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Tuesday, 20 January 2026

2009

Barack Obama inaugurated as the 44th and first African-American President of the United States.

2001

Philippine president Joseph Estrada is ousted in a nonviolent 4-day revolution, and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

1999

The China News Service announces new government restrictions on Internet use aimed especially at Internet cafés.

1992

Air Inter Flight 148 crashes near Strasbourg, France, killing 82 passengers and 5 crew.

1991

Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.

1990

Black January|Tragedy at Baku

1987

Church of England envoy Terry Waite is kidnapped in Lebanon.

1986

Martin Luther King, Jr. day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.

1981

Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated, at age 69 the oldest man ever to be inaugurated as U.S. President, Iran releases 52 American hostages. It is the first Presidential inauguration to be held at the west front of the Capitol.

1977

Jimmy Carter is inaugurated as the 39th President of the United States. He is the last President inaugurated at the east front of the Capitol, which had been the traditional site for Presidential inaugurations since 1829.

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