2015 Event The Greek Parliament elects Prokopis Pavlopoulos as the nation's next president; Pavlopoulos, preferred by the SYRIZA party, was chosen over opposition party nominee Nicos Alivizatos 2014 Event A 12-page letter written by Robert R. Livingston in 1775 is found by an archivist at the Morris-Jumel Mansion, George Washington's headquarters during the Revolutionary War; the letter explains why Livingston was chosen to help draft the Declaration of Independence 2012 Event Mikhail Korniyenko and Scott Kelly, veteran astronauts, are chosen to carry out the first year-long mission to the International Space Station in 2015 2002 Death Chaim Potok, writer, The Chosen, dies at 73 1994 Event Chandrika Kumaratunga chosen 1st female president of Sri Lanka 1994 Event 1st phase of O. J. Simpson murder trial jury selection ends (304 chosen) 1991 Event Ronald Venetiaan chosen president of Suriname 1991 Event Nelson Mandela chosen president of South African ANC 1990 Event Atlanta is chosen to host 1996 (centennial) Summer Olympics 1990 Event Cesar Gaviria Trujillo chosen President of Colombia 1989 Event Ron Brown chosen 1st black chairman of a major U.S. party (Democrats) 1987 Event Nurse Mary R. Stout chosen chairperson of Vietnam Veterans of America 1985 Event Lynette Woodward, chosen as 1st woman on Harlem Globetrotters 1985 Event Christa McAuliffe chosen 1st school teacher to fly space shuttle 1982 Event Alvaro Magana chosen to succeed Jose N Duarte as President of El Salvador 1979 Birthday James Allen, born in Portland, Oregon, James Deshaune Allen, football player, linebacker, played for National Football League, attended Oregon State University, chosen 82nd overall in 2002 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints, now a free agent 1973 Event Johan Cruyff chosen European soccer Player of year 1972 Event Jean Westwood is 1st woman chosen to head Democratic National Committee 1968 Event "Royals" chosen as the name of new Kansas City AL franchise 1964 Event Manlio Brosio chosen as Secretary-General of NATO 1963 Event Charter members of Canadian Football Hall of Fame chosen 1961 Event Omer Vanaudenhove chosen chairman of Belgium Liberal Party 1961 Event Dirk U. Suffocated chosen as Secretary-General of NATO 1958 Event Alberto Lleras Camargo chosen president of Colombia 1955 Birthday Robby Benson, born in Dallas, Texas, actor, One on One, Running Brave, Chosen 1954 Event Harry van Thorn chosen chairman of Dutch KVP 1953 Event Antonin Zapotocky chosen as president of Czechoslovakia 1953 Event Marshal Josip Tito chosen president of Yugoslavia 1952 Event Walter P Reuther chosen chairman of CIO 1952 Event Romanian premier Petru Groza chosen president 1951 Event Mohammed Mossadeq chosen premier of Persia 1939 Event Eugenio Pacelli chosen as Pope Pius XII 1935 Event Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina chosen 1st president of Philippines 1934 Event Dizzy Dean chosen as NL MVP 1933 Birthday Ian Tyson, born in British Columbia, Canada, singer, songwriter, guitarist, song 'Four Strong Winds' chosen as greatest Canadian song of all time, in Canada's Country Music Hall of Fame 1932 Event Jacob Cocey Sr chosen as mayor of Massillon Ohio 1931 Birthday Virginia McKenna, actress, Born Free, Chosen, Lions are Free, Simba 1928 Event Christopher Hornsrud chosen Prime Minister of Norway at age 101 1926 Birthday Erico Menczer, Fiume, Italy, cinematographer, Chosen, Miranda 1912 Event Mr. Carter-Cotton chosen 1st chancellor of University of British Columbia 1898 Event Yukon Territory of Canada organized, Dawson chosen as capital 1896 Death Louis CPR of Orleans, French duke (chosen king of Belgian), dies at 81 1892 Event James Keir Hardie chosen 1st socialist in British Lower house 1884 Event John Lynch (R-MS) chosen 1st black major-party national convention chair 1883 Event Paul Kruger chosen president of Transvaal 1863 Event Danish prince Wilhelm Georg of Sleeswok-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg chosen as king George of Greece 1844 Event Brigham Young chosen Mormon Church head following Joseph Smith death 1837 Event 1st Vice President chosen by Senate, Richard Johnson (Van Buren admin) 1832 Event Otto of Bavaria is chosen king of Greece 1793 Event Georges Couthon chosen member of French Committee the Salut Public 1775 Event Angelo Braschi chosen as Pope Pius VI 1745 Event Duke of Toscane chosen German emperor Frans I Stefanus 1740 Event Prospero Lambertini chosen Pope Benedictus XIV 1730 Event Lorenzo Corsini chosen as Pope Clemens XII 1690 Event Emperor Leopold's son Jozef chosen Roman Catholic king 1674 Event General John Sobieski chosen King of Poland 1619 Event Monarch Frederik van Palts chosen king of Bohemia 1611 Event Matthias von Habsburg chosen king of Bohemia 1598 Event Boris Godunov chosen tsar of Russia 1590 Event Noccolo Sfondrato chosen Pope Gregory XIV 1563 Event Maximilian chosen king of Hungary 1527 Event Ferdinand of Austria/Bohemia chosen as king of Hungary 1526 Event Ferdinand of Austria chosen as King of Bohemia 1526 Event John I Zapolyai of Transsylvania chosen as king of Hungary 1523 Event Giulio de' Medici chosen as Pope Clemens VII 1513 Event Giovanni de' Medici chosen Pope Leo X 1458 Event Aenea Silvio Piccolomini chosen Pope Pius II 1458 Event Hussite George van Podiebrad chosen king of Bohemia 1458 Event Matthias I Corvinus chosen king of Hungary 1448 Event Bishop Jona of Moscow chosen as metropolitan of Kiev/Intoxication 1394 Event Cardinal Pedro de Luna of Aragon chosen (anti)pope Benedictus XIII 1371 Event Arnold II of Horne chosen bishop of Utrecht 1349 Event Gunther of Schwarzburg chosen German anti-king 1307 Event Duke Henrik van Karinthie chosen king of Bohemia 1298 Event Duke Albrecht von Habsburg chosen Roman Catholic German king 1294 Event Cardinal Benedetto Gaetani chosen as Pope Boniface VIII 1208 Event Otto van Wittelsbach chosen German king 1080 Event Wibbert of Ravenna chosen as anti-pope Clemens III 1073 Event Pope Alexander II buried/Ildebrando chosen as Pope Gregory VII 1024 Event Duke Koenraad II chosen German king 1024 Event Conrad II the Sailor chosen German king 911 Event Duke Koenraad I chosen German king 705 Event Greek pope John VII chosen as successor to John VI 656 Event Ali ibn Abu Talib chosen kalief of Islam
