{"id":30561,"date":"2017-01-20T08:18:31","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T14:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=30561"},"modified":"2017-01-20T08:18:52","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T14:18:52","slug":"today-in-history-327","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=30561","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Today in History: Friday, January\u00a0 20, 2017<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Jan. 20, 2009, Barack Obama was sworn in as the first African-American president of the United States.
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1801<\/td>\nJohn Marshall was appointed chief justice of the United States.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1841<\/td>\nHong Kong was ceded to Great Britain.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1896<\/td>\nComedian George Burns was born Nathan Birnbaum in New York City.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1936<\/td>\nBritain’s King George V died.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1942<\/td>\nNazi officials arrived at a “final solution” that called for exterminating Europe’s Jews, during a conference at Lake Wannsee in Berlin.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1953<\/td>\nDwight D. Eisenhower took the oath of office as president of the United States; Richard M. Nixon was sworn in as vice president.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1961<\/td>\nJohn F. Kennedy was sworn in as the 35th president of the United States.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1981<\/td>\nRonald Reagan was sworn in as the 40th president of the United States.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1981<\/td>\nIran released 52 Americans held hostage for 444 days.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1986<\/td>\nThe United States observed the first federal holiday in honor of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1987<\/td>\nAnglican Church envoy Terry Waite disappeared in Beirut, Lebanon, while attempting to negotiate the release of Western hostages.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993<\/td>\nBill Clinton was sworn in as the 42nd president of the United States.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nGeorge W. Bush took the oath of office as the 43rd president of the United States.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nHundreds of thousands of protesting Filipinos forced President Joseph Estrada to step down; Vice President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was sworn in as the new president.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley turns 45 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Arte Johnson<\/td>\nComedian (“Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In”)<\/td>\n88<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin<\/td>\nAstronaut<\/td>\n87<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David Lynch<\/td>\nDirector<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paul Stanley<\/td>\nRock musician (Kiss)<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lorenzo Lamas<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
James Denton<\/td>\nActor (“Desperate Housewives”)<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Michael Montgomery<\/td>\nCountry singer<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rainn Wilson<\/td>\nActor (“The Office”)<\/td>\n51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stacey Dash<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Melissa Rivers<\/td>\nTV personality<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Comedian-talk show host Bill Maher turns 61 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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