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• 1156 - According to legend, freeholder Lalli slays English crusader Bishop Henry with an axe on the ice of the lake Köyliönjärvi in Finland.
• 1265 - In Westminster, the first English parliament conducts its first meeting in the Palace of Westminster, now also known as the Houses of ParliamentThis may refer to the: British Houses of Parliament. Also known as the Palace of Westminster. Irish Houses of Parliament..
• 1320Events January 20 Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland April 6 The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath. Ghiyas al-Din Tughlaq founds the Tughlaq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. The Venetian Arsenal is rebuilt - Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of PolandThe Republic of Poland a country in Central Europe, lies between Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and the Baltic Sea, Lithuania and Russia (in the form of the Kaliningrad Oblast exclave) t.
• 1356Events January 20 Edward Balliol surrenders title as King of Scotland to Edward III of England September 19 Battle of Poitiers The English defeat the French in the Hundred Years' War, capturing the King John II of France in the process. December 25 Empero - Edward BalliolEdward Balliol (c. Edward de Baliol) the eldest son of John Balliol, was intermittently king of Scotland from 1332- 1336. Balliol, backed by Edward III of England, defeated the Regent, the Earl of Mar, at the Battle of Dupplin Moor in Perthshire. He was c resigns as King of ScotlandScotland or in Scottish Gaelic, Alba is a country and former independent kingdom of northwest Europe, and one of the four nations comprising the United Kingdom. Scotland occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Scotland took part in a p.
• 1513Events January 20 Christian II becomes King of Denmark and Norway. March 11 Leo X elected pope. March 27 Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sights North America (specifically Florida) for the first time mistaking it for another island. Later, on April 2, he land - Christian II becomes King of Denmark and Norway.
• 1667 - Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth cedes Kyiv, Smolensk, and left-bank Ukraine to Imperial Russia in the treaty of Andrusiv.
• 1801 - John Marshall is appointed Chief Justice of the United States.
• 1839 - In the Battle of Yungay , Chile defeats a Peruvian and Bolivian alliance.
• 1840 - Dumont D'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica.
• 1840 - Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
• 1885 - L.A. Thompson patents the roller coaster.
• 1887 - The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
• 1891 - James Hogg becomes the first native Texan to be governor of that state.
• 1892 - At the YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, the first official basketball game is played.
• 1921 - The first constitution of Turkey was adopted, which made fundamental change in the source and exercise of sovereignty.
• 1929 - The movie In Old Arizona was released. The film was the first full-length talking film to be filmed outdoors.
• 1936 - Edward VIII becomes King of the United Kingdom.
• 1937 - Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated for a second term as President of the United States. This is the first inauguration scheduled on January 20, following adoption of the 20th Amendment. Previous inaugurations were scheduled on March 4.
• 1941 - Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated for a third term as President of the United States, becoming the only President to be elected to three terms.
• 1942 - World War II: Nazis at the Wannsee conference in Berlin decide the " final solution to the Jewish problem".
• 1944 - World War II: The Royal Air Force drops 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin.
• 1945 - Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated for a fourth term as President of the United States, becoming the only President to be elected to four terms.
• 1949 - Harry S. Truman is re-inaugurated as the 33rd President of the United States.
• 1952 - Edgar Faure becomes Prime Minister of France.
• 1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th President of the United States.
• 1954 - The National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
• 1957 - Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated for a second term as President of the United States.
• 1958 - Elvis Presley receives his draft notice.
• 1961 - John F. Kennedy is inaugurated as the 35th President of the United States.
• 1964 - Meet the Beatles, the first Beatles album in the United States, is released.
• 1965 - Lyndon B. Johnson is re-inaugurated as the 36th President of the United States.
• 1969 - The first pulsar is discovered, in the Crab Nebula.
• 1969 - Richard M. Nixon is inaugurated as the 37th President of the United States.
• 1973 - Richard M. Nixon is inaugurated for a second term as President of the United States.
• 1975 - Michael Ovitz founds Creative Artists Agency.
• 1977 - Jimmy Carter is inaugurated as the 39th President of the United States.
• 1980 - Super Bowl XIV sees the coronation of the Pittsburgh Steelers as the team of the 1970s as they defeat the Los Angeles Rams, 31-19.
• 1981 - Ronald W. Reagan is inaugurated as the 40th President of the United States. Minutes later, Iran releases 52 American hostages.
• 1985 - Super Bowl XIX becomes the most watched game in history. Television commercials ran for a million dollars a minute.
• 1985 - Ronald W. Reagan is inaugurated for a second term as President of the United States.
• 1986 - Martin Luther King, Jr., day was celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
• 1986 - The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel.
• 1989 - George H. W. Bush is inaugurated as the 41st President of the United States.
• 1993 - Bill Clinton is inaugurated as the 42nd President of the United States.
• 1994 - In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet to attend The Citadel but soon drops out.
• 1996 - Yasser Arafat is elected president of the Palestinian Authority.
• 1997 - Bill Clinton starts his second term as President of the United States.
• 1999 - The China News Service announces new government restrictions on Internet use aimed especially at Internet bar s.
• 2001 - George W. Bush is inaugurated as the 43rd President of the United States.
• 2002 - Michael Jordan, now of the Washington Wizards, plays his first game in Chicago since rejoining the NBA.
• 2002 - Inauguration of Churches Uniting in Christ.