1778 – 1st American military court martial trial begins in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1809 – 1st US geology book published by William Maclure.
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 January 20, (previously March 4th).
1945 – Franklin D. Roosevelt sworn-in for an unprecedented (and never to be repeated) 4th term as US President.
1950 – “Dance Me a Song” opens at Royale Theater NYC for 35 performances.
1957 – Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open.
1961 – JF Kennedy (D) is inaugurated as President of the United States, the youngest ever sworn in.
1965 – The Byrds record “Mr. Tambourine Man”.
1969 – Richard M. Nixon inaugurated as US President.
1972 – Six oil exporting countries conclude meetings with Western oil companies; an agreement is reached to raise the price of crude.
1978 – Columbia Pictures pays $9.5 million for movie right to “Annie”.
1980 – President Jimmy Carter announces US boycott of Olympics in Moscow.
1986 – 1st federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.
1991 – US Patriot missiles begins shooting down Iraqi missiles.
1998 – “Dawson’s Creek” created by Kevin Williamson, starring James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson premieres on WB in the US.
2009 – Barack Obama, inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America, becomes the United States’ first African-American president.
2017 – Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States of America and Mike Pence as the 48th Vice President.