On this day …
January 20, 2015
- In 1887, the U.S. Senate allowed the 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 1972, Pakistan launched its nuclear weapons program.
- In 1981, 52 American hostages were released from Iran 20 minutes after Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as President.
- In 1986, Martin Luther King Jr. Day was celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
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