On Today's Date: The Coldest Inauguration Day
Jan. 21, 1985, 40 years ago today, was the coldest inauguration on record. Ronald Reagan was sworn in for his second term on a day in which the morning low was 4 degrees below zero and the midday reading was only 7 degrees. It did eventually reach 17 degrees by the afternoon, but wind chills in the afternoon were in the teens and 20s below zero.
Reagan’s 1985 inauguration, among the coldest, was also held indoors
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1985 was the last time an inauguration was indoors. Ronald and Nancy Reagan felt they had no choice
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