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What happened in history on this day: January 20?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On January 20 in ...
- 1983 - At the CP/M '83 show, NCR introduces the Decision Mate V computer. It features Zilog Z80 processor, optional Intel 8088 processor, and monochrome or color display, for US$2650-3440.
- 1984 - Handwell Corporation agrees to cease copyright infringement of the BIOS in the IBM PC, used in its compatible computer system.
- 1985 - As part of the Macintosh Office advertisement campaign, Apple Computer runs a TV ad during the SuperBowl called Lemmings, showing blindfolded business executives walking off a cliff.
- 1993 - Market value of Microsoft reaches US$26.78 billion, above IBM at US$26.76 billion for the first time. Microsoft becomes the highest valued computer industry company, 14th among all public companies.
- 1995 - The third and final court hearing on the Microsoft consent decree is held.
- 1997 - Olivetti S.p.A. of Italy announces it will sell its personal computer company to Piedmont International for about 250-300 billion lire (about US$159-190 million).
- 1999 - Comedy Central airs the South Park TV show in the USA. A personal computer with keyboard and mouse appears, accessing the Internet.
- 2003 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the US. Throughout the show, personal computers with keyboard and mouse are used to send email, with windows similar to those of the Mac OS, and the familiar "You've got mail" voice message of America Online software.
- 2004 - SCO Group files a lawsuit in Utah against Novell, alleging that Novell has falsely claimed to control the Unix operating system.
- 1950 - The Donald Duck film Lion Around is released. Huey, Dewey, and Louie also appear.
- 1963 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Johnny Shiloh, part one.
- 1971 - Disney releases the animated film Bongo to theaters. The film was originally released as part of the film Fun and Fancy Free.
- 1971 - Buena Vista releases the live-action feature film The Wild Country to theaters. It is based on the book Little Britches by Ralph Moody.
- 1974 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, featuring Hog Wild part one.
- 1981 - Disney announces it plans to make an Oz film next year.
- 1986 - The Disney Channel airs Juggling.
- 1991 - The Disney Channel airs the Disney Channel Premiere Film Bejewelled.
- 1995 - The Courtyard by Marriott hotel opens at Lake Buena Vista at Walt Disney World. Former name was Howard Johnson Resort Hotel.
- 1995 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Bad Company to theaters in the USA.
- 1995 - The stage show Beauty and the Beast performs in New York city, over three days.
- 1996 - The last episode of The Stephanie Miller Show airs.
- 1998 - Buena Vista Home Video releases the film Nothing to Lose on videocassette in the US.
- 1999 - Comedy Central airs the South Park TV show in the USA. A child has bed sheets decorated with the name The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
- 1953 - Jim Premo and Carl Jakust go to Ashtabula, Ohio, to the Molded Fiber Glass Company to see Robert Morrison, to investigate the company's ability to produce Corvette bodies.
- 1954 - The General Motors' Motorama show goes on display at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. Chevrolet shows the Corvette Nomad prototype, with Corvette front and station wagon back. Chevrolet also shows a cherry red Corvair prototype, a two-seat fastback coupe with a Corvette front end. The name is a combination of "Corvette" and "Bel Air". Oldsmobile shows the F-88 two-seater convertible with fiberglass body. Pontiac shows the Bonneville Special, a two-seater with fiberglass body, straight 8-cylinder engine, mostly clear roof, similar headlights to Corvette.
- 1988 - In Cypress Gardens, Florida, the National Corvette Restorers Society holds its Winter Meet, over five days. Ed Mueller introduces the newly restored 1967 Corvette raced by Dick Guldstrand at Le Mans.
- 1995 - At the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, The museum and General Motors hold a gala 85th birthday celebration for Zora Arkus-Duntov.
- 1942 - Soviet forces recapture Mozhaisk, near Moscow.
- 1942 - The Wannsee Conference is held in Germany, chaired by Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich. The conference is held to co-ordinate inter-agency co-operation and discuss strategy and financing of the Final Solution.
- 1942 - Japanese forces cross the Thai border into Burma, making a major thrust toward Rangoon.
- 1944 - The Soviet Red Army captures Novgorod.
- 1944 - The German siege of Leningrad is lifted.
- 1944 - US 2nd Corps in Italy attacks German defenses across the Rapido River south of Cassino, but the attck is a failure.
- 1944 - (evening) 769 British bombers attack Berlin, Germany. Massive damage is inflicted. Seventy planes return before the attack due to mechanical problems.
- 1945 - The commander of the American airforce on the Mariana islands, General Haywood Hansell, is replaced by General Curtis Le May.
- 1945 - German forces in Hungary surrender to the Soviet army.
- 1946 - A permanent International Military Tribunal is established in Tokyo, Japan.
- 1968 - The USSR issues three postage stamps honoring heroes of the war.
- 1998 - Midway Amusement Games releases the Mortal Kombat 4 video game Version 3.0 to arcades in the US.
- 2004 - Vivendi Universal releases the Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
- 2015 - Capcom releases the Resident Evil HD video game for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, and Xbox 360 in the USA.
- 1613 - The Peace of Knäred is signed with Denmark in Halland, mediated by King James I of England. Kalmar is retured, but Denmark retains the fortress of Älvborg and Göteborg at the mouth of the Göta river for six years or until one million riksdaler (25,000 kg silver) is paid. Sweden surrenders claims to the far north of Norway.
- 1936 - King George V dies. The Royal Canadian Mint begins work on a series of new coins.
- 1908 - The Denver Mint begins striking 1908-dated quarter dollars.
- 1871 - The Boston Red Stockings baseball team is incorporated by Ivers Whitney Adams.
- 1883 - Billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England versus Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- 1910 - Ottawa Senators sweep Edmonton Eskimos in two games for the Stanley Cup (second of 1910).
- 1952 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open.
- 1957 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open.
- 1958 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open.
- 1968 - Houston ends UCLA's 47-game basketball winning streak, 71-69.
- 1968 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming.
- 1968 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood.
- 1970 - 20th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 142-135 at Philadelphia.
- 1970 - 23rd NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 4-1 at Saint Louis.
- 1970 - Super Fight, computer mock championship between Muhammed Ali and Marciano.
- 1971 - Ard Schenk skates world record 1000m (1:18.8).
- 1974 - 4th NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 15-13.
- 1974 - 7th ABA All-Star Game: East 128 beats West 112 at Virginia.
- 1974 - Essex Community College beats Englewood Cliffs 210-67 in basketball.
- 1975 - 5th NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 17-10.
- 1976 - 29th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 7-5 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1980 - NFL Super Bowl XIV at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Los Angeles Rams, 31-19; Most Valuable Player: Terry Bradshaw, quarterback. The Pittsburgh Steelers become the first NFL franchise to win four Super Bowls.
- 1980 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne.
- 1980 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner.
- 1981 - New York Islanders' Glenn Resch's 25th and last shut-out opponent-Calgary Flames 5-0.
- 1984 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners.
- 1985 - Super Bowl XIX: San Francisco 49ers beat Miami Dolphins, 38-16 in Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, California; Most Valuable Player: Joe Montana, quarterback.
- 1988 - André Hoffman skates world record 1500m (1:52.06).
- 1989 - Wayne Holdsworth takes a wicket first ball in first-class cricket.
- 1991 - Buffalo Bills beat Los Angeles Raiders 51-3 for AFC title.
- 1991 - Jane Geddes wins LPGA Jamaica Golf Classic.
- 1991 - Matt Barr's field goal with no time left gives New York Giants 15-13 victory over defending champions San Francisco 49ers, for NFC title.
- 1992 - Australia beats India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup.
- 1992 - Score company begins selling international soccer cards.
- 1995 - 1994-95 NHL Season begins after a lengthy strike.
- 1996 - 46th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 5-4 at Fleet Center in Boston, Massachussetts.
- 1996 - Australia defeats Sri Lanka 2-0 to win World Series Cup.
- 1996 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Michelle Kwan.
- 1997 - Pakistan defeats West Indies 2-0 to win Australia one-day Series.
- 2005 - Eric Gagne and the Los Angeles Dodgers agree to a $19-million, two-year deal.
- 2006 - Baseball's second application to the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control to allow Cuba to play in the World Baseball Classic is approved.
- 2006 - In Quang Tri province, Viet Nam, just south of the demilitarized zone, the country's first baseball field is dedicated. The former soccer field was transformed into a diamond for the Le Loi High School using money donated from Major League Baseball and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund.
- 2022 - At Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington, USA, NHL regular season game: Seattle Kraken beats San Jose Sharks by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, NHL regular season game: Vegas Golden Knights beats Montreal Canadiens by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Colorado Avalanche beats Los Angeles Kings by score 4-1.
- 2022 - At Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, NHL regular season game: Florida Panthers beats Edmonton Oilers by score 6-0.
- 2022 - At Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, NHL regular season game: Nashville Predators beats Winnipeg Jets by score 5-2.
- 2022 - At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, NHL regular season game: Pittsburgh Penguins beats Ottawa Senators by score 6-4.
- 2022 - At Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, NHL regular season game: Columbus Blue Jackets beats Philadelphia Flyers by score 2-1.
- 2022 - At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: Dallas Stars beats Buffalo Sabres by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, NHL regular season game: Boston Bruins beats Washington Capitals by score 4-3.
- 1965 - American Jet Propulsion Laboratory proposes modified Apollo flight to fly around Mars and return.
- 1969 - University of Arizona reports first optical identification of pulsar (in Crab Nebula).
- 1990 - US 64th manned space mission STS 32 (Columbia 10) returns from space.
- 1997 - Comet Hale-Bopp crosses Mars' orbit.
- 1943 - Temperature in Lead, South Dakota is 52 degrees F, while 1.5 miles away Deadwood, South Dakota records -16 degrees F.
- 1985 - Cold front strikes US, at least 40 die (-27 degrees F (-33 degrees C) in Chicago, Illinois).
- 1778 - First American military court martial trial begins, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- 1783 - Hostilities cease in US Revolutionary War.
- 1788 - Pioneer African Baptist church organizes in Savannah, Georgia.
- 1801 - John Marshall is appointed US Chief Justice.
- 1815 - President James Madison vetoes a bill that would create a second Bank of the United States.
- 1862 - Confederate General Felix Zollicoffer killed after mistakenly riding into US lines.
- 1868 - Florida constitutional convention meets in Tallahassee.
- 1870 - Ship City of Boston vanishes at sea with all 177 aboard.
- 1872 - California Stock Exchange Board organizes.
- 1887 - US Senate approves the naval base lease of Pearl Harbor.
- 1929 - First feature talking motion picture taken outdoors, In Old Arizona.
- 1930 - First radio broadcast of The Lone Ranger (WXYZ-Detroit).
- 1937 - -45 degrees F (-43 degrees C), Boca, California (state record low).
- 1937 - First Presidential Inauguration day on January 20th, (held every fourth years thereafter).
- 1943 - Temperature in Lead, South Dakota is 52 degrees F, while 1.5 miles away Deadwood, South Dakota records -16 degrees F.
- 1945 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt sworn-in for an unprecedented fourth term as US President.
- 1947 - Brigadier General Edwin K Wright becomes deputy director of US Central Intelligence Agency.
- 1949 - US President Harry Truman announces his four-point program.
- 1953 - First US telecast transmitted to Canada from Buffalo, New York, USA.
- 1953 - First live coast-to-coast inauguration address (US President Dwight Eisenhower).
- 1954 - -70 degrees F (-57 degrees C), Rogers Pass, Montana (state 48 record).
- 1954 - The General Motors' Motorama show goes on display at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. Chevrolet shows the Corvette Nomad prototype, with Corvette front and station wagon back. Chevrolet also shows a cherry red Corvair prototype, a two-seat fastback coupe with a Corvette front end. The name is a combination of "Corvette" and "Bel Air". Oldsmobile shows the F-88 two-seater convertible with fiberglass body. Pontiac shows the Bonneville Special, a two-seater with fiberglass body, straight 8-cylinder engine, mostly clear roof, similar headlights to Corvette.
- 1961 - Inauguration ceremony for John Kennedy as President of the United States.
- 1965 - American Jet Propulsion Laboratory proposes modified Apollo flight to fly around Mars and return.
- 1969 - Joseph W. Barr ends term as US Treasury Secretary.
- 1969 - Richard M Nixon inaugurated as President of the United States.
- 1969 - University of Arizona reports first optical identification of pulsar (in Crab Nebula).
- 1977 - George H.W. Bush ends term as 11th director of US Central Intelligence Agency.
- 1981 - Admiral Stansfield Turner, US Navy (Retired), ends term as 12th director of US Central Intelligence Agency.
- 1981 - Ronald Reagan succeeds Jimmy Carter, becoming the 40th President of the United States.
- 1981 - Minutes after Ronald Reagan takes office as US President, the United States frees almost US$8 billion in frozen Iranian assets, and Iran releases the 52 Americans held for 444 days, ending the Iran hostage crisis.
- 1982 - Seven miners killed in an explosion in Craynor, Kentucky.
- 1985 - Cold front strikes US, at least 40 die (-27 degrees F (-33 degrees C) in Chicago, Illinois).
- 1985 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan is privately sworn in for a second term in office (publicly sworn in January 21).
- 1986 - The first US federal Martin Luther King Day holiday, honoring Martin Luther King Junior, is observed.
- 1988 - Arizona committee opens hearing on impeachment of Governor Evan Mecham.
- 1989 - George P. Shultz's term as US Secretary of State ends.
- 1989 - George H.W. Bush succeeds Ronald Reagan as the 41st President of the United States of America.
- 1991 - Iraq parades captured Allied airmen on TV.
- 1991 - US Patriot missiles begins shooting down Iraqi missiles.
- 1993 - Admiral Studeman, serves as acting director of US Central Intelligence Agency.
- 1993 - Catalina Vásquez Villalpando's term as Treasurer of the US ends.
- 1993 - William Jefferson (Blythe) Clinton III is inaugurated as 42nd President of the USA.
- 1993 - Market value of Microsoft reaches US$26.78 billion, above IBM at US$26.76 billion for the first time. Microsoft becomes the highest valued computer industry company, 14th among all public companies.
- 1997 - Bill Clinton starts his second term as President of the United States.
- 1998 - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts The Mama and The Papas, The Eagles.
- 2001 - George W. Bush is sworn in as the 43rd President of the United States.
- 2005 - George W. Bush is inaugurated in Washington, D.C. for his second term as the 43rd President of the United States.
- 2009 - Italian carmaker Fiat and American carmaker Chrysler agree to a global strategic alliance. Fiat will get a 35 percent stake in Chrysler, which will get access to Fiat's fuel-efficient vehicle technologies.
- 2009 - Barack Hussein Obama is inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States.
- 2010 - Republican Scott Brown wins the vacated Senate seat in Massachusetts, reducing the Democrats' majority to 59 seats to the Republicans' 41.
- 2017 - Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. Trump, a Republican New York City businessman, becomes the first person that is not a political office holder or a military general to be elected President of the United States.
- 2018 - (to January 22) The United States government enters a federal government shutdown as a result of a dispute over Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
- 2021 - Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States.
Other history:
- 1265 - First English Parliament called into session by Earl of Leicester.
- 1841 - China cedes Hong Kong to the British.
- 1892 - First basketball game played, in Massachusetts, USA.
- 1921 - Turkey declared in remnants of the Ottoman Empire.
- 1936 - Edward VIII succeeds British king George V.
- 2001 - George W. Bush is sworn in as the 43rd President of the United States.
- 2005 - George W. Bush is inaugurated in Washington, D.C. for his second term as the 43rd President of the United States.
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