Birthday facts

Born on January 20.

Everyone born on January 20 is a Aquarius — ruled by Uranus, contrarian on principle. The stone is garnet, the flower carnation, and the day is shared with David Lynch and Stacey Dash.

Sun sign

Aquarius ♒︎

the Water-Bearer · ruled by Uranus · contrarian on principle

Birthstone

Garnet

January

Birth flower

Carnation

& snowdrop

Your book

Born on January 20? Add the year.

Then it is a pop-up book: the sky the day you arrived, the No. 1 that week, the president, what a stamp cost, your life in weeks, and who was exactly your age when they did the thing they are known for — and at the end, a birthday poster of the day, engraved, to take home. One field. The date lives after the # in the link, which no server sees — nothing about you leaves your browser.

Making it for someone else? Send it as a pop-up birthday card.

The old books say

Aquarius, January 20 to February 18.

The Water-Bearer, which is an air sign, and the books enjoy the confusion. Ruled by Saturn in the old texts and Uranus in the new, credited with originality, a wide circle and a certain coolness at the centre of it — the friend of everyone, intimate of few. Its people are supposed to be ahead of their time, which is only comfortable once the time catches up. The tradition calls it the sign of the future and cannot say whose.

Astrology, reported rather than endorsed — the astronomy is the part of the book that is real.

Good company

Also born on January 20.

The names most looked up among everyone who shares the day — leaning on the ones who last.

1946

David Lynch

American director and producer

1967

Stacey Dash

American actress and television journalist

1964

Fareed Zakaria

Indian-American author and journalist

1956

Bill Maher

American comedian and political commentator

1930

Buzz Aldrin

American astronaut and pilot

1987

Evan Peters

American actor

1920

Federico Fellini

Italian director and screenwriter

1906

Aristotle Onassis

Greek shipping magnate

On this day

What January 20 has seen.

It is Day of Nationwide Sorrow in Azerbaijan.

1156According to legend, Lalli slew Bishop Henry of Finland with an axe on the ice of Lake Köyliönjärvi in Köyliö.

1356Edward Balliol, whose father John was briefly King of Scotland, gave up his claim to the throne in exchange for an English pension.

1726J. S. Bach led the first performance of his cantata Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen on the second Sunday after the Epiphany.

1968The Houston Cougars upset the UCLA Bruins in what became known as the "Game of the Century", ending the Bruins' 47-game winning streak and establishing college basketball as a sports commodity on American television.

2009In Washington, D.C., Barack Obama was inaugurated as the first African-American president of the United States.

The calendar

When January 20 falls.

A Tuesday in 2026, a Wednesday in 2027, a Thursday in 2028, a Saturday in 2029, and a Sunday in 2030.