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	Thursday, January 20th The 020th day of 2011. There are 345 days left in the year. Go to a previous date.

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Today's Highlights in History
See a larger version of this front page.		On Jan. 20, 1981, Iran released 52 Americans held hostage for 444 days, minutes after the presidency had passed from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan. (Go to article.)On Jan. 20 , 1920, Federico Fellini ,the Italian film director , was born.Following his death on Oct. 31 ,1993, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
		On January 20, 1872, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about Horace Greeley. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)

On this date in:
1801	John Marshall was appointed chief justice of the United States.
1841	Hong Kong was ceded to Great Britain.
1896	Comedian George Burns was born Nathan Birnbaum in New York City.
1936	Britain's King George V died.
1942	Nazi officials arrived at a "final solution" that called for exterminating Europe's Jews, during a conference at Lake Wannsee in Berlin.
1961	John F. Kennedy was sworn in as the 35th president of the United States.
1981	Iran released 52 Americans held hostage for 444 days.
1986	The United States observed the first federal holiday in honor of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
1987	Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite disappeared in Beirut, Lebanon, while attempting to negotiate the release of Western hostages.
2001	Bill Clinton pardoned 140 people in one of his final acts as president. The list included fugitive financier Marc Rich, whose wife was a major Democratic donor.
2001	George W. Bush took the oath of office as the 43rd president of the United States.
2001	Hundreds of thousands of protesting Filipinos forced President Joseph Estrada to step down; Vice President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was sworn in as the new president.
2009	Barack Obama was sworn in as the first African-American president of the United States.

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Current Birthdays

Bill Maher turns 55 years old today.

AP Photo/Chris Pizzello Comedian-talk show host Bill Maher turns 55 years old today.

87 Slim Whitman Country singer 82 Arte Johnson Comedian ("Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In") 81 Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Astronaut 65 David Lynch Director 59 Paul Stanley Rock musician (Kiss) 53 Lorenzo Lamas Actor 48 James Denton Actor ("Desperate Housewives") 46 John Michael Montgomery Country singer 45 Rainn Wilson Actor ("The Office") 44 Stacey Dash Actress 43 Melissa Rivers TV personality 36 David Eckstein San Diego Padres shortstop

Historic Birthdays
Federico Fellini
1/20/1920 - 10/31/1993 Italian film director  (Go to obit.)
44	Johannes Schein 1/20/1586 - 11/19/1630 German composer
46	Henry Cromwell 1/20/1628 - 3/23/1674 English, brief ruler of Ireland
62	Richard Henry Lee 1/20/1732 - 6/19/1794 American statesman/orator
72	Anne J. Clough 1/20/1820 - 2/27/1892 English educator/feminist
77	Johannes Jenson 1/20/1873 - 11/25/1950 Danish novelist/essayist
91	Ruth St. Denis 1/20/1877 - 7/21/1968 American dancer & choreographer
82	Walter Piston 1/20/1894 - 11/12/1976 American composer/teacher
74	Harold Gray 1/20/1894 - 5/9/1968 American "Orphan Annie" cartoonist
69	Joy Adamson 1/20/1910 - 1/3/1980 Australian conservationist/writer

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