Talk:January 20

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January 20: Day of Nationwide Sorrow in Azerbaijan (1990) Icelandic financial crisis protesters 1156 – According to legend, Lalli slew Bishop Henry of Finland with an axe on the ice of Lake Köyliönjärvi in Köyliö. 1843 – Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná, became the de facto first prime minister of the Empire of Brazil. 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. 1969 – Bengali student activist Amanullah Asaduzzaman was shot and killed by East Pakistani police, an event that led to the Bangladesh Liberation War. 2009 – During a national financial crisis, thousands of people protested (pictured) at the Icelandic parliament in Reykjavík. Li Jitao (d. 924) David Wilmot (b. 1814) Chandra Khonnokyoong (b. 1909) Yolanda González (b. 1961) More anniversaries: January 19 January 20 January 21

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A US president was/is inaugurated (or reinaugurated) on Jan 20th every four years from 1937 on; do we really need to say it each time? It's not like a coronation, which generally happens more or less at the convenience of the honoree's predecessor. Maybe some of the big ones -- FDR's 3d and 4th, George W. Bush perhaps (given the controversy). But Ike? LBJ? --Charles A. L. 18:31, Dec 16, 2003 (UTC)

I agree. can we come up with a better solution? must we include all the instances of this regular event? Kingturtle 07:34, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Yes I can, the article should always mention the first and the latest inauguration on the 20th of January. So the 2001 Bush inauguration should remain at least untill the next inauguration on the 20th of January (wich will almost certain be in 2009). User:Allard Thursday 30 August 2007 16:29 CET

I removed "2006 - high school musical is shown in tv in USA." are you kidding me? Tony P 09:01, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

I personally wouldn't have even given it mention on the talk page. -- 97.113.116.173 (talk) 20:58, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Barack Obama

Could someone explain how Barack Obama is the first 'African-American' president when he is just as Causasian as he is Black-therefore he is Biracial. Also, what does the term 'African -American' mean outside the United States? Obama's father was an African, not an African American. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.252.245.194 (talk) 14:52, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

His biographical article (at, not surprisingly, Barack Obama) declares him to be 'African-American'. If you'd like to try out your argument, click on Talk:Barack Obama and give it a shot. However, given that this particular argument has brought up there and shot down multiple times, I don't expect you to have much luck. Nonetheless, there and not here is where you want to make that argument. --CalendarWatcher (talk) 15:53, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

this is a funny discussion. Since I am 1/32nd native american, I guess I can say that I am a native american as well. Kudos to the guy who brought up the biracial bit. But alas, just because he states something he is not, does that mean we have to accommodate this? Or should we just put into the truth that he is in fact biracial? Or even the more archaic term Mulatto? Dasbrick (talk) 23:50, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

More specifically, you'll want to go here first.