2013 Event Chilean voters elect President Michelle Bachelet in the country's presidential election; Bachelet served as the first female Chilean president in 2006 2013 Event Falkland Island voters head to the polls to participate in their general election and elect Legislative Assembly members 2013 Event Sigmundur Davio Gunnlaugsson, the Prime Minister elect of Iceland, announces he will indefinitely extend January's freeze on European Union membership talks 2012 Event Australians in the country's Northern Territory elect the Country Liberal Party 2012 Event In a third round of voting, the Parliament of Albania fails to elect the President of the Republic of Albania 2011 Event Lawmakers in Nepal vote to elect a new Prime Minister 1993 Event Russia elect Boris Yeltsin leader 1979 Event Canadians elect conservatives, Joseph Clark replaces Pierre Trudeau 1977 Event Parisians elect former Prime Minister Jacques Chirac as 1st mayor in a century 1974 Event Crawford-Butler Act allows Puerto Ricans to elect own governor 1966 Event Player reps elect Marvin Miller, as executive director of Players' Association 1960 Event BBWAA voters fail to elect a new Hall of Fame member 1958 Event Egypt-Syria as UAR elect Nasser president with 99.9 percent of the vote 1958 Event Hall of Fame fails to elect anyone for 1st time since 1950 1950 Event Writers fail to elect anyone to Baseball's Hall of Fame 1949 Birthday Paul Nurse, dr/director-general elect, Imperial Cancer Research Fund 1945 Event Baseball writers again fail to elect a new Hall of Famer 1861 Event Navaho indians elect Herrero Grande as chief 1861 Event Confederate constitutional convention meets for 1st time in Montgomery, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina elect Jefferson Davis President of Confederacy 1742 Event German leaders elect Charles VII Albert Emperor 1726 Death Maximilian II M Emanuel, elect of Bavaria/governor of Netherlands, dies 1662 Birthday Maximilian II Emanuel, elect of Bayern 1661 Birthday Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/elect, Anti-Lucretius 1647 Birthday Johan Georg III, elect of Saxon, 1680-91 1613 Birthday Johan Georg II, elect of Saxon, 1656-80 1612 Death Ottavio M Frangipani, Pope elect, dies 1515 Birthday Frederick III, the Pious, elect of the Palts 1455 Birthday Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg, 1486-99
