January 20 in history
Events on January 20
Notable events that happened on January 20 in past years.
- 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.
Wikipedia article: 2018 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack - 2001
President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada is ousted in a nonviolent four-day revolution, and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
Wikipedia article: President of the Philippines - 1990
Protests in Azerbaijan, part of the Dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Wikipedia article: Black January - 1981
Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated as the 40th President of the United States of America, Iran releases 52 American hostages.
Wikipedia article: Ronald Reagan - 1973
Amílcar Cabral, leader of the independence movement in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, is assassinated in Conakry, Guinea.
Wikipedia article: Amílcar Cabral - 1945
World War II: The provisional government of Béla Miklós in Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies.
Wikipedia article: Béla Miklós - 1941
A German officer is killed in Bucharest, Romania, sparking a rebellion and pogrom by the Iron Guard, killing 125 Jews and 30 soldiers.
Wikipedia article: Bucharest - 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.
Wikipedia article: Turkish Constitution of 1921 - 1877
The last day of the Constantinople Conference results in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
Wikipedia article: Constantinople Conference - 1839
In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats an alliance between Peru and Bolivia.
Wikipedia article: Battle of Yungay - 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.
Wikipedia article: Kingdom of Great Britain - 1649
The High Court of Justice for the trial of Charles I begins its proceedings.
Wikipedia article: Trial of Charles I - 1523
Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway.
Wikipedia article: Christian II of Denmark - 1320
Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland.
- 250
Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution.
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