2004 The Republican party nominates George W. Bush as its presidential candidate
2004 Democrats nominate John Kerry as their Presidential candidate
2002 John Frankenheimer, director, The Manchurian Candidate, dies at 72
2001 Harold Stassen, perennial presidential candidate/politician, resigned as governor of Minnesota to enlist for WWII, dies at 93
2001 Howard Koch, producer, The Manchurian Candidate, dies at 84
1996 Edmund S Muskie, vice President candidate/(Gov-D-Maine), dies at 81
1994 Gamini Dissanayake, Sri Lankain presidential candidate, murdered
1994 Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican President candidate, assassinated at 44
1993 Absolutely Nobody, [David Powers], Washington lt-gov candidate, dies at 37
1993 Jean Lecanuet, French UDF-presidential candidate, dies at 72
1993 Independent President candidate Ross Perot publicly returns to politics
1992 G Harold Carswell, supreme court justice candidate 1970, dies at 72
1992 President candidate Ross Perot at NAACP speech calls them "you people"
1992 President candidate Bill Clinton (D) and Genifer Flowers accuse each other of lying over her assertion they had a 12-year affair
1990 Curtis E LeMay, USAF General/VP candidate, dies at 83
1990 Carlos Pizarro Leongomez, Colombian President candidate, assassinated
1989 Luis Carlos Galan, Colombian presidential candidate, murdered
1988 Democratic convention picks Michael Dukakis as their President candidate
1984 VP candidate debate-Graldine Ferraro (D) and George Bush (R)
1984 Geraldine Ferraro, New York becomes 1st woman major-party VP candidate
1984 Glen H Taylor, U.S. senator/VP candidate (1948), dies at 80
1982 Giovanni Benelli, archbishop of Florence/Pope candidate, dies
1981 Only candidate Hassan Gouled Aptidon wins Djibouti President election
1972 Thomas Eagleton withdraws as Democratic VP candidate
1971 Thomas E Dewey, U.S. president candidate (R 1944, 48), dies at 68
1970 Joseph A Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers pres, murdered
1965 Adlai Stevenson, U.S. ambassador to UN/president candidate (D, 1952, 56), dies
1964 Republicans convention selects Barry Goldwater as President candidate
1960 Republican National convention selects Richard Nixon as candidate
1960 U.S. Republican convention nominates Nixon as presidential candidate
1960 U.S. Democratic convention nominates John F. Kennedy as presidential candidate
1956 Adlai E. Stevenson nominated as Democratic presidential candidate
1952 General Eisenhower nominated as Republican presidential candidate
1952 Nancy Lord, Libertarian VP candidate 1992
1941 Jesse Jackson, born in Greenville, South Carolina, clergyman/presidential candidate, D
1939 Allen Garfield, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Candidate, Beverly Hills Cop II
1938 Andre Marrou, Libertarian Presidential candidate 1992
1937 Robert Redford, born in California, actor, Sting, Candidate, Natural, Great Gatsby
1936 Mario Vargas Llosa, born in Peru, writer, Aunt Julia, and President candidate
1935 Geraldine Ferraro, Rep-D-NY, 1st female Democratic VP candidate, 1984
1933 Michael S Dukakis, Gov-D-Mass, 1988 President Candidate
1933 Michael S Dukakis, Gov-D-Mass, /presidential candidate, D-1988
1933 German presidential candidate Earnest Thalmann (KPD) arrested
1930 H Ross Perot, Texas, billionaire/presidental candidate 1992
1927 Pat Paulsen, Wash, comedian/president candidate, Smothers Bros Show
1924 Shirley Chisholm, D-Rep-NY, 1st black congresswoman/president candidate
1923 Robert J Dole, Sen-R Kansas, 1969-95, /presidential candidate, R-1996
1923 Norman Mailer, New Jersey, New York City mayoral candidate/novelist, Naked and the Dead
1922 Lyndon LaRouche, American presidental candidate, 1980
1922 George McGovern, Sen-D-SD, President candidate, D-1972
1921 Giovanni Benelli, archbishop, Florence, /Papal candidate
1919 George C Wallace, Clio Ala, gov-D-Ala, /President candidate
1916 Eugene J. McCarthy, born in Watkins, Minnesota, Sen-D-Minn, President candidate 1968
1915 Sargent Shriver, Maryland, Democratic VP candidate, 1972, /directed Peace Corp
1909 Barry Goldwater, Sen-R-Az, 1953-65, 69-, President candidate, R, 1964
1907 Harold Stassen, St. Paul, Minnesota, Gov-R-Minn, perennial President candidate
1906 Curtis E Le May, air force general/VP candidate
1902 Henry Cabot Lodge, Sen-R, /ambassador, VP candidate 1960
1900 Adlai E Stevenson, Gov-D-Ill, President candidate, D, 1952, 1956
1893 Benjamin F Butler, U.S. gen/president candidate (anti-monopoly), dies at 74
1892 Wendell Wilkie, presidential candidate, R-1940, /author, One World
1887 Alfred M Landon, R-Ks, President candidate, 1932, 1936
1886 Ernst Thalmann, German communist presidential candidate
1884 Norman Thomas, Marion Ohio, socialist, President Candidate 1928-48
1881 William Foster, Massachusetts, Communist President candidate, 1924,28,32
1876 Democratic Party elects Samuel Tilden as presidential candidate
1876 Republicans pick Rutherford B Hayes as presidental candidate
1869 Black candidate for lt governor of Va, Dr. J H Harris, defeated
1860 Chicago: Republican convention selects Abraham Lincoln candidate
1855 Eugene V Debs, labor organizer, Socialist presidential candidate
1855 Robert Marion La Follette, born in Wisconsin, President candidate, Progressive
1844 Whig convention nominates Henry Clay as presidential candidate
1843 Liberty Party nominates James Birneyas presidential candidate
1786 Winfield Scott, army general, Union, presidential candidate
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