2014 Event Janet Yellen becomes the first woman to hold the post of chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve 2013 Event When Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke leaves office, U.S. President Barack Obama has nominated Janet Yellin to take his place 2012 Event Amidst controversy over the anti-doping scandal, Lance Armstrong resigns as chairman of LIVESTRONG, his anti-cancer charity 2012 Event Mohamed Yousef el-Magariaf, Chairman of Libya's legislative authority, the General National Congress, says al-Qaeda elements who fought with rebels in Libya's civil war number "up to 200" in Libya 2012 Event Less than three years after accepting the position of Chairman of Disney Studios, Rich Ross, resigns 2012 Event Following the News International phone hacking scandal, James Murdock resigns as Chairman of BskyB 2012 Event In Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood nominates chairman Khairat El-Shater as a candidate for the May 2012 presidential elections 2011 Event In Mexico, Virgin Group chairman Richard Branson opens the world's first commercial spaceport, Spaceport America, with flights expected to being by 2013 2011 Event The Chairman of the National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdul Jalil announces Muammar Gaddafi's regime has collapsed 2010 Event After serving twenty-one terms, U.S. Representative, Democrat, and Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Dave Obey, announces he will not run for re-election 1996 Death Clay Jones, horticulturalist, broadcaster, Chairman of the program Gardener's Question Time on BBC Radio 4, voted tenth alongside Carol Klein as the nation's all-time favorite gardener, dies at 72 1996 Death Peter John Swales, football club chairman, dies at 63 1995 Death Stafford Heginbotham, toymaker/Football Club Chairman, dies at 61 1995 Death Roger de Grey, English chairman of Royal Academy (1984-93), dies at 76 1995 Event Jacques Santer succeeds Jacques Delors as chairman of Euro Committee 1994 Death G de Ru, chairman of Dutch Reformed Synode, dies 1994 Death H Minderop, founder/chairman (TROS-radio/TV), dies 1994 Death Wim Jurg, corrector/chairman (Werelddambond FMJD), dies at 49 1994 Death John Smith, British Labour Party chairman (1992-94), dies at 55 1993 Death Leon Liebgold, Pol/US actor/chairman (Hebrew Actors Union), dies at 83 1993 Death French JFM of Thiel, Dutch 2nd chamber chairman (1963-72), dies at 86 1993 Death Oliver R Tambo, chairman (African National Congress), dies at 75 1992 Death Ulysses Guimaraes, Brazilian MP (chairman), dies in accident 1992 Death William Taylor, chairman (FDIC), dies at 53 1992 Death Annette Fischer, Danish chairman Amnesty International, dies 1991 Death Jan H Christianse, political chairman (CDA), dies 1991 Death Jan J Lipski, chairman (Polish Socialist Party)/writer, dies 1990 Death Herbert Wehner, German ex-communist/chairman (1958-73), dies at 83 1989 Event Alexander Dubcek elected parliament chairman of Czechoslovakia 1989 Death Andre Kloos, Dut trade union leader (NVV)/chairman (VARA), dies at 67 1989 Event Ron Brown chosen 1st black chairman of a major U.S. party (Democrats) 1989 Death Paul Daels, Flemish chairman (IJzerbedevaart committee), dies 1988 Death Clarence M Pendleton, chairman of Commission on Civil Rights (1981-88) dies 1987 Event Yitzhak Shamir re-elected chairman of right wing Herut Party 1987 Event West Germany SPD chairman Willy Brandt resigns 1986 Event Bryan O'Connor named chairman of Space Flight Safety Panel 1986 Death Jacob A. W. Burger, chairman (Dutch soc-dem party), dies at 81 1986 Death Paul [Saul] de Groot, chairman Dutch Communist party, dies at 87 1985 Death John B Kelly, Jr., chairman U.S. Olympic Committee, dies at 57 1983 Event PLO chairman Yasser Arafat and 4,000 loyalists evacuate Lebanon 1982 Event Polish Solidarity chairman Lech Walesa freed 1982 Event Piet Dankert elected chairman of European Parliament 1981 Death Jan Donner, Dutch chairman of High Council, dies at 89 1979 Event Piet Dankert appointed as chairman of European Parliament 1979 Event Simone Veil becomes chairman of European Parliament 1978 Event Lee Iacocca fired as Ford Motor President by chairman Henry Ford II 1977 Event RAF kidnap West German work chairman Schleyer 1976 Event Willy Burns elected chairman of Social International 1976 Event Hua Guo-feng succeeds Mao Tse-tung as chairman of Communist Party 1976 Death Mao Tse-Tung, Chinese Communist Party chairman (1949-76), dies at 82 1975 Event Lowell W. Perry confirmed as chairman of Equal Opportunity Comm 1975 Death Samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross), dies at 78 1974 Death Stephen Gill Spottswood, U.S. bishop/chairman (NAACP), dies at 77 1974 Death Josef Smrkovsky, Czechoslovakia parliament chairman, dies at 62 1972 Death Martin Dies, (Rep)/1st chairman of House Un-American, dies 1972 Event S Mansholt succeeds Malfatti as chairman of European Committee 1972 Event Sicco Mansholt becomes chairman of European Committee 1971 Death Arthur B Springarn, U.S. NAACP chairman (1940-65), dies at 93 1969 Event Czechoslovakia's Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubcek deposed 1969 Event Yassar Arafats takes over as chairman of PLO 1967 Death David Cohen, historian/chairman (Jewish Council), dies at 84 1967 Death Cornelis A Eman, chairman (State of Aruba Peoples Party), dies at 51 1967 Event H Rap Brown replaces Stokely Carmichael as chairman of Student 1966 Event Stokely Carmichael named chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating 1965 Event Belgium Victor Leemans elected chairman of European Parliament 1964 Event Italians CP selects Luigi Longo as chairman 1963 Death Jan Schouten, Dutch founder (illegal Trouw)/chairman (ARP), dies 1961 Death William S Foster, chairman (U.S. Communist Party, 1945-57), dies at 80 1961 Event James R. Hoffa elected chairman of Teamsters 1961 Event FCC Chairman Newton N Minow criticizes TV as a "vast wasteland" 1961 Event Omer Vanaudenhove chosen chairman of Belgium Liberal Party 1961 Birthday Hiro Hase, born in Oyabe, Japan, professional wrestler, worked for All Japan Pro Wrestling, transitioned to position of chairman for the PWF, in the Japanese parliament 1961 Event Adam Clayton Powell elected Chairman of House Education and Labor 1960 Death Harry Pollitt, England, Britsh communist chairman (1956-60) 1958 Birthday Steve Case, born in McLean, Virginia, co-founder and chief executive officer of America Online, AOL, founder of Revolution LLC holding, chairman of the Case Foundation 1958 Birthday John Ensign, born in Roseville, California, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from Nevada, former chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee 1957 Birthday Alan Donnelly, born in England, politician, Labor Party, leader, European Parliamentary Labor Party, 1998 - 2005, founded, serves, as executive chairman of public affairs company, Sovereign Strategy, represents President of Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, at Grand Prix 1955 Event Clement Attlee resigns as chairman of England's Labour Party 1954 Birthday Aleksander Kwasniewski, born in Bialogard, Poland, served as President of Poland 1995 - 2005, post-communist socialist politician, independent party, Chairman European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation 2008 1954 Event Kleffens appointed chairman of General Meeting U.N. 1954 Event Harry van Thorn chosen chairman of Dutch KVP 1954 Event Yugoslav parliament chairman/Vice President Milovan Djilas criticize communism 1953 Birthday Linda Lingle, born in St. Louis, Missouri, politician, Republican, 6th Governor of Hawaii, chairman, 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City 1953 Event Malenkov becomes chairman of the U.S.S.R. 1952 Event Walter P Reuther chosen chairman of CIO 1952 Event George Meany appointed as chairman of AFL 1952 Death William Green, union chairman AFL 1924 - 1952, dies at 79 1952 Death Kurt Schumacher, German politician/chairman (SPD), dies 1952 Birthday Martin Taylor, born in England, former CEO, Barclays Bank, Chairman, Syngenta AG 1952 Birthday John Cornyn, born in Houston, Texas, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from Texas, Chairman, National Republican Senatorial Committee for the 111th U.S. Congress 1951 Birthday Lee Atwater, Republican National Committee Chairman, 1989-91 1951 Death Henri Velge, 1st chairman (Belgian Council of State), dies at 65 1951 Death Robert Mark, U.S. chairman (Caste World Congress), dies at 41 1950 Death Julien Lahaut, chairman Belgian Communist Party, murdered 1950 Event Dirk Stikker becomes chairman of OES 1950 Birthday Rick Perry, born in Paint Creek, Texas, politician, Republican, 47th Governor of Texas, chairman Republican Governors Association, 2008 1948 Event U.S. Communist Party chairman William Forster arrested 1948 Birthday Reed Hundt, born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Federal Communications Commission chairman, 1993 - 1997, advisor to McKinsey & Company 1944 Event Chief of staff Kruls names De Quay chairman of Universal Commission 1944 Birthday Wim Jurg, corrector/chairman, Werelddambond FMJD 1943 Birthday Win Griffiths, born in Wales, born Winston James Griffiths, politician, Labor Party, served as Member of Parliament for Bridgend, member of the European Parliament, Chairman of Bro Margannwg NHS Trust 1942 Birthday Nigel Walmsley, chairman, Carlton U.K. Television 1941 Birthday Ronald Harmon Brown, chairman, Democratic Party 1941 Birthday Malcolm Longair, born in Dundee Scotland, astronomer, physicist, chairman of the Gemini Board, President, Royal Astronomical Society 1940 Birthday Lord Davies, chairman, Welsh National Opera 1940 Birthday Brian Mawhinney, chairman, British Conservative Party 1940 Birthday James Blyth, born in Britain, businessman, head of defense sales for Ministry of Defense, chairman, London Business School, CEO, The Boots Company 1940 Birthday Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, chairman, South Africa Progressive Federal Party, 1979-86 1938 Event Supreme Soviet elects Michail Kalinin as presidium chairman 1937 Birthday Ronald Brierley, company chairman 1936 Birthday Anthony Loehnis, vice chairman, S G Warburg and Co 1936 Event Pandit Jawaharlal follows Gandhi as chairman of India Congress Party 1935 Event Richard Strauss resigns as chairman of Reichskulturkammer 1934 Birthday John Robertson, deputy chairman, Barclays de Zoete Wedd 1934 Birthday J Micheal McCloskey, environmentalist/chairman, Sierra Club 1933 Birthday Stafford Heginbotham, toymaker/Football Club Chairman 1933 Birthday Alan Hardcastle, chairman, Lloyds Regulatory Board 1933 Birthday David Rowland, chairman, Lloyd's 1932 Birthday Peter John Swales, football club chairman 1932 Event Hermann Goering elected chairman (Reichstag) 1932 Birthday Angela Rumbold, born in England, politician, Member of Parliament, British Conservative Party, attended King's College, served as Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party 1932 Birthday John Clement, chairman, Unigate Group 1932 Event Senate chairman Albert Lebrun becomes president of France 1931 Birthday Dickie Jeeps, English rugby international/chairman Sports Council 1931 Birthday Raymond Miquel, chairman, Scottish Sports Council 1931 Birthday David Montgomery, chairman, British Forestry Commission 1930 Birthday Clayton K. Yeutter, Nebraska, U.S. trade rep/Republican National chairman 1930 Birthday Clarence M Pendleton, Jr., chairman of U.S. comm on Civil Rights, 1981-88 1930 Birthday Ronald Dearing, chairman, British Post Office 1930 Birthday William Taylor, British Chairman of Convocation, London University 1930 Birthday A N Solomons, chairman, Singer and Friedlander 1929 Birthday Amar Bose, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, electrical engineer, Ph.D. from MIT, founder, chairman, Bose Corporation, patented dominantly reflecting sound field mimicking listening space of the audience in a concert hall 1929 Birthday David S Ruder, 23rd chairman of Security and Exchange Commission 1929 Birthday Bill Walker, born in Dundee, Scotland, politician, deputy chairman, Scottish Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Perth and East Perthshire 1928 Birthday Roland Moyle, British deputy chairman, Police Complaints Authority 1927 Birthday Paul Volcker, Federal Reserve chairman 1927 Death Saad Zaghlul, Egyptian parliament chairman, dies at 74 1927 Birthday Marcus Fox, conservative MP/chairman, 1922 Committee 1927 Birthday Bryan Cowgill, deputy chairman, Mirror Group 1927 Birthday Philip Wilkinson, deputy chairman, National Westminster Bank 1927 Birthday Michael Butler, Pro-Provost/chairman, Royal College of Art 1926 Birthday Brian Howard, deputy chairman, Marks and Spencer 1926 Birthday Charles Tidbury, former chairman, Whitbread and Company 1926 Birthday Clyde Walcott, cricketer, one of the three W's, later ICC chairman 1925 Event Earnest Thalmann becomes chairman of German KPD 1925 Event Pierre de Coubertin steps down as chairman of International Olympic Committee 1925 Birthday Jacques Delors, French economist/chairman European Committee, 1985-95 1925 Birthday Idi Amin, born in Uganda, military dictator, president of Uganda, assumed role of Chairman of the Organization of African Unity, attempted to annex Kagera, Tanzania 1925 Birthday William J Crowe, Jr., Kentucky, chairman joint chief of staff 1924 Birthday Sam Wainwright, deputy chairman, British Post Office 1923 Birthday Clay Jones, born in England, horticulturalist, broadcaster, Chairman of the program Gardener's Question Time on BBC Radio 4, voted tenth alongside Carol Klein as the nation's all-time favorite gardener 1923 Birthday Stanley Orme, Chairman, British Labour Party 1923 Birthday Margaret Bondfield, 1st woman chairman, Trades Union Congress 1922 Birthday Brian Young, Chairman, Christian Aid 1922 Birthday Jef Houthuys, chairman Belgian labor union, ACV 1968-87 1922 Birthday David Orr, deputy chairman, Inchcape, CEO, British Council, Unilever 1921 Birthday Robert Muldoon, premier New Zealand, 1975-84, chairman, IMF 1920 Birthday Juan Antonio Samaranch, chairman, International Olympic Committee 1919 Birthday Lord Aberdare, committee chairman, House of Lords 1917 Event Trotski named chairman of Petrograd Soviet 1914 Birthday Clifford Irving, Chairman, Isle of Man Government 1914 Birthday Lord Murton, of Lindisfrarne, deputy chairman, Comm House of Lords 1914 Birthday Archibald J Gumede, South Africa ANC member/chairman, UDF 1913 Birthday Trevor Huddleston, English pastor/chairman, Anti-Apartheid 1912 Death Heinz Galinski, chairman (Central Council for Jews in Germany), dies 1912 Birthday Jean G H "Sjeng" Tans, Dutch soc dem chairman, 1965-69 1911 Birthday Marinus Ruppert, Dutch chairman, CNV, trade union leader 1911 Birthday Josef Smrkovsky, Czechoslovakia MP chairman 1908 Birthday Aurelio Peccei, Italian businessman/chairman, Club of Rome 1908 Birthday Christian GK Baeta, Togolese chairman, International Mission Council 1907 Birthday Ray C Bliss, R, Ohio State Republican Chairman 1906 Birthday William McChesney Martin, Chairman of Federal Reserve Bank, 1951-70 1904 Birthday J Dito, Dutch dominican/broadcast chairman, KRO, 1938-45 1904 Birthday Jaap Burger, chairman, PvdA 1904 Birthday Arthur F. Burns, economist/chairman, Federal Reserve Board 1903 Event George Ade's "County Chairman," premieres in New York City 1901 Birthday Cor[nelis RJ] Kieboom, Dutch resistance fighter/chairman, Feyenoord 1899 Birthday Ferhat Abbas, Algerian pharmacist/MP chairman, 1962-63 1896 Birthday Samuel Gonard, chairman, International Red Cross 1895 Birthday Kurt Schumacher, German politicial chairman, SPD, 1893 Birthday Edward J. Hart, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Representative-D-New Jersey 1935 - 1955, 1st chairman of Committee on Un-American Activities 1890 Death Harry Pollitt, chairman British communist (1956-60), dies 1888 Birthday Jean Monnet, French economist/EG-pioneer/chairman, EGKS 1885 Birthday Henry de Man, Belgium, sociologist/chairman, Belgian Workers Party 1885 Birthday Henri Velge, 1st chairman, Belgian Council of State 1884 Event John Lynch is 1st black elected chairman of Republican convention 1883 Birthday Jan Schouten, Dutch co-founder, Daily Trouw, chairman, ARP 1882 Birthday David Cohen, Dutch historian/chairman, Jewish Council 1880 Birthday Roelof Kranenburg, Dutch social democratic chairman, 1st Chamber 1862 Birthday Willem H Vliegen, Dutch typographer/co-founder/chairman, SDAP 1804 Death Armand-Gaston Camus, French chairman of Council of 500, dies at 64 1796 Event Armand-Gaston Camus becomes chairman of Council of 500 1796 Death Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, French National Convention chairman, dies at 46 1784 Death Patrice F earl de Neny, South Netherlands Secret Council chairman, dies at 67 1749 Birthday Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, France, chairman, National Convention 1716 Birthday Patrice F earl De Neny, South Netherlands chairman of Secret Council 1671 Death Pieter Stockmans, Flemish chairman of Opperkrijgshof, dies at 62 1608 Birthday Pieter Stockmans, Flemish chairman of military
