January 20th, 1946

Born on January 20th, 1946

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on January 20th?

January 20th, 2018

A group of Taliban gunmen attacked the Inter-Continental Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, sparking a 12-hour battle that left at least 21 people dead.

January 20th, 2009

During a national financial crisis, thousands of people protested (pictured) at the Icelandic parliament in Reykjavík.

January 20th, 1992

Air Inter Flight 148 crashed into the Vosges while circling to land at Strasbourg Airport, France, resulting in 87 deaths.

January 20th, 1990

The Soviet Red Army violently cracked down on Azeri pro-independence demonstrations in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR.

January 20th, 1969

Bengali student activist Amanullah Asaduzzaman was shot and killed by East Pakistani police, an event that led to the Bangladesh Liberation War.

January 20th, 1968

The Houston Cougars upset the UCLA Bruins in what became known as the "Game of the Century", ending the Bruins' 47-game winning streak, and establishing college basketball as a sports commodity on American television.

January 20th, 1945

World War II: Germany began the evacuation of at least 1.8 million people from East Prussia in anticipation of the advancing Soviet Red Army, an operation that took nearly two months to complete.

January 20th, 1942

The Holocaust: Reinhard Heydrich and other senior Nazi officials met at the Wannsee Conference near Berlin to discuss the implementation of the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question".

January 20th, 1843

Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná, became the de facto first prime minister of the Empire of Brazil.

January 20th, 1356

Edward Balliol, whose father John was briefly King of Scotland, gave up his claim to the throne in exchange for an English pension.

January 20th, 1265

Simon de Montfort summoned local representatives to the Palace of Westminster to attend a parliament, considered the forerunner of the House of Commons of England.

January 20th, 1156

According to legend, Lalli slew Bishop Henry of Finland with an axe on the ice of Lake Köyliönjärvi in Köyliö.

January 20th, 2021

Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States of America. At 78, he becomes the oldest person ever inaugurated. Kamala Harris becomes the first female Vice President of the United States.

January 20th, 2018

Syrian civil war: The Government of Turkey announces the initiation of the Afrin offensive and begins shelling Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) positions in Afrin Region.

January 20th, 2009

A protest movement in Iceland culminates as the 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests start.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 20th

Born on January 20th, 1946

78

David Lynch

American filmmaker, visual artist, and musician

*January 20th, 1946, Missoula

78

Vladimír Merta

Czech mouth organ player, composer, guitarist, director and singer

*January 20th, 1946, Prague

78

Samm-Art Williams

American playwright and screenwriter

*January 20th, 1946, Burgaw

78

Valdo Spini

Italian politician (1946-)

*January 20th, 1946, Florence

78

Petr Hannig

Czech music producer, composer, politician and singer

*January 20th, 1946, Ústí nad Labem

78

Gildo Di Marco

Italian actor

*January 20th, 1946, Sulmona

78

Dharma Singh Khalsa

American medical researcher

*January 20th, 1946, Cleveland

78

Aurelio Samorì

Italian composer

*January 20th, 1946, Faenza

78

Ernst Probst

German journalist and publisher

*January 20th, 1946, Neunburg vorm Wald

78

Eddie Lucio, Jr.

American politician in Texas (born 1946)

*January 20th, 1946, Brownsville

78

Sasha Montenegro

Italian-Mexican actress

*January 20th, 1946, Bari †February 14th, 2024

78

Sebastián Calderón Centeno

Mexican politician

*January 20th, 1946, Ciudad del Carmen

78

Salvador Becerra Rodríguez

Mexican politician

*January 20th, 1946, Poncitlán Municipality

78

Pierre A. Riffard

French philosopher

*January 20th, 1946, Toulouse

78

Erbito Salavarria

Filipino boxer

*January 20th, 1946, Manila

78

Zenbee Mizoguchi

Japanese politician

*January 20th, 1946, Masuda

78

Lisbeth Holand

Norwegian politician

*January 20th, 1946, Rørvik

78

Shalbay Kulmakhanov

Kazakhstani politician

*January 20th, 1946

76

Dong Puno

Philippine lawyer and broadcast journalist

*January 20th, 1946, Manila †February 15th, 2022

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 20th?

84

Jana Brejchová

Czech actress

*January 20th, 1940, Prague

77

Cyrille Guimard

French cyclist and commentator

*January 20th, 1947, Bouguenais

76

Nigel Williams

English novelist, screenwriter and playwright.

*January 20th, 1948, Cheadle

73

Federico Fellini

Italian filmmaker (1920–1993)

*January 20th, 1920, Rimini †October 31st, 1993, Rome

72

Ann Savoy

American musician, author, and record producer

*January 20th, 1952, Richmond

94

Buzz Aldrin

American astronaut

*January 20th, 1930, Glen Ridge

84

Carol Heiss

US figure skater and actress

*January 20th, 1940, Queens

51

Peng Xingyong

Chinese badminton player

*January 20th, 1973, Shandong

81

Herman Rouwé

Dutch rower

*January 20th, 1943, Grou

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

79

Robert Olen Butler

American fiction writer

*January 20th, 1945, Granite City

46

Luciano Zauri

Italian association football player

*January 20th, 1978, Pescina

70

Ken Page

American actor

*January 20th, 1954, St. Louis

75

Martin von Haselberg

American actor

*January 20th, 1949, Buenos Aires

84

Patricia Neal

American stage and film actress (1926-2010)

*January 20th, 1926, Packard †August 8th, 2010, Edgartown

79

Gianni Amelio

Italian film director

*January 20th, 1945, San Pietro Magisano

33

Sara Thygesen

Danish badminton player

*January 20th, 1991, Vejle

32

Deng Xuan

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1992, Guangzhou

37

Luka Zdenjak

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1987, Zagreb

26

Xu Ya

Chinese badminton player

*January 20th, 1998, Dongguan

Same year
Born in 1946

77

Donald Trump

President of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 14th, 1946, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

77

George W. Bush

President of the United States from 2001 to 2009

*July 6th, 1946, New Haven

77

Bill Clinton

President of the United States from 1993 to 2001

*August 19th, 1946, Hope

77

Jean-Claude Arnault

Swedish photographer

*August 15th, 1946, Marseille

78

Kabir Bedi

Indian actor (1946-)

*January 16th, 1946, Lahore

77

Svein Ludvigsen

Norwegian politician

*July 18th, 1946, Hillesøy Municipality

77

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

*December 18th, 1946, Cincinnati

78

Charlotte Rampling

British actress

*February 5th, 1946, Sturmer

76

Suzanne Somers

American actress, author, singer, businesswoman in alternative medicine (1946–2023)

*October 16th, 1946, San Bruno †October 15th, 2023, Palm Springs

77

Berti Vogts

German footballer and manager

*December 30th, 1946, Büttgen

71

Jiří Bělohlávek

Czech conductor (1946-2017)

*February 24th, 1946, Prague †May 31st, 2017, Prague

62

Lux Interior

American punk rock musician and a founding member of the band The Cramps

*October 21st, 1946, Akron †February 4th, 2009, Glendale

64

Michael Hansen

German cabaret artist (1946-2011)

*October 21st, 1946, Aalborg †March 15th, 2011, Berlin

69

Alan Rickman

British actor and director (1946–2016)

*February 21st, 1946, Hammersmith †January 14th, 2016, London

77

Rolf Konow

Danish photographer and actor

*July 22nd, 1946, Copenhagen

78

Liza Minnelli

American actress and singer

*March 12th, 1946, Los Angeles

78

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

77

Sylvester Stallone

American actor and film director

*July 6th, 1946, Hell's Kitchen

77

Gerard 't Hooft

Dutch theoretical physicist

*July 5th, 1946, Den Helder

77

Mireille Mathieu

French singer

*July 22nd, 1946, Avignon

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No: With 365 days 1946 is a normal year and no leap year.

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