Today in History - History - January 20th

1989Reagan becomes 1st pres elected in a "0" year, since 1840, to leave office alive

1965Generalissimo Francisco Franco meets with Jewish representatives to discuss legitimizing Jewish communities in Spain

19861st federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr

1949Pres Harry Truman announces his point 4 program

1971John Lennon meets Yoko Ono's parents in Japan

1949J. Edgar Hoover gives Shirley Temple a tear gas fountain pen

1982Darryl Sittler is traded by the Toronto Maple Leafs to the Philadelphia Flyers

1958Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open

1945Franklin D. Roosevelt sworn-in for an unprecedented 4th term as US President

1961Robert Frost recites "Gift Outright" at JFK's inauguration

1956Bill Maher, New York New York, American comedian and political commentator (Real Time with Bill Maher, Politically Incorrect)

1930Edwin Aldrin Jr, Montclair NJ, USAF/astro (Gem 12, Ap 11)

1926Patricia Neal, Packard Ky, actress (Hud, Subject Was Roses), (d. 2010)

1920Federico Fellini, Rimini, Kingdom of Italy, film director and scriptwriter (8 1/2, La Dolce Vita)

1910Joy Adamson, (born Friederike Viktoria Gessner) Troppau Austria-Hungary, naturalist/author (Born Free)

1888Lead Belly, Louisiana, blues 12 string guitarist (Rock Island Line), (d. 1949)

1993Audrey Hepburn, actress (Roman Holiday), dies of colon cancer at 63

1936George V, King of Britain (1910-36), dies at 70