January 20: Eid ul-Adha; Inauguration Day in the United States1265 - Summoned by Simon de Montfort, the first English parliament held its first meeting in the Palace of Westminster. 1320 - After reuniting Poland, Władyslaw the Short was crowned king in Kraków. 1885 - LaMarcus Adna Thompson patented the roller coaster. 1892 - The first official basketball game was played at the YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts. 1942 - Nazis at the Wannsee conference in Berlin decided the "final solution to the Jewish question", leading eventually to the Holocaust.