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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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