i, Arab scholar and jurist (b. 767)
• 842 – Theophilos, Byzantine emperor (b. 813)
• 882 – Louis the Younger, king of the East Frankish Kingdom
• 924 – Li Jitao, Chinese general of Later Tang
• 928 – Zhao Guangfeng, Chinese official and chancellor
• 1029 – Heonae, Korean queen and regent (b. 964)
• 1095 – Wulfstan, bishop of Worcester
• 1156 – Henry, English bishop and saint<ref>Template:Cite DNB</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1189 – Shi Zong, Chinese emperor of Jin (b. 1123)
• 1191 – Frederick VI, duke of Swabia (b. 1167)
• 1191 – Theobald V, count of Blois (b. 1130
• 1265 – John Maunsell, English Lord Chancellor
• 1336 – John de Bohun, 5th Earl of Hereford (b. 1306)
• 1343 – Robert, king of Naples (b. 1275)
• 1479 – John II, king of Sicily (b. 1398)
• 1568 – Myles Coverdale, English bishop and translator (b. 1488)

1601–1900

• 1612 – Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1552)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1663 – Isaac Ambrose, English minister and author (b. 1604)
• 1666 – Anne of Austria, Queen and regent of France (b. 1601)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1707 – Humphrey Hody, English scholar and theologian (b. 1659)
• 1709 – François de la Chaise, French priest (b. 1624)
• 1751 – John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (b. 1665)
• 1770 – Charles Yorke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1722)
• 1779 – David Garrick, English actor, producer, playwright, and manager (b. 1717)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1810 – Benjamin Chew, American lawyer and judge (b. 1721)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1819 – Charles IV, Spanish king (b. 1748)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1837 – John Soane, English architect, designed the Bank of England (b. 1753)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1841 – Jørgen Jørgensen, Danish explorer (b. 1780)
• 1841 – Minh Mạng, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1791)
• 1848 – Christian VIII, Danish king (b. 1786)
• 1850 – Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1779)
• 1859 – Bettina von Arnim, German author, illustrator, and composer (b. 1785)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1852 – Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 6th Yokozuna (b. 1794)
• 1873 – Basil Moreau, French priest, founded the Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799)
• 1875 – Jean-François Millet, French painter and educator (b. 1814)
• 1891 – Kalākaua, king of Hawaii (b. 1836)
• 1900 – John Ruskin, English painter and critic (b. 1819)

1901–present

• 1901 – Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (b. 1826)
• 1907 – Agnes Mary Clerke, Irish astronomer and author (b. 1842)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1908 – John Ordronaux, American surgeon and academic (b. 1830)
• 1913 – José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican engraver and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1915 – Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun, Irish businessman, philanthropist, and politician (b. 1840)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1920 – Georg Lurich, Estonian-Russian wrestler and strongman (b. 1876)
• 1921 – Mary Watson Whitney, American astronomer and academic (b. 1847)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1924 – Henry "Ivo" Crapp, Australian footballer and umpire (b. 1872)
• 1931 – Margrethe Munthe, Norwegian songwriter (b. 1860)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
• 1936 – George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1865)<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
• 1940 – Omar Bundy, American general (b. 1861)
• 1944 – James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist and academic (b. 1860)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1947 – Josh Gibson, American baseball player (b. 1911)
• 1947 – Andrew Volstead, American member of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1860)
• 1954 – Warren Bardsley, Australian cricketer (b. 1882)
• 1954 – Fred Root, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1890)
• 1955 – Robert P. T. Coffin, American author and poet (b. 1892)
• 1962 – Robinson Jeffers, American poet and philosopher (b. 1887)
• 1965 – Alan Freed, American radio host (b. 1922)
• 1971 – Broncho Billy Anderson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1971 – Minanogawa Tōzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 34th Yokozuna (b. 1903)
• 1973 – Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician and surgeon (b. 1885)
• 1973 – Amílcar Cabral, Guinea Bissauan-Cape Verdian engineer and politician (b. 1924)
• 1977 – Dimitrios Kiousopoulos, Greek jurist and politician, 151st Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1892)
• 1980 – William Roberts, English soldier and painter (b. 1895)
• 1983 – Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (b. 1933)
• 1984 – Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (b. 1904)
• 1988 – Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Pakistani activist and politician (b. 1890)
• 1988 – Dora Stratou, Greek dancer and choreographer (b. 1903)
• 1989 – Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
• 1990 – Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (b. 1907)
• 1993 – Audrey Hepburn, British actress and humanitarian activist (b. 1929)
• 1994 – Matt Busby, Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1909)
• 1994 – Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, first Kenyan Vice-President (b. 1911)
• 1996 – Gerry Mulligan, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1927)
• 2002 – Carrie Hamilton, American actress and singer (b. 1963)
• 2003 – Al Hirschfeld, American painter and illustrator (b. 1903)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2003 – Nedra Volz, American actress (b. 1908)
• 2004 – Alan Brown, English racing driver (b. 1919)
• 2004 – T. Nadaraja, Sri Lankan lawyer and academic (b. 1917)
• 2005 – Per Borten, Norwegian lawyer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1913)
• 2005 – Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Polish journalist and politician (b. 1913)
• 2005 – Miriam Rothschild, English zoologist, entomologist, and author (b. 1908)
• 2009 – Stéphanos II Ghattas, Egyptian patriarch (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Etta James, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2012 – John Levy, American bassist and manager (b. 1912)
• 2012 – Ioannis Kefalogiannis, Greek politician, Greek Minister of the Interior (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Alejandro Rodriguez, Venezuelan-American pediatrician and psychiatrist (b. 1918)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2013 – Pavlos Matesis, Greek author and playwright (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Toyo Shibata, Japanese poet and author (b. 1911)
• 2014 – Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor (b. 1933)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2014 – Otis G. Pike, American judge and politician (b. 1921)
• 2014 – Jonas Trinkūnas, Lithuanian ethnologist and academic (b. 1939)
• 2016 – Mykolas Burokevičius, Lithuanian carpenter and politician (b. 1927)
• 2016 – Edmonde Charles-Roux, French journalist and author (b. 1920)
• 2018 – Paul Bocuse, French chef (b. 1926)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2018 – Naomi Parker Fraley, American naval machiner (b. 1921)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2020 – Jaroslav Kubera, Czech politician (b. 1947)<ref name="Šestinásobný primátor. Do čela Teplic opět usedne Kubera z ODS Domov">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2020 – Tom Fisher Railsback, American politician, member of the Illinois and U.S. House of Representatives (b. 1932)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2021 – Sibusiso Moyo, Zimbabwean politician, army general (b. 1960)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2021 – Mira Furlan, Croatian actress and singer (b. 1955)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2022 – Meat Loaf, American singer and actor (b. 1947)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2024 – Norman Jewison, Canadian actor, director, and producer (b. 1926)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2025 – Lynn Ban, Singaporean jewelry designer (b. 1972)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2025 – Cecile Richards, American activist and former Planned Parenthood president (b. 1957)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Holidays and observances

• Armed Forces Day (Mali)
• Army Day (Laos)
• Christian feast day:
  • Abadios
  • Blessed Basil Moreau
  • Eustochia Smeralda Calafato
  • Euthymius the Great
  • Fabian
  • Manchán of Lemanaghan
  • Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception Brando
  • Richard Rolle (Church of England)
  • Sebastian
  • Stephen Min Kuk-ka (one of The Korean Martyrs)
  • January 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Heroes' Day (Cape Verde)
• Martyrs' Day (Azerbaijan)
• Presidential inaugurations (United States)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Notes

In ancient astrology, it is the cusp day between Capricorn and Aquarius.

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• Template:NYT On this day
• Historical Events on January 20