Page 10: Historical Events In January - 20
Tuesday, 26 May 2026
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 and Roll Hall of Fame inducts Mama and 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 Moveable Media, internet pioneer, is founded. 

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 26000 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 

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 

2009 Barack Obama, inaugurated as e 44 President of e United ates of America, is recorded as becoming e United ates' fir African-American president. 

2013 Austria votes to maintain compulsory military service in a referendum. 

2014 Credit cards of at least 20 million South Koreans are hacked. 

2017 Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States of America and Mike Pence as the 48th Vice President. 

2017 Car ploughs into pedestrians in central Melbourne, killing 6 and injuring 27 

2017 Donald Trump is sworn in by Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts as the 45th President of the United States of America. Trump, a Republican New York City businessman, is recorded as becoming the inaugural non-political office holder or member of the military to hold the office. Mike Pence, former Governor of Indiana, takes the oath of office as the 48th Vice-President of the United States 

2018 Turkey, led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, announces the beginning of a military offensive to capture a portion of northern Syria from Kurdish forces, amidst the ongoing Kurdish–Turkish conflict. 

2018 The United States government enters a federal government shutdown as a result of a dispute over Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. 

2021 Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States 

2023 The Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago elects former senate president, minister and lawyer Christine Kangaloo as president in a 48–22 vote 

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