On January 20, the United States will hold its 59th inaugural ceremony to swear in President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
The event, held at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, will be unlike other presidential swearing-in ceremonies in memory, marked by surging COVID-19 cases, the January 6 attack on the Capitol building by supporters of US President Donald Trump and Trump's plan to not attend the swearing-in ceremony.
As the world prepares for President Biden, Roshneesh K'Maneck looks back at US Presidential inaugurations -- from James Buchanan in 1857 to Donald Trump in 2017.
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400 gallons of oysters were eaten at Buchanan's inaugural party.
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It was the first time that African Americans took part in the inaugural parade.
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McKinley's inauguration was the first recorded by a motion picture camera.
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Wilson's inauguration had quite a few event-crashers when members of the suffragette movement marched on Washington, DC.
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Harding's inauguration was the first to feature an automobile, used to transport the President-elect and outgoing President Wilson to and from the Capitol.
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Coolidge's second oath was administered by the only chief justice who was a former President, William Howard Taft.
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At the end of the year, the Roaring Twenties would come to an end and the Great Depression would begin.
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During FDR's second inauguration no Bible was available to take the oath. A policeman offered his to cover for the mistake.
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And it was here that America became highly aware of how influence and status are part of fashion.
Jacqueline Kennedy helped design her own outfit with designer Ethel Frankau of the Bergdorf Custom Salon. The outfit included an exterior cape.
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Rosalynn Carter's gold-trimmed dress was the same she wore to her husband's inauguration when he was sworn in as Georgia's governor six years earlier, designed by Mary Matisse.
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The reason: The Great Gipper's inauguration in 1985 has been the coldest to date -- a miserable -7 degree Celsius.
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A whopping 14 balls were held in William Jefferson Clinton's honour after he was elected President.
In 1997, his second inauguration was the first to be broadcast live on the Internet.
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Bush, the 43rd President, was the second father and son to be President -- his Pappy, George Herbert Walker Bush, was the 41st President.
John Adams and John Quincy Adams, the second and sixth Presidents, were the other father and son Presidents.
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A record 1.8 million people attended the inauguration -- the largest number to date.
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