This day in history January 20, 2015; 2009: On this day, Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States, becoming the first African American to hold the office. 2001: Amid a corruption scandal that sparked mass protests, Philippine President Joseph Estradawas ousted from office; in 2007 he was convicted of plundering but was later pardoned. 1993: Belgium-born actress Audrey Hepburn-who created unforgettable film roles as the epitome of sophistication and glamour while paradoxically bewitching audiences and critics with her sprightly mannerisms and elfin charm-died in Switzerland. 1981: The Iran hostage crisis ended when Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini released 52 Americans held hostage for 15 months. 1971: A nationwide strike in Great Britains postal system began. 1962: Robinson Jeffers, one of the most controversial American poets of the 20th century, died. 1961: U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy delivering his inaugural address, Washington, D.C., January 20, 1961.U.S. President John F. Kennedy, in his Inaugural Address, said, And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. 1945: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated for an unprecedented fourth term in office. 1930: American astronaut Buzz Aldrin was born in Montclair, New Jersey. 1920: Italian director Federico Fellini, born this day in 1920, was one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the post-World War II period, his distinctive style imposing dreamlike or hallucinatory imagery on ordinary situations. 1892: The first official basketball game was played in Springfield, Massachusetts, by YMCA students of the games inventor, James A. Naismith. 1801: U.S. President John Adams nominated John Marshall to be chief justice of the United States. 1778: The first European to visit Hawaii was British explorer James Cook, who landed at Waimea on Kauai island this day in 1778 and was killed the following year by Hawaiians when he returned to the islands.
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:45:20 +0000
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