Daily Archives: January 20, 2015

FDR sworn in for unprecedented fourth term as U.S. President, Truman as 34th VP 70 years ago this hour (Jan 20 1945)

1940s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1945 Presidential Inauguration'

(Saturday, January 20 1945, shortly after noon EWT) — Franklin Delano Roosevelt, nearing his sixty-third birthday, stood today at the White House bareheaded and without an outside coat, despite raw, wintry weather, to become the nation’s first fourth-term President (click here for a clip from Jan. 20, 1945, at 3:46:36 from “American Experience: FDR”). Continue reading FDR sworn in for unprecedented fourth term as U.S. President, Truman as 34th VP 70 years ago this hour (Jan 20 1945) →

LBJ sworn in for a full term as U.S. President, Humphrey as 38th VP 50 years ago this hour (Jan 20 1965)

1960s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Inauguration of the President and Vice President, 1/20/1965. MP802.'

(Wednesday, January 20, 1965, 12:03 p.m. EST) — Lyndon Baines Johnson of Texas began his first full term as President today with a pledge that the nation aspired “to nothing that belongs to others” but sought only “man’s dominion over tyranny and misery.” (click here for more clips from Jan. 20, 1965, at 1:48:43/1:52:31 from “American Experience: LBJ”). Continue reading LBJ sworn in for a full term as U.S. President, Humphrey as 38th VP 50 years ago this hour (Jan 20 1965) →

President Reagan, VP George H.W. Bush sworn-in for second terms 30 years ago this hour (Jan 20 1985)

1980s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Ronald Reagan 1985 Inauguration Part 1'

(Sunday, January 20, 1985, 11:57 a.m. EST) — Ronald Wilson Reagan quietly took the constitutional oath today to begin his second term as the 40th President of the United States. Continue reading President Reagan, VP George H.W. Bush sworn-in for second terms 30 years ago this hour (Jan 20 1985) →

President George W. Bush, VP Cheney sworn-in for second terms 10 years ago this hour (Jan 20 2005)

2000s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Jan. 20, 2005: Inaugural Ceremonies for George W. Bush'

(Thursday, January 20, 1985, 11:56 a.m. EST) — George Walker Bush was sworn in today for a second time as the 43rd president of the United States, and in an Inaugural Address striking for its idealism told Americans that spreading liberty around the world was “the calling of our time” and that the nation’s “vital interests and our deepest beliefs are now one.” Continue reading President George W. Bush, VP Cheney sworn-in for second terms 10 years ago this hour (Jan 20 2005) →

Soviets liberate Chelmno extermination camp in Poland 70 years ago today (Jan 20 1945)

1940s, The Holocaust, World War II


Video: 'Chelmno (Holocaust death camp)'

(Saturday, January 20, 1945; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — Chelmno, a Nazi German extermination camp situated 31 miles from Lodz near the Polish village of Chelmno nad Nerem, was liberated today by the Soviets, two days after operations had ceased. Up to 340,000 victims, the vast majority of whom were Jews, had been murdered at the camp since operations began on December 8, 1941.