Daily Calendar for Monday, January 20, 2025

Events

• First major U.S. geology book debuted – 1809
• U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower was lassoed by a cowboy at the inauguration parade – 1953
• In Montreal, censors withdrew The Wild Ones from cinemas claiming it inspired violence among youth – 1956
• John F. Kennedy was sworn in as the 35th U.S. president – 1961
• Ronald Reagan was sworn in as the 40th U.S. president – 1981
• Ronald Reagan was privately sworn in for his second term as U.S. president. The public ceremony was held the following day – 1985
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day was celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time – 1986
• George H. W. Bush was sworn in as the 41st U.S. president – 1989
• Solar activity knocked out Telesat Canada’s satellites Anik E-1 and E-2, affecting TV, radio, and phones – 1994
• National Hockey League season began after 103-day lockout. – 1995
• George W. Bush was sworn in as the 43rd U.S. president – 2001
• Bode Miller won his 28th World Cup victory, the most ever for an American alpine skier – 2008
• Barack Hussein Obama took the oath of office and became the first African American U.S. president – 2009
• A 6.1-magnitude aftershock struck Haiti, eight days after a devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake – 2010
• 74-pound striped bass caught near Cape Henry, Virginia – 2012
• Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th U.S. president – 2017
• Kamala Harris was sworn in as the first female and first black vice president of the United States – 2021
• Joe Biden was sworn is as the 46th president of the United States – 2021