2015 Event Australia's Liberal Party votes in Malcolm Turnbull to replace Tony Abbott as prime minister; Abbott had received majority backing from his party in a no-confidence vote just seven months ago 2015 Event The U.K. Labor Party elects left-wing Jeremy Corbyn as its new leader; Corbyn promises to address poverty and economic inequality 2015 Event Certain members of Greece's Syriza party form the Popular Unity Party, which opposes the current E.U. bailout; Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who ran on a Syriza anti-bailout platform, resigned after accepting the bailout terms against voter wishes 2015 Event France�s far-right National Front party has expelled one of its founders, Jean-Marie Le Pen, after continued conflict over his anti-Semitic remarks; current party leader Marine Le Pen, his daughter, seeks to move the party away from its past 2015 Event The Greek parliament approves a euro bailout package that contains conditions rejected by voters during an earlier referendum; failed confidence in Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras by his Syriza party may now oblige him to call new elections 2015 Event Prince Charles shakes hands with Gerry Adams, president of the Sinn Fein party, which was formerly part of the militant Irish Republican Army; Prince Charles is the first member of the British royal family to meet him 2015 Event Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the ruling Likud party have retained victory in this week's election; Netanyahu will now focus on forming a coalition government 2015 Event The Greek Parliament elects Prokopis Pavlopoulos as the nation's next president; Pavlopoulos, preferred by the SYRIZA party, was chosen over opposition party nominee Nicos Alivizatos 2015 Event Alexis Tsipras, leader of the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) party, is elected as Prime Minister of Greece on an anti-austerity platform 2014 Event In the recent Japan elections, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gains victory, and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party wins the majority of lower house elections 2014 Event Zhou Yongkang, China's former security chief, has been arrested on corruption charges and ousted from the Communist Party; Zhou is the highest-ranking official to be arrested in Chinese leader Xi Jinxing's campaign to reduce government corruption 2014 Event North Korean leader Kim Jong Un did not attend festivities for today's North Korean Workers' Party holiday; Kim has not made any public appearances since early September, raising questions regarding his whereabouts and his health 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 The Bharatiya Janata Party wins India's general election, defeating the Indian National Congress; the results appear to signal a desire for greater economic progress 2014 Event Slovakia sets a new precedent by electing Andrej Kiska, a millionaire, as president; Mr. Kiska is the first president without ties to the Communist party to be elected since 1993, when the country was formed out of the breakup of Czechoslovakia 2014 Event Italy's Prime Minister, Enrico Letta resigns following friction within his own Democratic party 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 2013 Event Italian government ministers belonging to Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom party resign 2013 Event Germany holds its federal election; Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union party obtains the most votes since 1990 2013 Event In New Zealand, David Cunliffe is elected leader of the Labour Party 2013 Event India's Bharatiya Janata Party names Narendra Modi as their leader in the next general election 2013 Event Australia's outgoing Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announces he isn't seeking re-election as the leader of the Labor Party 2013 Event The new leader of the Australian Labor Party is former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who won over incumbent Julia Gillard 2013 Event Iceland's center-right opposition party is set to return to power after the country's parliamentary election results are finalized 2013 Event Italy's vice-secretary of the Democratic Party , Enrico Letta, receives the mandate for form a new government from president Giorgio Napolitano 2013 Event The Liberal Political Party of Canada choses Justin Trudeau, son of Pierre Trudeau, as its new leader 2013 Event In Greenland, the Siumut party wins the parliamentary election, setting up Aleqa Hammond to become the country's first female Prime Minister 2013 Event In Greece, Nicos Anastasiades, leader of Cyprus's main opposition Disy party, wins the Presidential race 2012 Event A tight race is expected in South Korea as voters choose between Moon Jae-in, of South Korea's Democratic United Party, and Park Geun-hye, of the conservative Saenuri Party 2012 Event Japan holds it's general election, with Shinzo Abe, former Prime Minister and opposition Liberal Democratic Party leader, predicted as winner 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 Mexico swears in its new President, Enrique Pena Nieto, of the Institutional Revolutionary Party 2012 Event Britain's MP Nadine Dorries is suspended from the Conservative Party after deciding to become the first politician to appear on a reality TV series 2012 Event The governing Worker's Party takes control of Brazil's financial capital and largest city when Fernando Haddad is elected mayor of Sao Paulo 2012 Event Andrew Mitchell, the Chief Whip of the British Conservative Party, resigns over remarks he made to police officers in Downing Street 2012 Event Venezuelans go to the polls to vote in the country's presidential election; President Hugo Chavez competes against Henrique Capriles Radonski of the opposing Justice First party 2012 Event John Hume, Ireland's former Social Democratic Party Leader, receives the papal knighthood at a special mass at St. Eugene's Cathedral in Derry 2012 Event The President of Germany's Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel recommends Peer Steinbruck as the party's Chancellor candidate for the 2012 German federal election 2012 Event Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt and the MEP for Belgium voice concerns that the Flemish N-VA party and the far right are 'the same'; N-VA responds by saying their criticism is 'gratuitous' 2012 Event A leadership ballot held by the Democratic Party of Japan is won by Japan's Prime Minster, Yoshihiko Noda 2012 Event The United Communist Party of Nepal is removed from the U.S. terror list citing they have made a 'credible commitment to pursuing peace and reconciliation.' 2012 Event President Barack Obama accepts the Democratic Party's nomination as candiate for the 2102 Presidential election 2012 Event At the National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, the U.S. Democratic Party vote three separate times in order to approve putting the terms, 'God', 'Jerusalem', and 'Israel' back into the platform 2012 Event The winner of Mexico's presidential elections is Enrique Pena Nieto, a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party 2012 Event At the National Convention in Tampa, Florida, the U.S. Republican Party nominates Mitt Romney as its candidate in the 2012 presidential election 2012 Event Australians in the country's Northern Territory elect the Country Liberal Party 2012 Event The Republican party's presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney names Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Congressman, as the Republican Party's vice presidential candidate in the November 2012 presidential election 2012 Event While Greece struggles to overcome its economic crisis, Antonis Samaras, leader of Greece's New Democratic party, negotiates with political rivals to form a coalition government 2012 Event In France, voters participate in a legislative election, with the Socialist Party winning a majority 2012 Event Former Democratic Party candidate for the U.S. Presidency, John Edwards, is cleared on one count of corruption, with a mistrial declared on the other five counts 2012 Event Sybrand van Haersma Buma becomes the top candidate for 2012's Dutch general election after being elected as the new party leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal 2012 Event Security chief Zhou Yongkang is asked to be removed by a group of Chinese Communist Party veterans 2012 Event At the London Book Fair, Ma Jian, Chinese author of the banned novel 'Beijing Coma,' puts red paint over his face and calls Chinese publishers, 'the mouthpiece of the Chinese communist party' 2012 Event Following political reforms in Myanmar, Australia relaxes sanctions on the country, including by-elections earlier this month where opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi's party won more than a dozen seats 2012 Event The North Korean Workers party names Kin Jong Un First Secretary, with his father, Kim Jong IL delcared as the party's 'eternal' General Secretary 2012 Event In Rio de Janeiro, a record 2.2 million people attend the Bola Preta street party during Rio's carnival 2012 Event In Seville, Prime Minister of Spain Mariano Rajoy is reelected head of the Popular Party 2012 Event Josefina Vazquez Mota is the first woman ever endorsed by a major Mexican party to run for President of Mexico 2012 Event 2012 Republican Party Presidential primary candidate Jon Huntsman drops out of the race, endorsing Mitt Romney 2011 Event Jacques Chirac, former President of France, is declared guilty of embezzlement and violating trust for filling non-existent jobs with party members while serving as Mayor of Paris 2011 Event At its conference in Sydney, Australia's Labor Party turns to support gay marriage, laying the groundwork for legislation 2011 Event The Justice and Development party of Morocco claims victory after Moroccans vote in a parliamentary election 2011 Event In Spain, voters go to the polls for the general election; the center-right Popular Party wins a parliamentary majority 2011 Event South Australia swears in their new Premier, Jay Weatherill after officially electing him as the leader of the Australian Labor Party 2011 Event In Poland, the Polish People's Party coalition becomes the first government to be reelected since Poland transitioned to democracy in 1989 2011 Event In Berlin, Social Democrats do well in a state election; the Pirate Party enters a state parliament for the first time, with the Free Democrats achieving 2% of the vote 2011 Event Nepal's Parliament elects Unified Communist Party leader Baburam Bhattarai as Prime Minister 2011 Event 2012 Presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty withdraws from his campaign to win the Republican Party nomination 2011 Event An extremist explodes a car bomb in Oslo, Norway, killing at least seven people; he then opens fire at a Labour Party youth camp in Utoya, Norway, killing 84 2011 Event Michelle Bachmann announces she will seek the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States 2011 Event In Cuba, Fidel Castro resigns from the Communist Party's central committee 2011 Event After winning a Liberal Party of British Columbia ballot, Canadian politician Christy Clark becomes the second woman to be Premier of British Columbia 2011 Event In Vietnam, 1,400 members of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam gather to vote for new leaders 2010 Event Britain's Labor Party leader Ed Miliband launches a review of the British Labor Party, calling upon activists to help make it the 'People's Party' once again 2010 Event In the U.S., Senators from the Republican Party adopt a bill to ban earmarks, a process of setting aside money in bills for specific purposes specified by legislators 2010 Event U.S. television pundit, Keith Olbermann, is indefinitely suspended from MSNBC for making three political donations to Democratic Party candidates 2010 Event In China, 23 elder members of the Communist Party of China call for ending the country's restrictions on free speech 2010 Event Despite considerable opposition, Christine O'Donnell is elected as the Republican Party candidate for Delaware 2010 Event Hungary's parliamentary election results in 28 regional seats for the left-wing Hungarian Socialist Party, and 26 regional seats for the far-right Movement for a Better Hungary 2008 Death Norman Hogg, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1983 - 1997, dies after a long illness, at 70 2004 Event The Republican party nominates George W. Bush as its presidential candidate 2000 Event The Democratic party nominates Al Gore to run for president 2000 Event The Republican party nominates George W. Bush to run for president 1998 Death Joan Lestor, Baroness Lestor of Eccles, politician, Labor Party, teacher, founding editor, Searchlight, anti-fascist magazine, dies 1997 Death Georges Marchais, Sec General of French Communist Party (1972-94), dies 1997 Death Deng Xiaoping, head of the Chinese Communist Party, dies at 92 1996 Death Ronald Howard, actor (Hunting Party, Koroshi), dies at 78 1996 Death Najibullah, President of Afghanistan Democratic Party 1986 - 1990, executed 1996 Death Murtaza Bhutto, politician, son of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was sentenced to death by Lahore High Court, dies at 42 in Karachi, Pakistan, shot dead along with six other activists of the Pakistan Peoples Party 1996 Death David Whitton, politician, Labor party, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, dies at 44 1996 Death Ken Dibbs, actor (Suddenly, Party Girl, High Society), dies at 78 1996 Death Pat Brown, politician, Democratic party, 32nd Governor of California, in Beverly Hills, California, at age 90 1996 Death Karoly Grosz, politician, Communist Party, General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party until end of Communism, dies at 65 1995 Death Simon Bailey, Reverend Simon Bailey, priest, Anglican, Labor Party member, socialist historian associates include Dorothy Thompson, J.B. Priestly, E.P Thompson, died while distributing leaflets for the Labor Party 1995 Event Thailand: Banharn Silpa-Archa's party wins election 1995 Event New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup Victory Party, admidst rumours they were moving to Nashville, goalie Chris Terreri holds up "Nashville? NO WAY!" sign 1995 Event Finland Social-Democratic Party wins parliamentary election 1995 Event Congress party loses India national election 1995 Event Sinn Fein party leader, Gerry Adams, arrives in U.S. 1995 Event Dutch Liberal Party wins Provincial-National elections 1995 Event Estonia Centrumlinkse Coalition party wins parliamentary election 1995 Event Japan's Shinshinto Party wins local elections 1994 Event Socialist Party (ex-communist) wins Bulgaria parliamentary election 1994 Death Jerry Rubin, U.S. anti-war activist (Youth Party), dies at 56 1994 Event Nepal Communist party Dutch Communist Party-UML wins election 1994 Death Fabio Grobart, founder (Cuban Communist Party), dies 1994 Event Chandrika Kumaratungo's party wins Sri Lanka elections 1994 Event H Emans Arubaanse Peoples Party wins parliamentary election 1994 Death Ad Gang, Dutch Liberal Party Assistant Secretary of State, dies at 67 1994 Event Hungary's Socialist Party wins parliamentary election 1994 Death John Smith, British Labour Party chairman (1992-94), dies at 55 1994 Event D66/Dutch Liberal Party win Dutch 2nd Parliamentary election 1994 Event Libertarian party nominates Howard Stern for Governor of New York 1993 Death Sanzo Nosaka, co-founder of Japanese Communist Party (1922), dies 1993 Event Canada Liberal Party/Bloc Quebecois wins parliamentary election 1993 Event Liberal-Democratic Party loses Japan's parliamentary election 1993 Death Andries Treurnicht, founder South Africa Conservative Party, dies at 72 1993 Death Chris Hani, Secretary-General South Africian Communist Party, assassinated at 50 1992 Death Petra Kelly, founder (German Green Party), found dead at 44 1992 Death Wang Hongwen, vice-President Chinese Communist Party (1973-76), dies 1991 Event CPN, Communist Party of Netherland, last day of existance 1991 Event Colorado party wins Paraguay parliamentary election 1991 Event Bomb attack on Aad Kosto, Dutch social dem party - Assistant Secretary of state 1991 Event Russian president Yeltsin outlaws Communist Party 1991 Death Harry Thomas, founder (Flower Festival, Dutch Homofielen Party), dies 1991 Event "Party Machine with Nia Peeples" final show 1991 Death Jan J Lipski, chairman (Polish Socialist Party)/writer, dies 1991 Event U.S.S.R. suspends Communist Party activities 1991 Event Gorbachev resigns as head of U.S.S.R. Communist Party 1991 Event Nepalese Congress party wins general elections 1991 Event Dutch PPR, Political Party Radicals, disbands 1991 Event Dutch PSP, Pacifist Socialistic Party, disbands 1991 Event "Nia Peeples Party Machine" premieres on TV 1990 Event Thatcher fails to defeat Heseltine's bid for party leadership 1990 Event Michael Heseltine contests Thatcher's leadership of party 1990 Event South Africa Communist Party begins 1st legal conference 1990 Event Boris Yeltsin quits Soviet Communist Party 1990 Event Eugenia Charles' Dom'n Freedom Party wins election in Dominica 1990 Event Radical Democratic Party holds 1st political meetings in Moscow 1990 Event Former president PW Botha quit South Africa's ruling National Party 1990 Death Robin Harris, actor (House Party, Mo' Better Blues), dies at 36 1990 Event Police kill 8 demonstrators for multi party system in Nepal 1990 Event U.S.S.R. Communist party agrees to allow opposition political parties 1990 Event Romania bans Communist party (1st Warsaw Pact member to do so) 1989 Event Communist Party resigns in Czechoslovakia 1989 Event Bulgarian party president Todor Zjikov, resigns 1989 Event East German state/party leader Erich Honecker, resigns 1989 Death Hu Yaobang, general secretary of Chinese Commnist Party, dies 1989 Event Madagascar AREMA party wins parliamentary election 1989 Event Ron Brown chosen 1st black chairman of a major U.S. party (Democrats) 1989 Event Michael Manley's Socialist Party wins Jamaica parliamentary election 1989 Event FW de Klerk replaces Botha as South Africa's National Party leader 1988 Event Israel's supreme court uphold's ban on Kahane's Kach Party as racist 1988 Event Israel bans Meir Kahane's Kach Party on grounds of racism 1988 Event Polish Communist Party picks propaganda chief Rakowski as new PM 1988 Event Karoly Grosz succeeds party leader Janos Kadar in Hungary 1988 Event Howard Stern's 1st pay-per-view "Underpants and Negligee Party" 1988 Event Dutch Liberal Party merged with SDP 1987 Event Czechoslovakian party leader Gustav Husak resigns 1987 Event Moscow party secretary Boris Jerusalem resigns 1987 Event Lucas Mangopes Democratic Party wins Bophuthatswana elections 1987 Event Bettino Craxi's Socialist Party wins election in Italy 1987 Event Yitzhak Shamir re-elected chairman of right wing Herut Party 1987 Death Hendrik Koekoek, founder (Dutch Boer party), dies at 74 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 1986 Event Premier Nakasones Liberal Democr Party wins Japan's election 1986 Event Spain's premier Gonzalez' Socialist Party wins elections 1986 Event Democratic Labor Party wins parliamentary election in Barbados 1986 Event President Babrak Karmal resigns as party leader of Afghanistan 1985 Event Russian party leader Gorbatsjov visits Paris 1985 Event Ramiz Alia succeeds Enver Hoxha as party leader of Albania 1985 Death Enver Hoxha, party leader/premier of Albania, dies at 76 1985 Death Konstantin Chernenko, party leader/president of U.S.S.R. (1984-85), dies at 73 1984 Event Rajiv Gandhi's Congress party wins election in India 1984 Event Centrum party expels 2nd Member of parliament Janmaat due to fraud 1984 Birthday Emil Coleman, orchestra leader, Arthur Murray Party 1984 Event U.S.S.R. party leader Chernenko elected president 1984 Death Yuri Andropov, General Secretary of Soviet Communist Party 1982 - 1984, dies at 69 1983 Event Turkey Turgut zals Moederland party wins elections 1983 Event U.S.S.R. party leader Yuri Andropov elected president 1983 Event Margaret Thatchers Conservative Party wins British parliamentary election 1983 Event Austrian socialist party loses parliamentary election 1983 Event Dutch political party DS'70 disbands 1982 Birthday Lacey Chabert, actress, Party of Five 1982 Event Dutch social dem party wins elections, fascist enters Dutch parliament 1982 Death Wladislaw Gomulka, Polish partisan/party leader, dies at 76 1982 Birthday Lizzy Caplan, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, appeared in films, 'Mean Girls', 'Cloverfield' and television show 'True Blood' and 'Party Down' 1982 Event Reverend A Treurnicht forms Conservative Party of South Africa 1982 Death Mihail A Suslov, Soviet party ideologist, dies at 79 1981 Event Poland General Jaruzelski elected party leader 1981 Event Poland Communist Party selects ex-party leader Edward Gierek 1981 Event Premier Begin's Likud party wins Israeli elections 1981 Event China's Communist Party condemns late Mao Tse-tung's policy 1981 Event Bomb attack on headquarters of Islamic Party in Teheran, 72 killed 1981 Death Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti, Iran Islamic Rep Party founder, bombed 1981 Death Madge Evans, TV panelist (Masquerade Party), dies at 71 1980 Death Harm van Riel, Dutch Liberal Party politician, dies at 73 1980 Event National Black Independent Party forms 1980 Event Poland party leader Edward Gierek resigns 1980 Event Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canada's elections 1980 Event Indira Gandhi's Congress Party wins elections in India 1979 Death Ludwig Renn, writer, fought in World War I on the Western Front, wrote, 'Krieg', member, Communist Party of Germany, dies at 90 1979 Event Don Martina's MAN party wins election in Dutch Antilles 1979 Death Shirley O'Hara, actress (Wild Party), dies at 68 1979 Death Peter Donald, host (Masquerade Party), dies at 60 1979 Event President Zia ur-Rahmans National Party wins elections in Bangladesh 1979 Birthday Andrew Keegan, actor, Step by Step, Party of Five 1978 Death Kofi Busia, statesman, leader of the Ghana Congress Party, which became the United Party, Prime Minister, 2nd Republic of Ghana, 1969 - 1972, died 1978 Death Ilka Chase, actress (Masquerade Party, Trials of O'Brien), dies at 74 1978 Death Ilka Chase, actress (Masquerade Party), dies at 72 1977 Event Dutch social democratic party wins parliamentary election 1977 Event "Party with Comden and Green" closes at Morosco New York City after 92 performances 1977 Event Communist party in Spain allowed legally after 40 years 1977 Event Chile president Pinochet bans Christian-Democratic Party 1977 Event Ali Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party wins elections 1977 Event "Party with Comden and Green" opens at Morosco Theater New York City for 92 performances 1976 Event Hua Guofeng succeeds Mao as China's party leader 1976 Event Hua Guo-feng succeeds Mao Tse-tung as chairman of Communist Party 1976 Event Dom Mintoff's Labour Party wins Malta election 1976 Death Mao Tse-Tung, Chinese Communist Party chairman (1949-76), dies at 82 1976 Event Seni Pramoj's Democratic Party wins elections in Thailand 1975 Event Italy's Communist party PCI, wins 1975 Event Farm truck packed with wedding party struck by a train, killing 66 in truck, 40 miles south of Poona, India 1975 Event Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins 1st free election in Portugal 1975 Event Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins Portugal's free election 1975 Event Margaret Thatcher elected leader of British Conservative Party 1974 Event FSLN seizes government hostages at a private Managua party 1974 Event Irish Republican Socialist Party forms 1974 Event Labour Party wins British parliamentary election 1974 Event Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canadian parliamentary election 1974 Event Romanian Communist Party names party leader Ceausescu president 1974 Event Labour Party wins British parliamentary election 1973 Event Willi Stoph succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader 1973 Birthday Neve Campbell, actress, Party of 5, Scream 1973 Event National People's party wins Dutch Antilles National elections 1973 Death Earl Browder, leader U.S. Communist Party (1930-45), dies at 82 1973 Event Russian party leader Brezhnev visits France 1973 Event Russian party leader Brezhnev visits U.S. 1973 Event Russian party leader Brezhnev visits West Germany 1973 Birthday Michael Goorjian, actor, Party Of Five 1972 Event Australia Labour party wins parliamentary election 1972 Birthday Jeremy London, actor, I'll Fly Away, Party of Five 1972 Event 5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate 1972 Death "Crazy" Joe Gallo, mobster, killed at his 43rd birthday party 1972 Event Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves Communist Party 1972 Event Jack Anderson discloses Dita Beard (ITT) memo indicating antitrust charges were dropped for $400,000 contribution to Republican Party 1971 Death Ogden Nash, poet/TV panelist (Masquerade Party), dies at 68 1971 Event Erich Honecker succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader 1971 Event Dutch social democratic party/D'66/DS'70 win parliamentary election 1970 Event Edward Gierek succeeds Wladyslaw Gomulka as Poland's party leader 1970 Event Iraq Ba'th Party recognizes Kurd nation 1969 Event Czechoslovakia's Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubcek deposed 1969 Event Expanded 4 party Vietnam peace talks began in Paris 1968 Death Norman Thomas, founder (ACLU)/Socialist Party (1926-55), dies at 84 1968 Birthday Tisha Campbell, Newark, New Jersey, actress, Gina-Martin, House Party 1968 Birthday Vanessa Vadim, Paris, daughter of Jane Fonda/actress, Last Party 1968 Event E German party leader Ulbricht receives "Order of October Revolution" 1968 Birthday Scott Wolf, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Broken Arrow, Party of 5 1968 Event Congress of Political Party Radicals (PPR) forms in Netherlands 1968 Event Political Party Radikalen (PPR) established in Netherlands 1968 Event Dubcek succeeds President Novotny as party leader of Czechoslovakia 1967 Event CBS radio cancels "House Party" 1967 Death George Lincoln Rockwell, head of American Nazi Party, assassinated 1967 Death Cornelis A Eman, chairman (State of Aruba Peoples Party), dies at 51 1966 Event Dutch political party (D'66) forms 1966 Birthday Matthew Fox, born in Crowheart, Wyoming, actor, Party of 5, Fredhman Dorm 1966 Event Leonid Brezhnev elected Secretary-General of Communist Party 1966 Event Labour Party wins British parliamentary election 1965 Death Henry A Wallace, Vice President (1941-45)/founder (Progressive Party), dies at 77 1965 Event Edward Heath succeeds Alec Douglas-Hume as leader of British Cons party 1965 Event Wallon party forms in Belgium 1965 Event Stoica becomes president and Ceausescu party leader of Romania 1964 Event British Labour Party installs weapon embargo against South Africa 1964 Event Harold Wilson's Labour party wins British election 1964 Death Palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Italian Party)/Minister of Justice, dies 1964 Death Maurice Thorez, Secretary-General French Communist Party, dies at 64 1964 Event Queen Elizabeth orders Beatles to her birthday party, they attend 1963 Birthday Brad Henry, born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, politician, Democratic party, 26th Governor of Oklahoma 1963 Death Todd "Hugh" Gaitskell, leader British Labour Party, dies at 56 1962 Event North Korea reports 100% election turnout, 100% vote for Workers' Party 1962 Event Hungarian Communist Party expels Rakosi and Gero 1962 Event India Congress Party wins elections 1961 Birthday Reginald Hudlin, director, House Party 1961 Birthday Nia Peeples, Vernia, Hollywood, dancer/host, Fame, Party Machine 1961 Event Molotov, Malenkov and Kaganovitsj kicked out of Russia's Communist Party 1961 Event Soviet Party Congress unanimously approves a resolution removing Stalin's body from Lenin's tomb in Red Square 1961 Event U.S. members of Communist Party obliged to report themselves to Police 1961 Death William S Foster, chairman (U.S. Communist Party, 1945-57), dies at 80 1961 Birthday Tawny Kitaen, SD California, actress, Bachelor Party, Witchboard 1961 Birthday Barack Obama, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, politician, Democratic party, 44th President of the United States, former U.S. Senator from Illinois 2005 - 2008 1961 Event Omer Vanaudenhove chosen chairman of Belgium Liberal Party 1961 Birthday David Vitter, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, politician, Republican party, member, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senator from Louisiana 1961 Event Elizabeth Gurley Finn (70) becomes President of U.S. Communist Party 1961 Death Jack Whiting, actor (Top Speed, Life of the Party), dies at 59 1961 Event Zanzibar's Afro-Shirazi party wins 1 seat by a single vote and parliament by a single seat 1960 Death Inejiro Asanuma, leader Japanese Socialist Party, murdered at 61 1960 Event British Labour party demands unilateral nuclear disarmament 1959 Event Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba's Nes Destour party wins every chair 1959 Event Progressive Party under John Steytler forms in South Africa 1959 Event "Party with Comden and Green" closes at John Golden New York City after 44 performances 1959 Event "Party with Comden and Green" opens at John Golden New York City for 44 performances 1959 Birthday Dianne Brill, born in Tampa, fashion designer and party girl, Queen of the Night 1959 Event Dutch Liberal Party wins 2nd parliamentary elections 1959 Event "Party with Comden and Green" closes at John Golden New York City after 38 performances 1958 Event "Party with Comden and Green" opens at John Golden New York City for 38 performances 1958 Birthday Jello Biafra, born in Boulder, Colorado, born Eric Reed Boucher, musician, politician, anarchist, leading figure of the Green Party, wrote music for 'Dead Kennedy's' 1958 Event Premiere of Harold Pinter's "Birthday Party," in London 1958 Event Nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier and 1st Secretary of Communist Party 1958 Birthday Alan Milburn, born in Tow Law, County Durham, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Darlington, served in Cabinet as Secretary of State for Health, resigned, rejoined Cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1957 Birthday Hamid Karzai, born in Karz, Afghanistan, Pashtun of the Popalzai tribe, Sunni Muslim, politician, Independent Party, 12th President of Afghanistan 1957 Birthday Karl Wallingher, Prestatyn Wales, rocker, World Party 1957 Death John HA Eman, founder of Aruban Peoples Party, dies at 70 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 1957 Event Malenkov, Molotov, Kaganowitsj and Sjepilov leave U.S.S.R. Communist Party 1957 Birthday Anna Lindh, born in Enskede, Sweden, politician, Social Democrat party, served as Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs 1957 Birthday Nick Hawkins, born in the United Kingdom, politician, Conservative Party, lawyer, Member of Parliament for Surrey Heath 1992 - 2005 1957 Event Dutch PSP, Pacifist Socialistic Party, forms 1956 Event Dutch Communist Party office of Felix Meritis seized 1956 Birthday Sebastian Coe, born in Chiswick, England, politician, Conservative party, former athlete, Olympic gold medalist 1980 and 1984, considered greatest middle distance runner ever 1956 Event African Party for Liberation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde forms 1956 Event Erno Gero succeeds Matyas Rakosi as party leader of Hungary 1956 Event Hungarian party leader Matyas Rakosi enforces his own policy 1956 Birthday Jan Peter Balkenende, born in Biezelinge, Netherlands, politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, member of the Christian Democratic Appeal party 1956 Birthday Andrew Mitchell, born in Hampstead, London, politician, Conservative party, Member of Parliament for Sutton Coldfield 1956 Birthday Brian Baird, born in Chama, New Mexico, politician, Democratic party, U.S. House of Representatives from Washington's 3rd district 1956 Event Writers Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes meet at a party in Cambridge 1956 Event Khrushchev denounces Stalin at 20th Soviet Party Conference 1956 Event Russian party leader Khrushchev attacks memory of Stalin 1955 Event Clement Attlee resigns as chairman of England's Labour Party 1955 Event Argentine government disbands Peronistic party 1955 Birthday Richard Burr, born in Charlottesville, Virginia, politician, Republican party, U.S. Senator from North Carolina 1955 Birthday Pat Brown, born in San Francisco, California, politician, Democratic party, 32nd Governor of California 1955 Event Christian Democratic Party forms in Argentina 1955 Birthday Simon Bailey, born in Halifax, England, Reverend Simon Bailey, priest, Anglican, Labor Party member, socialist historian associates include Dorothy Thompson, J.B. Priestly, E.P Thompson 1955 Birthday John Stevens, member of European Parliament, founder of the Pro-Euro Conservative party, known for his pro-Euro policy stance 1955 Birthday Nigel Griffiths, born in Glasgow, Scotland, politician, Labor party, Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South 1955 Birthday Henry Bellingham, born in Cheltenham, England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for North West Norfolk 1955 Birthday John Baldacci, born in Bangor, Maine, politician, Democratic party, 73rd Governor of Maine 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 Birthday Brad Sherman, born in Los Angeles, California, politician, Democratic party, U.S. House of Representatives from California's 27th district 1954 Event "Masquerade Party," TV game Show; moves to ABC 1954 Birthday Brinke Stevens, Charlene Brinkman, California, actress, Slumber Party Massacre 1954 Event Eisenhower signs Communist Control Act, outlawing the Communist Party 1954 Birthday Hugo Chavez, born in Sabaneta, Venezuela, politician, United Socialist Party, Fifth Republic Movement, President of Venezuela 1954 Event T.A.N.U. party forms in Tanzania 1954 Birthday Michael O'Brien, born in Worcester, England, Mike O'Brien, politician, Labor Party, since 1992, serves as Member of Parliament for North Warwickshire, served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs, became Minister of State for Health Services, 2009 1954 Event Labour Party wins British municipal elections 1953 Birthday Tom Barrett, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, politician, Democratic party, 38th Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1953 Event Eisenhower criticizes McCarthy for saying communists are in Rep party 1953 Event Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) accept female suffrage 1953 Event Salazars party wins all parliament seats in Portugal 1953 Birthday Diane Abbott, born in London, England, Labour Party Member of Parliament for Hackney North and Stoke Newington 1953 Event Nikita Khrushchev becomes 1st Secretary of U.S.S.R. Communist Party 1953 Birthday John Denham, born in Seaton, England, John Yorke Denham, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, served, then resigned as, Minister of State at the Home Office in 2003, over the Iraq War 1953 Birthday Francis Maude, born in Abingdon, England, politician, Conservative party, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Horsham 1953 Birthday Benazir Bhutto, born in Pakistan, first woman elected prime minister, chair of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) 1953 Death Hendrik de Man, sociologist (Belgian Working people Party), dies at 67 1953 Event Dutch social democratic/Dutch Liberal Party win municipal elections 1953 Event Malans National Party wins South African elections 1953 Birthday Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, born in Cambridge, England, politician, landowner, Conservative party, Member of Parliament for Cotswold 1953 Event Nikita Khrushchev succeeds Malenkov as secretary Communist Party 1953 Birthday Derek Conway, born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Derek Leslie Conway, politician, Conservative Party, awarded Territorial Decoration, Member of Parliament for Old Bexley and Sidcup 1953 Birthday Andree van Es, born in Den Haag, Netherlands, politician, member, House of Representatives, GreenLeft and Pacifist Socialist Party, director-general of Government and Kingdom Relations 1952 Event Arab Liberation Movement becomes only party of Syria 1952 Event 19th congress of Communist Party meets in Moscow 1952 Event Liberal Party wins Japanese elections 1952 Birthday Ed Case, born in Hilo, Hawaii, politician, Democratic party, Member, U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii's 2nd district 1952 Birthday Bob Goodlatte, born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, politician, Republican party, U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 6th district 1952 Birthday Elayne Boosler, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedienne, Broadway Baby, Party of One 1952 Birthday Hun Sen, born in Peam Koh Sna, Cambodia, politician, Cambodian People's Party, Prime minister of Cambodia, governed since the 1979 overthrow of the Khmer Rouge 1952 Event Dutch social democratic party wins elections (29%) 1952 Event Dutch social democratic party wins 2nd-Parliamentary election 1952 Birthday Robert Ainsworth, born in Coventry, England, Robert William Ainsworth, politician, Labor Party, 2009, assumed roles of Secretary of State for Defense, since 1992, serves as a Member of Parliament for Coventry North East 1952 Birthday John Kasich, born in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, politician, Republican party, former U.S. Representative from Ohio's 12th district, 'Heartland with John Kasich' host 1952 Birthday Andrew Smith, born in Wokingham, Berkshire, England, Andrew David Smith, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Oxford East 1952 Event Nehru's Congress party wins general election in India 1952 Birthday Eveline Herfkens, born in The Hague, Netherlands, Dutch politician, member of the Dutch parliament from 1981 - 1990, served on the Council of the Labor Party 1951 Event Dutch Communist Party members forbidden to be civil servants 1951 Birthday Johnny Rodriquez, U.S., actor, Nashville Girl, La Bamba Party 1951 Birthday Dan Duva, boxing promoter/producer, Howard Stern New Years Party 1951 Birthday Chris Smith, born in Barnet, London, Christopher Robert 'Chris' Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, politician, Labor Party, Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury, Cabinet minister, first openly gay MP member, HIV positive 1951 Birthday Jan Franssen, born in Hilversum, North Holland, politician, Dutch liberal political party, in 2006, named Queen's Commissioner in South Holland, previously served as city councilor, Nederhorst den Berg, President, House of Representatives 1982 - 1994, mayor of Zwolle, 1994 - 2000 1951 Birthday David Whitton, born in Scotland, politician, Labor party, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Strathkelvin and Bearsden 1951 Birthday John Battle, born in Bradford, England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Leeds West, attended University of Leeds 1951 Birthday Lynne Jones, born in Birmingham, England, British politician, Labour party, Member of Parliament for Birmingham Selly Oak 1951 Birthday 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 Birthday Gordon Prentice, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, politician, Labor Party, serves as Member of Parliament for Pendle, joined Graham Stringer in calling for resignation of Gordon Brown in July, 2008 1950 Birthday Bill Owens, born in Fort Worth, Texas, politician, Republican party, 40th Governor of Colorado 1950 Birthday Chris Cannon, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, politician, Republican party, U.S. House of Representatives from Utah's 3rd district 1950 Death Julien Lahaut, chairman Belgian Communist Party, murdered 1950 Death Ernest F E Douwes Dekker, founder National-India Party, dies 1950 Birthday Alan Keyes, born in Long Island, New York, politician, Republican party, 16th Assistant Secretary of State for international Organization Affairs 1950 Event "Arthur Murray Party" premieres on ABC TV (later DuMont, CBS, NBC) 1950 Event 4th Tony Awards: Cocktail Party and South Pacific win 1950 Birthday Anthony Lloyd, born in England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Manchester Central, gay rights supporter, voted against the Iraq War and against renewal of the Trident Nuclear Missile System 1950 Birthday Peter Hain, born in Nairobi, Kenya, politician, Labor Party, Leader of the House of Commons, Cabinet member for Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, Member of Parliament for Neath 1950 Birthday Glyn Ford, born in Gloucester, England, politician, author, Labor Party, member of Gibraltar Socialist Labor Party, Member of European Parliament for South West England, expert on Asia, wrote, 'North Korea on the Brink: Struggle for Survival' 1950 Event T. S. Eliot's "Cocktail Party," premieres in New York City 1949 Birthday Owen Arthur, born in Barbados, statesman, politician, Barbados Labor Party, Prime Minister of Barbados 1994 - 2008 1949 Event 14 U.S. Communist Party leaders convicted of sedition 1949 Birthday Walter Sweeney, born in Ireland, born Walter Edward Sweeney, politician, lawyer, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for the Vale of Glamorgan 1949 Event 1st Israeli election - Ben-Gurion's Mapai party wins 1948 Death Gerrit H Kersten, vicar/founder (Calvinist Party), dies at 66 1948 Event W Gomulka deposed as general secretary of Polish Worker's party 1948 Birthday 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 Event Progressive party convention nominates Henry Wallace for President 1948 Event U.S. Communist Party chairman William Forster arrested 1948 Birthday Jimmy Hood, born in Lesmahagow, Scotland, Member of Parliament for Lanark and Hamilton East, Labor Party, worked as a mining engineer 1948 Event Communist Party seizes complete control of Czechoslovakia 1948 Birthday Peter Mond, born in England, 4th Baron Melchett, Lord Melchett, heir to Sir Alfred Mond's fortune, Labor Party whip, researched cannabis addition, Greenpeace activist 1948 Event Dutch Liberal Party forms-People's party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) 1948 Event Trial of 11 U.S. Communist party members begins in New York City 1947 Birthday Stephanus S "Tian" van Merwe, leader, South Africa Democratic Party 1947 Death Nikola Petkov, leader of Bulgaria Boer party, hanged 1947 Event Hungarian Communist Party wins election 1947 Event Iuliu Maniu's Boer party becomes forbidden in Romania 1947 Birthday Rosie Barnes, born in Nottingham, England, born Rosemary Susan Allen, politician, founding member of the Social Democratic Party, served the Council for Social Democracy, charity organizer 1947 Birthday Lewis Moonie, born in Dundee, England, Baron Moonie, politician, life peer, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Kircaldy 1947 Birthday Adam Ingram, born in Glasgow, Scotland, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for East Kilbride, Stathaven, Lesmahagow 1946 Birthday Elfriede Jelinek, born in Murzzuschlag, Austria, writer, playwright, novelist, member, Austria's Communist Party, awarded Nobel Prize in Literature, 2004 1946 Event NPS, Nationale Party Suriname, forms 1946 Birthday John Astor, born in Britain, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever, businessman, Conservative Party, House of Lords, Shadow Minister of Defense 1946 Birthday Dudley Fishburn, born in England, British politician, journalist, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom, holds directorship for Altria Group 1946 Birthday Brian Cox, actor, Killer Party, Manhunter 1946 Birthday Lesley Gore, Tenafly, New Jersey, singer, It's My Party 1946 Event SED, Sozialistic Einheitspartei Deutschlands, party forms 1946 Birthday Archy Kirkwood, born in the United Kingdom, politician, Liberal Party, Member of Parliament for Roxburgh and Berwickshire 1983 - 2005 1946 Birthday Paul Beresford, born in Levin, New Zealand, Sir Alexander Paul Beresford, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Mole Valley 1946 Event Dutch Labor Party (Dutch Social Democratic Party) forms 1946 Birthday Kathleen Noone, actress, All My Children, Party of 5, Knots Landing 1945 Event Utrecht: Catholic People's party (KVP) established 1945 Birthday Harry Thomas, Dutch founder, Schlager Festival Gay Party 1945 Birthday John Bowis, born in Brighton, England, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Battersea, member of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly 1945 Event U.S. Communist Party forms 1945 Event Labour Party wins British parliamentary election 1945 Event Dutch political party ANJV forms 1945 Birthday Richard Ottaway, born in Bristol, England, Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway, politician, Conservative Party, attended Brittania Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, Member of Parliament for Croydon South 1945 Birthday Clive Hollick, born in Britain, Labor Party, financier, youngest director of Hambros Bank, 1973, CEO, Mills & Allen International, MAI 1945 Event General Belgian Labor Union (ABVV) party forms 1945 Death Benjamin M Telders, president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies at 42 1945 Event Italy's Communist Party (CPI) calls for armed uprising in Italy 1944 Birthday Rita Mae Brown, actress, Long Hot Summer, Slumber Party Massacre 1944 Birthday Jennifer Salt, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Sisters, Soap, Wedding Party 1944 Death Jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49 1944 Death Gerrit van den Bosch, led illegal Dutch CPN party, dies in Dachau 1944 Birthday Alan Horwarth, born in Britain, politician, Baron Howarth of Newport, Member of Parliament for Statford-on-Avon and Newport East, educated at King's College, Cambridge, Conservative Party 1944 Birthday Annette Lu, bon in Taoyuan Formosa, Taiwanese politician, feminist activist, member, Democratic Progressive Party, former Vice President of the Republic of China 1944 Birthday Olga Maitland, born in England, born Lady Helen Olga Hay, known as Lady Olga Maitland, politician, Conservative Party 1944 Event U.S. Communist Party dissolves 1944 Birthday Said Musa, born in San Ignacio, Belize, lawyer, politician, People's United Party, Fifth Prime Minister of Belize 1944 Event 5 leaders of Indonesia Communist Party sentenced to death 1944 Birthday James Cran, born in Britain, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Beverley and Holderness 1997 - 2005 1943 Birthday Tarja Halonen, born in Kallio, Finland, politician, lawyer, Social Democratic Party, first female President of Finland 1943 Event Landwacht (NSB-political party) forms in Netherlands 1943 Death Jan Dieters, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN), executed 1943 Death Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN), executed 1943 Birthday Alun Michael, born in Bryngwran, Anglesey, politician, Labor Co-operative party, 1st Secretary for Wales 1999 - 2000 1943 Birthday Keith Hampson, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Ripon 1943 Birthday Ronald Campbell, born in Tynemouth, England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Blyth Valley 1943 Birthday Aron Kincaid, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Warren-Bachelor Father, Ski Party 1943 Birthday Eddie McGrady, born in County Down, Northern Ireland, born Eddie Kevin McGrady, Member of Parliament for South Down, founding member of the Social Democratic and Labor Party 1943 Event Lou Jansen and Jan Dieters arrested, lead illegal CPN party in Holland 1943 Event Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN) arrested 1943 Birthday Tom McNally, born in England, Thomas McNally, Baron McNally, politician, Liberal Party, Liberal Democrat leader in the House of Lords, life peer, Baron of Blackpool in the County of Lancashire 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 1943 Birthday Julia Cumberlege, born in England, Julia Frances Cumberlege, Baroness Cumberlege, politician, businesswoman, British Conservative Party, member of Dames of the Order of St. Gregory the Great 1942 Birthday Tessa Blackstone, born in England, Baroness Blackstone, politician, university administrator, Labor Party, life peer, House of Lords, Baroness Blackstone of Stoke Newington in Greater London 1942 Birthday Michael Stephen, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Shoreham from 1992 until 1997 1942 Birthday Frank Field, born in Edmonton, London, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Birkhead, served as Minister of Welfare Reform 1942 Birthday "Chris" Martin Thembisile Hani, Secretary-General, South Africa Communist Party 1942 Birthday Neil Kinnock, Wales, leader, Labour Party 1942 Birthday James Couchman, born in England, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Gillingham 1941 Birthday Ronald Harmon Brown, chairman, Democratic Party 1941 Event Politburo of Yugoslav Communist Party reorganizes 1941 Event Martin Bormann is named head of Nazi Party Chancellery in Germany 1941 Birthday John Butterfill, born in Kingston upon Thames, England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament Bournemouth West 1940 Birthday Brian Mawhinney, chairman, British Conservative Party 1940 Event Germany occupiers forbid Dutch Communist Party (CPN) in Netherlands 1940 Birthday Ricky Nelson, New Jersey, rock star, Hello Mary Lou, It's Late, Garden Party 1940 Birthday Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, chairman, South Africa Progressive Federal Party, 1979-86 1939 Birthday Judy Chicago, Cohen, Chicago, artist, Dinner Party 1939 Event King and Queen of England taste 1st "hot dogs" at FDR's party 1939 Birthday Phil Gallie, born in Portsmouth, England, born Philip Roy Gallie, politician, Conservative Party, Member of the Scottish Parliament, Member of Parliament for Ayr 1939 Birthday Patrick Cormack, born in Grimsby, England, politician, journalist, author, historian, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for South Staffordshire 1939 Birthday Malcolm Thornton, born in England, politician, Conservative party, Member of Parliament for Liverpool 1979 - 1983, Member of Parliament for Crosby 1983 - 1997 1939 Birthday Charles Lyell, born in England, born Charles Lyell, 3rd Baron Lyell, politician, Conservative Party, whip, House of Lords, Peerage of the United Kingdom 1938 Birthday Stuart Bell, born in County Durham, England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough 1938 Birthday Norman Hogg, born in Scotland, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1983 - 1997 1938 Birthday Ricardo Lagos, born in Santiago, Chile, politician, lawyer, Socialist Party, Party for Democracy, 33rd President of Chile, professor, Brown University 1937 Birthday Peter Lloyd, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Fareham 1979 - 2001 1937 Birthday Wanda Jackson, Maud Oklahoma, country singer, Let's Have a Party 1937 Birthday Alice Mahon, born in Halifax, England, trade unionist, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Halifax 1987 - 2005 1937 Birthday Peter Pike, born in England, born Peter Leslie Pike, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Burnley 1937 Birthday Jim Hunt, born in Wilson, North Carolina, politician, Democratic Party, first and only four-term Governor of North Carolina 1976 - 2001 1937 Birthday Terry Dicks, born in Britain, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Hayes and Harlington 1983 - 1997 1937 Birthday Jerry Wiggin, born in Worcestershire, England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Weston-super-Mare 1937 Birthday Christopher Tugendhat, born in England, born Christopher Samuel Tugendhat, Baron Tugendhat of Widdington in the County of Essex, politician, Conservative Party, journalist, author, businessman 1936 Birthday Marion Roe, born in London, Dame Marion Audrey Roe, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Broxbourne from 1983 until 2005 1936 Birthday Lord Holme, president British Liberal Party 1936 Event Dutch bishops forbid membership of Nazi party 1936 Birthday Roy Beggs, born in Ballyclare, Northern Ireland, John Robert Beggs, Ulster Unionist Party, Member of Parliament for East Antrim 1983 - 2005, known for his Euroscepticism, strong support of Northern Ireland's grammar schools 1936 Event Pandit Jawaharlal follows Gandhi as chairman of India Congress Party 1936 Event Catholic People's Party (KVP) of Curacao forms 1935 Event CPH becomes Dutch Communist Party 1935 Birthday Omar Bongo, born in Lewai, French Equatorial Africa, now Bongoville, Gabon, El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, Albert-Bernard Bongo, statesman, Gabonese Democratic Party, President of Gabon at age 31 1935 Birthday John Swan, raised in Deepdale, Bermuda, politician, United Bermuda Party, Premier of Bermuda 1982 - 1985 1935 Birthday Tom Pendry, born in England, Baron Pendry, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde 1970 - 2001 1935 Event Croatian Farmers Party wins Yugoslavian election 1935 Birthday M. Emmet Walsh, Ogdensburg, New York, actor, Wildcats, War Party 1935 Event Dutch Revolutionary Socialist Worker's party (RSAP), forms 1935 Birthday Paul Flynn, born in Cardiff, Wales, born Paul Philip Flynn, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Newport West 1934 Event French socialist/communist party of People's Front forms 1934 Event "Night of Long Knives," Hitler stages bloody purge of Nazi party 1934 Birthday Michael Mates, born in England, born Michael John Mates, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for East Hampshire 1934 Birthday Keith Speed, born in Evesham, England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Meriden in Warwickshire 1968 - 1974 1934 Birthday Roger Nicholas Edwards, born in England, born Roger Nicholas Edwards, Lord Crickhowell, Baron Crickhowell, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire, Secretary of State for Wales 1934 Event Austrian Dollfuss government bans socialistic party 1933 Event Belgian Working people's party accept Henry de Mans Plan of Labor 1933 Event NSDAP becomes only party in Germany 1933 Event German party Catholic Center disbands 1933 Event German social-democratic party, SPD, forbidden 1933 Event Austrian Communist Party banned 1933 Birthday Tim Rathbone, born in England, born John Rankin Rathbone, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Lewes from 1974 to 1997 1933 Birthday Buddy Knox, born in Happy, Texas, rock vocalist, Party Doll, Lovey Dovey 1933 Event Germany's Nazi Party wins majority in parliament (43.9%-17.2M votes) 1933 Event Hitler disallows German Communist Party (KPD) 1933 Birthday James Goldsmith, Paris, France, corporate raider, Referendum Party 1933 Event Final demonstration of German Communist Party in Berlin 1933 Event Karl Radek praises invincible force of German Communist Party 1932 Event Stalin forces Zinoviev and Kamenev out of Communist Party 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 Eric Varley, born in England, born Eric Varley, Baron Varley of Chesterfield in the County of Derbyshire, politician, Labor Party, Cabinet Minister, Member of Parliament for Chesterfield 1932 Birthday Timothy Renton, born in England, born Ronald Timothy Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry, politician, Conservative Party, Minister of State, Margaret Thatcher's Chief Whip, Member of Parliament for Mid-Sussex 1932 Birthday James Lester, born in Nottingham, England, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Beeston, served as party whip, junior employment minister 1932 Event Communist Party of Holland forms Unemployed Combat Committees 1932 Birthday Dennis Skinner, born in Derbyshire, England, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Bolsover, attended Ruskin College, left-wing supporter, homosexual and pro-choice advocate 1932 Birthday Jan H Christiaanse, president Dutch political party, CDA 1932 Birthday John Nott, born in Bideford, Devon, Sir John William Frederic Nott, Conservative Party, served as Secretary of State for Defense 1981 - 1983, was Member of Parliament for St. Ives in Cornwall 1966 - 1983 1931 Birthday Joan Lestor, born in England, Baroness Lestor of Eccles, politician, Labor Party, teacher, founding editor, Searchlight, anti-fascist magazine 1931 Birthday John Macchia, California, actor, Beach Blanket Bingo, Beach Party 1931 Event British Labour party removes fascist Sir Oswald Mosley 1931 Event Oswald Mosley founds his New Party 1930 Birthday Ken Coates, born in Britain, politician, Labor Party, Member, European Parliament 1989 - 1999, chair, Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation 1930 Birthday David M G Curry, South African Labour Party parliament leader 1930 Birthday Karoly Grosz, born in Miskolc, Hungary, politician, Communist Party, General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party until end of Communism 1930 Birthday Shirley Williams, co-founder, Social Democratic Party, labour minister 1930 Event Vietnamese Communistic Party forms 1930 Birthday Roger Sims, born in Britain, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Chislehurst 1974 - 1997 1929 Birthday Marilyn Clark, Spokane, Washington, actress, House of Party Beach 1929 Birthday Ahmed "Kathy" Kathrada, leader of South Africa Communist Party 1929 Birthday John Hannam, born in the United Kingdom, Member of Parliament for Exeter, Conservative Party 1929 Birthday Arthur Hill, born in Brompton Square, London, Arthur Robin Ian Hill, 8th Marquess of Downshire, the Hereditary Constable of Hillsborough Fort. Conservative Party, House of Lords 1929 Birthday Amedee Turner, born in England, Amedee Edward Turner, politician, barrister, Conservative Party, Member of the European Parliament, patent lawyer 1929 Birthday Bill Walker, born in Dundee, Scotland, politician, deputy chairman, Scottish Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Perth and East Perthshire 1929 Event Revolutionary Socialist Party forms in Amsterdam 1929 Birthday Richard Long, born in London, England, Richard Gerard Long, 4th Viscount Long, politician, Conservative Party 1928 Birthday Buff Cobb, Florence Italy, actress, Masquerade Party 1928 Birthday Eric Lubbock, born in England, born Eric Lubbock, Lord Avebury, 4th Baron Avebury, politician, Liberal Party, Member of Parliament for Orpington 1928 Birthday Reubin Askew, born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, Reubin O'Donovan Askew, politician, Democratic Party, Governor of Florida 1971 - 1979, U.S. Trade Representative 1979 - 1981 1928 Death Stjepan Radic, founder/leader (Croatian Boer party), dies 1928 Birthday Jean-Marie le Pen, born in France, leader, National Front party 1928 Birthday Peter Griffiths, born in London, born Peter Harry Steve Griffiths, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Smethwick 1928 Birthday George Grizzard, born in North Carolina, actor, Wrong is Right, Bachelor Party, Attica 1927 Birthday Helenard J "Allan" Hendrickse, leader of South Africa Labour Party 1927 Birthday Kenneth Eastham, born in England, politician, Labor Party Member of Parliament for Manchester Blackley 1979 - 1997 1927 Birthday Mort Sahl, Montreal, comedian/political satirist/beatnik, Big Party 1927 Birthday John Gilbert, born in England, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Dudley East, life peer as Baron Gilbert, of Dudley in the County of West Midlands 1926 Event Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) uprising in Bantam West Java 1926 Event 15th party congress CPSU ends/5 year plan begins 1926 Birthday Haya van Someren-Downer, 2nd Member of parliament, Dutch Lib Party 1926 Event Dutch Communist Party expels David Wijnkoop 1925 Event Italians liberal-national party joins fascist 1925 Birthday Roy Hughes, born in Pontllanfraith, Wales, born Royston John Hughes, Baron Islwyn, politician, Labor Party, union organizer, Member of Parliament for Newport, Member of Parliament for Newport East 1925 Birthday Francois J [Frank] le Roux, chief whip, South Afr Conserv Party 1925 Event Communist Party of Holland splits 1925 Birthday Rhodes Boyson, born in Lancashire, England, Sir Rhodes Boyson, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Brent North 1925 Event Belgian Workers Party wins parliamentary election 1925 Birthday John Wells, born in England, politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Maidstone, educated at Eton College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford 1925 Birthday Charles Henry Plumb, born in England, Charles Henry Plumb, Lord Plumb, Baron Plumb of Coleshill, County of Warwickshire, Conservative Party, politician, leading figure, National Farmers Union 1925 Event Hitler's resurrects NSDAP political party in Munich 1925 Event Estonia forbids communist Party 1925 Event British Liberals choose David Lloyd George as party leader 1925 Birthday Peter Lane, born in England, Baron Lane of Horsell, Lord Land of Horsell, politician, businessman, Conservative Party, served in Royal Navy, life peer, House of Lords 1924 Birthday Henk J Hoekstra, president, Dutch Communist Party 1924 Event Germany's prohibition of Communist Party KPD lifted 1923 Birthday Shimon Peres, Israeli Labor Party leader/prime minister 1923 Event Workers Party of America (New York City) becomes official Communist Party 1923 Birthday Stanley Orme, Chairman, British Labour Party 1923 Birthday Pamela Sharples, born in England, Baroness Sharples, BConservative Party, made a Life Peer of Chawton in the County of Hampshire, after husband, Sir Richard Sharples, was assassinated 1923 Event 1st "Reichs Party" (NSDAP) forms in Munich 1923 Event Belgian Working people Party protest against occupied Ruhrgebied 1922 Event British Labour party selects Ramsay MacDonald as leader 1922 Event British Conservative wins election/Labour 2nd party 1922 Event Mussolini ask Vatican for support of fascist party program 1922 Birthday John Farr, born in Nottingham, England, Sir John Arnold Farr, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Harborough 1959 - 1992, served with Royal Navy during World War II 1922 Event Stalin appointed General Secretary of Communist Party 1921 Birthday Alexander Dubcek, headed Czechoslovakian Communist Party, 1968-69 1921 Event KPB, Communist Party of Belgium forms 1921 Event Chinese Communist Party forms under Henk Sneevliet 1921 Birthday Ian Percival, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Southport, served in World War II in North Africa and Burma, earned rank of Major 1921 Event Black Friday- Labour Party strike of mine workers fails 1921 Birthday Robert Q. Lewis, born in New York City, TV host, Masquerade Party, Robert Q Lewis Show 1921 Birthday Andries Treurnicht, Dr. No, founder, South Africa Conservative Party 1920 Event Yugoslav government bans Communist Party 1920 Event USPD-KPD parties merge into Vereinigte Communist Party of Germany 1920 Event Farmer Labor Party organized, Chicago 1920 Birthday Georges Marchais, political leader, French Communist Party 1920 Event U.S. President Wilson makes Communist Labor Party illegal 1920 Birthday Walter Clegg, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, served as Comptroller of the Household, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, Member of Parliament for Wyre, Member of Parliament for North Fylde 1920 Birthday Liam Cosgrave, leader, Fine Gael Party 1920 Event Perserikatan Communist of India (PKI) political party forms 1919 Event Communist Party of America organizes in Chicago 1919 Event John Reed forms American Communist Labor Party in Chicago 1919 Event ADGB (Allgemeine Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund) party forms 1919 Birthday Maarten Vrolijk, Dutch soc-dem party minister, CRM 1965-66 1919 Birthday Ella Grasso, born in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, Ella Giovanna Oliva Tambussi, politician, Democratic Party, first woman elected Governor of Connecticut, served 1975 - 1980 1919 Birthday Cornelis Berkhouwer, Member of 2nd chamber, Dutch Liberal Party 1919 Event Communist Party in Germany announces a general strike 1919 Birthday Jinx Falkenburg, Barcelona Spain, actress, Masquerade Party 1919 Event 3 year old German Communist Party (Spartacus) crushed 1919 Event National Socialist Party (Nazi) forms as German Farmers Party 1918 Event Bela Can forms Hungarian Communist Party 1918 Event Social Democratic Party becomes Communistc Party Holland: CPH 1918 Birthday Malcolm Shepherd, born in England, born Malcolm Newton Shepherd, Lord Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd of Spalding, politician, Labor Party, Leader of the House of Lords 1918 Event Baku-Turkish Communist Party forms 1918 Birthday Maldwyn Thomas, president, Welsh Liberal Party 1918 Event Russian Bolshevik Party becomes the Communist Party 1918 Birthday Alessadro Natta, Italian political leader, Communist Party 1918 Birthday Buddy Weed, Ossining, New York, pianist, Penthouse Party 1917 Event Deutsche Vaterlands Party forms (by Admiral Tirpitz) 1917 Birthday John Stokes, born in England, politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, member of the Conservative Monday Club, Primrose League 1917 Birthday Harry West, Unionist party leader, Unionist 1916 Birthday Francis Cockfield, born in Horsham, England, born Francis Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield of Dover in the County of Kent, politician, Conservative Party, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1916 Birthday John Young, actor/TV panelist, Masquerade Party 1916 Event Communist party "Spartacus Letters" 1st published in Berlin 1915 Birthday Julian Ridsdale, born in England, politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Harwich in Essex, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 1914 Event Benito Mussolini leaves Italy's socialist party 1914 Death Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/Flemish People Party, dies 1913 Birthday Michael Foot, born Plymouth, England, born Michael Mackintosh Foot, writer, politician, Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition 1913 Birthday Kofi Busia, born in Wenchi, Ghana, statesman, leader of the Ghana Congress Party, which became the United Party, Catholic, Prime Minister, 2nd Republic of Ghana, 1969 - 1972 1913 Event Dutch Parliamentary election (confess party looses majority) 1913 Birthday Edward Gierek, party leader, Polish CP 1913 Event National Woman's Party forms 1912 Event Progressive (Bull Moose) Party nominates Theodore Roosevelt for president 1912 Birthday Hendrik Koekoek, Dutch MP, Farmers Party 1912 Event Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda begins publishing (4/22 OS) 1912 Birthday Cuthbert Alport, born in England, born Cuthbert James McCall Alport, Lord Alport, Baron Alport, politician, Conservative Party, Cabinet Minister, life peer, Deputy Lieutenant for Essex 1912 Birthday Ian Orr-Ewing, born in England, Charles Ian Orr-Ewing, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Hendon North, Baronet of Hendon 1911 Birthday Sam Levenson, New York City, humorist, Sam Levenson Show, Masquerade Party 1910 Birthday Ulrich Becher, born in Germany, writer, author, playwright, studied law in Berlin, novella series condemned by Nazi party, burned in book-burning fire, received Lifetime Achievement Award from Swiss Schiller Foundation 1909 Birthday Julio A Abraham, president, Democratic Party Bonaire 1909 Birthday Madge Evans, born in Manhattan, New York City, TV panelist, Masquerade Party 1909 Event Christian National Labor Workers (CNV) party begins in Netherlands 1909 Event Amsterdam Social-Democratic Party (SDP) forms 1908 Birthday Ray Carter, born in Chicago, Illinois, orchestra leader, Arthur Murray Dance Party 1908 Event CHU (Christian Historic Union) Dutch political party forms 1907 Birthday Hiram Fong, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, businessman, politician, Harvard law degree, United States Senator from Hawaii, Republican Party 1907 Birthday Andrew Brewin, Canada, lawyer/cofound New Democratic Party 1907 Birthday Harm van Riel, Dutch politician, Dutch Liberal Party 1906 Birthday Kathryn Murray, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, dancer, Arthur Murray Dance Party 1906 Event British Labour Party organizes 1905 Event Netherlands Workers van Vakverenigingen, (NVV) political party forms 1904 Birthday Juan E Yrausquin, founder, Party of Patriot Arubans, minister 1904 Birthday Deng Xiaoping, Chinese party leader, 1976-1983 1903 Birthday Frank Parker, born in New York City, singer, Arthur Godfrey Show, Masquerade Party 1903 Birthday Ilka Chase, born in New York City, actress, Masquerade Party, Trials of O'Brien 1903 Birthday Benjamin M. Telders, president of Dutch Liberal States Party 1902 Birthday Michail A Suslov, Russian party ideologist 1901 Birthday Gheorge Gheorghiu Dej, Romania party leader/president 1900 Event Dutch Social-Democratic Worker's party and Socialistenbond merge 1900 Birthday Maurice Thorez, Secretary-General, French Communist Party 1900 Event U.S. Socialist Party forms in Indianapolis 1900 Event British Labour Party forms 1900 Event Labour Party forms in England 1900 Event Social Democrat Party of America (Debs' party) holds 1st convention 1898 Event Social Democracy of America party holds 1st national convention, Chic 1895 Birthday Arthur Murray, born in New York City, dancer, Arthur Murray Dance Party 1895 Birthday Arthur Murray, dancer, Arthur Murray's Dance Party 1895 Birthday Victor Raul Haya de la Torre, founder, Peruvian Aprista Party 1894 Event Greenback (Independent) Party organizes in Indianapolis 1894 Event Social-Democratic Worker's party (SDAP) forms 1893 Birthday Palmiro Togliatti, founder, Communist Party of Italy 1893 Event British Independent Labor Party forms (Keir Hardie as its leader) 1892 Birthday Matyas Rakosi, Hungarian party leader/premier, 1952-53 1891 Death Charles S Parnell, English/Irish Home Rule Party leader, dies at 45 1889 Birthday Ludwig Renn, born in Dresden, Germany, writer, fought in World War I on the Western Front, wrote, 'Krieg', member, Communist Party of Germany 1888 Birthday Kathrin Mansfield, New Zealand writer, Aloe, Garden Party 1888 Birthday Henry A Wallace, D/P, 33rd Vice President, 1941-45, founder Progressive Party 1888 Birthday Li Ta-chao, co-founder with Mao Tse-tung, Chinese Communist Party 1887 Event Union Labor Party organized in Cincinnati 1885 Birthday Henry de Man, Belgium, sociologist/chairman, Belgian Workers Party 1885 Birthday Alice Paul, ERA advocate/founder, National Woman's Party 1884 Event Equal Rights Party nominates female candidates for President and Vice President 1884 Event Anti-Monopoly party and Greenback Party forms People's Party in US 1884 Event Anti-Monopoly party forms in U.S. 1882 Birthday Gerrit H Kersten, Dutch vicar/founder, Calvinist party 1880 Birthday Ernest F E Douwes Dekker, Dutch founder, National-India Party 1878 Event Greenback Labor Party forms (Toledo Ohio) 1877 Event Socialist Labor Party of North America holds 1st national convention 1876 Event Democratic Party elects Samuel Tilden as presidential candidate 1876 Birthday Wilhelm Pieck, co-founder German Communist Party/president, 1949-60 1874 Event 1st cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol, by T Nast 1874 Event Social Democratic Workmen's Party of North America formed 1874 Birthday Arthur van Schendel, Dutch writer, The World a Dancing Party 1872 Event 1st national convention of Prohibition Party (Columbus Ohio) 1871 Birthday Karl Liebknecht, German revolutionary marxist, Sparta Party 1871 Birthday Stjepan Radic, founder/leader, Croatian Farmers' Party 1870 Birthday Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/founder, Flemish People's Party 1870 Event Donkey 1st used as symbol of Democratic Party, in Harper's Weekly 1869 Birthday Marcel Cachin, co-founder, French Communistic Party 1866 Birthday Emile Vandervelde, leader of Belgian BWP party 1864 Event Abe Lincoln renominated for President by Republican Party 1860 Event Republican Party nominates Abraham Lincoln for president 1859 Birthday Luis Munoz Rivera, Puerto Rico, journalist, founded Federalist Party 1857 Birthday Jose Celso Barbosa, born in Puerto Rico, found Federalist Party in 1900 1856 Event Republican Party opens its 1st national convention in Philadelphia 1856 Event 1st national meeting of Republican Party in Pittsburgh 1856 Event American (Know-Nothing) Party abolishes secrecy 1855 Event Anti-foreign anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's 1st convention 1854 Event Republican Party formally organized at Ripon, Wisconsin 1854 Event 1st meeting of Republican Party in Michigan 1854 Birthday Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader, Irish Unionist Party 1854 Event Alvan Bovay proposes name "Republican Party," Ripon, Wisc 1848 Event Barnburners (anti-slavery) party merges with Free Soil Party nominateing Martin Van Buren for president 1848 Event Barnburners (anti-slavery) party nominates Martin Van Buren for president 1846 Event Donner party, unable to cross the Donner Pass, construct a winter camp 1846 Event Belgian Liberal Party forms 1843 Event Liberty Party nominates James Birneyas presidential candidate 1843 Event 1st blacks participation in national political convention (Liberty Party) 1839 Event 1st U.S. anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in NY 1837 Birthday A Adolf Daens, Belgian priest/Dutch party founder, CVP 1837 Birthday Alexander F de Savornin Lohmann, Dutch minister/party leader, CHU 1836 Event Whig party holds its 1st national convention, Harrisburg, Pa 1836 Event Whig Party holds its 1st national convention (Albany New York) 1813 Birthday Zachariah Chandler, U.S., merchant/politician, found Republican Party 1803 Death Samuel Adams, U.S. revolutionary (Boston Massacre-Tea Party), dies at 81 1774 Event Chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River) 1773 Event Big tea party in Boston harbor-indians welcome (Boston Tea Party)
