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Tehran welcomes Qatar’s call for dialogue between the Gulf states and Iran

About two weeks after the Gulf reconciliation, which ended a dispute between Qatar and four countries that lasted for three…
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The former Prime Minister of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim: The atmosphere is ripe for opening a dialogue between the Gulf Cooperation Council states and Iran

The former Prime Minister of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim: The atmosphere is ripe for opening a dialogue between the…
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Births: 1946
David Lynch, American director, producer, and screenwriter; 1963
James Denton, American actor
Deaths: 1990
Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (b. 1907); 2020
Etta James, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)^[35]
Events: 1937
Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner are sworn in for their second terms as U.S. President and U.S. Vice President; it is the first time a Presidential Inauguration takes place on January 20 since the 20th Amendment changed the dates of presidential terms.; 1954
In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.; 1992
Air Inter Flight 148, an Airbus A320-111, crashes into a mountain near Strasbourg, France, killing 87 of the 96 people on board.; 2009
Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America, becoming the first African-American President of the United States.^[5]; 2021
Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States of America. He becomes the oldest person ever inaugurated. Kamala Harris becomes the first female Vice President of the United States.^[7]
Holidays: Inauguration Day, held every four years in odd-numbered years immediately following years divisible by 4, except for the public ceremony when January 20 falls on Sunday (the public ceremony is held the following day; however, the terms of offices still begin on the 20th) (United States of America, not a federal holiday for all government employees but only for those working in the Capital region)