1964

Capitol Records released the album “Meet the Beatles!”

1981

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

1986

The U.S. observed the first federal holiday in honor of slain civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

2017

Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, pledging emphatically to empower America’s “forgotten men and women.” Protesters registered their rage against the new president in a chaotic confrontation with police just blocks from the inaugural parade.