What Happened On January 20

What Happened On Jan 20 Events

1777 Jan 20 Battle Of Millstone
The Battle of Millstone, also known as the Battle of Van Nest's Mills, was a skirmish that occurred on January 20, 1777 during the American Revolutionary War. After the Battle of Princeto...
1825 Jan 20 The Treaty Of Washington City Is Signed
Pushmataha met with President James Monroe and gave a speech to Secretary of War John C. Calhoun, reminding him of the longstanding alliances between the United States and the Choctaws. H...
1828 Jan 20 Lincoln's Elder Sister Sarah Lincoln Dies during Childbirth
Sarah Lincoln Grigsby, sister of Abraham Lincoln, would never know her younger brother's success and fame, nor how he would be remembered. As a result of her brother's fame, her own life ...
1887 Jan 20 King of Hawaii Grants the United States Exclusive Use of Pearl Harbor as a Naval Base.
On January 20, 1887, the United States Senate allowed the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base[4] (the US took possession on November 9 that year). The Spanish-American War of 1898 ...
1909 Jan 20 Chicago Crib Disaster
The temporary Crib used in the construction of the Southwest Land and Lake Tunnel System, situated on the line of the tunnel seventy-five hundred feet from the shore, caught fire from som...
1910 Jan 20 Ottawa Senators win Stanley Cup
During the season Ottawa as Cup champion played a challenge against Edmonton in addition to their regular schedule. They had played a challenge during the CHA season against Galt. Otta...
1937 Jan 20 Franklin D. Roosevelt Is Inaugurated
On January 20, 1937, Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first U.S. president sworn into office in January. It was his second of four inaugurations; the first had been held fours years earl...
1937 Jan 20 Franklin Roosevelt's second presidential inauguration
For the first time the inauguration of the President was held on January 20, pursuant to the provisions of the 20th amendment to the Constitution. Having won the election of 1936 by a wi...
1941 Jan 20 Franklin Roosevelt's third inauguration
The only chief executive to serve more than two terms, President Roosevelt took office for the third time as Europe and Asia engaged in war. The oath of office was administered by Chief J...
1942 Jan 20 Adolf Hitler Lays Out His Vision of the 'Final Solution to the Jewish Question' to Nazi Officials at the Wannsee Conference
The Wannsee Conference was a meeting of senior officials of the Nazi German regime, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee on 20 January 1942. The purpose of the conference was to inform ad...
1944 Jan 20 Main Attack of the Battle of Monte Cassino
The central thrust by U.S. 36th Division commenced three hours after sunset on January 20. The lack of time to prepare meant that the approach to the river was still hazardous due to uncl...
1945 Jan 20 Franklin Roosevelt's fourth inauguration
The fourth inauguration was conducted without fanfare. Because of the expense and impropriety of festivity during the height of war, the oath of office was taken on the South Portico of...
1949 Jan 20 "A Letter To Three Wives" Is Released
A Letter to Three Wives is a 1949 film which tells the story of a woman who mails a letter to three women, telling them she has left town with the husband of one of them. It stars Jeanne ...
1949 Jan 20 Harry Truman, the 33rd president of the United States, is inaugurated
A former county judge, Senator and Vice President, Harry S. Truman had taken the oath of office first on April 12, 1945, upon the death of President Roosevelt. Mr. Truman's victory in...
1953 Jan 20 Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th president of the United States
The Republican Party successfully promoted the candidacy of the popular General of the Army in the 1952 election over the Democratic candidate, Adlai Stevenson. The oath of office was ad...
1961 Jan 20 Kennedy's Inauguration
On January 20, 1961, John F. Kennedy distinguished his inaugural ceremony with a poetry reading by fellow New Englander Robert Frost. Blinded by the sun's glare on the snow-covered Capito...
1965 Jan 20 Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th president of the United States, is inaugurated for his first full term
President Johnson had first taken the oath of office on board Air Force One on November 22, 1963, the day President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. The election of 1964 was a landsli...
1967 Jan 20 The Rolling Stones Release 'Between the Buttons'
The Rolling Stones' 1967 recordings are a matter of some controversy; many critics felt that they were compromising their raw, rootsy power with trendy emulations of the Beatles, Kinks, D...
1969 Jan 20 Richard M. Nixon is inaugurated as the 37th president of the United States
An almost-winner of the 1960 election, and a close winner of the 1968 election, the former Vice President and California Senator and Congressman had defeated the Democratic Vice Presiden...
1973 Jan 20 Richard Nixon's second inauguration
The election of 1972 consolidated the gains that the President had made with the electorate in 1968. Although the Democratic Party maintained majorities in the Congress, the presidential...
1977 Jan 20 Jimmy Carter is inaugurated as the 39th president of the United States
The Democrats reclaimed the White House in the 1976 election. The Governor from Georgia defeated Gerald Ford, who had become President on August 9, 1974, upon the resignation of Preside...
1980 Jan 20 Super Bowl XIV - Steelers 31, Rams 19
Super Bowl XIV was an American football game played on January 20, 1980 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion following the 1979 r...
1981 Jan 20
to 1989 Jan 20
 George H.W. Bush Serves as US Vice President
As Vice President, Bush generally took on a low-profile while recognizing the constitutional limits of the office; he avoided decision-making or criticizing Reagan in any way. As had beco...
1981 Jan 20 Ronald Reagan Delivers His First Inaugural Address
The first inauguration of Ronald Reagan as the 40th President of the United States was held on January 20, 1981. The inauguration marked the commencement of the first four-year term of Ro...
1981 Jan 20 Ronald Reagan is inaugurated as the 40th president of the United States
For the first time, an inauguration ceremony was held on the terrace of the West Front of the Capitol. Chief Justice Warren Burger administered the oath of office to the former broadcaste...
1983 Jan 20 Def Leppard release Pyromania
Pyromania is the third studio album by British rock band Def Leppard, released on 20 January 1983. It featured new guitarist Phil Collen and was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. The ...
1985 Jan 20 Ronald Reagan Delivers Second Inaugural Address
Reagan was sworn in as president for the second time on January 20, 1985, in a private ceremony at the White House. Because January 20 fell on a Sunday, a public celebration was not held ...
1985 Jan 20 Super Bowl XIX - 49ers 38, Dolphins 16
Super Bowl XIX was an American football game played on January 20, 1985 at Stanford Stadium, on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California, to decide the National Football ...
1989 Jan 20 George H.W. Bush is inaugurated as the 41st president of the United States
The 200th anniversary of the Presidency was observed as George Bush took the executive oath on the same Bible George Washington used in 1789. The ceremony occurred on a platform on the t...
1992 Jan 20 Air Inter Flight 148 Crashes, Killing 87
Air Inter Flight 148 was a scheduled airline flight on 20 January 1992 that crashed in the Vosges Mountains, near Mont Sainte-Odile, while circling to land at Strasbourg Airport. 87 of th...
1993 Jan 20 Bill Clinton is inaugurated as the 42nd president of the United States
"Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America." —Bill Clinton in his first presidential inauguration
1993 Jan 20 Maya Angelou recites On the Pulse of Morning at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton
In 1993, she recited her poem On the Pulse of Morning at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton, becoming the first poet to make an inaugural recitation since Robert Frost at John F. ...
1995 Jan 20 Cosmic Race is released for Playstation in Japan
Known in some circles as the worst racing game ever made, Cosmic Race was the zero rating in Game Player's magazine. Released in 1995 for the original Playstation, the game was ridiculed ...
1996 Jan 20 Varginha UFO Incident
"It wasn't a man or an animal -- it was something different," said one of the women, Katia Andrade. The being had oily, brown skin and rubbery limbs, she said. Three rounded protrusions s...
1997 Jan 20 Bill Clinton's second inauguration
The second inauguration of Bill Clinton as the 42nd President of the United States took place on January 20, 1997. The inauguration marked the beginning of the second four-year term of Bi...
1998 Jan 20 Jay-Z releases "The City Is Mine" single
"The City Is Mine" is a the third single from rapper Jay-Z's second album In My Lifetime, Vol. 1. It features vocals from Blackstreet and production from Blackstreet member Teddy Riley. R...
1999 Jan 20 South Park Episode 218 - "Prehistoric Ice Man"
Kyle falls into a cave. Stan goes to rescue him and finds an iceman, and the two fight each other for sole credit. Dr. Mephisto discovers that the iceman has been frozen since 1996. The i...
2001 Jan 20 Bill Clinton's Final Day in Office
Clinton issued 141 pardons and 36 commutations on his last day in office on January 20, 2001.[30][88] Most of the controversy surrounded Marc Rich and allegations that Hillary Clinton's b...
2001 Jan 20 George W. Bush is inaugurated as the 43rd president of the United States
The first inauguration of George W. Bush as the 43rd President of the United States took place on January 20, 2001. The inauguration marked the commencement of the first four-year term of...
2004 Jan 20 America's Next Top Model Cycle 2 Episode 2
The remaining eleven contestants received runway training from J. Alexander. At the subsequent walking challenge, Catie's gracefulness won her a trip to Carmen Marc Valvo's cocktail party...
2005 Jan 20 George W. Bush's second inauguration
The second inauguration of George W. Bush as the 43rd President of the United States took place on Thursday January 20, 2005. The inauguration marked the beginning of the second term of G...
2006 Jan 20 Edguy Releases "Rocket Ride"
Rocket Ride is the seventh full-length album by German power metal band Edguy, released on January 20, 2006. It features a style that differs from their usual power metal style and is mor...
2007 Jan 20 Hillary Rodham Clinton announces the formation of a presidential exploratory committee
Clinton had been preparing for a potential candidacy for United States President since at least early 2003.[233] On January 20, 2007, Clinton announced via her web site the formation of a...
2008 Jan 20 New England Patriots defeat San Diego Chargers, 21-12
FOXBOROUGH - Anyone else left out there who thinks the Patriots are just a cutesy aerial circus? The fact is they've been playing trench warfare football for the past eight weeks. An a...
2008 Jan 20 Packers lose 23-20 to Giants in NFC Championship Game
Jan. 20, 2008 vs. New York Giants at Lambeau. Aside from a 90-yard touchdown to wide receiver Donald Driver, Favre generally struggles in subzero temperatures in the NFC Championship game...
2009 Jan 20 Aretha Franklin Sings at Presidential Inauguration
Maybe it's "Mad Men" or all the stingy-brim wearing hipsters in L.A., but hats are back. You only had to scan the crowd of berets and fur trapper caps at the inauguration today to figure ...
2009 Jan 20 Beyonce releases "Diva" single
"Diva" is a song by American R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles. Bangladesh, Sean Garrett and Knowles wrote and produced it for her third studio album, I Am… Sasha Fierce. It was released as the ...
2009 Jan 20 Beyonce releases "Halo" single
"Halo" is a song by American R&B singer Beyoncé. It was composed by Ryan Tedder, Evan Bogart and Knowles for her third studio album, I Am… Sasha Fierce. In the United States, the song was...
2009 Jan 20 Edward Kennedy Attends Obama Inauguration but Collapses at Celebratory Luncheon
Kennedy's office confirmed that on Wednesday morning he left Washington Hospital Center, where he had been resting overnight for observation. A spokeswoman says he was in good spirits and...
2009 Jan 20 Inauguration of Barack Obama as 44th US President
Barack Obama's Inauguration Speech OBAMA: My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices b...