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NATIONAL Buttercrunch Day
NATIONAL Cheese Lover's Day
NATIONAL Disc Jockey Day
NATIONAL US Presidential Inauguration Day [Donald Trump officially becomes President of the US today]
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1841 China cedes Hong Kong to the British [who return it in 1997]
1946 President Truman creates the Central Intelligence Group, the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
1964 The Beatles released their first album in the United States, "Meet the Beatles"
1981 President Reagan became the oldest president to take office (69 years and 349 days)
1981 After 444 days, 52 Americans held hostage by Iran are finally released
2009 Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th and first African-American President of the United States
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