1990 Event Dr. Antonia Novello sworn-in as 1st hispanic/female U.S. surgeon general 1984 Event Wilson Goode, sworn-in as Philadelphia's 1st black mayor 1983 Event Elizabeth Dole, 1st female secretary of transportation, is sworn-in 1974 Event Nelson A. Rockefeller sworn-in as 41st Vice President 1973 Event Gerald Ford sworn-in as 1st unelected Vice President, succeeds Spiro T. Agnew 1968 Event Pierre Elliott Trudeau sworn-in as Canada's PM 1962 Event Edith Spurlock Sampson sworn-in as 1st U.S. black female judge 1948 Event 1st U.S. woman army officer not in medical corps sworn-in 1948 Event Entire Hagana-arm forces sworn-in as Israeli soldiers 1945 Event Phyllis M. Daley is 1st black nurse sworn-in as U.S. Navy ensign 1945 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt sworn-in for an unprecedented 4th term as president 1932 Event John P O'Brien sworn-in as mayor of New York City 1925 Event 7th French government of Briand sworn-in 1919 Event Lady Nancy Astor sworn-in as 1st female member of British Parliament 1850 Event Millard Fillmore sworn-in as president of U.S. (replacing Taylor) 1849 Event U.S. had no president, Polks term ends on a Sunday, Taylor couldn't be sworn-in, Senator David Atchison (President pro tem) term ended March 3rd
