Daily Calendar for Tuesday, January 20, 2026
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Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Born
- Samuel Keefer (first Canadian Chief Engineer of Public Works) –
- George Burns (comedian & actor) –
- Joy Adamson (author of Born Free) –
- Patricia Neal (Oscar-winning American actress; was born in Packard, Kentucky) –
- Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (astronaut) –
- John Naber (swimmer) –
- James Denton (actor) –
- Rainn Wilson (actor) –
Died
- John Ruskin (art critic) –
- Alan Freed (disc jockey) –
- Audrey Hepburn (actress) –
- David "Fathead" Newman (jazz musician) –
- Etta James (singer) –
- Naomi Parker Fraley (inspiration for the 1943 “We Can Do It!” Westinghouse poster ) –
Events
- First major U.S. geology book debuted –
- U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower was lassoed by a cowboy at the inauguration parade –
- In Montreal, censors withdrew The Wild Ones from cinemas claiming it inspired violence among youth –
- John F. Kennedy was sworn in as the 35th U.S. president –
- Ronald Reagan was sworn in as the 40th U.S. president –
- Ronald Reagan was privately sworn in for his second term as U.S. president. The public ceremony was held the following day –
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day was celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time –
- George H. W. Bush was sworn in as the 41st U.S. president –
- Solar activity knocked out Telesat Canada’s satellites Anik E-1 and E-2, affecting TV, radio, and phones –
- National Hockey League season began after 103-day lockout. –
- George W. Bush was sworn in as the 43rd U.S. president –
- Bode Miller won his 28th World Cup victory, the most ever for an American alpine skier –
- Barack Hussein Obama took the oath of office and became the first African American U.S. president –
- A 6.1-magnitude aftershock struck Haiti, eight days after a devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake –
- 74-pound striped bass caught near Cape Henry, Virginia –
- Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th U.S. president –
- Kamala Harris was sworn in as the first female and first black vice president of the United States –
- Joe Biden was sworn is as the 46th president of the United States –
- The first United States bridge to cross the Columbia River opened in Wenatchee, Washington. –
Weather
- The temperature at Boca, California, hit -45 degrees F –
- Rogers Pass, Montana, set the record lowest temperature for the continental United States of -69.7F. –
- Two feet of snow fell in New Hampshire in what became known as the “Kennedy Inaugural Storm,” which hit the East Coast –