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