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2009 Under investigation for bribery during his Presidency, former President of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, commits suicide
2009 Former President of Peru, Alberto Fujimori, receives 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces 2009 At the 21st NATO Summit, new Secretary General, former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, is appointed 2009 Former Serbian President Milan Mulutinovic is acquitted of war crimes during the Kosovo War 2005 Watergate figure Deep Throat is revealed to be W. Mark Felt a former F.B.I agent 2004 Yasser Arafat, PLO leader/former terrorist, dies at 64 2004 Former President Bill Clinton undergoes a quadruple bypass operation 2004 Former President Gerald Ford suffers a stroke during the Republican National Convention 2004 Former President George H. W. Bush celebrates his 80th birthday by skydiving 2003 Joan Kroc, philanthropist/former baseball team owner, started Peace Institutes at several universities, dies at 75 2001 "Morton Downey, Jr", former talk show host, The Morton Downey Jr. Show, dies at 68 2000 Hilary Clinton is the first former First Lady elected to the Senate 2000 Pierre Elliott Trudeau, former Canadian Prime Minister, dies at 80 1998 Mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, who violated probation by seeing 14 year old father of her baby, sentenced to 7 years 1997 French court orders producer Jacques Charrier, ex-husband of Brigitte Bardot, to pay the former screen star $8,300 in damages 1997 Former rep Dan Rostenkowski released from custody for mail fraud 1996 Alger Hiss, former alleged spy/lawyer, dies at 92 1996 Ted Nightingale, former colonial governor, dies at 91 1996 Mark Van Thillo and Abigail Alling, former biospherian win $100,000 lawsuit against Biospheric Development for Space Biospheres Ventures 1995 James Brady, former white house press sect, suffers a heart attack 1995 Colorodo Avalanche (former Que Nordiques) 1st NHL game, beat Detroit 1995 Former WMMS engineer William Alford is sentenced to 10 days and $1,000 fine for cutting feed during Howard Stern's broadcast from Cleveland 1994 Aldrich Ames, former CIA officer and wife Rosario plead guilty to spying 1994 Former President Nixon suffered a stroke and dies 4 days later 1993 Former Washington D.C. Mayor Marion Barry divorces his wife Effi 1992 Former NFL New York Giant Coach Bill Parcells undergoes open heart surgery 1992 Marion Berry, former mayor of Washington D.C., let out of prison 1992 Alix Talton, former Miss Georgia, dies of lung cancer at 72 1992 World's 7 wealthiest nations agree on $24B aid for former U.S.S.R. 1992 Former silver Goodyear blimps are now painted yellow and blue 1991 Former California Governor Jerry Brown announce run for presidency 1991 U.S. trial of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega begins 1991 Norway and Denmark recognize independence of former U.S.S.R. Baltic reps 1991 Major league umpire Steve Palermo and former NFL defensive lineman Terence Mann were shot trying to help 2 waitresses from being robbed 1991 Former New York Jet Mark Gastineau wins 1st pro boxing fight in 12 seconds 1991 Former child actor Adam Rich charged with burglary 1991 Former child actor Adam Rich arrested for breaking into a pharmacy 1991 Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India, killed by bomb at 46 1990 Former Noriega aide Luis del Cid pleads guilty 1990 Federal judge sentenced former national security adviser John M Poindexter to 6 months for making false statements to Congress 1990 Former president PW Botha quit South Africa's ruling National Party 1990 Former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood ordered to help clean up Prince William Sound and pay $50,000 in restitution for 1989 oil spill 1990 Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is transferred to a Miami jail 1989 Former baseball player and manager Leo Durocher injured in a car crash 1989 Former Belgian premier Paul Vanden Boeynants kidnapped 1988 Former Soviet President Brezhnev's son-in-law sentenced to 12-yr (bribery) 1988 John Mitchell, former Atny Gen, dies of heart attack in Washington 1988 Los Angeles Dodger Orel Herschiser breaks former Dodger Don Drysdale mark by pitching 59 consecutive scoreless innings 1987 Alfred M Landon, former Kansas Gov, dies at his Topeka home at 100 1987 Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane attempts suicide 1986 Jack Morris agrees to salary arbitration with former team Tigers and accuses owners of collusion against free agency 1986 Former Belgium premier Vanden Boeynants sentenced for fraud 1984 Richard Miller, becomes 1st (former) FBI agent, charged with espionage 1983 Rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury 1983 Former EPA official Rita Lavelle indicted for contempt of Congress 1983 Former Nazi Gestapo official Klaus Barbie brought to trial 1982 Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, Iran's former foreign minister, executed in Iran 1982 Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight boxing champ/actor, dies at 86 1981 Former Dolphin, Mercury Morris, is sentenced to 20 years for drug trafficing, conspiracy, and possession of cocaine 1981 Andrew Young, former United Nations Ambassador, elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia 1980 Anastasio Somoza, former Nicaraguan President, assassinated in Paraguay 1980 Former Buggles members Geoff Downes and Trevor Horn replace Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman in Yes 1979 Nelson Rockefeller, former Vice President and (4 time Governor-R-New York), dies at 70 1979 John N Mitchell (former AG) released on parole from federal prison 1978 India's former Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, released from jail 1978 Gene Tunney, former heavyweight boxing champ (1926-28), dies at 80 1978 Former President Nixon makes 1st public speech since resigning in 1974 1978 Pakistani former premier Ali Bhutto sentenced to death 1978 Red Brigade kidnaps former premier Aldo Moro in Italy, 5 killed 1977 Former AG John Mitchell starts 19 months in Alabama prison 1977 Former White House chief of staff home run Haldeman enters prison 1977 Tom C Clark, former Supreme Court Justice (1949-67), dies in New York at 77 1977 Parisians elect former Prime Minister Jacques Chirac as 1st mayor in a century 1976 Former Twins relief ace Bill Campbell is 1st free-agent to sign with a new team, joining the Red Sox for $1 million over 4 years 1976 Martha Mitchell wife of former Attorney General John Mitchell, dies in New York at 57 1975 Former Teamsters' president James Hoffa reported missing 1974 President Gerald Ford pardons former President R Nixon of all federal crimes 1974 Former Vice President Spiro Agnew disbarred 1973 1000s commemorates former premier Georgios Papandreou 1973 Former Argentine President Juan Peron returns to power 1973 Otto Kerner, former governor of Illinois, convicted for his role in an illegal racetrack scheme 1972 Former umpire, now housewife Bernice Gera wins her suit against baseball, initiated on March 15, 1971 to be allowed to umpire 1970 Milwaukee Brewers (former Seat Pilots) 1st game, lose to Angels 12-0 1969 Rocky Marciano, former heavyweight champ, dies in a plane crash at 45 1968 Former President Dwight Eisenhower shot a hole-in-one 1968 Former Vice President Richard Nixon announces candidacy for presidency 1966 Former marine Charles Whitman kills 13 and wounds 31 at University of Texas 1966 Charles Whitman, former marine, kills 13 at University of Texas, shot by cops 1963 Garry Kasparov, born in Azerbaijan, Soviet Union, former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist 1961 Former nazi leader Johannes Vorster becomes South Africa's minister of justice (if the shoe fits...) 1961 Howie Long, former NFL tackle/actor/broadcaster, Broken Arrow 1960 Katie Rabbet, born in London, England, Prince Andrew's former girlfriend 1959 Tom Arnold, former husband of Rosanne Barr/actor, True Lies, Stupids 1959 Brett Bodine, born in Chemung, New York, auto racer, former NASCAR Winston Cup driver, current Sprint Cup, pace car driver, employed as Director of Cost and Research by NASCAR 1956 Federal court bars former Little League Commissioner Carl Stotz from forming a rival group 1955 Tim Young, born in Ontario, Canada, athlete, former professional ice hockey center in the National Hockey League 1955 Eric Money, born in Detroit, Michigan, athlete, former pro basketball player for the NBA, averaged 12.2 points per game 1954 Catherine Crier, born in Dallas, Texas, former district court judge, television personality, writer, anchor Court TV program 1954 Former French possession of Chandernagore made part of West Bengal 1954 John Lloyd, England, tennis star, former husband of Chris Everet 1953 Braves Phil Paine is 1st former major leaguer to play in Japan 1953 Raul Ramirez, born in Ensenada, Baja California, professional Mexican tennis player, in 1976, ranked No. 4 in the world, in 1983, ranked No. 6 in the world in doubles, won 60 doubles titles, 19 singles titles, married former Miss Universe, Venezuelan-born Maritza Sayalero 1952 Alec John Such, born in Yonkers, New York, rocker, musician, former bassist for band Bon Jovi, managed local New Jersey bands and Heaven band in Chicago with James Young of Styx 1952 Larry Fortensky, former husband of Liz Taylor, 7th 1951 Former Cubs 1st baseman and future TV star of Rifleman Chuck Connors is 1st player to oppose the major league draft 1951 John Conteh, born in Liverpool, England, athlete, former British boxer, world light-heavyweight boxing champion 1951 Gordon Brown, born in Govan, Scotland, politician, Labor Party, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Member of Parliament for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, former television journalist 1951 Drew Pearson, former NFL all-pro receiver 1950 NY jury finds former State Department official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury 1949 Ivana Trump, former wife of Donald 1948 Former state department official Alger Hiss indicted in New York City for perjury 1948 Margaret Trudeau, Vancouver BC, former Canadian 1st lady 1948 Robert Spink, born in Haworth, Worth Valley, Yorkshire, England, Robert Michael Spink, politician, Independence Party, former Conservative Party member, became Member of Parliament for Castle Point in June, 2001 1948 Frank Abagnale, born in Bronxville, New York, security consultant and former forger 1947 Frances Cleveland Preston, former 1st lady (1885-89 93-97), dies at 83 1947 Former Yank manager Joe McCarthy signs to manage Red Sox 1946 28 former Japanese leaders indicted in Tokyo as war criminals 1945 Pierre Laval, former premier of Vichy France, executed at 62 1944 Former Washington 3rd baseman Buddy Lewis wins Distinguished Flying Cross 1944 Annette Lu, bon in Taoyuan Formosa, Taiwanese politician, feminist activist, member, Democratic Progressive Party, former Vice President of the Republic of China 1943 Italy declares war on former Axis partner Germany 1943 German paratroopers, on orders of Adolf Hitler, seize former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini who was being held prisoner by the government 1942 Claudine Longet, France, former Mrs. Andy Williams/singer 1941 Jeremiah Wright, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pastor Emeritus, former Pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, 8,500 member megachurch, former pastor of President Obama, known for politically charged, controversial sermons 1941 Former Dutch Prime Minister Colijn says Netherlands Indies not ready for independence 1941 Former Dutch premier De Geer flies to Berlin 1938 John Dean III, former White House counsel, Watergate figure 1936 Wolf Biermann, born in Hamburg, Germany, singer, songwriter, former East German dissident, wrote folk music, political ballads, studied political economics at Humboldt University of Berlin 1935 Martin Taylor, former vice-chairman, Hanson 1932 Giants sign former outfielder Billy Southworth as a coach 1932 Former Chinese emperor Henry Pu-Yi installed as head of Manchuria 1931 Timothy Kitson, former MP 1930 Nicolas Christopher Henry Browne-Wilkinson, born in England, life peer as Baron Browne-Wilkinson, studied at Lancing College and Magdalen College, Oxford, former head of the Privy Council and Vice-Chancellor of the High Court 1929 Former Interior Sec Albert Fall convicted of accepting $100,000 bribe 1929 John Gutfreund, former CEO of investment bank, Salomon Brothers Inc., featured in book Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis 1928 Richard Barratt, former Chief Inspector of Constabulary 1927 Lou Gehrig named AL MVP (Babe Ruth (former winner) not eligible) 1926 H R Haldeman, former White House Chief of Staff, Watergate figure 1926 Charles Tidbury, former chairman, Whitbread and Company 1925 John DeLorean, former automaker, DeLorean 1924 M M Shearer, former Lord Lieutenant of Shetland 1924 Robert Gatehouse, former High Court judge 1923 Giants defeat Baltimore Orioles 9-0 to benefit former Giants owner John Day 1922 Former Chicago Staleys play 1st NFL game as Chicago Bears, win 6-0 1920 David Vere Bendall, former diplomat 1920 Kenneth Bond, former vice-chairman 1910 John "Cardinal" Krol, former archbishop, Philadelphia 1910 Former Dutch premier Abraham Kuyper acquitted of corruption 1909 Former Dutch premier Abraham Kuyper denies corruption 1907 Britain grants responsible government to former colony of Transvaal 1904 Ted Nightingale, former colonial governor 1901 General Maxwell D Taylor, former U.S. Army chief of staff 1871 Jefferson Long of Georgia is 1st black to make an official speech in House of Representatives (opposing leniency to former Confederates) 1868 Oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as lt governor of Louisiana 1861 Former Vice President John C. Breckinridge flees Kentucky 1831 Former President John Quincy Adams takes his seat as member of House of Representatives 1831 Nat Turner, former slave, led a violent insurrection, hanged in VA 1831 Former slave Nat Turner leads uprising against slavery 1807 Former Vice President Aaron Burr is tried for treason in Richmond Virginia (acquitted) 1788 Sierra Leone, settled by British as a former haven for slaves 1689 Former English King James II lands in Ireland |
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