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2006 Samuel Alito sworn in as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
1997 Right-winger Arnoldo Aleman sworn in as president of Nicaragua 1995 Julio Maria Sanguinetti sworn in as president of Uruguay 1995 Jean-Claude Juncker (28) sworn in as premier of Luxembourg 1994 Man Mohan Adhikary sworn in as 1st communist premier of Nepal 1994 Stanley Betrian sworn in as leader of Curaeao 1994 Dennis Richardson sworn in as head of St. Maarten 1994 Stephen G. Breyer, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1994 Ernesto Samper sworn in as president of Colombia 1994 Leonid Kvetjsma sworn in as Ukraine president 1994 Gyula Horn sworn in as premier of Hungary 1994 Roman Herzog sworn in as German president 1994 Ruth Bader Ginsburg, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1994 Nelson Mandela sworn in as South Africa's 1st black president 1994 Freddy Thielemans sworn in as mayor of Brussels Belgium 1991 Nursultan Nazarbayev sworn in as president of Kazakhstan 1991 Clarence Thomas, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1991 Boris Yeltsin sworn in as 1st elected president of Russian Rep 1991 Jean-Bertrand Aristide sworn in as Haiti's 1st elected president 1991 Jorge Serrano Elias sworn in as president of Guatemala 1990 Lech Walesa sworn in as Poland's 1st popularly elected president 1990 David Hackett Souter, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1990 Fernando Collor de Mello sworn in as President of Brazil 1990 Luis Alberto Lacelle sworn in as president of Uruguay 1990 David Dinkins sworn in as 1st black mayor of New York City 1989 Vishwanath Pratap Singh sworn in as president of India 1989 Xenophobia Zolotas sworn in as premier of Greece 1989 FW De Klerk sworn in as president of South Africa 1988 Anthony M. Kennedy, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1988 Ramsewak Shankar sworn in as President of Suriname 1986 William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court 1986 2nd government of Lubbers sworn in 1986 Yoweri Museveni sworn in as president of Uganda 1986 1st black lt Governor since reconstruction sworn in (Douglas Wilder of Va) 1985 Alan Garcia sworn in as president of Peru 1984 Brian Mulroney sworn in as Canada's 18th Prime Minister succeeding John Turner 1983 Bettino Craxi sworn in as premier of Italy 1983 Harold Washington sworn in as Chicago's 1st black mayor 1982 Amin Gemayel sworn in as president of Lebanon 1982 George P. Shultz sworn in as minister of Foreign affairs 1982 General Reynaldo Bignone sworn in as president of Argentina 1981 Argentine general Leopoldo Galtieri sworn in as president 1980 Bani Sadr sworn in as premier of Iran 1979 Bishop Abel Muzorewa is sworn in as Zimbabwe's 1st black PM 1976 Giulio Andreotti sworn in as premier of Italy 1975 South-Vietnam General Duong Van Minh sworn in as president till April 30 1973 Henry Kissinger, sworn in as Secretary of State 1972 1st women FBI members sworn in (Susan Lynn Roley and Joanne E Pierce) 1972 Giulio Andreotti sworn in as premier of Italy 1972 William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1971 Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda sworn in as President for Life of Malawi 1970 Luis Echeverria Alvarez sworn in as president of Mexico 1970 Anwar Sadat sworn in as president of Egypt 1970 Harry A. Blackmun, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1969 Warren E. Burger sworn in as Supreme Court Chief Justice 1969 Georges Pompidou sworn in as president of France 1969 Golda Meir sworn in as Israel's 1st female prime minister 1967 Thurgood Marshall sworn in as 1st black Supreme Court Justice 1967 Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva sworn in as President of Brazil 1966 Johannes Balthazar Vorster sworn in as premier of South Africa 1963 Lyndon Baines Johnson sworn in as 36th U.S. president 1963 George C. Wallace sworn in as governor of Alabama, his address states "segregation now; segregation tomorrow; segregation forever!" 1961 Robert Weaver sworn in with then highest federal post by a black 1959 Hiram Fong sworn in as 1st Chinese-American senator while Daniel K Inouye sworn in as 1st Japanese-American Rep (Both from Hawaii) 1958 Arturo Frondizi sworn in as president of Argentina 1955 1st West German officers sworn in 1953 Hulan Jack sworn in as Manhattan Borough president 1953 Earl Warren sworn in as 14th chief justice of U.S. 1948 6 female reservists become 1st women sworn into regular U.S. Navy 1947 James Forrestal sworn in as 1st U.S. Secretary of Defense 1945 Harry Truman sworn in as 33rd president 1940 General George Marshall sworn in as chief of staff of U.S. army 1935 3rd Dutch government of Colijn sworn in 1925 Miriam (Ma) Ferguson sworn in as Texas gov, nation's 2nd woman governor 1922 Rebecca L. Felton sworn in as 1st female U.S. Senator 1918 Annette Adams sworn in as 1st woman district attorney of U.S., California 1896 Wilfrid Laurier sworn in as 1st French speaking Prime Minister 1881 Chester A. Arthur sworn in as 21st president 1877 Rutherford B. Hayes is sworn in as the 19th president 1871 Jefferson Long of Georgia sworn in as 2nd black congressman 1870 Joseph Rainey (SC) became 1st black sworn into House of Reps 1870 Hiram Rhodes Revels, is sworn in as 1st black member of Congress, Senator-R-Mississippi 1870 - 1871 1853 William Rufus de Vane King (D) sworn in as 13th U.S. Vice President 1849 Zachary Taylor sworn in as 12th president 1789 John Adams sworn in as 1st U.S. Vice President (9 days before Washington) 1770 Blanche Kelso Bruce sworn in as a U.S. Senator (Mississippi) 1747 Prince Willem V sworn in as admiral-general of Netherlands 1708 Prince Johan Willem Friso sworn in as viceroy of Groningen 1707 Prince Johan Willem Friso sworn in as viceroy of Friesland 1683 William Penn signs friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape indians in Pennsylvania; only treaty "not sworn to, nor broken" 1653 Oliver Cromwell sworn in as English Lord Protector 1653 Johan de Witt sworn in as pension advisor of Holland 1647 Willem II sworn in as viceroy of Holland 1625 Prince Frederik Henry sworn in as viceroy of Holland/Zealand 1609 Pieter Both sworn in as 1st Governor-General of East Indies |
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