01-20-2014, 01:16 PM
January 20th is an interesting day in history for the US
War
-American Revolution: Battle of Millstone, New Jersey, 1777
-Civil War: Union General Burnside's troops get bogged down in mud, 1863
-World War I: Goeben and Breslau battle the Allies in the Aegean, 1918
-World War II: The Wannsee Conference, 1942
-Cold War: Truman announces Point Four program, 1949
- Vietnam War: New communist offensive anticipated, 1972
Incidents:
-1981, after 444 days, the Iran Hostage Crisis ends
Political Leaders
-Franklin Delano Roosevelt is sworn in as president, 1937
-FDR inaugurated to fourth term, 1945
-John F. Kennedy inaugurated, 1961
- Richard Nixon takes office, 1969
-Arafat elected leader of Palestine, 1996
-Ronald Reagan becomes president, 1981
Celebrity
Audrey Hepburn dies in 1993
Nobodies
HOTD spills hot coffee in lap racing to get niece to school on time - 2014; no school actually in progress due to MLK holiday.
War
-American Revolution: Battle of Millstone, New Jersey, 1777
-Civil War: Union General Burnside's troops get bogged down in mud, 1863
-World War I: Goeben and Breslau battle the Allies in the Aegean, 1918
-World War II: The Wannsee Conference, 1942
-Cold War: Truman announces Point Four program, 1949
- Vietnam War: New communist offensive anticipated, 1972
Incidents:
-1981, after 444 days, the Iran Hostage Crisis ends
Political Leaders
-Franklin Delano Roosevelt is sworn in as president, 1937
-FDR inaugurated to fourth term, 1945
-John F. Kennedy inaugurated, 1961
- Richard Nixon takes office, 1969
-Arafat elected leader of Palestine, 1996
-Ronald Reagan becomes president, 1981
Celebrity
Audrey Hepburn dies in 1993
Nobodies
HOTD spills hot coffee in lap racing to get niece to school on time - 2014; no school actually in progress due to MLK holiday.