2014 Event Petro Poroshenko is inaugurated as the new Ukrainian president; Poroshenko took a firm stand on keeping Ukraine united and suggested plans to ease tensions in the eastern part of the country, including an offer of amnesty for separatists 2014 Event 39-year-old Former Florentine mayor Matteo Renzi has been inaugurated as Prime Minister of Italy 2013 Event President Barack Obama is inaugurated in the Blue Room of the White House; this is his second term in office 2009 Event Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States 2005 Event George W. Bush is inaugurated for his second term as President of the United States 2001 Event George W. Bush is inaugurated as the 43rd president of the United States 1994 Event Martti Ahtisaari inaugurated as president of Finland 1993 Event William J. Clinton inaugurated as 42nd president 1990 Event 1st elected U.S. black governor inaugurated (Douglas Wilder-Virginia) 1989 Event Jaime Paz Zamora inaugurated as president of Bolivia 1989 Event Bush inaugurated as 41st president and Quayle becomes 44th vice pres 1987 Event Hassanali inaugurated as president of Trinidad and Tobago 1985 Event Daniel Ortega Saavedra inaugurated as president of Nicaragua 1983 Event Martha Layne Collins inaugurated as Kentucky's 1st female governor 1983 Event Raul Alfonsin inaugurated as Argentina's 1st civilian president 1982 Event Miguel de la Madrid inaugurated as President of Mexico 1981 Event Ronald Reagan inaugurated as president 1978 Event Hannah H Gray inaugurated as 1st female head of U.S. university (Chic) 1978 Event 1st black mayor of New Orleans (Ernest Morial) inaugurated 1975 Event WEDway People Mover inaugurated 1971 Event Dr. Melvin H Evans inaugurated as 1st elected governor of Virgin Is 1970 Event Salvador Allende inaugurated as president of Chile 1969 Event Richard M. Nixon inaugurated as president 1967 Event Lester Maddox inaugurated as governor of Georgia 1965 Event Ferdinand Marcos inaugurated as president of the Phillipines 1963 Event Belaunde Terry inaugurated as President of Peru 1959 Event Datu Abdul Rozak inaugurated as premier of Malaysia federation 1959 Event Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France's 5th Republic 1946 Event William H. Hastie inaugurated as 1st black governor of Virgin Islands 1935 Event Commonwealth of Philippines inaugurated 1929 Event Herbert Hoover inaugurated as 31st president 1927 Event Commercial transatlantic telephone service inaugurated between New York and London 1918 Event 1st regular airmail service (between New York and Washington) inaugurated 1917 Event Order of British Empire inaugurated 1915 Event Transcontinental telephone service inaugurated (New York to SF) 1913 Event Woodrow Wilson inaugurated as 28th president 1911 Event Francisco Madeiro inaugurated president of Mexico 1911 Event U.S. postal savings bank inaugurated 1905 Event Albert Cuypstrat street market in Amsterdam inaugurated 1903 Event 6 km long Engadin-railroad tunnel of Switzerland inaugurated 1901 Event President William McKinley inaugurated for 2nd term as president 1897 Event William McKinley inaugurated as 25th president of US 1891 Event Astronomical Society of France is inaugurated 1890 Event Henry Morton Stanley inaugurated in London 1890 Event Henry Morton Stanley inaugurated in Brussels 1889 Event Benjamin Harrison inaugurated as 23rd president 1881 Event James A. Garfield inaugurated as 20th president 1877 Event Rutherford B. Hayes inaugurated as 19th U.S. president 1874 Event Patrick Francis Healy, SJ, inaugurated as President of Georgetown U 1871 Event King Amadeus I of Spain inaugurated at 25 1869 Event Free postal delivery formally inaugurated 1869 Event Ulysses Grant inaugurated as 18th president 1867 Event 2nd synagogue in Curacao, Emanu-El of Willemstad, inaugurated 1865 Event President Lincoln inaugurated for his 2nd term as president 1863 Event RR and ferry connection between San Francisco and Oakland inaugurated 1861 Event Lincoln's inaugurated as 16th president 1861 Event Confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery Alabama 1836 Event Sam Houston inaugurated as 1st elected President of Republic of Texas 1829 Event Andrew Jackson inaugurated as 7th president 1821 Event Monroe is 1st President inaugurated on March 5th, because 4th was Sun 1809 Event Madison becomes 1st president inaugurated in American-made clothes 1801 Event Thomas Jefferson is the 1st president inaugurated in Washington D.C. 1797 Event John Adams inaugurated as 2nd president of the United States 1789 Event George Washington inaugurated as 1st president of the United States 1673 Event Postal service between New York and Boston inaugurated 1672 Event Prince Willem III inaugurated as viceroy of Holland/Zealand 1258 Event Cathedral of Salisbury inaugurated
