Daily Archives: January 21, 2020

Accused spy Alger Hiss convicted of perjury 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 21 1950)

January 21, 20201950s, Cold Waradmin

Video: 'Alger Hiss case 1948-1950' (Jan. 21, 1950, at 2:39)

(Saturday, January 21, 1950, 2:50 p.m. EST; during the Second Red Scare and the Cold War) — Former U.S. State Department official and accused communist spy Alger Hiss was found guilty today on two counts of perjury by a federal jury in New York, based primarily on the testimony of former communist and Time magazine editor Whittaker Chambers. Continue reading Accused spy Alger Hiss convicted of perjury 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 21 1950) →

Supreme Court blocks ban on corporate political spending 10 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 21 2010)

January 21, 20202010sadmin

Video: 'The Story of Citizens United v. FEC'

(Thursday, January 21, 2010) — Overruling two important precedents about the First Amendment rights of corporations, a bitterly divided Supreme Court today ruled in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that the government may not ban political spending by corporations in candidate elections. Continue reading Supreme Court blocks ban on corporate political spending 10 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 21 2010) →

May 17 1954: Racial segregation in public schools unanimously outlawed by U.S. Supreme Court
May 18 1944: Allies win 123-day Battle of Monte Cassino after Germans abandon Italian stronghold
May 18 1974: ‘The Streak’ by Ray Stevens peaks at #1 in USA
May 18 1974: ‘Dancing Machine’ by The Jackson 5 peaks at #2 in USA
May 18 1974: ‘The Entertainer’ by Marvin Hamlisch peaks at #3 in USA
May 19 1984: ‘To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before’ by Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson peaks at #5 in USA
May 19 1984: ‘Head over Heels’ by The Go-Go’s peaks at #11 in USA
May 19 1984: ‘It’s My Life’ by Talk Talk peaks at #31 in USA
May 19 1984: ‘King of Suede’ by “Weird Al” Yankovic peaks at #62 in USA
May 19 1994: Former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, 64, dies in her Manhattan apartment
May 21 1964: ‘Sie Liebt Dich’/’I’ll Get You’ single by The Beatles released in USA
May 21 1994: ‘I Swear’ by All-4-One peaks at #1 in USA
May 22 2004: ‘Burn’ by Usher peaks at #1 in USA
May 23 1964: ‘It’s Over’ by Roy Orbison peaks at #9 in USA

2014: Barack Obama-Joe Biden
2004: ^George W. Bush-Dick Cheney
1994: Bill Clinton-Al Gore
1984: Ronald Reagan-George H.W. Bush
1974: Richard Nixon-#Gerald Ford
1964: >Lyndon B. Johnson-(vacant)
1954: Dwight D. Eisenhower-Richard Nixon
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt-Henry A. Wallace
1934: Franklin D. Roosevelt-John N. Garner
1924: >Calvin Coolidge-(vacant)
1914: Woodrow Wilson-Thomas R. Marshall
1904: >Theodore Roosevelt-(vacant)
1894: Grover Cleveland-Adlai Stevenson I
1884: >Chester A. Arthur-(vacant)
1874: Ulysses S. Grant-Henry Wilson
1864: Abraham Lincoln-Hannibal Hamlin
1854: Franklin Pierce-(vacant)
1844: >*John Tyler-(vacant)
1834: *Andrew Jackson-Martin Van Buren
1824: *James Monroe-Daniel D. Tompkins
1814: *James Madison-Elbridge Gerry
1804: *Thomas Jefferson-Aaron Burr
1794: *George Washington-John Adams

> Succeeded to the presidency intra-term upon death or resignation of predecessor
^ Elected without winning popular vote
# appointed VP under 25th Amendment
* Owned slaves while in office

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