The #1 R&B song on January 20, 1945

Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall By The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald

Other #1 songs on January 20, 1945

#1 Hit Song

Don't Fence Me In
Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters

#1 Country Song

I'm Wastin' My Tears on You
Tex Ritter

Notable January 20 birthdays in the 1940s

Fazle Hussain
Physicist
Born January 20, 1943

David Lynch
Director
Born January 20, 1946

Tedd Arnold
Young Adult Author
Born January 20, 1949

Linda Moulton Howe
Journalist
Born January 20, 1942

Nigel Williams
Screenwriter
Born January 20, 1948

Margaret Avery
Movie Actress
Born January 20, 1944

Serena Miller
Novelist
Born January 20, 1950