Daily Calendar for Friday, January 20, 2023
Born
- Samuel Keefer (first Canadian Chief Engineer of Public Works) β
- George Burns (comedian & actor) β
- Joy Adamson (author of Born Free) β
- Patricia Neal (actress) β
- Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (astronaut) β
- John Naber (swimmer) β
- James Denton (actor) β
- Rainn Wilson (actor) β
Died
- John Ruskin (art critic) β
- Alan Freed (disc jockey) β
- Audrey Hepburn (actress) β
- David "Fathead" Newman (jazz musician) β
- Etta James (singer) β
- Naomi Parker Fraley (inspiration for the 1943 βWe Can Do It!β Westinghouse poster
) β
Events
- First major U.S. geology book debutedβ
- U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower was lassoed by a cowboy at the inauguration paradeβ
- In Montreal, censors withdrew The Wild Ones from cinemas claiming it inspired violence among youthβ
- John F. Kennedy was sworn in as the 35th U.S. presidentβ
- Ronald Reagan was sworn in as the 40th U.S. presidentβ
- Ronald Reagan was privately sworn in for his second term as U.S. president. The public ceremony was held the following dayβ
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day was celebrated as a federal holiday for the first timeβ
- George H. W. Bush was sworn in as the 41st U.S. presidentβ
- Solar activity knocked out Telesat Canadaβs satellites Anik E-1 and E-2, affecting TV, radio, and phonesβ
- National Hockey League season began after 103-day lockout.β
- George W. Bush was sworn in as the 43rd U.S. presidentβ
- Bode Miller won his 28th World Cup victory, the most ever for an American alpine skierβ
- Barack Hussein Obama took the oath of office and became the first African American U.S. presidentβ
- A 6.1-magnitude aftershock struck Haiti, eight days after a devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquakeβ
- 74-pound striped bass caught near Cape Henry, Virginiaβ
- Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th U.S. president
β
- Kamala Harris was sworn in as the first female and first black vice president of the United Statesβ
- Joe Biden was sworn is as the 46th president of the United Statesβ
Weather
- The temperature at Boca, California, hit -45 degrees Fβ
- Rogers Pass, Montana, set the record lowest temperature for the continental United States of -69.7F.β
- Two feet of snow fell in New Hampshire in what became known as the βKennedy Inaugural Storm,β which hit the East Coastβ
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