Timeline For Tuesday, January 20, 2015 _____________________________ 1887 The U.S. Senate approves an agreement to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base. 1892 The first basketball game is played at what is now Springfield College in Massachusetts. 1945 President Roosevelt is sworn into office for an unprecedented fourth term. 1964 “Meet The Beatles” album is released. 1965 Alan Freed, disc jockey, 42, dies. 1968 “Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)” by John Fred & his Playboy Band peaks at No. 1. 1979 “I Really Got the Feeling” by Dolly Parton peaks at No. 1. 1982 Ozzy Osbourne bite the head off a live bat during a concert in Des Moines, Iowa. He claimed he thought it was a toy thrown to him by an audience member. 1983 “Pyromania” album by Def Leppard is released. 1986 The U.S. observes the first federal holiday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. 1988 Beach Boys Mike Love hurled insults at Paul McCartney, Diana Ross, Bruce Springsteen and Mick Jagger while the Beach Boys were being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 1989 Ronald Reagan becomes the first President elected in a “0” year, since 1840, to leave office alive. 1990 “How Am I Supposed To Live Without You” by Michael Bolton peaks at No. 1. 1990 “Nobody’s Home” by Clint Black peaks at No. 1. 1990 Roseanne Barr marries Tom Arnold. 1993 Audrey Hepburn dies. 1994 Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female student to enroll in day classes at the all-male Citadel in South Carolina. 1998 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts The Mama and Papas and the Eagles. 2001 “Born to Fly” by Sara Evans peaks at No. 1. 2001 George W. Bush is sworn in as the 43rd president of the United States. 2004 Former Miss Universe, Dayanara Torres, files for divorce from Marc Anthony in Miami-Dade County, Florida, calling their marriage “irretrievably broken. 2009 Barack Obama, inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America, becomes the United States’ first African-American president. 2013 The San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens win the NFC and AFC championship games to reach Super Bowl XLVII. 2013 President Barack Obama is inaugurated in the Blue Room of the White House in his second term in office.
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