About January 20
January 20, 2025 is the 20th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 345 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
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Capricorn is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 9 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
January 20: More About This Day
In the ancient astronomy, it was the cusp day between Capricorn and Aquarius. In some years it is Aquarius, but others Capricorn. It depends on the year.
What Happened On January 20
- 250 –Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Pope Fabian is martyred.
- 1265 –In Westminster, the first English parliament conducts its first meeting held by Simon de Montfort in the Palace of Westminster, now also known colloquially as the “Houses of Parliament”.
- 1356 –Edward Balliol abdicates as King of Scotland.
- 1502 –The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro is first explored.
- 1523 –Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway.
- 1801 –John Marshall is appointed the Chief Justice of the United States.
- 1839 –In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats an alliance between Peru and Bolivia.
- 1920 –The American Civil Liberties Union is founded.
- 1936 –Edward VIII becomes King of the United Kingdom.
- 1945 –World War II: Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies.
- 1949 –Point Four Program a program for economic aid to poor countries announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address for a full term as President.
- 1959 –The first flight of the Vickers Vanguard.
- 1960 –Hendrik Verwoerd announces a plebiscite on whether South Africa should become a Republic.
- 1969 –East Pakistani police kill student activist Amanullah Asaduzzaman. The resulting outrage is in part responsible for the Bangladesh Liberation War.
- 1981 –Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated, at age 69 the oldest man ever to be inaugurated as U.S. President, Iran releases 52 American hostages.
- 1986 –Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
- 1987 –Church of England envoy Terry Waite is kidnapped in Lebanon.
- 1990 –On Black Saturday, the Red Army kills Azerbaijani civilians in Baku.
- 1991 –Sudan’s government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country’s Muslim north and Christian south.
- 1999 –The China News Service announces new government restrictions on Internet use, aimed especially at Internet cafés.
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