Video: '1985 Inauguration (January 1985)' (17 clips)
(Monday, January 21, 1985, 11:48 a.m. EST) — President Ronald Reagan launched his second term today, saying the nation faced “a moment of bard decisions” that demanded further limits on the cost and size and power of the federal
government. Continue reading President Reagan, VP George H.W. Bush hold public inaugural ceremonies 40 years ago this hour (Jan 21 1985)
Video: 'Kiwanis Club 75th Anniversary Video - Produced in 1990'
(Thursday, January 21, 1915) — The first Kiwanis Club, dedicated to community service, was founded today in Detroit originally known as the Supreme Lodge Benevolent Order Brothers.
Video: 'Lunch Box / Odd Sox (2022 Remaster)'
(Monday, January 20, 1975) — In their first session since arriving in New Orleans to continue recording their next studio album Venus and Mars, ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and his British-American group Wings recorded a pair of jam-like instrumentals—intended to be heard together as “Lunch Box/Odd Sox” today at Sea-Saint Recording Studio. Continue reading Paul McCartney & Wings record ‘Lunch Box/Odd Sox’ in New Orleans 50 years ago (Jan 20 1975)
Video: 'The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man (Audio)'
(Wednesday, January 20, 1965) — The Byrds recorded the Bob Dylan song “Mr. Tambourine Man” today at Columbia Studios in Hollywood. Continue reading The Byrds record Bob Dylan’s ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’ 60 years ago today (Jan 20 1965)
Video: 'Alan Freed' (11 clips)
(Wednesday, January 20, 1965) — Legendary rock-and-roll disc jockey and promoter Alan Freed, 43, died today in a Palm Springs, California, hospital from uremia and cirrhosis brought on by alcoholism.
Video: 'Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1945 Presidential Inauguration'
(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)
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)
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)
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)
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.
