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2008 Norman Hogg, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1983 - 1997, dies after a long illness, at 70
2004 The Republican party nominates George W. Bush as its presidential candidate 2000 The Democratic party nominates Al Gore to run for president 2000 The Republican party nominates George W. Bush to run for president 1998 Joan Lestor, Baroness Lestor of Eccles, politician, Labor Party, teacher, founding editor, Searchlight, anti-fascist magazine, dies 1997 Georges Marchais, Sec General of French Communist Party (1972-94), dies 1997 Deng Xiaoping, head of the Chinese Communist Party, dies at 92 1996 Ronald Howard, actor (Hunting Party, Koroshi), dies at 78 1996 Najibullah, President of Afghanistan Democratic Party 1986 - 1990, executed 1996 Ken Dibbs, actor (Suddenly, Party Girl, High Society), dies at 78 1996 Karoly Grosz, politician, Communist Party, General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party until end of Communism, dies at 65 1995 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 Thailand: Banharn Silpa-Archa's party wins election 1995 New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup Victory Party, admidst rumours they were moving to Nashville, goalie Chris Terreri holds up "Nashville? NO WAY!" sign 1995 Finland Social-Democratic Party wins parliamentary election 1995 Congress party loses India national election 1995 Sinn Fein party leader, Gerry Adams, arrives in U.S. 1995 Dutch Liberal Party wins Provincial-National elections 1995 Estonia Centrumlinkse Coalition party wins parliamentary election 1995 Japan's Shinshinto Party wins local elections 1994 Socialist Party (ex-communist) wins Bulgaria parliamentary election 1994 Jerry Rubin, U.S. anti-war activist (Youth Party), dies at 56 1994 Nepal Communist party Dutch Communist Party-UML wins election 1994 Fabio Grobart, founder (Cuban Communist Party), dies 1994 Chandrika Kumaratungo's party wins Sri Lanka elections 1994 H Emans Arubaanse Peoples Party wins parliamentary election 1994 Ad Gang, Dutch Liberal Party Assistant Secretary of State, dies at 67 1994 Hungary's Socialist Party wins parliamentary election 1994 John Smith, British Labour Party chairman (1992-94), dies at 55 1994 D66/Dutch Liberal Party win Dutch 2nd Parliamentary election 1994 Libertarian party nominates Howard Stern for Governor of New York 1993 Sanzo Nosaka, co-founder of Japanese Communist Party (1922), dies 1993 Canada Liberal Party/Bloc Quebecois wins parliamentary election 1993 Liberal-Democratic Party loses Japan's parliamentary election 1993 Andries Treurnicht, founder South Africa Conservative Party, dies at 72 1993 Chris Hani, Secretary-General South Africian Communist Party, assassinated at 50 1992 Petra Kelly, founder (German Green Party), found dead at 44 1992 Wang Hongwen, vice-President Chinese Communist Party (1973-76), dies 1991 CPN, Communist Party of Netherland, last day of existance 1991 Colorado party wins Paraguay parliamentary election 1991 Bomb attack on Aad Kosto, Dutch social dem party - Assistant Secretary of state 1991 Russian president Yeltsin outlaws Communist Party 1991 Harry Thomas, founder (Flower Festival, Dutch Homofielen Party), dies 1991 "Party Machine with Nia Peeples" final show 1991 Jan J Lipski, chairman (Polish Socialist Party)/writer, dies 1991 U.S.S.R. suspends Communist Party activities 1991 Gorbachev resigns as head of U.S.S.R. Communist Party 1991 Nepalese Congress party wins general elections 1991 Dutch PPR, Political Party Radicals, disbands 1991 Dutch PSP, Pacifist Socialistic Party, disbands 1991 "Nia Peeples Party Machine" premieres on TV 1990 Thatcher fails to defeat Heseltine's bid for party leadership 1990 Michael Heseltine contests Thatcher's leadership of party 1990 South Africa Communist Party begins 1st legal conference 1990 Boris Yeltsin quits Soviet Communist Party 1990 Eugenia Charles' Dom'n Freedom Party wins election in Dominica 1990 Radical Democratic Party holds 1st political meetings in Moscow 1990 Former president PW Botha quit South Africa's ruling National Party 1990 Robin Harris, actor (House Party, Mo' Better Blues), dies at 36 1990 Police kill 8 demonstrators for multi party system in Nepal 1990 U.S.S.R. Communist party agrees to allow opposition political parties 1990 Romania bans Communist party (1st Warsaw Pact member to do so) 1989 Communist Party resigns in Czechoslovakia 1989 Bulgarian party president Todor Zjikov, resigns 1989 East German state/party leader Erich Honecker, resigns 1989 Hu Yaobang, general secretary of Chinese Commnist Party, dies 1989 Madagascar AREMA party wins parliamentary election 1989 Ron Brown chosen 1st black chairman of a major U.S. party (Democrats) 1989 Michael Manley's Socialist Party wins Jamaica parliamentary election 1989 FW de Klerk replaces Botha as South Africa's National Party leader 1988 Israel's supreme court uphold's ban on Kahane's Kach Party as racist 1988 Israel bans Meir Kahane's Kach Party on grounds of racism 1988 Polish Communist Party picks propaganda chief Rakowski as new PM 1988 Karoly Grosz succeeds party leader Janos Kadar in Hungary 1988 Howard Stern's 1st pay-per-view "Underpants and Negligee Party" 1988 Dutch Liberal Party merged with SDP 1987 Czechoslovakian party leader Gustav Husak resigns 1987 Moscow party secretary Boris Jerusalem resigns 1987 Lucas Mangopes Democratic Party wins Bophuthatswana elections 1987 Bettino Craxi's Socialist Party wins election in Italy 1987 Yitzhak Shamir re-elected chairman of right wing Herut Party 1987 Hendrik Koekoek, founder (Dutch Boer party), dies at 74 1986 Jacob A. W. Burger, chairman (Dutch soc-dem party), dies at 81 1986 Paul [Saul] de Groot, chairman Dutch Communist party, dies at 87 1986 Premier Nakasones Liberal Democr Party wins Japan's election 1986 Spain's premier Gonzalez' Socialist Party wins elections 1986 Democratic Labor Party wins parliamentary election in Barbados 1986 President Babrak Karmal resigns as party leader of Afghanistan 1985 Russian party leader Gorbatsjov visits Paris 1985 Ramiz Alia succeeds Enver Hoxha as party leader of Albania 1985 Enver Hoxha, party leader/premier of Albania, dies at 76 1985 Konstantin Chernenko, party leader/president of U.S.S.R. (1984-85), dies at 73 1984 Rajiv Gandhi's Congress party wins election in India 1984 Centrum party expels 2nd Member of parliament Janmaat due to fraud 1984 Emil Coleman, orchestra leader, Arthur Murray Party 1984 U.S.S.R. party leader Chernenko elected president 1984 Yuri Andropov, General Secretary of Soviet Communist Party 1982 - 1984, dies at 69 1983 Turkey Turgut zals Moederland party wins elections 1983 U.S.S.R. party leader Yuri Andropov elected president 1983 Margaret Thatchers Conservative Party wins British parliamentary election 1983 Austrian socialist party loses parliamentary election 1983 Dutch political party DS'70 disbands 1982 Lacey Chabert, actress, Party of Five 1982 Dutch social dem party wins elections, fascist enters Dutch parliament 1982 Wladislaw Gomulka, Polish partisan/party leader, dies at 76 1982 Reverend A Treurnicht forms Conservative Party of South Africa 1982 Mihail A Suslov, Soviet party ideologist, dies at 79 1981 Poland General Jaruzelski elected party leader 1981 Poland Communist Party selects ex-party leader Edward Gierek 1981 Premier Begin's Likud party wins Israeli elections 1981 China's Communist Party condemns late Mao Tse-tung's policy 1981 Bomb attack on headquarters of Islamic Party in Teheran, 72 killed 1981 Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti, Iran Islamic Rep Party founder, bombed 1981 Madge Evans, TV panelist (Masquerade Party), dies at 71 1980 Harm van Riel, Dutch Liberal Party politician, dies at 73 1980 National Black Independent Party forms 1980 Poland party leader Edward Gierek resigns 1980 Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canada's elections 1980 Indira Gandhi's Congress Party wins elections in India 1979 Ludwig Renn, writer, fought in World War I on the Western Front, wrote, 'Krieg', member, Communist Party of Germany, dies at 90 1979 Don Martina's MAN party wins election in Dutch Antilles 1979 Shirley O'Hara, actress (Wild Party), dies at 68 1979 Peter Donald, host (Masquerade Party), dies at 60 1979 President Zia ur-Rahmans National Party wins elections in Bangladesh 1979 Andrew Keegan, actor, Step by Step, Party of Five 1978 Kofi Busia, statesman, leader of the Ghana Congress Party, which became the United Party, Prime Minister, 2nd Republic of Ghana, 1969 - 1972, died 1978 Ilka Chase, actress (Masquerade Party, Trials of O'Brien), dies at 74 1978 Ilka Chase, actress (Masquerade Party), dies at 72 1977 Dutch social democratic party wins parliamentary election 1977 "Party with Comden and Green" closes at Morosco New York City after 92 performances 1977 Communist party in Spain allowed legally after 40 years 1977 Chile president Pinochet bans Christian-Democratic Party 1977 Ali Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party wins elections 1977 "Party with Comden and Green" opens at Morosco Theater New York City for 92 performances 1976 Hua Guofeng succeeds Mao as China's party leader 1976 Hua Guo-feng succeeds Mao Tse-tung as chairman of Communist Party 1976 Dom Mintoff's Labour Party wins Malta election 1976 Mao Tse-Tung, Chinese Communist Party chairman (1949-76), dies at 82 1976 Seni Pramoj's Democratic Party wins elections in Thailand 1975 Italy's Communist party PCI, wins 1975 Farm truck packed with wedding party struck by a train, killing 66 in truck, 40 miles south of Poona, India 1975 Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins 1st free election in Portugal 1975 Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins Portugal's free election 1975 Margaret Thatcher elected leader of British Conservative Party 1974 FSLN seizes government hostages at a private Managua party 1974 Irish Republican Socialist Party forms 1974 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election 1974 Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canadian parliamentary election 1974 Romanian Communist Party names party leader Ceausescu president 1974 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election 1973 Willi Stoph succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader 1973 Neve Campbell, actress, Party of 5, Scream 1973 National People's party wins Dutch Antilles National elections 1973 Earl Browder, leader U.S. Communist Party (1930-45), dies at 82 1973 Russian party leader Brezhnev visits France 1973 Russian party leader Brezhnev visits U.S. 1973 Russian party leader Brezhnev visits West Germany 1973 Michael Goorjian, actor, Party Of Five 1972 Australia Labour party wins parliamentary election 1972 Jeremy London, actor, I'll Fly Away, Party of Five 1972 5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate 1972 "Crazy" Joe Gallo, mobster, killed at his 43rd birthday party 1972 Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves Communist Party 1972 Jack Anderson discloses Dita Beard (ITT) memo indicating antitrust charges were dropped for $400,000 contribution to Republican Party 1971 Ogden Nash, poet/TV panelist (Masquerade Party), dies at 68 1971 Erich Honecker succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader 1971 Dutch social democratic party/D'66/DS'70 win parliamentary election 1970 Edward Gierek succeeds Wladyslaw Gomulka as Poland's party leader 1970 Iraq Ba'th Party recognizes Kurd nation 1969 Czechoslovakia's Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubcek deposed 1969 Expanded 4 party Vietnam peace talks began in Paris 1968 Norman Thomas, founder (ACLU)/Socialist Party (1926-55), dies at 84 1968 Kevin Telles, actor, Party Camp 1968 Tisha Campbell, Newark, New Jersey, actress, Gina-Martin, House Party 1968 Vanessa Vadim, Paris, daughter of Jane Fonda/actress, Last Party 1968 E German party leader Ulbricht receives "Order of October Revolution" 1968 Scott Wolf, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Broken Arrow, Party of 5 1968 Congress of Political Party Radicals (PPR) forms in Netherlands 1968 Political Party Radikalen (PPR) established in Netherlands 1968 Dubcek succeeds President Novotny as party leader of Czechoslovakia 1967 CBS radio cancels "House Party" 1967 George Lincoln Rockwell, head of American Nazi Party, assassinated 1967 Cornelis A Eman, chairman (State of Aruba Peoples Party), dies at 51 1966 Dutch political party (D'66) forms 1966 Matthew Fox, born in Crowheart, Wyoming, actor, Party of 5, Fredhman Dorm 1966 Leonid Brezhnev elected Secretary-General of Communist Party 1966 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election 1965 Henry A Wallace, Vice President (1941-45)/founder (Progressive Party), dies at 77 1965 Edward Heath succeeds Alec Douglas-Hume as leader of British Cons party 1965 Wallon party forms in Belgium 1965 Stoica becomes president and Ceausescu party leader of Romania 1964 British Labour Party installs weapon embargo against South Africa 1964 Harold Wilson's Labour party wins British election 1964 Palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Italian Party)/Minister of Justice, dies 1964 Maurice Thorez, Secretary-General French Communist Party, dies at 64 1964 Queen Elizabeth orders Beatles to her birthday party, they attend 1963 Todd "Hugh" Gaitskell, leader British Labour Party, dies at 56 1962 North Korea reports 100% election turnout, 100% vote for Workers' Party 1962 Hungarian Communist Party expels Rakosi and Gero 1962 India Congress Party wins elections 1961 Reginald Hudlin, director, House Party 1961 Nia Peeples, Vernia, Hollywood, dancer/host, Fame, Party Machine 1961 Molotov, Malenkov and Kaganovitsj kicked out of Russia's Communist Party 1961 Soviet Party Congress unanimously approves a resolution removing Stalin's body from Lenin's tomb in Red Square 1961 U.S. members of Communist Party obliged to report themselves to Police 1961 William S Foster, chairman (U.S. Communist Party, 1945-57), dies at 80 1961 Tawny Kitaen, SD California, actress, Bachelor Party, Witchboard 1961 Omer Vanaudenhove chosen chairman of Belgium Liberal Party 1961 Elizabeth Gurley Finn (70) becomes President of U.S. Communist Party 1961 Jack Whiting, actor (Top Speed, Life of the Party), dies at 59 1961 Zanzibar's Afro-Shirazi party wins 1 seat by a single vote and parliament by a single seat 1960 Inejiro Asanuma, leader Japanese Socialist Party, murdered at 61 1960 British Labour party demands unilateral nuclear disarmament 1959 Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba's Nes Destour party wins every chair 1959 Progressive Party under John Steytler forms in South Africa 1959 "Party with Comden and Green" closes at John Golden New York City after 44 performances 1959 "Party with Comden and Green" opens at John Golden New York City for 44 performances 1959 Dianne Brill, born in Tampa, fashion designer and party girl, Queen of the Night 1959 Dutch Liberal Party wins 2nd parliamentary elections 1959 "Party with Comden and Green" closes at John Golden New York City after 38 performances 1958 "Party with Comden and Green" opens at John Golden New York City for 38 performances 1958 Premiere of Harold Pinter's "Birthday Party," in London 1958 Nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier and 1st Secretary of Communist Party 1958 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 Hamid Karzai, born in Karz, Afghanistan, Pashtun of the Popalzai tribe, Sunni Muslim, politician, Independent Party, 12th President of Afghanistan 1957 Karl Wallingher, Prestatyn Wales, rocker, World Party 1957 John HA Eman, founder of Aruban Peoples Party, dies at 70 1957 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 Malenkov, Molotov, Kaganowitsj and Sjepilov leave U.S.S.R. Communist Party 1957 Nick Hawkins, born in the United Kingdom, politician, Conservative Party, lawyer, Member of Parliament for Surrey Heath 1992 - 2005 1957 Dutch PSP, Pacifist Socialistic Party, forms 1956 Dutch Communist Party office of Felix Meritis seized 1956 African Party for Liberation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde forms 1956 Erno Gero succeeds Matyas Rakosi as party leader of Hungary 1956 Hungarian party leader Matyas Rakosi enforces his own policy 1956 Writers Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes meet at a party in Cambridge 1956 Khrushchev denounces Stalin at 20th Soviet Party Conference 1956 Russian party leader Khrushchev attacks memory of Stalin 1955 Clement Attlee resigns as chairman of England's Labour Party 1955 Argentine government disbands Peronistic party 1955 Christian Democratic Party forms in Argentina 1955 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 John Stevens, member of European Parliament, founder of the Pro-Euro Conservative party, known for his pro-Euro policy stance 1955 Henry Bellingham, born in Cheltenham, England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for North West Norfolk 1954 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 "Masquerade Party," TV game Show; moves to ABC 1954 Brinke Stevens, Charlene Brinkman, California, actress, Slumber Party Massacre 1954 Eisenhower signs Communist Control Act, outlawing the Communist Party 1954 Hugo Chavez, born in Sabaneta, Venezuela, politician, United Socialist Party, Fifth Republic Movement, President of Venezuela 1954 T.A.N.U. party forms in Tanzania 1954 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 Labour Party wins British municipal elections 1953 Eisenhower criticizes McCarthy for saying communists are in Rep party 1953 Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) accept female suffrage 1953 Salazars party wins all parliament seats in Portugal 1953 Diane Abbott, born in London, England, Labour Party Member of Parliament for Hackney North and Stoke Newington 1953 Nikita Khrushchev becomes 1st Secretary of U.S.S.R. Communist Party 1953 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 Benazir Bhutto, born in Pakistan, first woman elected prime minister, chair of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) 1953 Hendrik de Man, sociologist (Belgian Working people Party), dies at 67 1953 Dutch social democratic/Dutch Liberal Party win municipal elections 1953 Malans National Party wins South African elections 1953 Nikita Khrushchev succeeds Malenkov as secretary Communist Party 1953 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 1952 Arab Liberation Movement becomes only party of Syria 1952 19th congress of Communist Party meets in Moscow 1952 Liberal Party wins Japanese elections 1952 Elayne Boosler, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedienne, Broadway Baby, Party of One 1952 Dutch social democratic party wins elections (29%) 1952 Dutch social democratic party wins 2nd-Parliamentary election 1952 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 Andrew Smith, born in Wokingham, Berkshire, England, Andrew David Smith, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Oxford East 1952 Nehru's Congress party wins general election in India 1951 Dutch Communist Party members forbidden to be civil servants 1951 Johnny Rodriquez, U.S., actor, Nashville Girl, La Bamba Party 1951 Dan Duva, boxing promoter/producer, Howard Stern New Years Party 1951 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 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 John Battle, born in Bradford, England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Leeds West, attended University of Leeds 1951 Lynne Jones, born in Birmingham, England, British politician, Labour party, Member of Parliament for Birmingham Selly Oak 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 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 Julien Lahaut, chairman Belgian Communist Party, murdered 1950 Ernest F E Douwes Dekker, founder National-India Party, dies 1950 "Arthur Murray Party" premieres on ABC TV (later DuMont, CBS, NBC) 1950 4th Tony Awards: Cocktail Party and South Pacific win 1950 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 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 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 T. S. Eliot's "Cocktail Party," premieres in New York City 1949 Owen Arthur, born in Barbados, statesman, politician, Barbados Labor Party, Prime Minister of Barbados 1994 - 2008 1949 14 U.S. Communist Party leaders convicted of sedition 1949 Walter Sweeney, born in Ireland, born Walter Edward Sweeney, politician, lawyer, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for the Vale of Glamorgan 1949 1st Israeli election - Ben-Gurion's Mapai party wins 1948 Gerrit H Kersten, vicar/founder (Calvinist Party), dies at 66 1948 W Gomulka deposed as general secretary of Polish Worker's party 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 Progressive party convention nominates Henry Wallace for President 1948 U.S. Communist Party chairman William Forster arrested 1948 Jimmy Hood, born in Lesmahagow, Scotland, Member of Parliament for Lanark and Hamilton East, Labor Party, worked as a mining engineer 1948 Communist Party seizes complete control of Czechoslovakia 1948 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 Dutch Liberal Party forms-People's party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) 1948 Trial of 11 U.S. Communist party members begins in New York City 1947 Stephanus S "Tian" van Merwe, leader, South Africa Democratic Party 1947 Nikola Petkov, leader of Bulgaria Boer party, hanged 1947 Hungarian Communist Party wins election 1947 Iuliu Maniu's Boer party becomes forbidden in Romania 1947 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 Lewis Moonie, born in Dundee, England, Baron Moonie, politician, life peer, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Kircaldy 1947 Adam Ingram, born in Glasgow, Scotland, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for East Kilbride, Stathaven, Lesmahagow 1946 Elfriede Jelinek, born in MŸrzzuschlag, Austria, writer, playwright, novelist, member, Austria's Communist Party, awarded Nobel Prize in Literature, 2004 1946 NPS, Nationale Party Suriname, forms 1946 John Astor, born in Britain, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever, businessman, Conservative Party, House of Lords, Shadow Minister of Defense 1946 Dudley Fishburn, born in England, British politician, journalist, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom, holds directorship for Altria Group 1946 Brian Cox, actor, Killer Party, Manhunter 1946 Lesley Gore, Tenafly, New Jersey, singer, It's My Party 1946 SED, Sozialistic Einheitspartei Deutschlands, party forms 1946 Archy Kirkwood, born in the United Kingdom, politician, Liberal Party, Member of Parliament for Roxburgh and Berwickshire 1983 - 2005 1946 Paul Beresford, born in Levin, New Zealand, Sir Alexander Paul Beresford, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Mole Valley 1946 Dutch Labor Party (Dutch Social Democratic Party) forms 1946 Kathleen Noone, actress, All My Children, Party of 5, Knots Landing 1945 Utrecht: Catholic People's party (KVP) established 1945 Harry Thomas, Dutch founder, Schlager Festival Gay Party 1945 John Bowis, born in Brighton, England, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Battersea, member of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly 1945 U.S. Communist Party forms 1945 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election 1945 Dutch political party ANJV forms 1945 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 Clive Hollick, born in Britain, Labor Party, financier, youngest director of Hambros Bank, 1973, CEO, Mills & Allen International, MAI 1945 General Belgian Labor Union (ABVV) party forms 1945 Benjamin M Telders, president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies at 42 1945 Italy's Communist Party (CPI) calls for armed uprising in Italy 1944 Rita Mae Brown, actress, Long Hot Summer, Slumber Party Massacre 1944 Jennifer Salt, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Sisters, Soap, Wedding Party 1944 Jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49 1944 Gerrit van den Bosch, led illegal Dutch CPN party, dies in Dachau 1944 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 Annette Lu, bon in Taoyuan Formosa, Taiwanese politician, feminist activist, member, Democratic Progressive Party, former Vice President of the Republic of China 1944 Olga Maitland, born in England, born Lady Helen Olga Hay, known as Lady Olga Maitland, politician, Conservative Party 1944 U.S. Communist Party dissolves 1944 Said Musa, born in San Ignacio, Belize, lawyer, politician, People's United Party, Fifth Prime Minister of Belize 1944 5 leaders of Indonesia Communist Party sentenced to death 1944 James Cran, born in Britain, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Beverley and Holderness 1997 - 2005 1943 Tarja Halonen, born in Kallio, Finland, politician, lawyer, Social Democratic Party, first female President of Finland 1943 Landwacht (NSB-political party) forms in Netherlands 1943 Jan Dieters, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN), executed 1943 Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN), executed 1943 Alun Michael, born in Bryngwran, Anglesey, politician, Labor Co-operative party, 1st Secretary for Wales 1999 - 2000 1943 Keith Hampson, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Ripon 1943 Ronald Campbell, born in Tynemouth, England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Blyth Valley 1943 Aron Kincaid, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Warren-Bachelor Father, Ski Party 1943 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 Lou Jansen and Jan Dieters arrested, lead illegal CPN party in Holland 1943 Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN) arrested 1943 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 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 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 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 Michael Stephen, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Shoreham from 1992 until 1997 1942 Frank Field, born in Edmonton, London, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Birkhead, served as Minister of Welfare Reform 1942 "Chris" Martin Thembisile Hani, Secretary-General, South Africa Communist Party 1942 Neil Kinnock, Wales, leader, Labour Party 1942 James Couchman, born in England, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Gillingham 1941 Ronald Harmon Brown, chairman, Democratic Party 1941 Politburo of Yugoslav Communist Party reorganizes 1941 Martin Bormann is named head of Nazi Party Chancellery in Germany 1941 John Butterfill, born in Kingston upon Thames, England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament Bournemouth West 1940 Brian Mawhinney, chairman, British Conservative Party 1940 Germany occupiers forbid Dutch Communist Party (CPN) in Netherlands 1940 Ricky Nelson, New Jersey, rock star, Hello Mary Lou, It's Late, Garden Party 1940 Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, chairman, South Africa Progressive Federal Party, 1979-86 1939 Judy Chicago, Cohen, Chicago, artist, Dinner Party 1939 King and Queen of England taste 1st "hot dogs" at FDR's party 1939 Phil Gallie, born in Portsmouth, England, born Philip Roy Gallie, politician, Conservative Party, Member of the Scottish Parliament, Member of Parliament for Ayr 1939 Patrick Cormack, born in Grimsby, England, politician, journalist, author, historian, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for South Staffordshire 1939 Malcolm Thornton, born in England, politician, Conservative party, Member of Parliament for Liverpool 1979 - 1983, Member of Parliament for Crosby 1983 - 1997 1939 Charles Lyell, born in England, born Charles Lyell, 3rd Baron Lyell, politician, Conservative Party, whip, House of Lords, Peerage of the United Kingdom 1938 Stuart Bell, born in County Durham, England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough 1938 Norman Hogg, born in Scotland, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1983 - 1997 1938 Ricardo Lagos, born in Santiago, Chile, politician, lawyer, Socialist Party, Party for Democracy, 33rd President of Chile, professor, Brown University 1937 Peter Lloyd, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Fareham 1979 - 2001 1937 Wanda Jackson, Maud Oklahoma, country singer, Let's Have a Party 1937 Alice Mahon, born in Halifax, England, trade unionist, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Halifax 1987 - 2005 1937 Peter Pike, born in England, born Peter Leslie Pike, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Burnley 1937 Jim Hunt, born in Wilson, North Carolina, politician, Democratic Party, first and only four-term Governor of North Carolina 1976 - 2001 1937 Terry Dicks, born in Britain, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Hayes and Harlington 1983 - 1997 1937 Jerry Wiggin, born in Worcestershire, England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Weston-super-Mare 1937 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 Marion Roe, born in London, Dame Marion Audrey Roe, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Broxbourne from 1983 until 2005 1936 Lord Holme, president British Liberal Party 1936 Dutch bishops forbid membership of Nazi party 1936 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 Pandit Jawaharlal follows Gandhi as chairman of India Congress Party 1936 Catholic People's Party (KVP) of Curacao forms 1935 CPH becomes Dutch Communist Party 1935 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 John Swan, raised in Deepdale, Bermuda, politician, United Bermuda Party, Premier of Bermuda 1982 - 1985 1935 Tom Pendry, born in England, Baron Pendry, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde 1970 - 2001 1935 Croatian Farmers Party wins Yugoslavian election 1935 M. Emmet Walsh, Ogdensburg, New York, actor, Wildcats, War Party 1935 Dutch Revolutionary Socialist Worker's party (RSAP), forms 1935 Paul Flynn, born in Cardiff, Wales, born Paul Philip Flynn, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Newport West 1934 French socialist/communist party of People's Front forms 1934 "Night of Long Knives," Hitler stages bloody purge of Nazi party 1934 Michael Mates, born in England, born Michael John Mates, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for East Hampshire 1934 Keith Speed, born in Evesham, England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Meriden in Warwickshire 1968 - 1974 1934 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 Austrian Dollfuss government bans socialistic party 1933 Belgian Working people's party accept Henry de Mans Plan of Labor 1933 NSDAP becomes only party in Germany 1933 German party Catholic Center disbands 1933 German social-democratic party, SPD, forbidden 1933 Austrian Communist Party banned 1933 Tim Rathbone, born in England, born John Rankin Rathbone, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Lewes from 1974 to 1997 1933 Buddy Knox, born in Happy, Texas, rock vocalist, Party Doll, Lovey Dovey 1933 Germany's Nazi Party wins majority in parliament (43.9%-17.2M votes) 1933 Hitler disallows German Communist Party (KPD) 1933 James Goldsmith, Paris, France, corporate raider, Referendum Party 1933 Final demonstration of German Communist Party in Berlin 1933 Karl Radek praises invincible force of German Communist Party 1932 Stalin forces Zinoviev and Kamenev out of Communist Party 1932 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 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 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 James Lester, born in Nottingham, England, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Beeston, served as party whip, junior employment minister 1932 Communist Party of Holland forms Unemployed Combat Committees 1932 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 Jan H Christiaanse, president Dutch political party, CDA 1932 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 Joan Lestor, born in England, Baroness Lestor of Eccles, politician, Labor Party, teacher, founding editor, Searchlight, anti-fascist magazine 1931 John Macchia, California, actor, Beach Blanket Bingo, Beach Party 1931 British Labour party removes fascist Sir Oswald Mosley 1931 Oswald Mosley founds his New Party 1930 Ken Coates, born in Britain, politician, Labor Party, Member, European Parliament 1989 - 1999, chair, Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation 1930 David M G Curry, South African Labour Party parliament leader 1930 Karoly Grosz, born in Miskolc, Hungary, politician, Communist Party, General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party until end of Communism 1930 Shirley Williams, co-founder, Social Democratic Party, labour minister 1930 Vietnamese Communistic Party forms 1930 Roger Sims, born in Britain, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Chislehurst 1974 - 1997 1929 Marilyn Clark, Spokane, Washington, actress, House of Party Beach 1929 Ahmed "Kathy" Kathrada, leader of South Africa Communist Party 1929 John Hannam, born in the United Kingdom, Member of Parliament for Exeter, Conservative Party 1929 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 Amedee Turner, born in England, Amedee Edward Turner, politician, barrister, Conservative Party, Member of the European Parliament, patent lawyer 1929 Bill Walker, born in Dundee, Scotland, politician, deputy chairman, Scottish Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Perth and East Perthshire 1929 Revolutionary Socialist Party forms in Amsterdam 1929 Richard Long, born in London, England, Richard Gerard Long, 4th Viscount Long, politician, Conservative Party 1928 Buff Cobb, Florence Italy, actress, Masquerade Party 1928 Eric Lubbock, born in England, born Eric Lubbock, Lord Avebury, 4th Baron Avebury, politician, Liberal Party, Member of Parliament for Orpington 1928 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 Stjepan Radic, founder/leader (Croatian Boer party), dies 1928 Jean-Marie le Pen, born in France, leader, National Front party 1928 Peter Griffiths, born in London, born Peter Harry Steve Griffiths, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Smethwick 1928 George Grizzard, born in North Carolina, actor, Wrong is Right, Bachelor Party, Attica 1927 Helenard J "Allan" Hendrickse, leader of South Africa Labour Party 1927 Kenneth Eastham, born in England, politician, Labor Party Member of Parliament for Manchester Blackley 1979 - 1997 1927 Mort Sahl, Montreal, comedian/political satirist/beatnik, Big Party 1927 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 Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) uprising in Bantam West Java 1926 15th party congress CPSU ends/5 year plan begins 1926 Haya van Someren-Downer, 2nd Member of parliament, Dutch Lib Party 1926 Dutch Communist Party expels David Wijnkoop 1925 Italians liberal-national party joins fascist 1925 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 Francois J [Frank] le Roux, chief whip, South Afr Conserv Party 1925 Communist Party of Holland splits 1925 Rhodes Boyson, born in Lancashire, England, Sir Rhodes Boyson, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Brent North 1925 Belgian Workers Party wins parliamentary election 1925 John Wells, born in England, politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Maidstone, educated at Eton College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford 1925 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 Hitler's resurrects NSDAP political party in Munich 1925 Estonia forbids communist Party 1925 British Liberals choose David Lloyd George as party leader 1925 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 Henk J Hoekstra, president, Dutch Communist Party 1924 Germany's prohibition of Communist Party KPD lifted 1923 Shimon Peres, Israeli Labor Party leader/prime minister 1923 Workers Party of America (New York City) becomes official Communist Party 1923 Stanley Orme, Chairman, British Labour Party 1923 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 1st "Reichs Party" (NSDAP) forms in Munich 1923 Belgian Working people Party protest against occupied Ruhrgebied 1922 British Labour party selects Ramsay MacDonald as leader 1922 British Conservative wins election/Labour 2nd party 1922 Mussolini ask Vatican for support of fascist party program 1922 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 Stalin appointed General Secretary of Communist Party 1921 Alexander Dubcek, headed Czechoslovakian Communist Party, 1968-69 1921 KPB, Communist Party of Belgium forms 1921 Chinese Communist Party forms under Henk Sneevliet 1921 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 Black Friday- Labour Party strike of mine workers fails 1921 Robert Q. Lewis, born in New York City, TV host, Masquerade Party, Robert Q Lewis Show 1921 Andries Treurnicht, Dr. No, founder, South Africa Conservative Party 1920 Yugoslav government bans Communist Party 1920 USPD-KPD parties merge into Vereinigte Communist Party of Germany 1920 Farmer Labor Party organized, Chicago 1920 Georges Marchais, political leader, French Communist Party 1920 U.S. President Wilson makes Communist Labor Party illegal 1920 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 Liam Cosgrave, leader, Fine Gael Party 1920 Perserikatan Communist of India (PKI) political party forms 1919 Communist Party of America organizes in Chicago 1919 John Reed forms American Communist Labor Party in Chicago 1919 ADGB (Allgemeine Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund) party forms 1919 Maarten Vrolijk, Dutch soc-dem party minister, CRM 1965-66 1919 Ella Grasso, born in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, Ella Giovanna Oliva Tambussi, politician, Democratic Party, first woman elected Governor of Connecticut, served 1975 - 1980 1919 Cornelis Berkhouwer, Member of 2nd chamber, Dutch Liberal Party 1919 Communist Party in Germany announces a general strike 1919 Jinx Falkenburg, Barcelona Spain, actress, Masquerade Party 1919 3 year old German Communist Party (Spartacus) crushed 1919 National Socialist Party (Nazi) forms as German Farmers Party 1918 Bela Can forms Hungarian Communist Party 1918 Social Democratic Party becomes Communistc Party Holland: CPH 1918 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 Baku-Turkish Communist Party forms 1918 Maldwyn Thomas, president, Welsh Liberal Party 1918 Russian Bolshevik Party becomes the Communist Party 1918 Alessadro Natta, Italian political leader, Communist Party 1918 Buddy Weed, Ossining, New York, pianist, Penthouse Party 1917 Deutsche Vaterlands Party forms (by Admiral Tirpitz) 1917 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 Harry West, Unionist party leader, Unionist 1916 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 John Young, actor/TV panelist, Masquerade Party 1916 Communist party "Spartacus Letters" 1st published in Berlin 1915 Julian Ridsdale, born in England, politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Harwich in Essex, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 1914 Benito Mussolini leaves Italy's socialist party 1914 Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/Flemish People Party, dies 1913 Michael Foot, born Plymouth, England, born Michael Mackintosh Foot, writer, politician, Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition 1913 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 Dutch Parliamentary election (confess party looses majority) 1913 Edward Gierek, party leader, Polish CP 1913 National Woman's Party forms 1912 Progressive (Bull Moose) Party nominates Theodore Roosevelt for president 1912 Hendrik Koekoek, Dutch MP, Farmers Party 1912 Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda begins publishing (4/22 OS) 1912 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 Ian Orr-Ewing, born in England, Charles Ian Orr-Ewing, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Hendon North, Baronet of Hendon 1911 Sam Levenson, New York City, humorist, Sam Levenson Show, Masquerade Party 1910 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 Julio A Abraham, president, Democratic Party Bonaire 1909 Madge Evans, born in Manhattan, New York City, TV panelist, Masquerade Party 1909 Christian National Labor Workers (CNV) party begins in Netherlands 1909 Amsterdam Social-Democratic Party (SDP) forms 1908 Ray Carter, born in Chicago, Illinois, orchestra leader, Arthur Murray Dance Party 1908 CHU (Christian Historic Union) Dutch political party forms 1907 Hiram Fong, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, businessman, politician, Harvard law degree, United States Senator from Hawaii, Republican Party 1907 Andrew Brewin, Canada, lawyer/cofound New Democratic Party 1907 Harm van Riel, Dutch politician, Dutch Liberal Party 1906 Kathryn Murray, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, dancer, Arthur Murray Dance Party 1906 British Labour Party organizes 1905 Netherlands Workers van Vakverenigingen, (NVV) political party forms 1904 Juan E Yrausquin, founder, Party of Patriot Arubans, minister 1904 Deng Xiaoping, Chinese party leader, 1976-1983 1903 Frank Parker, born in New York City, singer, Arthur Godfrey Show, Masquerade Party 1903 Ilka Chase, born in New York City, actress, Masquerade Party, Trials of O'Brien 1903 Benjamin M. Telders, president of Dutch Liberal States Party 1902 Michail A Suslov, Russian party ideologist 1901 Gheorge Gheorghiu Dej, Romania party leader/president 1900 Dutch Social-Democratic Worker's party and Socialistenbond merge 1900 Maurice Thorez, Secretary-General, French Communist Party 1900 U.S. Socialist Party forms in Indianapolis 1900 British Labour Party forms 1900 Labour Party forms in England 1900 Social Democrat Party of America (Debs' party) holds 1st convention 1898 Social Democracy of America party holds 1st national convention, Chic 1895 Arthur Murray, born in New York City, dancer, Arthur Murray Dance Party 1895 Arthur Murray, dancer, Arthur Murray's Dance Party 1895 Victor Raul Haya de la Torre, founder, Peruvian Aprista Party 1894 Greenback (Independent) Party organizes in Indianapolis 1894 Social-Democratic Worker's party (SDAP) forms 1893 Palmiro Togliatti, founder, Communist Party of Italy 1893 British Independent Labor Party forms (Keir Hardie as its leader) 1892 Matyas Rakosi, Hungarian party leader/premier, 1952-53 1891 Charles S Parnell, English/Irish Home Rule Party leader, dies at 45 1889 Ludwig Renn, born in Dresden, Germany, writer, fought in World War I on the Western Front, wrote, 'Krieg', member, Communist Party of Germany 1888 Kathrin Mansfield, New Zealand writer, Aloe, Garden Party 1888 Henry A Wallace, D/P, 33rd Vice President, 1941-45, founder Progressive Party 1888 Li Ta-chao, co-founder with Mao Tse-tung, Chinese Communist Party 1887 Union Labor Party organized in Cincinnati 1885 Henry de Man, Belgium, sociologist/chairman, Belgian Workers Party 1885 Alice Paul, ERA advocate/founder, National Woman's Party 1884 Equal Rights Party nominates female candidates for President and Vice President 1884 Anti-Monopoly party and Greenback Party forms People's Party in US 1884 Anti-Monopoly party forms in U.S. 1882 Gerrit H Kersten, Dutch vicar/founder, Calvinist party 1880 Ernest F E Douwes Dekker, Dutch founder, National-India Party 1878 Greenback Labor Party forms (Toledo Ohio) 1877 Socialist Labor Party of North America holds 1st national convention 1876 Democratic Party elects Samuel Tilden as presidential candidate 1876 Wilhelm Pieck, co-founder German Communist Party/president, 1949-60 1874 1st cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol, by T Nast 1874 Social Democratic Workmen's Party of North America formed 1874 Arthur van Schendel, Dutch writer, The World a Dancing Party 1872 1st national convention of Prohibition Party (Columbus Ohio) 1871 Karl Liebknecht, German revolutionary marxist, Sparta Party 1871 Stjepan Radic, founder/leader, Croatian Farmers' Party 1870 Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/founder, Flemish People's Party 1870 Donkey 1st used as symbol of Democratic Party, in Harper's Weekly 1869 Marcel Cachin, co-founder, French Communistic Party 1866 Emile Vandervelde, leader of Belgian BWP party 1864 Abe Lincoln renominated for President by Republican Party 1860 Republican Party nominates Abraham Lincoln for president 1859 Luis Munoz Rivera, Puerto Rico, journalist, founded Federalist Party 1857 Jose Celso Barbosa, born in Puerto Rico, found Federalist Party in 1900 1856 Republican Party opens its 1st national convention in Philadelphia 1856 1st national meeting of Republican Party in Pittsburgh 1856 American (Know-Nothing) Party abolishes secrecy 1855 Anti-foreign anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's 1st convention 1854 Republican Party formally organized at Ripon, Wisconsin 1854 1st meeting of Republican Party in Michigan 1854 Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader, Irish Unionist Party 1854 Alvan Bovay proposes name "Republican Party," Ripon, Wisc 1848 Barnburners (anti-slavery) party merges with Free Soil Party nominateing Martin Van Buren for president 1848 Barnburners (anti-slavery) party nominates Martin Van Buren for president 1846 Donner party, unable to cross the Donner Pass, construct a winter camp 1846 Belgian Liberal Party forms 1843 Liberty Party nominates James Birneyas presidential candidate 1843 1st blacks participation in national political convention (Liberty Party) 1839 1st U.S. anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in NY 1837 A Adolf Daens, Belgian priest/Dutch party founder, CVP 1837 Alexander F de Savornin Lohmann, Dutch minister/party leader, CHU 1836 Whig party holds its 1st national convention, Harrisburg, Pa 1836 Whig Party holds its 1st national convention (Albany New York) 1813 Zachariah Chandler, U.S., merchant/politician, found Republican Party 1803 Samuel Adams, U.S. revolutionary (Boston Massacre-Tea Party), dies at 81 1774 Chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River) 1773 Big tea party in Boston harbor-indians welcome (Boston Tea Party) |
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