TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2009

Today is Tuesday, January 20, the 20th day of 2009. There are 345 days left in the year.

1265 _ First English Parliament called into session by Earl of Leicester

1841 _ China cedes Hong Kong to the British

1887 _ U.S. Senate approves the naval base lease of Pearl Harbor

1925 _ USSR & Japan sign treaty of Peking, Seychelles back to USSR

1934 _ Japan sends Henry Pu Yi as regent to emperor of Manchuria

1937 _ First Inauguration day on Jan. 20th, (held every four years thereafter)

1939 _ Hitler proclaims to German parliament to exterminate all European Jews

1961 _ Robert Frost recites ``The Gift Outright" at JFK's inauguration

1964 _ ``Meet The Beatles" album released in U.S.

1981 _ 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days freed