Traditionally whenever Inauguration Day falls on Sunday the President-elect is sworn into office in private with a public ceremony on Monday. The last time this happened what with Ronald Reagan in 1981. When does it happen again?
Sunday 20 January 2013.
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Traditionally whenever Inauguration Day falls on Sunday the President-elect is sworn into office in private with a public ceremony on Monday. The last time this happened what with Ronald Reagan in 1981. When does it happen again?
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Nitpick: it was Reagan’s re-inauguration, in 1985, that fell on a Sunday. This makes sense because the Gregorian calendar repeats itself every 28 years (at least until 2100), so the 28-year gap between January 20s falling on Sundays is the least often it can happen.
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Nitpick: it was Reagan’s re-inauguration, in 1985, that fell on a Sunday. This makes sense because the Gregorian calendar repeats itself every 28 years (at least until 2100), so the 28-year gap between January 20s falling on Sundays is the least often it can happen.
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It’s also the most frequently it can happen (at least through 2100). Inauguration day goes through this sequence:
Sun Fri Wed Mon Sat Thurs Tues
always moving two week days backwards