2014 Event Secret Service Director Julia Pierson testifies in a congressional hearing to investigate the recent intrusion of the White House as well as other security breaches under her leadership; Pierson stated that such incidents will not happen again 2014 Event Facebook reports that over 90% of its tech employees are Asian or white, while women make up only 15% of tech employees and 31% of all employees; COO Cheryl Sandberg notes that more women are also needed in leadership roles at the company 2014 Event Eric Cantor, majority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, will step down from his leadership position at the end of July following a surprising primary election defeat by Tea Party candidate David Brat 2014 Event Prominent Chinese legal activist, Xu Zhiyong, is sentenced to four years in prison; convicted of 'gathering a crowd to disturb public order,' the case is seen as evidence that Communist Party leaders wish to expunge any challenges to the power or leadership 2014 Event Amidst massive security including 160,000 soldiers and over 200,000 policemen, Egyptians go to the polls to vote on a draft constitution which would strengthen the military-backed leadership of the country 2012 Event Kgalema Motlanthe, Deputy President of South Africa, challenges party leadership by President Jacob Zuma at the opening of the African National Congress (ANC) 2012 Event A leadership ballot held by the Democratic Party of Japan is won by Japan's Prime Minster, Yoshihiko Noda 2012 Event The Chicago Teachers Union leadership votes to suspend the strike; teachers go back to school as union members review a tentative pact with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel 2009 Event The C40 Large Cities Climate Leadership Group meets for the third time in Seoul 1990 Event Thatcher fails to defeat Heseltine's bid for party leadership 1990 Event Michael Heseltine contests Thatcher's leadership of party 1977 Event Roy Wilkins turn over NAACP leadership to Benjamin L Hooks 1975 Event Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for Conservative leadership 1968 Event Ralph Aberbathy elected to head So Christian Leadership Conference 1957 Event Southern Christian Leadership Conference organizes in New Orleans 1957 Event Southern Christian Leadership Conference forms 1957 Event Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) founded 1947 Birthday John C. Maxwell, born in Garden City, Michigan, evangelical Christian, author, pastor, speaker, leadership expert, wrote over 50 books on leadership, sold over 13 million copies including 'Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow' 1933 Death Irving Babbitt, U.S. writer (Democracy and Leadership), dies at 67 1926 Event Eamon da Valera ends leadership of Sinn Fein 1926 Birthday Ralph Abernathy, civil rights leader, Southern Christian Leadership 1925 Birthday Warren G. Bennis, born in New York City, New York, scholar, author, Leadership Studies pioneer, studied group behavior at MIT, prompting interest in the then-nonexistent field of leadership, published 'Revisionist Theory of Leadership', 1961, stating that humanistic, democratic-style leaders can best manage change in the leadership environment 1924 Event J. Edgar Hoover assumed leadership of the FBI
