1778 – 1st American military court martial trial in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1788 – Pioneer African Baptist church organizes in Savannah, Georgia.
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 20th, (previously March 4th)
1945 – Franklin D. Roosevelt sworn-in for an unprecedented (and never to be repeated) 4th term as US President.
1949 – US President Harry Truman announces his four point program.
1953 – 1st live US coast-to-coast inauguration address (Eisenhower)
1957 – Morton Gould’s “Declaration” premieres in Washington, D.C.
1961 – Robert Frost recites “Gift Outright” at JFK’s inauguration. JFK was the youngest ever sworn in as President of the U.S.
1965 – The Byrds record “Mr. Tambourine Man”
1968 – US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming.
1969 – Richard M. Nixon inaugurated as US President.
1977 – George H.W. Bush ends term as 11th Director of CIA.
1981 – Ronald Reagan inaugurated as the 40th President of the United States of America.
1981 – The US diplomats and citizens held hostage at the US embassy in Tehran are released and begin their journey home after 444 days.
1989 – George H.W. Bush inaugurated as 41st US President, Dan Quayle becomes 44th Vice President.
1993 – Bill Clinton (D) inaugurated as 42nd US President.
2009 – Barack Obama, inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States, becomes the US’ 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.
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