On this day in...

On this day in...
1649 – Charles I of England goes on trial for treason and other "high crimes".
1801 – John Marshall is appointed the Chief Justice of the United States.
1885 – L.A. Thompson patents the roller coaster.
1920 – The American Civil Liberties Union is founded.
1937 – Franklin Roosevelt is inaugurated for a second term as President of the United States. This is the first inauguration scheduled on January 20, following adoption of the 20th Amendment. Previous inaugurations were scheduled on March 4.
1961 – John F. Kennedy is inaugurated as the youngest man, and first-ever Roman Catholic, to become elected President of the United States.
1968 – The Houston Cougars defeat the UCLA Bruins 71-69 to win the Game of the Century.
1981 – Iran releases 52 American hostages twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated as U.S. President, the oldest man to be inaugurated at 69.
1986 – Martin Luther King, Jr. day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
2009 – Barack Obama, inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America, becomes the United States' first African-American president.

Births
1798 – Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (d. 1858)
1896 – George Burns, American actor, comedian (d. 1996)
1920 – Frank Kush, American football player and coach
1952 – Paul Stanley, American musician (Kiss)
1956 – Bill Maher, American actor, comedian, and political analyst
1966 – Rainn Wilson, American actor
1966 – Stacey Dash, American actress
1968 – Nick Anderson, American basketball player
1968 – Melissa Rivers, American reporter and actress

A little bit of a slide in birthdays from the last two days but we do have a dead funny man, a political jokester, two untalented actresses and a guy who missed some free throws. But more importantly we have Dwight Shrute. Here's one of his greatest moments.