Daily Calendar for January 20th, 2019

The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.

1800s

• 1809: First major U.S. geology book debuted

1810s

• Born 1811: Samuel Keefer (first Canadian Chief Engineer of Public Works)

1890s

• Born 1896: George Burns (comedian & actor)

1900s

• Died 1900: John Ruskin (art critic)

1920s

• Born 1926: Patricia Neal (actress)

1930s

• Born 1930: Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (astronaut)

1950s

• 1953: U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower was lassoed by a cowboy at the inauguration parade

• Born 1956: John Naber (swimmer)

• 1956: In Montreal, censors withdrew The Wild Ones from cinemas claiming it inspired violence among youth

1960s

• 1961: John F. Kennedy was sworn in as the 35th U.S. president

• Born 1963: James Denton (actor)

• Died 1965: Alan Freed (disc jockey)

• Born 1968: Rainn Wilson (actor)

1980s

• 1981: Ronald Reagan was sworn in as the 40th U.S. president

• 1985: Ronald Reagan was privately sworn in for his second term as U.S. president. The public ceremony was held the following day

• 1986: Martin Luther King Jr. Day was celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time

• 1989: George H. W. Bush was sworn in as the 41st U.S. president

1990s

• Died 1993: Audrey Hepburn (actress)

• 1994: Solar activity knocked out Telesat Canada’s satellites Anik E-1 and E-2, affecting TV, radio, and phones

• 1995: National Hockey League season began after 103-day lockout.

2000s

• 2001: George W. Bush was sworn in as the 43rd U.S. president

• 2008: Bode Miller won his 28th World Cup victory, the most ever for an American alpine skier

• 2009: Barack Hussein Obama took the oath of office and became the first African American U.S. president

• Died 2009: David "Fathead" Newman (jazz musician)

2010s

• 2010: A 6.1-magnitude aftershock struck Haiti, eight days after a devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake

• Died 2012: Etta James (singer)

• 2012: 74-pound striped bass caught near Cape Henry, Virginia

• Died 2018: Naomi Parker Fraley (inspiration for the 1943 "We Can Do It!" Westinghouse poster)

• 2019: Total Eclipse of the Moon.

2020s

• 2021: Joe Biden was sworn is as the 46th president of the United States

• 2021: Kamala Harris was sworn in as the first female and first black vice president of the United States