Today In U.S. History – 01/20/21

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January 20th

• 1801 John Marshall appointed US chief justice
• 1869 Elizabeth Cady Stanton becomes 1st woman to testify before US Congress
• 1920 The American Civil Liberties Union is founded
• 1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt sworn-in for an unprecedented (and never to be repeated) 4th term as US President
• 1981 Ronald Reagan inaugurated as the 40th President of the United States of America
• 2009 Barack Obama, inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America