2015 Event The U.S. Navy announces that it will allow women to undergo its intensive 6-month SEAL training; female candidates who pass the course will be able to serve on SEAL teams 2014 Event The last protest camp has been removed in Hong Kong; activists staged several camps to demand the right to free elections rather than control of candidates and elections by the Chinese government 2014 Event Police arrest over 140 people and continue clearing away camps formed by pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong; the protesters seek autonomy in selection of Hong Kong candidates rather than selection of election choices by the Chinese government 2014 Event Hong Kong government offices remain closed as protesters continue to demand resignation of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and an end to selection of Hong Kong candidates by the Chinese government 2014 Event Afghan presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani agree to an election vote recount to settle allegations of fraud after Ghani was declared the winner; the process could take weeks, requiring the inauguration ceremony to be postponed 2013 Event In Kuwait, voters go to the polls for a general election; half of the parliamentary seats are lost by Shiite candidates 2013 Event For the first time since 1996, no candidates were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame 2011 Event The Ames Straw Poll for 2012 Presidential election candidates is taken; Michele Bachmann is the winner 2010 Event U.S. television pundit, Keith Olbermann, is indefinitely suspended from MSNBC for making three political donations to Democratic Party candidates 1936 Event Nazi propaganda claims 99% of Germans voted for Nazi candidates 1924 Event 1st newsreel pictures of presidential candidates were taken 1884 Event Equal Rights Party nominates female candidates for President and Vice President
