Page 10: Historical Events In January - 20

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 ErdoÄŸan, 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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0225  Gordian iii: Roman emperor   

1292  Elisabeth i of bohemia: Elisabeth i of bohemia (d. 1330)   

1358  Eleanor of aragon: Wife of john i of castile   

1435  Ashikaga yoshimasa: Japanese shogun   

1554  King sebastian of portugal: King sebastian of portugal (d. 1578)   

1586  Johann hermann schein: German composer (fontana d'israel)   

1622  Susanna van baerle: Dutch poet/wife of geeraert burns   

1654  Michiel de swaen: South netherland physician/poet   

0250  Fabianus: Pope (236-50)/saint,   

0287  St. sebastian: St. sebastian   

0820  Abu abdallah m ibn idris al-sjafi'i: Islamic (book of mother),   

0842  Theophilus: Byzantine kaiser (829-42),   

0882  Louis ii/iii the younger: German king (876-82),   

1156  Bishop henry: Patron saint of finland   

1191  Frederick vi: Duke of swabia (b. 1167)   

1479  John ii: King of aragon/navarra,