On this Date

BIRTHDAYS

Comedian Arte Johnson is 90. Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin is 89. Movie director David Lynch is

73. Rock musician Paul

Stanley (KISS) is 67. Comedian Bill Maher is 63. Actor Lorenzo Lamas is 61. Actor Rainn Wilson is 53. Presidential counselor Kellyanne

Conway is 52. TV personality Melissa

Rivers is 51. Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley is 47.

TODAY IN HISTORY

In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first chief executive to be inaugurated on Jan. 20 instead of March 4.

In 1964, Capitol Records released the album “Meet the Beatles!”

In 1969, Richard M. Nixon was inaugurated as the 37th President of the United States.

In 1981, Iran released 52 Americans it had held hostage for 444 days, minutes after the presidency had passed from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan.

In 1986, the United States observed the first federal holiday in honor of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

In 1989, George H.W. Bush was sworn in as the 41st president of the United States.

In 2001, George Walker Bush became America’s 43rd president.

In 2017, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States.

Ten years ago: Barack Obama was sworn in as the nation’s 44th, as well as first African-American, president.