 Giannullosi with your Fox True Crime Minute. Now, from the historical audio archives of Fox News Talk. Heavy snow fell in Washington, D.C. the night before John F. Kennedy's inauguration, but thoughts of canceling the plans were overruled. On January 20th, 1961, he stood in the bitter cold on the steps of the Capitol and before a crowd of 20,000 was sworn in as the 35th president of the United States.