Lightning strikes the new French president's plane... and 4 other bad political omens

Hollande's not alone: During their own inaugurations, other world leaders have weathered embarrassing power outages, riots, and bouts of drunkenness

France's new President Francois Hollande
(Image credit: REUTERS/Regis Duvignau)

Francois Hollande endured a rough first day as France's president on Tuesday, but the seemingly luckless Socialist is certainly not the first world leader to encounter ill omens on inauguration day. Here, his story and four other tales of higher-office woe:

1. France's Francois Hollande

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