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Digest of Other White House Announcements
Administration of Donald J. Trump, 2020
December 31, 2020
The following list includes the President's public schedule and other items of general interest announced by the Office of the Press Secretary and not included elsewhere in this Compilation.
January 1
In the morning, the President traveled to the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, FL.
In the afternoon, the President returned to his private residence at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, FL, where he remained overnight.
The President announced the designation of the following individuals as members of a Presidential delegation to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, from January 20 through January: Steven T. Mnuchin (head of delegation); Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.; Eugene Scalia; Elaine L. Chao; Robert E. Lighthizer; Keith J. Krach; Ivanka M. Trump; Jared C. Kushner; and Christopher P. Liddell.
January 2
In the morning, the President traveled to the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, FL.
In the afternoon, the President returned to his private residence at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, FL, where he remained overnight.
During the day, President had a telephone conversation with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of T
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1949
Calendar year
1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1949th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 949th year of the 2nd millennium, the 49th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1940s decade.
Calendar year
Events
[edit]January
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February
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March
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- March 1 – Indonesia seizes Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
- March 2 – The B-50 SuperfortressLucky Lady II (under Captain James Gallagher) lands in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight (it was refueled in flight 4 times).
- March 20 – The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Denver and Rio Grande Western and Western Pacific railroads inaugurate the California Zephyr passenger train between Chicago and Oakland, California, as the first long-distance train to feature Vistadome cars as regular equipment.
- March 24 – The 21st Academy Awards Ceremony is held. The movie Hamlet wins the Academy Award for Best Picture.
- March 25
- March 26 – The first half of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida, conducted by legendary conductor Ar