Once Upon A Time – Jan. 20 – 1945 – Franklin D. Roosevelt Sworn-In For An Unprecedented, Never To Be Repeated 4th Term As US President

1265 First English Parliament summoned other than by royal command (in this instance by Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester) meets in Westminster Hall

1773 Thomas Charles, who will become a leader of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists, converts to Christianity while listening to Daniel Rowland preach.

1841 China cedes Hong Kong to the British during the 1st Opium War

1870 Clara Swain arrives at Bareilly, India, and begins medical mission work the same day.

1921 Republic of Turkey declared out of remnants of Ottoman Empire

1942 Nazi officials hold notorious Wannsee Conference in Berlin to organize the “final solution”, the extermination of Europe’s Jews

1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt sworn-in for an unprecedented (and never to be repeated) 4th term as US President

1981 Ronald Reagan inaugurated as the 40th President of the United States of America

2009 Barack Obama, inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America, becomes the United States’ first African-American president

Historical Events Today

Today In Film & TV

2008 “Breaking Bad”, created by Vince Gilligan and starring Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul premieres on AMC

Today In Music

1971 Single “What’s Going On” by Marvin Gaye about police brutality is released

Today In Sport

1980 President Jimmy Carter announces US boycott of Olympics in Moscow

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1968 Houston Cougars defeat the UCLA Bruins 71-69 to win basketball’s Game of the Century and end UCLA’s 47 game winning streak

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1982 Heavy metal musician Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off a bat on stage in Des Moines, Iowa