1929 – In Old Arizona, the first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, is released.
1937 –
Franklin Roosevelt is inaugurated for a second term as U.S. President. This is the first inauguration on January 20. The date was changed from
March 4 by the
20th Amendment to the Constitution.
1961 –
John F. Kennedy is inaugurated as the youngest elected and first
Roman Catholic President of the U.S. His inaugural address is one of the most memorable of the 20th century.
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.
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.
United States presidential inauguration, held every four years since
1937 (with 2 exceptions by Eisenhower & Reagan, on
January 21st) in odd-numbered years after years when the United States Presidential Election takes place (as the election takes place in years divisible by four – 2004, 2008, 2012, and so on – the inauguration takes place in 2005, 2009, 2013, etc.). The incoming/reelected President traditionally swears-in as close to Noon as possible.