January 20 - January 20 January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 345 days remaining (346 in leap years). In astrology, it is the cusp day, between Aquarius and Capricorn. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 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. 1320 - Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland 1356 - Edward Balliol resigns as King of Scotland 1513 - Christian II becomes King of Denmark and Norway 1667 - Poland cedes Kiev, Smolensk, and eastern Ukraine to Russia 1801.
January 2002 - January 2002 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for January, 2002. See also: Afghanistan timeline January 1-16, 2002 Afghanistan timeline January 17-31, 2002 Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 January 29, 2002 2 January 24, 2002 3 January 23, 2002 4 January 20, 2002 5 January 8, 2002 6 January 4, 2002 7 January 4, 2002 8 January 3, 2002 9 January 1, 2002 10 Topics in the news in January 2002 11 Background for events in January 2002 January 29, 2002 George W. Bush delivered his State of the Union Address to Congress. January 24, 2002 Enron hearings begin. Terrorist.
January 2003 - January 2003 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for January, 2003. See also: Preparations for 2003 invasion of Iraq for events leading up to the 2003 Iraq War Afghanistan timeline January 2003 January 31, 2003 January 30, 2003 Would-be shoe-bomber Richard Reid is sentenced to life in prison for trying to down American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami. Reid had previously pleaded guilty. [1] January 29, 2003 A false rumor that Thai actress Suvanant Kongying.
January 2001 - January 2001 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: Monday, January 1 - A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall appears in Seattle's Magnuson Park, placed by an anonymous artist in reference to the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. Saturday, January 6 - The United States Congress, presided over by Vice President Al Gore as President of the Senate, certifies George W. Bush's Electoral College victory and thus as the winner of 2000 presidential election. January 15 - Wikipedia, a Wiki free content encyclopedia, goes online (Wikipedia Day). January 20 - George W. Bush succeeds Bill Clinton as President of the United States after prevailing over.
January - January simple:January January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, and has 31 days. It is named for Janus, the Roman god of doors and gateways. January and February were the last two months to be added to the calendar, since the Romans originally considered winter a monthless period. Although March was originally the first month, January usurped that position because that was when consuls were usually chosen. The first day of the month is known as New Year's Day. The coming of age day in Japan since 1948 is a national holiday on which the nation celebrates those who turn 20 years of age. The day used to be January 15 until the year 1999. The day was moved by the.
January 26 - January 26 January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 339 days remaining (340 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. 1500 - Vicente Yáñez Pinzón become the first European to discover Brazil. 1531 - Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake-- thousands die. 1699 - Treaty of Carlowitz signed. 1736 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. 1788 - The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, land at Botany Bay just outside present-day Sydney. They would establish the first permanent European settlement on the continent. Celebrated as Australia Day, the country's national day..
January 31 - January 31 January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 334 days remaining, (335 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is executed for his plotting against Parliament and James I of England. 1747 - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Dock Hospital. 1849 - Corn Laws abolished in the United Kingdom. 1865 - American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief. 1876 - The United States orders all Native Americans to move into reservations. 1814 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of Argentina. 1915 - World War I:.
January 25 - January 25 January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 340 days remaining (341 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1327 - Edward III becomes King of England. 1494 - Alfonso II becomes King of Naples. 1533 - Henry VIII of England marries his second wife Anne Boleyn. 1554 - Foundation of Sao Paulo city, Brazil. 1791 - The British Parliament splits the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada. 1858 - The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular wedding recessional after it is played on this day at the (marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter and the Crown Prince of Prussia). 1881 -.
January 21 - January 21 January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 344 days remaining (345 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade 1276 - Innocent V becomes Pope 1643 - Abel Tasman discovers Tonga 1789 - The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston, Massachusetts 1793 - After being found guilty for treason by the French Convention, Louis XVI of France is guillotined. 1793 - Russia and Prussia partition Poland 1853 - Russell L. Hawes patents the.
January 19 - January 19 January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 346 days remaining (347 in leap years) Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England which makes Normandy a part of England. 1764 - John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel. 1806 - The United Kingdom occupies the Cape of Good Hope. 1829 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres. 1839 - British East India Company captures Aden. 1840 - Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica, claiming what became known as Wilkes Land for the United States. 1853 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il Trovatore premieres.
January 18 - January 18 January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 347 days remaining (348 in leap years) Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 350 - General Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans, proclaims himself Emperor. 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople fail. 1520 - King Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Asunde. 1535 - Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro. 1670 - Henry Morgan captures Panama. 1701 - Frederick I becomes King of Prussia. 1778 - James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands." 1861 - Georgia joins the Confederacy. 1871 - Wilhelm I of Germany.
July 20 - July 20 July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1304 - Fall of Stirling Castle: Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold in the Wars of Scottish Independence. 1810 - Colombia declares independence from Spain. 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Peachtree Creek - Near Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate forces led by General John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attack Union troops under General William T. Sherman. 1871 - British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada. 1881 - Indian Wars: Sioux chief Sitting Bull leads the last of his fugitive people in surrender to United States troops at.
June 20 - June 20 June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 194 days remaining. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1214 - University of Oxford receives its charter. 1756 - English garrison imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta. 1789 - Deputies of the French Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath 1819 - The US vessel Savannah arrives at Liverpool. She is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, most of the journey was made under sail. 1837 - Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne. 1863 - West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state. 1877 - Alexander Graham Bell installs world's first commercial telephone.
June 2002 - June 2002 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for June, 2002. See also: Afghanistan timeline June 2002 Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 June 27, 2002 2 June 26, 2002 3 June 22, 2002 4 June 20, 2002 5 June 17, 2002 6 June 15, 2002 7 June 14, 2002 8 June 11, 2002 9 June 10, 2002 10 June 8, 2002 11 June 6, 2002 12 June 5, 2002 June 27, 2002 Accountancy scandals - The Securities and Exchange Commission has begun fraud action against WorldCom. Finance - The Euro approaches parity with the United States dollar. June 26, 2002 Law - A.
June 2003 - June 2003 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for June, 2003. See also: Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23 Same-sex marriage in Canada SARS: Timeline Monkeypox Afghanistan timeline June 2003 "Road map" for peace Israeli-Palestinian conflict EU enlargement War in Iraq: Timeline North Korea crisis US v. EU on GM food June 30, 2003 In Irvine, California, a 30 year old man identified as Joseph Hunter Parker kills two supermarket employees with a sword, before being shot to death himself by the police. His victims are identified as John G. Nutting, 60, and Judith Fleming, 55. The event occurred at an Albertson's supermarket..
July 2003 - July 2003 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for July, 2003. See also: Afghanistan timeline July 2003 Dodgy Dossier Columbia investigation EU enlargement Hong Kong Basic Law Monkeypox North Korea crisis Occupation of Iraq: Timeline Road map for peace Same-sex marriage SARS: Timeline SCO v. IBM Linux lawsuit US v. EU on GM food War on Terrorism July 31, 2003 The Israeli parliament passed a law preventing Palestinians married to Israelis from gaining Israeli citizenship or residency rights. The law is thought necessary to maintain the Jewish character of the state of Israel, today inhabited by 20% Arabs.[1] It is reported that the.
Iraq disarmament crisis timeline 1997-2000 - related equipment. Iraq admitted that some of this equipment had been used to produce VX gas in May, 1997. October 29, 1997 Iraq demands that US citizens working inside UNSCOM inspections teams leave the country immediately. Iraq also says it will shoot down U2 surveillance planes. November 2, 1997 Iraq prevents three American weapons experts from entering the country. November 12, 1997 The UN Security Council passes Resolution 1137, condemning Iraq's continued violations of earlier resolutions, and again demanded that Baghdad comply with the UNSCOM inspection teams. November 13, 1997 UNSCOM withdraws all weapons inspectors because of the order to expel all American arms experts. November 18, 1997 Russian prime minister Boris Yeltsin meets with Iraqi officials. War is averted. November 20, 1997 Saddam Hussein agrees to allow UN weapons inspectors.
Iraq disarmament crisis timeline 2001-2003 - for long-range missiles. France has denied that the sale took place. U.S. intelligence traced the sale back to China's Qilu Chemicals company in Shandong province. The chemical sale involved a French company known as CIS Paris, which helped broker the sale of 20 tons of HTPB, which was then shipped from China to the Syrian port of Tartus. The chemicals were then shipped by truck from Syria into Iraq to a missile manufacturing plant. August 2, 2002 In a letter to the UN Secretary General, Iraq invites Hans Blix to Iraq for discussions on remaining disarmament issues. August 19, 2002 The UN Secretary General rejects Iraq's August 2 proposal as the "wrong work program", but recommends that Iraq allow the return of weapons inspectors in accordance with UNSC resolution 1284, passed.
Karl Wallenda - Karl Wallenda Karl Wallenda (January 21, 1905 - March 22, 1978) was the founder of the Great Wallendas, an internationally known daredevil circus act famous for performing death-defying stunts without a safety net. Karl was born in Magdeburg, Germany. The Great Wallendas were noted throughout Europe for their four-man pyramid and cycling on the high wire. The act moved to the U.S. in 1928 and began an association with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Combined Circus. Later they performed as free-lancers. In 1947 they developed the unequaled three-tier seven-man pyramid. Tragedy was not unknown to the troupe. On January 30, 1962, in Detroit, Wallenda's son-in-law Richard Faughnan and nephew Dieter Schepp were killed and an adopted son Mario was paralyzed from the waist down when the pyramid collapsed..
Karl Eberhard Schongarth - Netherlands. During the time he was stationed in Krakow, Poland, he formed an Einsatzgrupen Special Action Group. He was responsible for the murder of up to 4,000 Jewish citizens between July and September of 1941. He was an Attendee to the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, along with Dr Rudolf Lange (Einsatzgruppen A) who also had participated in genocide. Schongarth was captured at the end of the war. He was found guilty of executing a downed Allied pilot (which occurred on November 21, 1944) by a British Court in Burgsteinfurt on February 11, 1946. He was executed on May 16, 1946..
