Unix Timestamp: 1011484800
Sunday, January 20. 2002, 12:00:00 AM UTC

The Rwandan Defense Forces and Congolese Armed Forces jointly search the Democratic Republic of the Congo for Hutu leaders who participated in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. //www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/20/AR2009012001045.html ("Washington Post")

A planned meeting between Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal is postponed. //news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6282867.stm (BBC) //today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNewsstoryID=2007-01-20T220450Z_01_OWE057883_RTRUKOC_0_US-PALESTINIANS-ABBAS-MESHAAL.xmlWTmodLoc=IntNewsHome_C1_%5bFeed%5d-2 (Reuters)

George W. Bush is inaugurated in Washington, D.C. for his second term as the 43rd President of the United States.

George W. Bush succeeds Bill Clinton as the 43rd President of the United States.

The China News Service announces new government restrictions on Internet use aimed especially at Internet cafes.

Nepalese police intercept a shipment of 272 human skulls in Kathmandu.

U.S. President Bill Clinton is inaugurated for his second term.

Yasser Arafat is re-elected president of the Palestinian Authority.

In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet to attend The Citadel, but soon drops out.

Bill Clinton succeeds George Bush as the 42nd President of the United States.

Cuba executes Eduardo Diaz Betancourt, who was found guilty of sabotage and terrorism.

George H. W. Bush succeeds Ronald Reagan as the 41st President of the United States of America.

Terry Waite, the special envoy of the Archbishop of Canterbury in Lebanon, is kidnapped in Beirut (released November 1991).

The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel.

U.S. PresidentRonald Reagan is privately sworn in for a second term in office (publicly sworn in, January 21).

Iran releases the 52 Americans held for 444 days within minutes of Ronald Reagan succeeding Jimmy Carter as the President of the United States, ending the Iran hostage crisis.

Cuba recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).

The MS Athina B is beached at Brighton, becoming a temporary tourist attraction.

The London Gold Fixing hits its highest price ever (adjusted for inflation), at US$850 a troy ounce.

At least 200 people were killed when the Corralejas Bullring collapsed at Sincelejo, Colombia.

Jimmy Carter succeeds Gerald Ford as the 39th President of the United States.

U.S. President Richard Nixon is inaugurated for his second term.

Pan American Airways offers the first commercially scheduled 747 service from John F. Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow Airport.

Five lifeboatmen are killed when a Fraserburgh, Scotland vessel, "The Duchess of Kent", capsizes.

The Greater London Council announces its plans for the Thames Barrier at Woolwich to prevent flooding (the barrier opens in 1981).

Demonstrations occur against high food prices in Hungary.

Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in for his own full term as U.S. President.

"Meet the Beatles!", the first The Beatles album from Capitol Records in the United States, is released ten days after Chicago's Vee-Jay Records releases "Introducing... The Beatles". The two record companies battle it out in court for months, eventually coming to a settlement.

John F. Kennedy succeeds Dwight Eisenhower as the 35th President of the United States of America.

Anne de Vries releases the fourth and final volume of "Journey Through the Night".

The U.S.-based National Negro Network is established with forty-six member radio stations.

Dwight D. Eisenhower succeeds Harry S. Truman as the 34th President of the United States.

Avalanches in the Alps kill 240 and bury 45,000 for a time in Switzerland, Austria and Italy.

The first Emmy Awards are presented at the Hollywood Athletic Club.

In the first Israeli election, David Ben-Gurion becomes Prime Minister.

U.S. PresidentHarry S. Truman begins his full term.

Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA or COMECON) established by Soviet Union and other communist nations.

Charles de Gaulle resigns as president of France.

The Royal Air Force drops 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin.

The U.S. Army 36th Infantry Division, in Italy, attempts to cross the Rapido River.

Holocaust: Nazis at the Wannsee conference in Berlin decide that the final solution to the Jewish problem is relocation, and later extermination.

Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes swears in U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt for his third term.

King Farouk of Egypt marries Queen Farida Zulficar in Cairo.

Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes swears in Franklin D. Roosevelt for a second term. This is the first time Inauguration Day in the United States occurs on that date, on which it has occurred ever since the change is due to the ratification in 1933 of the 20th amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

King George V of the United Kingdom dies. His eldest son succeeds to the throne, becoming Edward VIII. The title Prince of Wales is not used for another 22 years.

The 10 year German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed by Germany and the Second Polish Republic.

The Japanese company Fuji Photo Film is established.

The new Constitution of Estonia enters into force.

The "Apollo Theater" opens in Harlem, New York City.

The Republic of Austria abolishes the jury trial by decree.

Einstein visits the White House.

At the YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, the first official basketball game is played.

Jim Hogg becomes the first native Texan to be governor of that state.

The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.

Brisbane receives a daily rainfall of 465 millimetres ndash a record for any Australian capital city.

The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is formed.

L.A. Thompson patents the roller coaster.

The Conference of Constantinople ends with Ottoman Turkey rejecting proposals of internal reform and Balkan provisions.

SS City of Boston vanishes at sea with all 177 aboard.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton is the first woman to testify before the United States Congress.

Count di Cavour is recalled as Prime Minister of Piedmont-Sardinia.

The ships of the McClure Arctic Expedition set sail from Plymouth.

Charles Elliot of Britain and Qishan of the Qing Dynasty agree to the Convention of Chuenpee.

Battle of Yungay: Chile defeats the Peruvian-Bolivian confedration.

Indiana University Bloomington is founded as the Indiana State Seminary (renamed Indiana College, 1846).

Rammohun Roy and David Hare found Hindu College in Kolkata, offering instructions in Western languages and subjects.

French troops enter Amsterdam.

American Revolution: South Carolina Loyalists led by Robert Cunningham sign a petition from prison agreeing to all demands for peace by the formed state government of South Carolina.

February ndash The first theatre in Scandinavia, opens in "Lejonkulan" and "Bollhuset" in Stockholm, Sweden.

Russo-Polish War (1654–1667): Poland cedes Kiev, Smolensk, and eastern Ukraine to Russia in the Treaty of Andrusovo, which puts a final end to Poland's status as a Central Europeanpower.

King James I of England successfully mediates the Treaty of Knäred between Denmark and Sweden.

November 4 ndash An uprising in Moscow expels Polish troops.

Matthias becomes Holy Roman Emperor upon the death of Rudolf II.ref name=Cassell's Chronology

A massive wave sweeps along the Bristol Channel, possibly a tsunami, killing 2,000 people.

Christian II becomes King of Denmark and Norway.

Seville in Castile is awarded exclusive right to trade with the New World.

Ferdinand II ascends the throne of Aragon and rules together with his wife Isabella I, Queen of Castile over most of the Iberian peninsula.

Edward Balliol surrenders his title as King of Scotland to Edward III of England.

Edward II is deposed by his wife Isabella

Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland.

Newcastle Emlyn Castle in Wales is recaptured by English forces, bringing Rhys ap Maredudd's revolt to an end.

In Westminster, the first electedEnglishparliament (De Montfort's Parliament) conducts its first meeting in the Palace of Westminster, now also known as the Houses of Parliament.

According to legend, freeholder Lalli slays English crusader Bishop Henry with an axe on the ice of lake Köyliönjärvi in Finland.

Pope Sylvester III becomes the 146th pope, succeeding former pope Benedict IX, who abdicated the previous year.

April ndash Pope Sylvester III is deposed (election deemed invalid) Pope Benedict IX is elected once more, becoming the 147th pope.