Page 7: Historical Events In January - 20

1953  The first live coast-to-coast inauguration address (Eisenhower) on January - 20.   

1953  On this day in history the first US telecast transmitted to Canada-from Buffalo NY   

1953  On this day in history 1st US telecast transmitted to Canada-from Buffalo NY   

1954  -70ºF (-57ºC), Rogers Pass, Montana (state 48 record) on this day in history.   

1954  On January - 20 dmitri Shostakovich's "Concertino opus 94" premieres   

1954  On this day in history -70°F (-57°C), Rogers Pass, Montana (US 48 state record)   

1954  On January - 20 fred Root, cricketer (Engld pace bowler in 3 Tests v Aus 1926), dies   

1955  1st atomic sub, USS Nautilus, launched at Groton Conn on January - 20.   

1956  Buddy Holly records "Blue Days Black Night" in Nashville on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open   

1957  On January - 20 gomulka wins Poland's parliamentary election   

1957  On this day in history james Connolly, 1st Oly winner (1896) since Barasdates (369 CE), dies   

1958  On this day in history elvis Presley receives his draft notice.   

1958  Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open on this day in history.   

1959  Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' Moscow-Tsjerjomoesjki, premieres in Moscow on this day in history.   

1959  Carl Switzer, actor (Alfalfa-Our Gang), shot to death at 31 on January - 20.   

1960  Patrice Lumumba sentenced to 6 months in Belgian Congo on January - 20.   

1960  Matt Moore, actor (Deluge, Coquette), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1961  Arthur M Ramsay becomes archbishop of Canterbury on January - 20.   

1961  John Fitzgerald Kennedy began his presidency with inauguration ceremonies on the newly renovated east front of the Capitol on this day in history.   

1961  On January - 20 robert Frost recites "The Gift Outright" at JFK's inauguration   

1961  Yugoslav ex-Vice-President Milovan Djilas flees on January - 20.   

1962  On this day in history "Kean" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 92 performances   

1962  Robinson Jeffers, poet/playwright (Dear Judas), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1964  "Meet The Beatles" album released in US on January - 20.   

1964  Jan Rychlik, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1965  Alan Freed, Cleveland disk jockey who coined the phrase "rock and roll," dies in Palm Springs, California on January - 20.   

1965  Generalissimo Francisco Franco meets with Jewish representatives to discuss legitimizing Jewish communities in Spain on January - 20.   

1965  On this day in history jPL proposes modified Apollo flight to fly around Mars & return   

1965  On this day in history the Beatles appear on Shindig (ABC-TV)   

1965  On this day in history the Byrds record "Mr Tambourine Man"   

1965  On January - 20 beatles appear on Shindig (ABC-TV)   

1965  Alan Freed, DJ (Big Beat), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1968  On January - 20 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming   

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0225  On this day in history birth of gordian III, Roman Emperor (d. 244)   

1292  On January - 20 birth of elisabeth I of Bohemia (d. 1330)   

1358  On January - 20 birth of eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (d. 1382)   

1435  Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (d. 1490) was born on January - 20.   

1554  On this day in history birth of king Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578)   

1586  On January - 20 birth of johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Fontana d'Israel)   

1622  On January - 20 birth of susanna van Baerle, Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns   

1654  On this day in history birth of michiel de Swaen, South Netherland physician/poet   

0250  Fabianus, Pope (236-50)/saint, dies on January - 20.   

0287  On January - 20 death of st. Sebastian   

0820  Abu Abdallah M ibn Idris al-Sjafi'i, islamic (Book of Mother), dies on this day in history.   

0842  On January - 20 theophilus, Byzantine kaiser (829-42), dies   

0882  Louis II/III the Younger, German king (876-82), dies on this day in history.   

1156  Death of Bishop Henry, patron saint of Finland on January - 20.   

1191  On January - 20 death of frederick VI, Duke of Swabia (b. 1167)   

1479  On this day in history john II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81