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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 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 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 lieutenant governor 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 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 Vice President candidate debate-Graldine Ferraro (D) and George Bush (R) 1984 Geraldine Ferraro, New York becomes 1st woman major-party Vice Presidential candidate 1984 Glen H Taylor, U.S. senator/Vice Presidential 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 Vice Presidential candidate 1971 Thomas E Dewey, U.S. president candidate (R 1944, 48), dies at 68 1970 Joseph A. Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers president, 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 Vice Presidential 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 Peter Boyle, Philadelphia, actor, Joe, Candidate, Everybody Loves Raymond 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, 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 1929 Thomas Eagleton, born in St. Louis, Missouri, Senator-D-Missouri 1968 - 1986 and Democratic Vice Presidential candidate 1972 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 - 1995, presidential candidate, R-1996 1922 Lyndon LaRouche, American presidental candidate, 1980 1922 George McGovern, born in Avon, South Dakota, Representative-D-South Dakota 1957 - 1961, Senator-D-South Dakota 1963 - 1981, Democratic President candidate 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, Senator-D-Minnesota, President candidate 1968 1915 Sargent Shriver, Maryland, Democratic Vice Presidential candidate, 1972, directed Peace Corp 1909 Barry Goldwater, born in Phoenix, Arizona, Senator-R-Arizona 1953 - 1965, 1969 - 1987, Republican Presidential candidate 1964 1907 Harold Stassen, St. Paul, Minnesota, Gov-R-Minn, perennial President candidate 1906 Curtis E Le May, air force general/Vice Presidential candidate 1902 Henry Cabot Lodge, Senator-R, ambassador, Vice President 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 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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