Today in History

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Events
1156 - According to legend, freeholder Lalli slays English crusader Bishop Henry with an axe on the ice of the lake Köyliönjärvi in Finland
1265 - In Westminster, the first English parliament conducts its first meeting in the Palace of Westminster, now also known as the Houses of Parliament
1356 - Edward Balliol resigns as King of Scotland
1783 - Britain signs a peace treaty with France and Spain, officially ending hostilities in the Revolutionary War
1801 - John Marshall is appointed Chief Justice of the United States
1840 - Dumont D’Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica
1885 - L.A. Thompson patents the roller coaster
1887 - The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base
1892 - At the YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, the first official basketball game is played
1937 - Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated for a second term as President of the United States. This is the first inauguration scheduled on January 20, following adoption of the 20th Amendment. Previous inaugurations were scheduled on March 4
1941 - Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated for a third term as President of the United States, becoming the only President to be elected to three terms
1945 - Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated for a fourth term as President of the United States, becoming the only President to be elected to four terms
1949 - Harry S. Truman is re-inaugurated as the 33rd President of the United States
1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th President of the United States
1957 - Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated for a second term as President of the United States
1958 - Elvis Presley receives his draft notice
1961 - John F. Kennedy is inaugurated as the 35th President of the United States
1965 - Lyndon B. Johnson is re-inaugurated as the 36th President of the United States
1969 - The first pulsar is discovered, in the Crab Nebula
1969 - Richard M. Nixon is inaugurated as the 37th President of the United States
1973 - Richard M. Nixon is inaugurated for a second term as President of the United States
1977 - Jimmy Carter is inaugurated as the 39th President of the United States
1981 - Ronald W. Reagan is inaugurated as the 40th President of the United States. Minutes later, Iran releases 52 American hostages
1985 - Super Bowl XIX becomes the most watched game in history. Television commercials ran for a million dollars a minute
1985 - Ronald W. Reagan is inaugurated for a second term as President of the United States
1986 - The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel
1987 - Church of England envoy Terry Waite is kidnapped in the Lebanon
1989 - George H. W. Bush is inaugurated as the 41st President of the United States
2001 - George W. Bush is inaugurated as the 43rd President of the United States
2005 - George W. Bush is inaugurated for a second term as President of the United States

Births
1812 - Thomas Meik, engineer (d. 1896)
1896 - George Burns, American actor, comedian (d. 1996)
1920 - DeForest Kelly, actor (d. 1999)
1920 - John O’Connor, Cardinal of New York City (d. 2000)
1926 - Patricia Neal, actress
1929 - Arte Johnson, actor
1929 - Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, NASCAR race car driver (d. 1964)
1930 - Buzz Aldrin, astronaut

Deaths
1156 - Bishop Henry, patron saint of Finland
1779 - David Garrick, actor (b. 1717)
1907 - Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev, Russian chemist and inventor of the Periodic table (b. 1834)
1984 - Johnny Weissmuller, Olympic swimming gold medalist, actor (b. 1904)
1993 - Audrey Hepburn, actress (b. 1929)
2003 - Al Hirschfeld, caricaturist

Holidays & observances
The Eve of St. Agnes
Presidential Inauguration Day in the United States
dy of Saint Sebastian in catholic church. Also holidy in rio de janeiro as he is the city’s saint