The First ever televised nationally
Time: Thursday Jan 20, 1949
Place: Washington D.C., U.S.
Details: Truman's second inauguration was the first ever televised nationally.
‹ Earlier in historyEugene "Gene" Robert Black Sr. became the President of the World Bank1949 Later in history ›Armstrong's Call-Up From the Navy arrivedWednesday Jan 26, 1949
Best-effort ordering. Some events may appear out of order since many are only known to the year, but they are usually around the same period.
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Saturday Jan 28, 1961 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Ronald Reagan-A President
Tuesday Jan 20, 1981 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Neil Armstrong-Armstrong applied to become an Astronaut
Monday Jun 4, 1962 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Martin Luther King-Assassination
Thursday Apr 4, 1968 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Neil Armstrong-Joining the NASA Astronaut Corps as part of "The New Nine"
Thursday Sep 13, 1962 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Bosnian War-Washington Agreement
Thursday Mar 17, 1994 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Croatian War of Independence-A meeting of Croatian, Bosnian, and Bosnian Croat representatives with US Secretary of State
Saturday Feb 26, 1994 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Korean War-Help to South Korea
Tuesday Jun 27, 1950 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Plane Accidents-The first powered aircraft crash
Thursday Sep 17, 1908 - Fort Myer, Virginia, U.S.
Neil Armstrong-Announcing the New Apollo Crew assignment
Monday Nov 20, 1967 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Steven Spielberg-Department of Defense Medal
Wednesday Aug 11, 1999 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Invasion of Panama-President Bush order of the execution of the Panama invasion plan
Sunday Dec 17, 1989 at 01 AM - Washington, D.C., U.S.
Rosa Parks-The Casket was transported to Washington, D.C.
Sunday Oct 30, 2005 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Ronald Reagan-Left hand Surgery
Saturday Jan 7, 1989 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Bay of Pigs plan (Operation Zapata)
Tuesday Apr 4, 1961 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Bin Laden-Senate voted to double the reward
Friday Jul 13, 2007 - U.S.
NATO Establishment-The Signature of The North Atlantic Treaty
Monday Apr 4, 1949 - Washington, D.C., U.S.
Huawei-The Department of Commerce granted Huawei a Temporary Three-month license
Sunday May 19, 2019 - Washington, D.C., U.S.
Richard Nixon-Full, Free, and Absolute Pardon
Sunday Sep 8, 1974 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Neil Armstrong-Slayton offered Armstrong the Post of Commander of Apollo 11
Monday Dec 23, 1968 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Ronald Reagan-Second Term as a President
Sunday Jan 20, 1985 - Washington D.C., U.S.
September 11 (9/11) Attacks-The Pentagon Memorial
Thursday Sep 11, 2008 - The Pentagon Memorial in Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.
Jimmy Hoffa-Reassert His Power over the Teamsters
1974 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Korean War-New U.S. President
Wednesday Oct 29, 1952 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Jimmy Carter-Camp David Accords
Sunday Sep 17, 1978 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Richard Nixon-Opening The Impeachment Hearings against The President
Thursday May 9, 1974 - Washington D.C., U.S.
September 11 (9/11) Attacks-American Airlines Flight 77 (Collision)
Tuesday Sep 11, 2001 at 09:37:00 AM - The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.
September 11 (9/11) Attacks-Rebuilding of the Damaged Section of the Pentagon
2002 - The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.
September 11 (9/11) Attacks-Rapid Orders
Tuesday Sep 11, 2001 at 02:40:00 PM - The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.
Internet-the network had been turned over to the Defense Communications Agency
Jul, 1975 - U.S.
Warren Buffett-Friendship With Katharine Graham
1973 - Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Eisenhower served as executive officer to General George V. Moseley
1929 - U.S.
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Eisenhower retired from active service as an army general
Tuesday Jun 3, 1952 - U.S.
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Eisenhower was promoted to brigadier general
Friday Oct 3, 1941 - U.S.
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Eisenhower was promoted to General of the Army
Wednesday Dec 20, 1944 - U.S.
Sojourner Truth-USNS Sojourner Truth (T-AO 210)
Thursday Mar 19, 2020 - The Pentagon, Virginia, U.S.
Internet-Licklider left the IPTO
1964 - U.S.
Internet-Director of the newly established Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO)
Oct, 1962 - U.S.
Internet-Members and Affiliates of the Intergalactic Computer Network
1963 - The Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
Neil Armstrong-Announcing the Crew assignments for Gemini 8
Monday Sep 20, 1965 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Garry Kasparov-Kasparov began training Hikaru Nakamura
Jan, 2011 - New York, U.S.
Colombian conflict-The AUC Was added to the US State Department's List of Foreign Terrorist Organizations
2001 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Internet-MILNET
1983 - U.S.
Richard Nixon-Nixon announced the ground invasion of Cambodia
Thursday Apr 30, 1970 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Armenian Genocide-Morgenthau memoirs
Friday Jul 16, 1915 - U.S.
Nicaraguan Revolution-President Reagan Signed National Security Directive 17
Tuesday Nov 17, 1981 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Neil Armstrong-NASA announcement of The Selection of The Second Group
Monday Sep 17, 1962 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Gulf War-The Project Conclusions
Tuesday May 22, 1984 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Amazon-Amazon announced it would open its highly sought-after new headquarters, known as (HQ2)
Nov, 2018 - New York and Virginia, U.S.
Neil Armstrong-The ARPA canceled its funding to "Man In Space Soonest"
Friday Aug 1, 1958 - Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
Audrey Hepburn-Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn
Mar, 1991 - U.S.
Neil Armstrong-The official announcement of Apollo 11
Thursday Jan 9, 1969 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Neil Armstrong-The Meeting with Slayton
Wednesday Apr 5, 1967 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Warren Buffett-The Washington Post Company
1973 - Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.
Martin Luther King-March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Wednesday Aug 28, 1963 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Nikita Khrushchev's Telegram To President Kennedy
Monday Apr 17, 1961 at 02:00:00 PM - Washington D.C., U.S.
Christine Lagarde-Announced her candidacy to be head of the IMF
Wednesday May 25, 2011 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Neil Armstrong-Neil became an Employee of NASA
Wednesday Oct 1, 1958 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Neil Armstrong-The Signing of the United Nations Outer Space Treaty, and The Apollo 1 Fire
Friday Jan 27, 1967 - Washington D.C., London and Moscow
Neil Armstrong-NASA announcement
Apr, 1962 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Vietnam War-The Battle against communism
Sunday Nov 24, 1963 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Donald Trump-Trump fired Chris Krebs
Tuesday Nov 17, 2020 - Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
Ronald Reagan-Assassination Attempt
Monday Mar 30, 1981 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Christine Lagarde-A Manager Director
Tuesday Jul 5, 2011 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Neil Armstrong-Project "Mercury"
Wednesday Nov 5, 1958 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Ronald Reagan-Last Day in Presidency
Friday Jan 20, 1989 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Richard Nixon-Alexander Butterfield's Testimony under oath to Congress
Jul, 1973 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Armenian Genocide-U.S. congressional panel narrowly voted that the incident was indeed genocide
Thursday Mar 4, 2010 - U.S.
Jimmy Hoffa-75,000 Members
1933 - Washington, D.C., U.S.
Bosnian War-Pub.L. 103–337 was signed by the President
Wednesday Oct 5, 1994 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Vietnam War-Nixon implied the US would intervene again militarily if the North launched a full offensive
Thursday Mar 15, 1973 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Invasion of Panama-The official U.S. justification For The invasion
Wednesday Dec 20, 1989 - Washington, D.C., U.S.
Bretton Woods Conference-John Maynard Keynes first proposed the ICU
1941 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Elizabeth Holmes-Holmes birth
Friday Feb 3, 1984 - Washington, D.C., U.S
Elizabeth Holmes-Holmes ranked the world's youngest self-made woman in 2014
2014 - Washington, D.C., U.S
Amazon-Amazon would focus solely on Arlington location
Thursday Feb 14, 2019 - Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
Richard Nixon-Nixon's responses to protesters
Saturday May 9, 1970 - The Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C., U.S.
Neil Armstrong-Determining the first person on the Moon
Mar, 1969 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson-Another 30 Days
Apr, 1868 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Computer-The First public description of an integrated Circuit
Wednesday May 7, 1952 - Washington, D.C., U.S.
W. E. B. Du Bois-Strivings of the Negro People
Sunday Aug 1, 1897 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Jimmy Carter-Announced his candidacy for President of the United States
Thursday Dec 12, 1974 - Washington D.C., U.S.
September 11 (9/11) Attacks-File 17
Friday Jul 1, 2016 - Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Washington D.C., U.S.
Bretton Woods Conference-The U.S. government invited the Allied countries to send representatives to an international monetary conference
Thursday May 25, 1944 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Richard Nixon-Five Men Were Caught breaking Into The Democratic party Headquarters
Saturday Jun 17, 1972 - The Democratic party headquarters, Watergate complex, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Lucky Luciano-U.S. Supreme Court refused to review his case
Monday Oct 10, 1938 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Elon Musk-Member of The United States NAS
2006 - Washington D.C., United States
Google LLC-The Washington Post Report about The Profit Increase
2005 - Washington, D.C., U.S.
Richard Nixon-Vice presidency
Tuesday Jan 20, 1953 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Patch Adams-Adams graduated from High School in 1963
1963 - Wakefield High School, 4901 S Chesterfield Rd, Arlington, Virginia 22204, United States
Winston Churchill-Washington Conference (1943)
May, 1943 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Great Depression-The 1931 recession
1931 - U.S.
Great Depression-The 1930 recession
1930 - U.S.
Great Depression-The 1933 healing up
1933 - U.S.
Great Depression-Federal Reserve conducts open market transactions
Apr, 1932 - Eccles Building, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Great Depression-Federal Reserve's federal funds rate reaches 2%
Dec, 1930 - Eccles Building, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Great Depression-Federal Reserve industrial production index rebounds to 85.5
Jul, 1933 - Eccles Building, Washington D.C., U.S.
Great Depression-Minor recession begins
Aug, 1929 - U.S.
Great Depression-Federal Reserve begins lowering the discount rate
Friday Nov 1, 1929 - Eccles Building, Washington D.C., U.S.
Great Depression-Mini-stock market crash occurs
Monday Mar 25, 1929 - U.S.
On This Day - 20 January
The palace of Westminster England-Simon de Montfort's parliament
Tuesday Jan 20, 1265 - Westminster Hall, London, England, United Kingdom
Abraham Lincoln-Sister died
Sunday Jan 20, 1828 - Lincoln State Park, Indiana, US
Simón Bolívar-Dream fell apart
Wednesday Jan 20, 1830 - Gran Colombia
Xinhai Revolution-Wu Tingfang Officially Delivered The Imperial Edict of Abdication To Yuan Shikai For The Abdication of Puy
Saturday Jan 20, 1912 - China
Mao Zedong-The First KMT Congress
Sunday Jan 20, 1924 - Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-King George V death
Monday Jan 20, 1936 - Sandringham House, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Edward VIII-King George V died
Monday Jan 20, 1936 - Sandringham Estate, United Kingdom
Winston Churchill-Edward VIII succeeded his father
Monday Jan 20, 1936 - London, England, United Kingdom
Franklin D. Roosevelt-Third Term
Monday Jan 20, 1941 - Washingtom D.C., U.S.
Adolf Hitler-The records of the Wannsee Conference
Tuesday Jan 20, 1942 - Germany
Christmas Island-The First Attack by The Japanese on The Island
Tuesday Jan 20, 1942 - West White Beach, Christmas Island
Heinrich Himmler-Himmler in charge of Jews Extermination
Tuesday Jan 20, 1942 - Germany
The Holocaust-Wannsee Conference
Tuesday Jan 20, 1942 - Berlin, Germany
Harry S. Truman-A Vice President
Saturday Jan 20, 1945 - U.S.
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle abruptly resigned
Sunday Jan 20, 1946 - France
Richard Nixon-Vice presidency
Tuesday Jan 20, 1953 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Richard Nixon-The End of His Term of office as Vice President
Friday Jan 20, 1961 - White House, Washington D.C., U.S.
John F. Kennedy-A President
Friday Jan 20, 1961 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Richard Nixon-Nixon was Inaugurated as President
Monday Jan 20, 1969 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Day for Rejoicing
Monday Jan 20, 1969 - U.S.
Jimmy Carter-A President
Thursday Jan 20, 1977 - Washington D.C., U.S.
1973 oil crisis-Saudi Arabia announces a drastic cut in first-quarter production
Saturday Jan 20, 1979 - K.S.A.
Jimmy Carter-Fifty-two American hostage
Tuesday Jan 20, 1981 - Tehran, Iran
Ronald Reagan-A President
Tuesday Jan 20, 1981 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Ronald Reagan-Second Term as a President
Sunday Jan 20, 1985 - Washington D.C., U.S.
The Beatles-The Beatles were Inducted Into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Wednesday Jan 20, 1988 - Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, U.S.
George W. Bush-Son of a president
Friday Jan 20, 1989 - Washington D.C, U.S.
Ronald Reagan-Last Day in Presidency
Friday Jan 20, 1989 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Audrey Hepburn-Death
Wednesday Jan 20, 1993 - Tolochenaz, Vaud, Switzerland
George W. Bush-President of U.S.
Saturday Jan 20, 2001 - Washington D.C, U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-Royal Rumble (2002)
Sunday Jan 20, 2002 - Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
George W. Bush-A President of the U.S. for Second Time
Thursday Jan 20, 2005 - Washington D.C, U.S.
George W. Bush-Last day as President
Tuesday Jan 20, 2009 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Barack Obama-A President
Tuesday Jan 20, 2009 - U.S.
US Airways Flight 1549: Sully-Crew awards and honors
Tuesday Jan 20, 2009 - U.S.
Joe Biden-First term (2009–2013)
Tuesday Jan 20, 2009 - U.S.
Joe Biden-Vice President
Tuesday Jan 20, 2009 - U.S.
Joe Biden-Second term (2013–2017)
Sunday Jan 20, 2013 - U.S.
Joe Biden-Biden was inaugurated to a second term as a Vice President
Sunday Jan 20, 2013 - U.S.
Carlos Slim-The Largest Shareholder in the New York Times Company
Tuesday Jan 20, 2015 - New York, U.S.
Barack Obama-End of Presidency
Friday Jan 20, 2017 - U.S.
Donald Trump-A President
Friday Jan 20, 2017 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak-WHO first report
Monday Jan 20, 2020 - Geneva, Switzerland
The US- China trade conflict-Biden finalizes increases to some of Trump's China tariffs
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021 - US
Lady Gaga-Gaga sang the US national anthem
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Joe Biden-Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Donald Trump-Trump retired to Mar-a-Lago
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021 - Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
Carlos III Birth
Monday Jan 20, 1716 - Madrid
January 1949
Neil Armstrong-Armstrong's Call-Up From the Navy arrived
Wednesday Jan 26, 1949 - Naval Air Station Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
1949
Chinese Civil War-Only Tibet was left
1949 - China
First Indochina War-France officially recognized the nominal "independence" of the State of Vietnam
1949 - Vietnam
First Indochina War-Newly established State of Vietnam
1949 - Vietnam
Conflict in Myanmar-The Commander-in-chief of the Tatmadaw General Smith Dun was fired
1949 - Kayin State, Myanmar
Akio Morita-The Magnetic Recording Tape
1949 - Tokyo, Japan
Ronald Reagan-Divorce
1949 - U.S.
Mobile Phones-MTS
1949 - St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Jimmy Carter-A Lieutenant
1949 - U.S.
Muhammad Yunus-His Mother Was afflicted With Psychological illness
1949 - Chittagong, Bangladesh
Hungarian Revolution of 1956-Arresting The Leader of The Hungarian Catholic Church
1949 - Hungary
Hungarian Revolution of 1956-The Communist Party merged With The Social Democratic Party
1949 - Hungary
Alan Turing-Turing became Deputy Director of the Computing Machine Laboratory
1949 - England
Warren Buffett-Graduation
1949 - Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Third-longest (eight-year) bull market begins
1949 - New York, U.S.
World Bank-Eugene "Gene" Robert Black Sr. became the President of the World Bank
1949 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Neil Armstrong-Armstrong's Call-Up From the Navy arrived
Wednesday Jan 26, 1949 - Naval Air Station Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
David Ben-Gurion-A Prime Minister
Monday Feb 14, 1949 - Israel
Gary Ridgway-Gary brith
Friday Feb 18, 1949 - Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Louis Armstrong-Cover of Time magazine
Monday Feb 21, 1949 - U.S.
Neil Armstrong-Neil became a Midshipman
Thursday Feb 24, 1949 - Naval Air Station Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
Pope John Paul II-Transferred to the parish of Saint Florian
1949 - Karkow, Poland
Bernard Arnault-Birth
Saturday Mar 5, 1949 - Roubaix, France
Anna May Wong-Impact
Friday Apr 1, 1949 - U.S.
NATO Establishment-The Signature of The North Atlantic Treaty
Monday Apr 4, 1949 - Washington, D.C., U.S.
World Trade Organization-Annecy Round
Apr, 1949 - Annecy, France
Anna May Wong-Wong's father died
1949 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Chinese Civil War-Yangtze River Crossing Campaign
Thursday Apr 21, 1949 - Yangtze River, China
Chinese Civil War-CPC captured the KMT's capital
Saturday Apr 23, 1949 - Nanjing, China
Harry S. Truman-Ground Access
Wednesday May 11, 1949 - Berlin, Germany
W. E. B. Du Bois-Scientific and Cultural Conference for World Peace
1949 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Josip Broz Tito-The other member countries of the Cominform expelled Yugoslavia
Tuesday Jun 28, 1949 - Yugoslavia
Disasters with highest death tolls-Khait landslide
Sunday Jul 10, 1949 - Tajikistan
Flag of Bhutan-First national flag
Aug, 1949 - Darjeeling, India
Thanksgiving-Brazil national Thanksgiving day
Wednesday Aug 17, 1949 - Brazil
Adidas-Adi Dassler Formed Adidas AG
Thursday Aug 18, 1949 - Herzogenaurach, Germany
Disasters with highest death tolls-1949 Landes Forest Fire
Aug, 1949 - France
Harry S. Truman-The Soviet Union's atomic bomb project
Monday Aug 29, 1949 - Soviet Union, (Russia)
Mass Shootings in the United States-Camden Shootings
Tuesday Sep 6, 1949 - Camden, New Jersey, U.S.
Neil Armstrong-Armstrong soloed in SNJ
Friday Sep 9, 1949 - Naval Air Station Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
Stan Lee-Buying a house and having children
1949 - Woodmere, New York, U.S.
IBM-World Trade Corporation
1949 - New York, U.S.
Chinese Civil War-Founding of the People's Republic of China
Saturday Oct 1, 1949 - Beijing, China
Mao Zedong-The People's Republic of China
Saturday Oct 1, 1949 - China
Carlos the Jackal-Birth
Wednesday Oct 12, 1949 - Michelena, Táchira, Venezuela
Chinese Civil War-Retreated to Guangzhou
Saturday Oct 15, 1949 - Guangzhou, China
DC Comics-The logo was modified to incorporate the company's formal name National Comics Publications
Nov, 1949 - U.S.
Fidel Castro-Castro volunteered to deliver a Speech
Sunday Nov 13, 1949 - Cuba
Chinese Civil War-Retreated to Chongqing
Friday Nov 25, 1949 - Chongqing, China
Pablo Escobar: Narcos-Birth
Thursday Dec 1, 1949 - Rionegro, Colombia
Ted Bundy-First Years
1949 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Chinese Civil War-Fall of Chengdu
Saturday Dec 10, 1949 - Chengdu, China
Mao Zedong-Chiang Kai-shek Fled From The mainland To Formosa (Taiwan)
Saturday Dec 10, 1949 - Taiwan
Chinese Civil War-Retreated to Taiwan
Saturday Dec 10, 1949 - Taiwan
Flag of Bhutan-The early flag description
1949 - Bhutan
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip was stationed in Malta
1949 - Malta