2009.01.20

President Bush reacts to a reporter's question during a news conference
at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008.
AP Photo/Charles Dharapak

US Presidents' terms originally did not conclude until the 4th of March following the November election. The 20th Amendment moved this forward to the 20th of January.

FDR was the first President inaugurated on this new date, in 1937.

The next Inauguration Day will occur on January 20, 2009.

Trumpets will sound!