This Day In History

This site was created to easily navigate collection of various events in history.

History is the study of the past, particularly the written record of the human race, but more generally including scientific and archaeological discoveries about the past.

It is important to know dates and events in the past.

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January 20th, 2008 Death Ali Sadikin, former Jakarta famous governor (born in 1927)

January 20th, 2005 Death Per Borten, Prime Minister of Norway (born in 1913)

January 20th, 2005 Death Roland Frye, American literary critic and theologian (born in 1921)

January 20th, 2005 Death Jan Nowak-Jezioranski, Polish journalist, writer, and politician (born in 1913)

January 20th, 2005 Death Miriam Louisa Rothschild, British zoologist, entomologist, and author (born in 1908)

January 20th, 2004 Death Guinn Smith, American athlete (born in 1920)

January 20th, 2003 Death Al Hirschfeld, American caricaturist (born in 1903)

January 20th, 2003 Death Nedra Volz, American actress (born in 1908)

January 20th, 2003 Death Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (born in 1947)

January 20th, 2002 Death Carrie Hamilton, actress and singer (born in 1963)