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On this date Abraham Lincoln had to wait 4 months before he could deal with succesion and the great succesion appropriatly.
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On this date the 20th amendment was proposed.
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On this time-span was the 'lame duck' situation. The Lame duck conflct almost stopped the United States economy.
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The 20th amendment shortened the time between presidential election and inauguration by designating January 20 as inauguration day: set January 3rd as the date for the opening of a new congress.
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on this date Giuseppe Zangara tried to assasinate Franklin D. Roosevelt, If this attempt would have been successful then John Nance Garner would have taken office on march 4, 1933.
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The 73rd congress held there first meeting on this date.
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On this day the 20th amendment took effect.
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President Roosevelt and Vice President Garner take the first presidential terms under the 20th amendment.