01-19-2011, 07:58 PM
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January 20th
1907 ~ Death of Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian Chemist and inventor of the Periodic table.
1920 ~ Birthday of Federico Fellini, Italian film director.
1930 ~ Birthday of Buzz Aldrin, Astronaut.
1942 ~ Nazi officials arrived at a ''final solution'' to Europe's Jewry, during a conference at Lake Wannsee in Berlin.
1961 ~ John F. Kennedy sworn in as U.S. President.
1981 ~ The American hostages held by Iran were released following Ronald Reagan’s inauguration.
1984 ~ Death of Johnny Weissmuller, Olympic swimming gold medalist & Actor (Tarzan).
1986 ~ Britain and France announced plans to build the Channel Tunnel.
1987 ~ Terry Waite was kidnapped in Lebanon.
1993 ~ Death of Audrey Hepburn, actress.
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