On this day …
January 20, 2017
- In 1649, King Charles I of England went on trial for treason and other “high crimes.”
- In 1841, the English began occupation of Hong Kong.
- In 1887, the U.S. Senate allowed the U.S. Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
- In 1920, the American Civil Liberties Union was founded.
- In 1936, Edward VIII became King of the United Kingdom.
- In 1937, Franklin D. Roosevelt was sworn in for his second term as U.S. president, the first time the ceremony took place on Jan. 20.
- In 1981, Iran released 52 American hostages 20 minutes after the inauguration of Ronald Reagan.
- In 1986, Martin Luther King Jr. Day was celebrated as a national holiday in the United States for the first time.
- In 2009, Barack Obama was inaugurated as the first African-American president in United States history.
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