Daily Archives: January 20, 2025

LBJ sworn in for a full term as U.S. President, Humphrey as 38th VP 60 years ago this hour (Jan 20 1965)


Video: 'Lyndon B. Johnson Inauguration (January 20th, 1965) ABC Coverage'

(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.” Continue reading LBJ sworn in for a full term as U.S. President, Humphrey as 38th VP 60 years ago this hour (Jan 20 1965)

FDR sworn in for unprecedented fourth term as U.S. President, Truman as 34th VP 80 years ago this hour (Jan 20 1945)


Video: '1945: Franklin D. Roosevelt's Historic 4th Presidential Inauguration - Unseen WWII Era Footage'

(Saturday, January 20 1945, a few minutes 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. Continue reading FDR sworn in for unprecedented fourth term as U.S. President, Truman as 34th VP 80 years ago this hour (Jan 20 1945)

President Reagan, VP George H.W. Bush sworn-in for second terms 40 years ago this hour (Jan 20 1985)


Video: 'Ronald Reagan 1985 Inauguration Part 1'

(Sunday, January 20, 1985, 11:57 a.m. EST) — U.S. President Ronald Reagan 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 40 years ago this hour (Jan 20 1985)

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


Video: 'Second inauguration of 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 20 years ago this hour (Jan 20 2005)

Marshal Zhukov’s tanks enter Germany proper 80 years ago today (Jan 20 1945)


Video: 'The World At War 1973 WW2 EP 19 From Bluray: Battle of the Bulge' (Jan. 20, 1945, at 45:47)

(Saturday, January 20, 1945; during the Vistula–Oder Offensive, part of the Eastern Front of World War II) — Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov’s tanks today entered Germany proper for the first time, a mere 100 miles from Berlin.

Soviets liberate Chelmno extermination camp in Poland 80 years ago today (Jan 20 1945)


Video: 'Che?mno Extermination Camp English Version'

(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. Continue reading Soviets liberate Chelmno extermination camp in Poland 80 years ago today (Jan 20 1945)