2013 Event Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI returns to live in Vatican City the Mater Ecclesiae two months after resigning as Pope 1978 Event Former President Nixon makes 1st public speech since resigning in 1974 1974 Event Yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir 1974 Event Harold Wilson replaces resigning Ed Heath as British premier 1916 Event David Lloyd George replaces resigning H H Asquith as British PM
