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THIS DAY IN HISTORY Monday, 20 January 2020

	1265 The first English Parliament was called into session by the Earl of Leicester.

	1841 China ceded Hong Kong to the British.

	1921 Turkey declared a new republic over the remnants of the Ottoman Empire.

	1945 Franklin Roosevelt was sworn in for an unprecedented fourth term as President of the USA.

	1988 Frontier Gandhi’ Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (b. 1890) known for his non-violent opposition to British Rule in India, died in Peshawar under house arrest.

	1993 Academy award-winning Hollywood star Audrey Hepburn, who starred in movies like Roman Holiday, Breakfast at Tiffany's and Wait Until Dark, died in Switzerland.

	2005 Parveen Babi (b. 1955), who starred in blockbusters like Deewar, Namak Halaal, Amar Akbar Anthony and Shaan, died.

	2009 Barack Obama became the 44th and first African-American President of the United States.