The 60th inauguration ceremony for the president of the United States will take place on Jan. 20. Under the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1933, the inauguration takes place on that date—unless Jan. 20 is a Sunday, in which case the public inauguration takes place the next day, following a private swearing-in ceremony.
The inauguration of George Washington as the first president of the United States took place in New York City in 1789. The 1939 World’s Fair in New York was held to honour the 150th anniversary of Washington’s inauguration.
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