2014 Event Afghan presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani agree to an election vote recount to settle allegations of fraud after Ghani was declared the winner; the process could take weeks, requiring the inauguration ceremony to be postponed 2013 Event In Rome, Italy, the papal inauguration ceremony for Pope Francis is held in St. Peter's Square; hundreds of thousands attend 2013 Event Venezuela's Supreme Tribunal of Justice determines they can defer the latest inauguration of President Hugo Chavez while his cancer operation recovery continues 2012 Event Ahead of his cabinet and his December 1st inauguration, Mexico's President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto of Mexico names his 'transition team' 1995 Death Sampson DeBrier, actor (Inauguration of Pleasure Dome), dies at 86 1961 Event Robert Frost recites "Gift Outright" at John F. Kennedy's inauguration 1953 Event 1st live coast-to-coast inauguration address (Eisenhower) 1937 Event 1st Inauguration day on Jan 20th, (held every 4th years there-after) 1925 Event President Coolidge's inauguration broadcast live on 21 radio stations 1889 Event 1st U.S. national holiday, on centennial of Washington's inauguration 1861 Event On a bet Edward Weston leaves Boston to walk to Lincoln's inauguration 1853 Death William King, U.S. Vice President, dies a month after his inauguration 1841 Event Longest inauguration speech (8,443 words), William Henry Harrison 1793 Event Washington's 2nd inauguration, shortest speech (133 words) 1789 Event George Washington heads for 1st presidential inauguration
