January 20th (2012) was a Friday. It's the 19th day of the year (20th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 346 days left to the end of the year.
January 20th Famous Deaths for 2012
» John F. Baker, Jr., American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1945)
» Larry Butler (producer) known as Larry Butler, American songwriter and producer (b. 1942)
» Lucy Faulkner, Irish journalist (b. 1925)
» Etta James, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
» John Levy (musician) named John Levy, American bassist and maanger (b. 1912)
» Ioannis Kefalogiannis, Greek politician, Ministry of the Interior (Greece) called Greek Minister of the Interior (b. 1933)
» Alejandro Rodriguez (psychiatrist) named Alejandro Rodriguez, Venezuelan-American pediatrician and psychiatrist (b. 1918)
» Robert Fortune Sanchez, American archbishop (b. 1934)
» Michael Welsh (Labour politician) e.g Michael Welsh, English miner and politician (b. 1926)
January 20th Holidays in History
» Public holidays in Mali known as Armed Forces Day (Mali)