Historical Events 1356 - Edward Balliol abdicates as King of Scots 1919 - International Lawn Tennis Challenge‚ Double Bay‚ Sydney: Gerald Patterson beats Algernon Kingscote 6-4‚ 6-4‚ 8-6 to retain title for Australasia over the Great Britain‚ 3-1; ends 4-1 1968 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming 1990 - Black January - crackdown of Azerbaijani pro-independence demonstrations by Soviet army in Baku 2013 - AFC Championship‚ Gillette Stadium‚ Foxborough: Baltimore Ravens beat New England Patriots‚ 28-13 2017 - Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States of America and Mike Pence as the 48th Vice President More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1880 - Walter W. Bacon‚ American politician (d. 1962) 1907 - Paula Wessely‚ Austrian actress and producer (Masquerade)‚ born in Vienna‚ Austria-Hungary (d. 2000) 1952 - Patrick Smith‚ Australian sports journalist (The Age‚ The Australian‚ SEN; Walkley Award 1997‚ 2002‚ 04)‚ born in Melbourne‚ Australia (d. 2023) 1955 - Hiromi ÅŒta‚ Japanese pop singer (Momen no handkerchief)‚ born in Kasukabe‚ Saitama Prefecture‚ Japan 1956 - Maria Larsson‚ Swedish politician‚ born in LÃ¥ngasjö‚ Sweden 1975 - Kati Agócs‚ American-Canadian composer (The Debrecen Passion)‚ and educator (New England Conservatory)‚ born in Windsor. Ontario More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1707 - Humphrey Hody‚ English theologian (b. 1659) 1936 - George V‚ King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions‚ and Emperor of India (1910-36)‚ dies at 70 after being euthanized by his doctor 1979 - Gustav Winckler‚ Danish pop singer ("Skibet skal sejle i nat"- "The Ship Is Leaving Tonight")‚ dies in a car crash at 53 1994 - Aar van de Werfhorst [pseudonym for Pieter Gerhardus Jansen]‚ Dutch writer‚ dies at 87 2007 - Anatol Rapoport‚ Ukrainian-American mathematician and biologist (game theory)‚ dies at 95 2018 - John Coleman‚ American journalist‚ co-founder of The Weather Channel and broadcaster (1953-2014)‚ dies at 83 More Famous Deaths »