Today in History

Ronald Reagan is sworn in as president at the same time 52 American hostages are released from their captors in Tehran, Iran.

President Jimmy Carter is sworn in and then surprises the nation as he walks from the U.S. Capitol to the White House.

Over 22,000 anti-Communist prisoners are turned over to UN forces in Korea.

British troops occupy Ismalia, Egypt.

France’s Charles DeGaulle hands in his resignation.

The Allies sign a truce with the Hungarians.

Allied forces in Italy begin unsuccessful operations to cross the Rapido River and seize Cassino.

Nazi officials meet in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to decide the “Final Solution of the Jewish Question.”

Hitler meets with Mussolini and offers aid in Albania and Greece.

Belgium arrests some Nazi agitators who urge for a return to the Reich.

Dr. Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin, second man to walk on the moon.

Joy Adamson, British author and naturalist (Born Free).

The Sullivan Ordinance bars women from smoking in public facilities in the United States.