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2004 Pierre Salinger, journalist/political press officer, dies at 79
2001 Herblock, political cartoonist, The Washington Post, dies at 91 2001 Barbara Olson, "political commentator, writer", Politically Incorrect, dies at 45 - a 9/11 terrorist murder 1997 James Friell, political cartoonist, dies at 84 1996 John Qace Hardbattle, political activist, dies at 51 1996 Brian Keith-Lucas, political scientist, dies at 84 1996 Claude Ake, political scientist, dies at 57 1996 William James Millar Mackenzie, political scientist, dies at 87 1996 Rio Reiser, born Ralph Christian Mobius, musician, singer, political activist, member of ton Steine Scherben, a famous rock group, wrote Rachhaussong supporting the squatter scene, dies at 46 1996 Richard Michael Fraser, political administrator, dies at 80 1996 David Nicholls, priest/theologian/political theorist, dies at 60 1996 David Michael Ifshin, British political campaign organiser, dies at 46 1996 Tony Hymphris, political activist, dies at 45 1996 Ronald George Hayward, political manager, dies at 78 1996 Marion Farouk Political scientist-Sluglett, dies at 59 1996 Amelia Rosselli, daughter of political activist Carlo Rosselli, worked in Italy as a poet and literary translator, dies at 65 1996 Olga Havlova, political activist, dies at 63 1995 Hedda J Garza, writer/political activist, dies at 66 1994 Jaharna Imam, Bangladeshi writer/political activist, dies at 65 1993 Political campaigners James Carville (49) and Mary Matalin wed 1991 Jan H Christianse, political chairman (CDA), dies 1991 Lee Atwater, political strategists (R), dies of brain tumor at 40 1991 Dutch PPR, Political Party Radicals, disbands 1990 East and West Germany sign a treaty to join legal and political systems 1990 Radical Democratic Party holds 1st political meetings in Moscow 1990 King Birendra of Nepal lifts 30-year ban on political parties 1990 Nelson Mandela, a political prisoner for 27 years, freed in South Africa 1990 U.S.S.R. Communist party agrees to allow opposition political parties 1990 South Africa's President FW de Klerk promises to free Nelson Mandela and legalizes ANC and 60 other political orgs 1989 South Africa President FW de Klerk frees Sisulu and 4 other political prisoners 1989 Supreme Court rules ok to burn U.S. flag as a political expression 1989 Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing's Tiananmen Square cheering students demanding greater political freedom 1988 Political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud 1986 Sydney J. Harris, journalist, wrote, syndicated column, 'Strictly Personal', wrote for Chicago Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times, political positions placed him on the list of Nixon political opponents, wrote, 'The Authentic Person: Dealing with Dilemma', dies in Chicago, Illinois 1983 Raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist, dies at 78 1983 Argentina military regime gives amnesty to military and political assassins 1983 Dutch political party DS'70 disbands 1981 Clarence A Bacote, historian/political scientist, dies at 75 1980 FBI releases details of Abscam, a sting operation that targeted 31 elected and public officials for bribes for political favors 1979 Iraqi president Saddam Hussein executes 22 political opponents 1979 Sri Lanka forfeit ICC Trophy game vs Israel for political reasons 1978 Swaziland's new constitution promulgated bans political parties 1976 Argentine military junta bans leftist political parties 1975 Tennis Star Martina Navratilova requests U.S. political asylum 1975 Czechoslovakian tennis ace Martina Navratilova asks for political asylum in New York City 1975 All political parties forbidden in Bangladesh 1974 Stewart Alsop, columnist and political analyst, worked for Saturday Evening Post and Newsweek, dies 1972 1st black U.S. political convention opens in Gary, Indiana 1971 Bolivia passes death penalty for political kidnapping 1970 Russian ballerina Natalia Makarova gets political asylum 1968 Congress of Political Party Radicals (PPR) forms in Netherlands 1968 Political Party Radikalen (PPR) established in Netherlands 1967 113 East Europeans attending World Amateur hockey championships in Vienna, ask for political asylum 1967 Stalin's daughter Svetlana Allilujeva asks for political asylum in US 1966 Dutch political party (D'66) forms 1963 Garry Kasparov, born in Azerbaijan, Soviet Union, former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist 1961 Equal access rule, political parties get TV broadcasting time 1961 Rory Bremner, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, impressionist, political satirist, comedian, appeared on Channel 4 with 'Rory Bremner, Who Else?', host of award-winning show, 'Bremner, Bird and Fortune' 1959 Dalai Lama fled China and was granted political asylum in India 1957 Jacques Fesch, French political assassin/saint?, beheaded at about 26 1956 Nelson Mandela and 156 others arrested for political activities in South Africa 1955 Tony Snow, born in Kentucky, political commentator, columnist, radio, television news anchor, White House Press Secretary 1953 Egyptian Premier General Naguib disbands all political parties 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 1950 Tony Hymphris, political activist 1950 Rio Reiser, born in Berlin, Germany, born Ralph Christian Mobius, musician, singer, political activist, member of ton Steine Scherben, a famous rock group, wrote Rachhaussong supporting the squatter scene 1948 2nd political action of Java/Sumatra 1948 Indonesia begins it's 2nd political election 1948 Garry Trudeau, political cartoonist, Doonesbury 1947 Netherlands ceases political action in Indonesia, due to United Nations pressure 1947 Indonesia begins 1st political election 1947 1st political action of Netherlands Army on Java and Sumatra 1946 Candy Lightner, political activist/founder, MADD 1945 John Qace Hardbattle, political activist 1945 Dutch political party ANJV forms 1945 Sicherheitsdienst murders 10 political prisoners in Zutphen 1944 Hamilton Jordan, political advisor, 'Crisis - Last Days of the Carter Presidency' 1944 Molly Ivins, born in California, newspaper columnist, author, political commentator 1943 Jan Dieters, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN), executed 1943 Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN), executed 1943 Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN) arrested 1941 German occupiers disband political parties 1940 Johan C Braakensiek, Dutch political cartoonist, dies at 81 1939 Hatch Act prohibits political activity by federal workers 1939 Claude Ake, political scientist 1938 Patrick Buchanan, conservative political columnist 1936 Wolf Biermann, born in Hamburg, Germany, singer, songwriter, former East German dissident, wrote folk music, political ballads, studied political economics at Humboldt University of Berlin 1936 David Nicholls, priest/theologian/political theorist 1936 Marion Farouk-Sluglett, political scientist 1935 King Boris of Bulgaria forbids all political parties 1934 Albert Funke Kuppes, political cartoonist, dies 1934 Margaret Douglas, chief political adviser, BBC 1934 Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss dissolves all political parties but his 1933 Olga Havlova, political activist 1933 Susan Sontag, born in New York City, Susan Rosenblatt, New York, writer, author, filmmaker, philosopher, political activist, 'Against Interpretation' established reputation as 'the Dark Lady of American Letters' 1932 Dick Gregory, comedian/political activist/dietician, Bahamian Diet 1932 1st political telecast (Democratic National Committee) at CBS, New York City 1932 Mark Russell, Buffalo, New York, political satirist/pianist, Real People 1932 Jan H Christiaanse, president Dutch political party, CDA 1930 Amelia Rosselli, born in Paris, France, poet, of Italian origin, daughter of political activist Carlo Rosselli, worked in Italy as a poet and literary translator, wrote prose in English, French and Italian, major work, 'Spazi metrici' 1929 William Safire, political columnist, New York Times, speech writer, Nixon 1929 Hedda J Garza, writer/political activist 1929 Jaharna Imam, Bangladeshi writer/political activist 1927 Boris Porena, born in Rome, Italy, Italian composer, didactical expert, studied under Goffredo Petrassi, influenced by neoclassical poetics, wrote texts about music including Musica-Societa which includes social and political analysis 1927 Mort Sahl, Montreal, comedian/political satirist/beatnik, Big Party 1926 Frankfurter Zeitung publishes Lenins political testament 1926 Alan Walters, political economist 1925 Art Buchwald, born in New York City, wrote political satire and commentary, had column in The Washington Post 1925 Gerard John Toorenaar, political commissar in Amsterdam, 1975-79 1925 Hitler's resurrects NSDAP political party in Munich 1925 Geoffrey Tucker, British political consultant 1924 1st political convention broadcast on radio - Republicans at Cleveland 1923 Julia Montgomery Walsh, political consultant/writer 1923 Lenin's "Political Testament" calls for removal of Stalin 1922 Lenin dictates his "Political testament" 1922 Grace Paley, born in New York, short story writer, political activist, pacifist, poet 1922 Hendrikus Colijn becomes political editor-in-chief of The Standard 1922 Wyndraeth Morris-Jones, British political scientist 1921 Dobrica Cosic, born in Velika Drenova, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, now Serbia, writer, political, national theorist, first president of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1992 - 1993, called 'Father of the Nation' 1921 William Henry Mauldin, New Mexico, political cartoonist, Pulitzer-1945, 59 1920 Georges Marchais, political leader, French Communist Party 1920 Maurice Cranston, political scientist 1920 Perserikatan Communist of India (PKI) political party forms 1919 Pope Benedictus XV states Roman Catholics political/business views 1918 James MacGregor Burns, political writer, The Lion and the Fox 1918 Albert P Hahn, Dutch political cartoonist (Het Volk), dies at 41 1918 Wyndraeth Morris-Jones, British political scientist 1918 Nelson Mandela, born in Qunu, South Africa, political prisoner, ANC, President, 1994- 1918 Georgi Valentinovich Plechanow, pseudonym, Volgin, writer, author, organized Russia's first political demonstration, dies in Geneva, Switzerland, at age 60 1918 Alessadro Natta, Italian political leader, Communist Party 1917 Sydney J. Harris, born in London, England, journalist, wrote, syndicated column, 'Strictly Personal', wrote for Chicago Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times, political positions placed him on the list of Nixon political opponents, wrote, 'The Authentic Person: Dealing with Dilemma' 1917 Ronald George Hayward, political manager 1916 Corinne Boggs, political administrator 1915 Aziz Nesin, born in Heybeliada, Istanbul, writer, humorist, author of over 100 books, political activist, championed free speech and human rights in Turkey 1915 Richard Michael Fraser, political Administrator 1914 1st women elected political agent (Grantham, Linconshire UK) 1914 Stewart Alsop, born in Avon, Connecticut, columnist and political analyst, worked for Saturday Evening Post and Newsweek 1912 Jura Soyfer, born in Kharkov, Ukraine, writer, political journalist, imprisoned at Dachau concentration camp, wrote the Dachau song with composer Herbert Zipper 1912 Brian Keith-Lucas, political scientist 1912 John Toland, U.S., political writer, Rising Sun, Pulitzer 1971 1912 James Friell, political cartoonist 1910 Joseph Alsop, political newspaper columnist, Men Around the President 1910 Angus Campbell, U.S., psychologist, Elections and Political Order 1909 Herblock, Herbert L Block, Roosevelt, Utah, political cartoonist 1909 William James Millar Mackenzie, political scientist 1908 CHU (Christian Historic Union) Dutch political party forms 1905 Raymond Aron, French sociologist and political scientist 1905 Netherlands Workers van Vakverenigingen, (NVV) political party forms 1903 American Political Science Association founded at New Orleans 1902 Thomas Nast, political cartoonist, dies 1889 American Academy of Political and Social Science organized, Philadelphia 1889 Walter Lippmann, New York City, journalist/political writer, Men of Dystany 1888 East Africa Company political and commercial rights 1879 "Exodus of 1879" southern blacks flee political/economic exploitation 1879 George Shepstone, British political affiliate, dies in battle 1877 Albert P Hahn, Dutch political cartoonist, People/Nutcracker 1874 Apirana Turupa Ngata, Kawaka New Zealand, Maori political/cultural leader 1871 Louis Papineau, political reformer, dies 1858 Emmeline Pankhurst, born in England, found, Women's Social and Political Union 1858 Johan C Braakensiek, political cartoonist, Green Amsterdammer 1856 Georgi Valentinovich Plechanow, born in Tambov, Russia, pseudonym, Volgin, writer, author, organized Russia's first political demonstration 1854 Abraham Lincoln made his 1st political speech at Illinois State Fair 1852 Alfredo Oriani, Italian writer, Political Struggle in Italy 1843 1st blacks participation in national political convention (Liberty Party) 1840 William G Sumner, U.S. sociologist/political analyst 1840 Thomas Nast, political cartoonist of late 1800s America 1829 John Mercer Langston, 1st black to hold U.S. political office 1823 William Macy "Boss" Tweed, corrupt political boss, New York City 1808 Political rights of Jews suspended in Duchy of Warsaw 1806 John Stuart Mill, UK, philosopher/political economist/Utilitarian 1790 Jan Ackersdijk, Dutch political economist 1789 Society of St. Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers. It later becomes an infamous group of New York City political bosses 1780 Elie Decazes, France, Bourbon Restoration political figure 1769 Jean Baptiste Say, French economist, Political Economics 1756 William Godwin, philosopher and political writer, Caleb Williams 1737 Thomas Paine, political essayist, Common Sense, Age of Reason 1648 Gregory King, English statistician, Natural and Political Observations 1611 James Harrington, England, political author, Commonwealth of Oceans 1598 Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots 1577 Peace of Bergerac: Political rights for Huguenots 1302 Dante becomes a Florentine political exile |
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