Anniversaries of January 20: What happened in the world on a day like today?

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1941.- Franklin D. Roosevelt swears in for the third time as president of USA

1942.- Several senior leaders Nazis they meet at the Wannsee Conference (outskirts of Berlin) and agree on the ‘final solution of the Jewish problem’, that is, the extermination.

1944.- Strong night bombing of the Royal Air Force (RAF) on Berlin. They attack some 700 devices and launch more than two thousand tons of explosives.

1958.- The first comic strip is published Mortadelo and Filemónfrom the cartoonist Francisco Ibanezin the magazine ‘Thumbelina‘.

1961.- In USA, John F. Kennedy takes office as president.

1971.- Wedding of Julio Iglesias and Isabel Preysler in Illescas (Toledo).

1980.- More than 400 dead and 2,000 injured when a building collapsed bullring in Sincelejo (Colombia).

1981.- Released 52 American hostages captured in the embassy of their country in Tehran.

1996.- Yasser Arafat wins by majority the elections for president of the Autonomous Council for the West Bank and Loopbecoming the first democratically elected leader in Palestine.

1997.- Zaire declare war on the tutsi rebels.

2009.- Barack Obama sworn in as president of USAthe country’s first black president.

2014.- Iran suspends uranium enrichment in compliance with Geneva nuclear agreement. USA eases sanctions and European Union suspends them.

2017.- donald trump takes oath of office and becomes the 45th president of USA.

2021.- Joe Biden sworn in as president of USA.

2022.- The Belgian Zara Rutherford19, becomes the youngest woman to circumnavigate the world alone with her Shark ultralight plane.

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BIRTH

1716.- Charles IIIking of Spain.

1758.- Marie-Anne Pierretteknown as Marie Lavoisier, French chemist.

1775.- André-Marie AmpereFrench mathematician and physicist.

1910.- Joy AdamsonAustrian naturalist.

1920.- Federico FelliniItalian filmmaker.

1925.- Ernesto CardenalNicaraguan poet and priest.

1930.- Edwin AldrinAmerican astronaut.

1944.- Jose Luis GarciSpanish filmmaker.

1946.- David LynchAmerican filmmaker.

1958.- Lorenzo LamasAmerican actor.

1973.- Mathilde D’Udekem D’AcozQueen of Belgium.

1978.- Omar SyFrench actor.

1987.- Evan PetersAmerican actor.

DEATHS

1875.- Jean-Francois MilletFrench painter.

1936.- George Vking of the United Kingdom.

1983.- Manuel Francisco Dos Santos‘Garrincha‘, Brazilian footballer.

1984.- Johnny Weissmuller‘Tarzan‘, American actor of Austrian origin.

1990.- Barbara StanwyckAmerican actress.

1993.- Audrey HepburnAmerican actress of Belgian origin.

2005.- Jan Nowak-JezioranskiPolish journalist, symbol of the fight against communist power.

2007.- Alfredo RipsteinMexican film producer.

2009.- Ramon Sanchez Gomez‘Ramon of Algeciras‘, flamenco guitarist.

2012.- Etta JamesAmerican blues and jazz singer.

2014.- Claudio AbbadoItalian conductor.

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2018.- Paul BocuseFrench chef, founder of ‘nouvelle cuisine’.

2022.- Elza SoaresBrazilian singer.

2024.- Piedad CórdobaColombian politics.

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