January 20
From Mw
- 20th January 1990 (22nd Jumada al-Thanni 1410) Azerbaijan cracksdown on pro independence demonstrators in Baku
- 20th January 1991 (4th Rajab 1411) Sudan implements Shariah
- 20th January 1960 (21st Rajab 1379) Yasser Arafat is elected president of the Palestinian Authority
- 20th January 2010 (4th Safar 1431) One of the founders of Hamas Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was assasinated in an extra judicial killing by Mossad
[edit] Births
- 20th January 1915 (4th Rabbi al-Awwal 1333) - Ghulam Ishaq Khan, President of Pakistan (d. 2006)
[edit] Deaths
- 20th January 1988 (30th Jumada al-Ula 1408) - Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Pashtun Nationalist & non-violent freedom fighter (b. 1890)