1994 Shannon Faulkner becomes the first woman to join the cadet corps at The Citadel military academy in South Carolina.

1995 1994-95 NHL Season begin after a lengthy strike

1995 A strike-shortened National Hockey League season opened, with teams playing a 48-game schedule instead of the usual 84.

1995 Russian ruble drops to 3,947 per dollar (record)

1995 The U.S. State Department announces a partial lifting of economic sanctions against North Korea.

1995 The United States announced it was easing the trade embargo in effect against North Korea since the Korean War.

1996 Australia defeat Sri Lanka 2-0 to win World Series Cup

1996 US female Figure Skating championship won by Michelle Kwan

1996 Yasser Arafat was elected president of the Palestinian Authority, with 88 percent of the vote.

1997 Comet Hale-Bopp crosses Mars' orbit

1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in New Orleans LA on KKND 106.7 FM

1997 Millionaire Steve Fossett landed in northern India after a record-setting bid to become the first person to circle the globe in a hot-air balloon.

1997 Pakistan defeats West Indies 2-0 to win Australia one-day Series

1997 President Clinton was inaugurated for his second term in office.

1998 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducts Mama & Papas, Eagles

1998 Warner Brothers TV Network begins Tuesday night programming

1999 On day two of U.S. President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial, his lawyers argue their case before the Senate, calling the House-passed articles of impeachment "flawed and unfair."

2000 Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., warned the U.N. Security Council that the United States would withdraw from the world body if it failed to respect American sovereignty.

2001 George W. Bush was inaugurated as the 43rd president of the United States.

2001 Just hours before leaving office, President Clinton issued 176 pardons -- a number of them controversial.

2003 Britain said it was sending 26,000 troops to the Gulf for possible deployment to Iraq but France said it would not support a United Nations resolution for military action.

2004 President George W. Bush, in his State of the Union address, warned that the threat of more terrorist attacks was still very real.

1265 The first ever English Parliament met in Westminster Hall

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

1986 The British and French agree on a twin tunnel rail link for the Channel Tunnel

1986 First USA federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr

2000 Moveable Media, internet pioneer, is founded

1896 The birth of George Burns, American comedian

1920 The birth of Federico Fellini, Italian born film director

1930 The birth of Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin, The second man to walk on the Moon

1946 The birth of David Lynch, American director

2005 George W. Bush is inaugurated in Washington, D.C. for his second term as 43rd President of the United States.

2005 Ireland completes metrication.

2005 Death of Per Borten, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1913)2009 Barack Obama, inaugurated as e 44 President of e United ates of America, becomes e United ates' fir African-American president

2009 Barack Obama, inaugurated as e 44 President of e United ates of America, becomes e United ates' fir African-American president

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