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1953 – Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th President of the United States of America, becoming the first president to begin his presidency on January 20 since the 20th Amendment changed the dates of presidential terms. [11] 1954 – In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
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January 20: Day of Nationwide Sorrow in Azerbaijan ; Inauguration Day in the United States (2025); Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States (2025) Roller coasters 1265 – Simon de Montfort summoned local representatives to the Palace of Westminster to attend a parliament , now considered to be the forerunner of the House of Commons of ...
This is the first inauguration on January 20. The date was changed from March 4 by the 20th Amendment to the Constitution. 1941 – Franklin Roosevelt is the only President inaugurated for a third term. 1945 – Franklin Roosevelt's fourth and final inauguration is held at the White House due to wartime considerations.
January 1 to 7: Celebration of Life Week, Diet Resolution Week, New Year’s Resolutions Week, National Silent Record Week January 8 to 14: National Mocktail Week, National Pizza Week, Home Office ...
Lansky was considered to be one of the most important figures in the development of organized crime in New York, nationwide, and worldwide in the 20th century. His family immigrated to this ...
1808 - The organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh; 1895 - The National Trust is founded in Britain; 1899 - Birth of Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1965) 1903 - Birth of Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist (d. 1960)
Know your Black history heroes! The first Black woman to serve in Congress in 1968, Chisholm (nicknamed "Fighting Shirley") was also the first Black person and the first woman to run for U.S ...