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Inauguration
1995
Sampson DeBrier, actor (Inauguration of Pleasure Dome), dies at 86
1961
Robert Frost recites "Gift Outright" at John F. Kennedy's inauguration
1953
1st live coast-to-coast inauguration address (Eisenhower)
1937
1st Inauguration day on Jan 20th, (held every 4th years there-after)
1925
President Coolidge's inauguration broadcast live on 21 radio stations
1889
1st U.S. national holiday, on centennial of Washington's inauguration
1861
On a bet Edward Weston leaves Boston to walk to Lincoln's inauguration
1853
William King, U.S. VP, dies a month after his inauguration
1841
Longest inauguration speech (8,443 words), William Henry Harrison
1793
Washington's 2nd inauguration, shortest speech (133 words)
1789
George Washington heads for 1st presidential inauguration
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