Today in history:
On January 20, 2011, authorities orchestrated one of the largest mob busts in FBI history, indicting 127 suspected gangsters and associates in the Northeast for murders, racketeering and other crimes spanning decades.
Also on this date:
In 1841, the island of Hong Kong was ceded by China to Great Britain. In July 1997, the country returned to Chinese control.
In 1936, British King George V died after his doctor injected the terminally ill monarch with morphine and cocaine to hasten his death. The king was succeeded by his eldest son, Edward VIII, who abdicated eleven months later to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson.In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was sworn in for his second of four terms as president, becoming the first CEO to be inaugurated on January 20; Before the passage of the Twentieth Amendment in 1933, presidential terms began on March 4.
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy urged Americans in his inaugural address: “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.”
In 1986, the United States celebrated its first federal holiday in honor of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
In 1981, Iran released 52 Americans it had held hostage for 444 days, minutes after Ronald Reagan was sworn in as president of the United States, succeeding Jimmy Carter.
In 2009, Democrat Barack Obama was sworn in as the first black president of the United States.
In 2017, Republican Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States when protesters clashed with police blocking the inaugural parade.
Today’s Birthdays:
- Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin is 96.
- Olympic figure skating gold medalist Carol Heiss Jenkins is 86.
- Rock musician Paul Stanley (KISS) is 74.
- Comedian Bill Maher is 70.
- Olympic gold medalist in swimming John Naber is 70.
- Country singer John Michael Montgomery is 61.
- Actor Rainn Wilson is 60. Actor Skeet Ulrich is 56.
- Musician Questlove (The Roots) is 55.
- Nikki Haley, former US ambassador to the United Nations and ex-governor of South Carolina, is 54.
- Country singer Brantley Gilbert is 41.
- Actor and singer Joshua Colley is 24.
- Singer-songwriter Glaive is 21.
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