January 20
1801 - John Marshall was appointed Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by President John Adams.
1841 - As a result of the First Opium War, Hong Kong was ceded to the British. (It was returned to Chinese control in 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 the White House; he was the first president to be inaugurated on January 20th instead of March 4th.
1941 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in to an unprecedented third term in office.
1942 - The Nazis formulated their "Final Solution" regarding the Jews at the Wannsee Conference.
1945 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in to a fourth term in the White House.
1949 - President Harry S. Truman is sworn in to a second term in office.
1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th president of the United States.
1961 - John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as the 35th president of the United States.
1964 - The Beatles released their first album in the United States, "Meet the Beatles."
1965 - President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in to a second term.
1969 - Richard M. Nixon was inaugurated as the 36th president of the United States.
1973 - President Richard Nixon is sworn in to a 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 president to-date to take office at age 69 years, 349 days.
1981 - Iran released 52 Americans it had held hostage for 444 days, just minutes after the presidency had changed hands from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan.
1986 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day was celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
1989 - 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 in to a second term in office.
2001 - George W. Bush is inaugurated as the 43rd president of the United States.
2005 - President George W. Bush is sworn in to a second term in the White House.
2009 - Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th, as well as first African-American, president of the United States.
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.
2017 - Donald J. Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States, pledging 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.
2018 - A dispute in Congress over spending and immigration forced scores of federal government agencies and outposts to close their doors; tourists were turned away from sites including the Statue of Liberty and Philadelphia's Independence Hall. (Congress voted two days later to temporarily pay for resumed operations.)
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 - Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States; his running mate, Kamala Harris is sworn in as vice president, the first woman to ever hold the office.
2022 - Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that there would be a “swift, severe” response from the United States and its allies if Russia were to send military forces into Ukraine.
2022 - As President Joe Biden ended the first year of his presidency, a poll from the Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found a majority of Americans for the first time disapproving of his handling of the job amid an unrelenting pandemic and roaring inflation.
Birthdays
21 - IV Jay (singer)
34 - Dena Kaplan (actress)
34 - Nick Foles (football player)
36 - Evan Peters (actor)
38 - Brantley Gilbert (singer)
39 - Bonnie McKee (singer)
51 - Nikki Haley (politician)
53 - Skeet Ulrich (actor)
53 - Edwin McCain (singer)
54 - Reno Wilson (actor)
55 - Melissa Rivers (TV personality)
56 - Stacey Dash (actress)
57 - Rainn Wilson (actor)
58 - John Michael Montgomery (singer)
60 - James Denton (actor)
65 - Lorenzo Lamas (actor)
67 - Bill Maher (comedian/TV host)
71 - Paul Stanley (musician)
73 - Daniel Benzali (actor)
77 - David Lynch (director)
78 - Eric Stewart (singer)
83 - Carol Heiss (figure skater)
93 - 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.
1952 - George Mikan of the Minneapolis Lakers scores 61 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. (He would break that record twice more before the end of the season.)
1968 - Houston ended UCLA's 47-game winning streak with a 71-69 victory at the Astrodome in front of 52,693 fans, which set an NCAA single-game attendance record at the time.
1980 - The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Los Angeles Rams 31-19 to win Super Bowl XIV.
1980 - President Jimmy Carter announces the United States will boycott the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Moscow.
1985 - A record 116 million people watched the San Francisco 49ers defeat the Miami Dolphins 38-16 to win Super Bowl XIX. The game marked the first time that television commercials sold for $1 million dollars per minute of run time.
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.
2007 - Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan passes Larry Brown to move into fourth place on the NBA's all-time wins list with 1,010.
2013 - The San Francisco 49ers rebounded from a 17-0 deficit to defeat the Atlanta Falcons 28-24 in the NFC championship game; the Baltimore Ravens earned their first Super Bowl appearance in 12 years with a 28-13 victory over the New England Patriots in the AFC championship game.
1801 - John Marshall was appointed Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by President John Adams.
1841 - As a result of the First Opium War, Hong Kong was ceded to the British. (It was returned to Chinese control in 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 the White House; he was the first president to be inaugurated on January 20th instead of March 4th.
1941 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in to an unprecedented third term in office.
1942 - The Nazis formulated their "Final Solution" regarding the Jews at the Wannsee Conference.
1945 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in to a fourth term in the White House.
1949 - President Harry S. Truman is sworn in to a second term in office.
1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th president of the United States.
1961 - John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as the 35th president of the United States.
1964 - The Beatles released their first album in the United States, "Meet the Beatles."
1965 - President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in to a second term.
1969 - Richard M. Nixon was inaugurated as the 36th president of the United States.
1973 - President Richard Nixon is sworn in to a 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 president to-date to take office at age 69 years, 349 days.
1981 - Iran released 52 Americans it had held hostage for 444 days, just minutes after the presidency had changed hands from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan.
1986 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day was celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
1989 - 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 in to a second term in office.
2001 - George W. Bush is inaugurated as the 43rd president of the United States.
2005 - President George W. Bush is sworn in to a second term in the White House.
2009 - Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th, as well as first African-American, president of the United States.
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.
2017 - Donald J. Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States, pledging 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.
2018 - A dispute in Congress over spending and immigration forced scores of federal government agencies and outposts to close their doors; tourists were turned away from sites including the Statue of Liberty and Philadelphia's Independence Hall. (Congress voted two days later to temporarily pay for resumed operations.)
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 - Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States; his running mate, Kamala Harris is sworn in as vice president, the first woman to ever hold the office.
2022 - Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that there would be a “swift, severe” response from the United States and its allies if Russia were to send military forces into Ukraine.
2022 - As President Joe Biden ended the first year of his presidency, a poll from the Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found a majority of Americans for the first time disapproving of his handling of the job amid an unrelenting pandemic and roaring inflation.
Birthdays
21 - IV Jay (singer)
34 - Dena Kaplan (actress)
34 - Nick Foles (football player)
36 - Evan Peters (actor)
38 - Brantley Gilbert (singer)
39 - Bonnie McKee (singer)
51 - Nikki Haley (politician)
53 - Skeet Ulrich (actor)
53 - Edwin McCain (singer)
54 - Reno Wilson (actor)
55 - Melissa Rivers (TV personality)
56 - Stacey Dash (actress)
57 - Rainn Wilson (actor)
58 - John Michael Montgomery (singer)
60 - James Denton (actor)
65 - Lorenzo Lamas (actor)
67 - Bill Maher (comedian/TV host)
71 - Paul Stanley (musician)
73 - Daniel Benzali (actor)
77 - David Lynch (director)
78 - Eric Stewart (singer)
83 - Carol Heiss (figure skater)
93 - 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.
1952 - George Mikan of the Minneapolis Lakers scores 61 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. (He would break that record twice more before the end of the season.)
1968 - Houston ended UCLA's 47-game winning streak with a 71-69 victory at the Astrodome in front of 52,693 fans, which set an NCAA single-game attendance record at the time.
1980 - The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Los Angeles Rams 31-19 to win Super Bowl XIV.
1980 - President Jimmy Carter announces the United States will boycott the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Moscow.
1985 - A record 116 million people watched the San Francisco 49ers defeat the Miami Dolphins 38-16 to win Super Bowl XIX. The game marked the first time that television commercials sold for $1 million dollars per minute of run time.
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.
2007 - Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan passes Larry Brown to move into fourth place on the NBA's all-time wins list with 1,010.
2013 - The San Francisco 49ers rebounded from a 17-0 deficit to defeat the Atlanta Falcons 28-24 in the NFC championship game; the Baltimore Ravens earned their first Super Bowl appearance in 12 years with a 28-13 victory over the New England Patriots in the AFC championship game.
