January 20
1265 - England's first representative Parliament met for the first time.
1801 - Secretary of State John Marshall was appointed Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by President John Adams.
1841 - As a result of the First Opium War, Hong Kong was ceded to the British. (It returned to Chinese control in July 1997.)
1885 - LaMarcus A. Thompson of Coney Island patented the roller coaster.
1936 - Britain's King George V died after his physician injected the mortally ill monarch with morphine and cocaine to hasten his death; the king was succeeded by his eldest son, Edward VIII, who would abdicate the throne 11 months later to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson.
1937 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt was sworn in to a second term in office and became the first U.S. president inaugurated on January 20th instead of March 4th.
1941 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in to an unprecedented third term in office.
1945 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in to a record fourth term in office.
1942 - Nazi officials held the notorious Wannsee conference, during which they arrived at their “final solution” that called for exterminating Europe’s Jews.
1949 - President Harry S. Truman is sworn into his second term in office.
1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower was inaugurated as the 34th president of the United States.
1961 - John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as the 35th president of the United States.
1965 - President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn into his second term in office.
1969 - Richard M. Nixon is inaugurated as the 37th president of the United States.
1973 - President Richard Nixon is sworn into his second term in office.
1977 - Jimmy Carter is inaugurated as the 39th president of the United States.
1981 - Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as the 40th president of the United States and the oldest to take office at the time (69 years, 349 days).
1981 - Iran released 52 Americans that had been held hostage for 444 days, just minutes after the U.S. presidency had passed from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan.
1986 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day was celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
1987 - Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite disappeared in Beirut, Lebanon, while attempting to negotiate the release of Western hostages.
1989 - Vice President George H.W. Bush is inaugurated as the 41st president of the United States.
1993 - Bill Clinton is inaugurated as the 42nd president of the United States.
1997 - President Bill Clinton is sworn into his second term in office.
2001 - George W. Bush was inaugurated as the 43rd president of the United States.
2005 - President George W. Bush is sworn into his second term in office.
2009 - Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States and the first African American president in U.S. history.
2011 - Federal authorities orchestrated one of the biggest Mafia takedowns in FBI history, charging 127 suspected mobsters and associates in the Northeast with murders, extortion and other crimes spanning decades.
2016 - Donald J. Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States, pledging emphatically to empower America's "forgotten men and women." Protesters registered their rage against the new president in a chaotic confrontation with police just blocks from the inaugural parade.
2020 - Chinese government experts confirmed human-to-human transmission of the new coronavirus, saying two people caught the virus from family members and that some health workers had tested positive.
2021 - Former Vice President Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States; his running mate, Kamala Harris, was sworn in as the nation's first female vice president. Former President Donald Trump was at his Mar-a-Lago club n Florida while Biden was sworn in, becoming the first president in modern history to boycott his successor's inauguration.
2021 - Three new U.S. senators were sworn into office, securing a Senate majority for Democrats.
Birthdays
20 - IV Jay (singer)
33 - Dena Kaplan (actress)
33 - Nick Foles (football player)
35 - Evan Peters (actor)
37 - Brantley Gilbert (singer)
38 - Bonnie McKee (singer)
40 - Joe Swash (actor)
50 - Nikki Haley (politician)
52 - Skeet Ulrich (actor)
52 - Edwin McCain (singer)
53 - Reno Wilson (actor)
54 - Melissa Rivers (TV personality)
55 - Stacey Dash (actress)
56 - Rainn Wilson (actor)
57 - John Michael Montgomery (singer)
59 - James Denton (actor)
64 - Lorenzo Lamas (actor)
66 - Bill Maher (comedian/TV host)
70 - Ian Hill (musician)
70 - Paul Stanley 9musician)
72 - Daniel Benzali (actor)
76 - David Lynch (director)
77 - Eric Stewart (singer)
82 - Carol Heiss (figure skater)
92 - Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (astronaut)
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Today in Sports History - January 20
1892 - The first official basketball game was played by students at the Springfield, MA, YMCA Training School.
1937 - Nels Stewart (New York Americans) became the NHL's career leading scorer when he scored his 270th NHL goal.
1949 - Free substitution was adopted for one year in the NFL.
1952 - George Mikan of the Minneapolis Lakers scores 62 points in a 91-81 double overtime win over the Rochester Royals.
1967 - Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia 76ers makes all 15 of his field goal attempts in a 119-108 win over the Los Angeles Lakers, setting an NBA record for consecutive shots made.
1968 - Houston ended UCLA's 47-game winning streak with a 71-69 victory at the Astrodome before 52,693 fans, setting an NCAA men's basketball attendance record.
1980 - President Jimmy Carter announces the U.S. will boycott the Summer Olympic Games in Moscow.
1980 - The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Los Angeles Rams 31-19 to win Super Bowl XIV in Pasadena, California.
1985 - The San Francisco 49ers defeated the Miami Dolphins 38-16 to win Super Bowl XIX in Palo Alto, California.
1995 - The NHL season opened with the teams playing a 48-game schedule instead of the usual 84. The season had been shortened due to a players strike.
1999 - The NBA lockout officially ended after 204 days.
2003 - Patrick Roy (Colorado Avalanche) became the first NHL goalie to play in 1,000 games.
1265 - England's first representative Parliament met for the first time.
1801 - Secretary of State John Marshall was appointed Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by President John Adams.
1841 - As a result of the First Opium War, Hong Kong was ceded to the British. (It returned to Chinese control in July 1997.)
1885 - LaMarcus A. Thompson of Coney Island patented the roller coaster.
1936 - Britain's King George V died after his physician injected the mortally ill monarch with morphine and cocaine to hasten his death; the king was succeeded by his eldest son, Edward VIII, who would abdicate the throne 11 months later to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson.
1937 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt was sworn in to a second term in office and became the first U.S. president inaugurated on January 20th instead of March 4th.
1941 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in to an unprecedented third term in office.
1945 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in to a record fourth term in office.
1942 - Nazi officials held the notorious Wannsee conference, during which they arrived at their “final solution” that called for exterminating Europe’s Jews.
1949 - President Harry S. Truman is sworn into his second term in office.
1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower was inaugurated as the 34th president of the United States.
1961 - John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as the 35th president of the United States.
1965 - President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn into his second term in office.
1969 - Richard M. Nixon is inaugurated as the 37th president of the United States.
1973 - President Richard Nixon is sworn into his second term in office.
1977 - Jimmy Carter is inaugurated as the 39th president of the United States.
1981 - Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as the 40th president of the United States and the oldest to take office at the time (69 years, 349 days).
1981 - Iran released 52 Americans that had been held hostage for 444 days, just minutes after the U.S. presidency had passed from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan.
1986 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day was celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
1987 - Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite disappeared in Beirut, Lebanon, while attempting to negotiate the release of Western hostages.
1989 - Vice President George H.W. Bush is inaugurated as the 41st president of the United States.
1993 - Bill Clinton is inaugurated as the 42nd president of the United States.
1997 - President Bill Clinton is sworn into his second term in office.
2001 - George W. Bush was inaugurated as the 43rd president of the United States.
2005 - President George W. Bush is sworn into his second term in office.
2009 - Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States and the first African American president in U.S. history.
2011 - Federal authorities orchestrated one of the biggest Mafia takedowns in FBI history, charging 127 suspected mobsters and associates in the Northeast with murders, extortion and other crimes spanning decades.
2016 - Donald J. Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States, pledging emphatically to empower America's "forgotten men and women." Protesters registered their rage against the new president in a chaotic confrontation with police just blocks from the inaugural parade.
2020 - Chinese government experts confirmed human-to-human transmission of the new coronavirus, saying two people caught the virus from family members and that some health workers had tested positive.
2021 - Former Vice President Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States; his running mate, Kamala Harris, was sworn in as the nation's first female vice president. Former President Donald Trump was at his Mar-a-Lago club n Florida while Biden was sworn in, becoming the first president in modern history to boycott his successor's inauguration.
2021 - Three new U.S. senators were sworn into office, securing a Senate majority for Democrats.
Birthdays
20 - IV Jay (singer)
33 - Dena Kaplan (actress)
33 - Nick Foles (football player)
35 - Evan Peters (actor)
37 - Brantley Gilbert (singer)
38 - Bonnie McKee (singer)
40 - Joe Swash (actor)
50 - Nikki Haley (politician)
52 - Skeet Ulrich (actor)
52 - Edwin McCain (singer)
53 - Reno Wilson (actor)
54 - Melissa Rivers (TV personality)
55 - Stacey Dash (actress)
56 - Rainn Wilson (actor)
57 - John Michael Montgomery (singer)
59 - James Denton (actor)
64 - Lorenzo Lamas (actor)
66 - Bill Maher (comedian/TV host)
70 - Ian Hill (musician)
70 - Paul Stanley 9musician)
72 - Daniel Benzali (actor)
76 - David Lynch (director)
77 - Eric Stewart (singer)
82 - Carol Heiss (figure skater)
92 - Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (astronaut)
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Today in Sports History - January 20
1892 - The first official basketball game was played by students at the Springfield, MA, YMCA Training School.
1937 - Nels Stewart (New York Americans) became the NHL's career leading scorer when he scored his 270th NHL goal.
1949 - Free substitution was adopted for one year in the NFL.
1952 - George Mikan of the Minneapolis Lakers scores 62 points in a 91-81 double overtime win over the Rochester Royals.
1967 - Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia 76ers makes all 15 of his field goal attempts in a 119-108 win over the Los Angeles Lakers, setting an NBA record for consecutive shots made.
1968 - Houston ended UCLA's 47-game winning streak with a 71-69 victory at the Astrodome before 52,693 fans, setting an NCAA men's basketball attendance record.
1980 - President Jimmy Carter announces the U.S. will boycott the Summer Olympic Games in Moscow.
1980 - The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Los Angeles Rams 31-19 to win Super Bowl XIV in Pasadena, California.
1985 - The San Francisco 49ers defeated the Miami Dolphins 38-16 to win Super Bowl XIX in Palo Alto, California.
1995 - The NHL season opened with the teams playing a 48-game schedule instead of the usual 84. The season had been shortened due to a players strike.
1999 - The NBA lockout officially ended after 204 days.
2003 - Patrick Roy (Colorado Avalanche) became the first NHL goalie to play in 1,000 games.
