Wikislippy:Selected anniversaries/January 20
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- 1887 - The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
- 1892 - At the YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, the first official basketball game is played.
- 1936 - Edward VIII becomes King of the United Kingdom.
- 1937 - Franklin Roosevelt is inaugurated for a second term as President of the United States.