January 20

Events

 * 1954 - The National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.


 * 2000 - FCC creates LPFM

Births

 * 1586 - Johann Schein, German composer (d. 1630)
 * 1783 - Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (d. 1860)
 * 1855 - Ernest Chausson, French composer (d. 1899)
 * 1876 - Józef Hofmann, Polish pianist (d. 1967)
 * 1891 - Mischa Elman, Ukrainian born violinist (d. 1967)
 * 1894 - Walter Piston, American composer (d. 1976)
 * 1924 - Slim Whitman, American singer
 * 1926 - David Tudor, American pianist and composer (d. 1996)
 * 1929 - Jimmy Cobb, American jazz drummer
 * 1931 - Hachidai Nakamura, Japanese songwriter and pianist (d. 1992)
 * 1933 - Ron Townson, American singer (The Fifth Dimension) (d. 2001)
 * 1943 - Farhad Mehrad, Iranian musician
 * 1945 - Eric Stewart, English musician and songwriter (10cc)
 * 1951 - Ivan Fischer, Hungarian conductor
 * 1952 - Paul Stanley, American musician (Kiss)
 * 1955 - Hiromi Ōta, Japanese singer
 * 1960 - Scott Thunes, American musician (Frank Zappa)
 * 1965 - John Michael Montgomery, American singer
 * 1966 - Tracii Guns, American guitarist
 * 1971 - Derrick Green, American singer (Sepultura)
 * 1971 - Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, American drummer (The Roots)
 * 1977 - Melody, Belgian singer
 * 1979 - Rob Bourdon, American musician (Linkin Park)
 * 1979 - Will Young, British singer
 * 1980 - Matthew Tuck, Welsh guitarist (Bullet for My Valentine)