Unforgettable events on January 20 throughout history

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Join us as we take a trip through history and explore some of the most unforgettable events that have taken place on January 20. From political milestones to cultural moments, this date has seen it all. Tune in to learn more about this significant day in history!

1778 1st American military court martial trial begins in Cambridge, Massachusetts
1785 Samuel Ellis advertises to sell Oyster Island (Ellis Island), no takers
1788 Pioneer African Baptist church organizes in Savannah, Georgia
1801 John Marshall appointed US chief justice
1841 China cedes Hong Kong to the British during the 1st Opium War
1868 Florida constitutional convention meets in Tallahassee
1869 Women's Rights Activist and Abolitionist Elizabeth Cady Stanton becomes 1st woman to testify before US Congress
1887 US Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl Harbor
1920 The American Civil Liberties Union is founded
1930 1st radio broadcast of "Lone Ranger" (WXYZ-Detroit)
1937 1st US Presidential Inauguration day held on Jan 20th, (previously March 4th)
1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt sworn-in for an unprecedented (and never to be repeated) 4th term as US President
1949 1st inaugural parade televised, for Harry Truman, watched by 10 million people
1949 J. Edgar Hoover gives Shirley Temple a tear gas fountain pen
1953 1st live US coast-to-coast inauguration address (Eisenhower)
1961 Democrat John F. Kennedy, the youngest elected President of the United States, is administered his oath of office at his inauguration by Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren. Robert Frost recites "Gift Outright”.
1965 The US Jet Propulsion Laboratory proposes modified Apollo flight to fly around Mars & return
1969 Richard M Nixon inaugurated as US president 1973 Richard Nixon's second inauguration as President of the United States takes place in Washington, D.C.
1980 President Jimmy Carter announces US boycott of Olympics in Moscow
1981 Ronald Reagan inaugurated as the 40th President of the United States of America and The US diplomats and citizens held hostage at the US embassy in Tehran are immediately released and begin their journey home after 444 days held captive
1982 Heavy metal musician Ozzy Osbourne allegedly bites the head off a bat on stage in Des Moines, Iowa
1986 1st US federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. or MLK Day
1989 George H. W. Bush inaugurated as 41st US President,
1989 Reagan becomes 1st US President elected in a "0" year, since 1840, to leave office alive
1991 US Patriot missiles begins shooting down Iraqi missiles
1993 Bill Clinton (D) inaugurated as 42nd US President
2001 George W. Bush inaugurated as 43rd US President
2001 US President Bill Clinton issues 140 executive pardons on his last day in office; recipients include Marc Rich, Susan McDougall, Patty Hearst, and his brother Roger
2002 Photographs showing al-Qaeda and Taliban suspects shackled and masked are published by the United States military
2009 Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America, becoming the United States' first African-American president
2017 Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States of America
2021 Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States of America and Kamala Harris as the 49th Vice President, the first female, black or south Asian Vice President.
2021 US President Joe Biden signs 15 executive orders on his first day in office, including: US re-joining the WHO, affirming the Paris Climate Agreement, revoking the Keystone XL Pipeline, mandating masks on federal properties, and halting construction of the southern border wall