1800s
1810s
1890s
1900s
1920s
1930s
1950s
- 1953: U.S. PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER WAS LASSOED BY A COWBOY AT THE INAUGURATION PARADE
- BORN 1956: JOHN NABER (SWIMMER)
- 1956: IN MONTREAL, CENSORS WITHDREW THE WILD ONES FROM CINEMAS CLAIMING IT INSPIRED VIOLENCE AMONG YOUTH
1960s
- 1961: JOHN F. KENNEDY WAS SWORN IN AS THE 35TH U.S. PRESIDENT
- BORN 1963: JAMES DENTON (ACTOR)
- DIED 1965: ALAN FREED (DISC JOCKEY)
- BORN 1968: RAINN WILSON (ACTOR)
1980s
- 1981: RONALD REAGAN WAS SWORN IN AS THE 40TH U.S. PRESIDENT
- 1985: RONALD REAGAN WAS PRIVATELY SWORN IN FOR HIS SECOND TERM AS U.S. PRESIDENT. THE PUBLIC CEREMONY WAS HELD THE FOLLOWING DAY
- 1986: MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY WAS CELEBRATED AS A FEDERAL HOLIDAY FOR THE FIRST TIME
- 1989: GEORGE H. W. BUSH WAS SWORN IN AS THE 41ST U.S. PRESIDENT
1990s
- DIED 1993: AUDREY HEPBURN (ACTRESS)
- 1994: SOLAR ACTIVITY KNOCKED OUT TELESAT CANADA’S SATELLITES ANIK E-1 AND E-2, AFFECTING TV, RADIO, AND PHONES
- 1995: NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE SEASON BEGAN AFTER 103-DAY LOCKOUT.
2000s
- 2001: GEORGE W. BUSH WAS SWORN IN AS THE 43RD U.S. PRESIDENT
- 2008: BODE MILLER WON HIS 28TH WORLD CUP VICTORY, THE MOST EVER FOR AN AMERICAN ALPINE SKIER
- 2009: BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE AND BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN U.S. PRESIDENT
- DIED 2009: DAVID “FATHEAD” NEWMAN (JAZZ MUSICIAN)
2010s
- 2010: A 6.1-MAGNITUDE AFTERSHOCK STRUCK HAITI, EIGHT DAYS AFTER A DEVASTATING 7.0-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE
- DIED 2012: ETTA JAMES (SINGER)
- 2012: 74-POUND STRIPED BASS CAUGHT NEAR CAPE HENRY, VIRGINIA
- DIED 2018: NAOMI PARKER FRALEY (INSPIRATION FOR THE 1943 “WE CAN DO IT!” WESTINGHOUSE POSTER)
- 2019: TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON.
2020s
- 2021: JOE BIDEN WAS SWORN IS AS THE 46TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
- 2021: KAMALA HARRIS WAS SWORN IN AS THE FIRST FEMALE AND FIRST BLACK VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
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