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A bit of January 20th history…
1920 - The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is founded
1942 - Nazi officials hold notorious Wannsee Conference in Berlin to organize the “final solution”, the extermination of Europe’s Jews
1945 - FDR sworn in for an unprecedented, and never to be repeated, 4th term as US president
1980 - President Carter announces US boycott of Olympics in Moscow
1981 - US diplomats and citizens held hostage at the US embassy in Tehran are released after 444 days
1982 - Heavy Metal musician Ozzy Osbourne bites the head of a bat on stage (pictured)
1988 - Reagan becomes 1st US president elected in a “0″ year since 1840 to leave office alive
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