2014 Event Ashraf Ghani is sworn in as Afghanistan's new president; Ghani will share power with runner-up candidate Abdullah Abdullah, who has taken the position of chief executive 2014 Event Larry Ellison of Oracle Corp. is ranked the highest-paid U.S. executive for the second year in a row; Ellison's 2013 compensation of $78.4 million is more than twice that of runner-up Robert Iger of Walt Disney Corp, with $34.3 million 2012 Event In the eleventh 'American Idol' finale, Philip Phillips is named winner of 'American Idol,' with Jessica Sanchez as the runner-up 1982 Event New Jersey NHL franchise officially named Devils by fan balloting, runner-up names are Blades, Meadowlanders and Americans 1961 Event 1st NFL Playoff Bowl (runner-up bowl)-Detroit beats Cleveland 17-16 1954 Birthday Marina Langner, Dusseldorf Germany, Miss World runner-up, 1975 1939 Event Joe DiMaggio wins AL MVP, Jimmie Foxx is runner-up 1935 Event Hank Greenberg is named AL MVP by the BBWAA, Wes Ferrell is runner-up 1906 Birthday George Martin Lott, Jr., tennis champ, 1931 U.S. Open runner-up
