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2009 Norman Borlaug, humanitarian, agronomist, discoveries saved one billion lives worldwide, winner, 1970 Nobel Peace Prize, recognizing contributions to world peace for methods to increase food supply, awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, dies
2007 Nicolas Sarkozy wins the French presidential election 2004 The Republican party nominates George W. Bush as its presidential candidate 2004 Democrats nominate John Kerry as their Presidential candidate 2001 Harold Stassen, perennial presidential candidate/politician, resigned as governor of Minnesota to enlist for WWII, dies at 93 2000 Al Gore concedes presidential election, George W. Bush named president 1998 Barry Goldwater, born in Phoenix, Arizona, Senator-R-Arizona 1953 - 1965, 1969 - 1987, Republican Presidential candidate 1964, dies at 89 from a stroke 1996 Bob Dole picks Jack Kemp as his Republican Vice Presidential running mate 1995 Jacques Chirac wins French presidential election 1994 Gamini Dissanayake, Sri Lankain presidential candidate, murdered 1994 Ernesto Zedillo wins Mexican presidential election 1994 Armando Calderon Sol wins El Salvador presidential election 1993 Carlos Reina wins Honduras presidential election 1993 Nigerian presidential election 1992 Bill Clinton wins U.S. presidential election over President Bush 1992 1st 3-way presidential debate (Bush-Clinton-Perot) 1990 United Somali Congress seizes Presidential Palace 1989 Brazil holds 1st free presidential election in 29 years 1989 Luis Carlos Galan, Colombian presidential candidate, murdered 1988 Michael Dukakis selected Democratic presidential nominee 1987 Gary Hart quits democratic presidential race due to Donna Rice affair 1986 President Carter's presidential library dedicated in Atlanta 1986 Ferdinand Marcos wins rigged Philippines presidential election 1984 Julio M Sanguinetti wins Uruguay presidential election 1984 Geraldine Ferraro, Representative-D-New York 1979 - 1985, wins Democratic Vice Presidential nomination 1984 Walter F. Mondale wins Democratic presidential nomination in San Francisco 1984 Geraldine Ferraro, New York becomes 1st woman major-party Vice Presidential candidate 1984 Jose Napoleon Duarte wins El Salvador presidential election 1984 Glen H Taylor, U.S. senator/Vice Presidential candidate (1948), dies at 80 1984 Rosser Reeves, advertising executive, television advertising pioneer, wrote, 'Reality in Advertising', created ads for Dwight Eisenhower's Presidential campaign, owned a 138.7 carat Star Ruby, dies 1983 Raul Alfonsin wins Argentine presidential election 1983 U.S. Supreme Court ruled Congress could not veto presidential decisions 1982 Salvador Jorge Blanco wins presidential election in Dominican Rep 1974 Valeri Giscard d'Estaing wins French presidential election 1974 Watergate grand jury indicts 7 presidential aides 1973 Greek President Papadopoulos asks for "parliamentary presidential republic" 1973 Senate createse Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities 1972 Thomas Eagleton withdraws as Democratic Vice Presidential candidate 1970 Salvador Allende wins presidential election in Chile 1968 Robert F. Kennedy announces presidential campaign 1967 25th amendment (presidential succession) declared ratified 1967 25th Amendment (Presidential Disability and Succession) in effect 1961 George Stephanopoulos, presidential adviser, Clinton 1961 1st live, nationally televised presidential news conference (John F. Kennedy) 1960 John F. Kennedy and Nixon clashed in 4th and final presidential debate (New York City) 1960 3rd presidential debate with Nixon in Hollywood and Kennedy in NY 1960 John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon's 3rd presidential debate 1960 U.S. Republican convention nominates Nixon as presidential candidate 1960 U.S. Democratic convention nominates John F. Kennedy as presidential candidate 1960 John F. Kennedy makes missile gap the presidential campaign issue 1956 Adlai E. Stevenson nominated as Democratic presidential candidate 1955 1st presidential news conference on network TV, Eisenhower on ABC 1955 1st presidential news conference filmed for TV (Eisenhower) 1954 Air Force One, 1st U.S. Presidential airplane, christened 1954 Francois "Doc" Duvalier wins Haitian presidential election 1952 General Eisenhower nominated as Republican presidential candidate 1952 Nancy Lord, Libertarian Vice Presidential candidate 1992 1949 Presidential election in Syria (some women allowed to vote) 1947 1st Presidential address televised from White House-HS Truman 1947 President Truman signs Presidential Succession Act 1944 Wendell Wilkie (R) enters presidential race 1941 Jesse Jackson, born in Greenville, South Carolina, clergyman/presidential candidate, D 1939 Larry Speakes, presidential press secretary 1938 Andre Marrou, Libertarian Presidential candidate 1992 1936 Radio used for 1st time for a presidential campaign 1935 Geraldine Ferraro, born in Newburgh, New York, Representative-D-New York 1979 - 1985, 1st female Democratic Vice Presidential candidate 1984 1933 Michael S Dukakis, Gov-D-Mass, presidential candidate, D-1988 1933 German presidential candidate Earnest Thalmann (KPD) arrested 1933 20th amendment changes date of presidential inaugurations to 1/20 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt makes 1st presidential nominating conventional acceptance speech 1931 Charles W. Colson, presidential adviser, Watergate figure 1929 Thomas Eagleton, born in St. Louis, Missouri, Senator-D-Missouri 1968 - 1986 and Democratic Vice Presidential candidate 1972 1928 Theodore Sorenson, presidential advisor, John F. Kennedy, author, 1000 Days 1927 Nicaragua agrees to a U.S. supervised presidential election in 1928 1926 Alan Greenspan, economist and presidential advisor, Federal Reserve Bank 1924 1st newsreel pictures of presidential candidates were taken 1923 Charlton Heston, born in Illinois, American actor in film, theater, television, awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom 1923 Robert J Dole, Sen-R Kansas, 1969 - 1995, presidential candidate, R-1996 1921 Lloyd Bentsen, born in Mission, Texas, Senator-D-Texas 1971 - 1993, 1989 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee 1915 Sargent Shriver, Maryland, Democratic Vice Presidential candidate, 1972, directed Peace Corp 1914 Norman Borlaug, born in Cresco, Iowa, humanitarian, agronomist, discoveries saved one billion lives worldwide, winner, 1970 Nobel Peace Prize, recognizing contributions to world peace for methods to increase food supply, awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom 1913 1st presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson) 1912 Virginia Lacy Jones, U.S. librarian/presidential advisor 1910 Rosser Reeves, born in Danville, Virginia, advertising executive, television advertising pioneer, wrote, 'Reality in Advertising', created ads for Dwight Eisenhower's Presidential campaign, owned a 138.7 carat Star Ruby 1909 Barry Goldwater, born in Phoenix, Arizona, Senator-R-Arizona 1953 - 1965, 1969 - 1987, Republican Presidential candidate 1964 1906 Curtis E Le May, air force general/Vice Presidential candidate 1892 Wendell Wilkie, presidential candidate, R-1940, author, One World 1886 Ernst Thalmann, German communist presidential candidate 1884 William Sherman refuses Republican presidential nomination saying "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected" 1877 U.S. Electoral College declares R. Hayes winner presidential election 1877 Congress determines presidential election between Hayes-Tilden 1876 President Rutherford B Hayes and Samuel J Tilden claim presidential victory Tilden (D) wins election but Electoral college selects Hayes (R) 1876 Democratic Party elects Samuel Tilden as presidential candidate 1876 Sara Spencer (R) is 1st woman to address a U.S. presidential convention 1870 Bernard Baruch, financier/presidential adviser, Cold War 1868 Ulysses Grant (R) wins presidential election over Horatio Seymour (D) 1855 Eugene V Debs, labor organizer, Socialist presidential candidate 1845 1st time, U.S. Senate overrides presidential (Tyler) veto 1844 Whig convention nominates Henry Clay as presidential candidate 1843 Liberty Party nominates James Birneyas presidential candidate 1824 Popular presidential vote 1st recorded; Jackson beats J Q Adams 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe, gave Harrison a presidential slogan 1792 George Washington casts 1st presidential veto 1792 U.S. Presidential Succession Act passed 1789 George Washington heads for 1st presidential inauguration 1786 Winfield Scott, army general, Union, presidential candidate |
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