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2000 Frank Wills, often unemployed security guard, he the Democratic National Committee office in the Watergate Building had been burgled in June 1972, dies at 52
2000 The Democratic party nominates Al Gore to run for president 1997 Jurek Becker, writer, film author, German Democratic Republic dissident, survived ghetto in Lodz, wrote 'Jacob the Liar', dies in Sieseby, Germany 1996 Najibullah, President of Afghanistan Democratic Party 1986 - 1990, executed 1993 Black and white leaders in South Africa approve new democratic constitution 1993 JH Scheps, Dutch MP (Social Democratic), dies at 93 1990 German Democratic Republic accepts Deutsche Mark as its currency 1990 Radical Democratic Party holds 1st political meetings in Moscow 1989 100s of Bulgarian demonstrate in Sofia for democratic rights 1989 Demonstration for democratic reforms in Beijing's Tiananmen square 1988 Michael Dukakis selected Democratic presidential nominee 1988 Democratic convention picks Michael Dukakis as their President candidate 1987 Lucas Mangopes Democratic Party wins Bophuthatswana elections 1987 Gary Hart quits democratic presidential race due to Donna Rice affair 1986 Democratic Labor Party wins parliamentary election in Barbados 1984 Geraldine Ferraro, Representative-D-New York 1979 - 1985, wins Democratic Vice Presidential nomination 1984 Walter F. Mondale wins Democratic presidential nomination in San Francisco 1983 Harold Washington wins Chicago's Democratic mayoral primary 1980 Democratic Convention in New York City nominates Jimmy Carter 1979 Anne Vondeling, Male Dutch soc democratic party-minister, dies at 63 1978 King Juan Carlos ratifies Spain's 1st democratic constitution 1978 People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South) adopts constitution 1977 Dutch social democratic party wins parliamentary election 1976 2nd Chamber recognizes Dutch Liberals/social democratic abortion law 1976 Jimmy Carter wins Democratic President nomination in New York City 1976 Seni Pramoj's Democratic Party wins elections in Thailand 1976 Frente Polisario forms Democratic Republic of Sahara 1976 Cambodia is renamed "Democratic Kampuchea" 1975 Constitution of Democratic Republic of Madagascar comes into force 1975 Laos falls to communist forces; Lao People's Democratic Rep proclaimed 1975 Lao People's Democratic Republic founded (National Day) 1975 Democratic Republic East-Timor proclaimed 1972 Thomas Eagleton withdraws as Democratic Vice Presidential candidate 1972 Jean Westwood is 1st woman chosen to head Democratic National Committee 1972 Democratic convention opens in Miami Beach Florida, McGovern 1972 5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate 1972 White House "plumbers" break into Democratic National headquarters at the Watergate Hotel 1971 People's Republic of South Yemen renames itself People's Democratic Republic of Yemen 1971 Dutch social democratic party/D'66/DS'70 win parliamentary election 1970 Independent People's Republic of South Yemen becomes People Democratic Republic of Yemen 1970 Charles Rangel defeats Adam Clayton Powell in Democratic primary 1969 Chicago 8 indicted in aftermath of Chicago Democratic convention 1968 Democratic Convention opens in Chicago 1968 Senator Mccarthy wins Democratic primaries in Wisconsin 1967 Democratic People's republic of Yemen gains independence 1967 People's Democratic Republic of Yemen declares independence from U.K. 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson nominated at Democratic convention 1963 Bobby Baker resigns as Senate Democratic secretary 1962 Katanga becomes part of Democratic Republic of Congo 1960 U.S. Democratic convention nominates John F. Kennedy as presidential candidate 1960 Military coup overthrows democratic government of Turkey 1958 Dutch social democratic party-ministers/premier Drees dismissed 1956 Roelof Kranenburg, Dutch social democratic party-chairman, dies at 76 1956 Adlai E. Stevenson nominated as Democratic presidential candidate 1956 Azhar Cachalia, Scottish/South Africa leader, United Democratic Front 1955 Christian Democratic Party forms in Argentina 1953 Dutch social democratic/Dutch Liberal Party win municipal elections 1952 Dutch social democratic party wins elections (29%) 1952 Dutch social democratic party wins 2nd-Parliamentary election 1948 People's Democratic Republic of Korea proclaimed 1948 North Korean proclaims itself People's Democratic Republic of Korea 1947 Stephanus S "Tian" van Merwe, leader, South Africa Democratic Party 1947 Rosie Barnes, born in Nottingham, England, born Rosemary Susan Allen, politician, founding member of the Social Democratic Party, served the Council for Social Democracy, charity organizer 1946 Dutch Labor Party (Dutch Social Democratic Party) forms 1944 Democratic convention opens in Chicago 1944 Annette Lu, bon in Taoyuan Formosa, Taiwanese politician, feminist activist, member, Democratic Progressive Party, former Vice President of the Republic of China 1943 Tarja Halonen, born in Kallio, Finland, politician, lawyer, Social Democratic Party, first female President of Finland 1943 Eddie McGrady, born in County Down, Northern Ireland, born Eddie Kevin McGrady, Member of Parliament for South Down, founding member of the Social Democratic and Labor Party 1943 Vietminh forms Indo Chinese Democratic Front 1941 Ronald Harmon Brown, chairman, Democratic Party 1940 Democratic Convention nominates Franklin D. Roosevelt for a 3rd term 1940 Mary Rose Oakar, born in Cleveland, Ohio, politician, first Democratic woman elected to U.S. Congress, member, U.S. House of Representatives 1937 Jurek Becker, born in Lodz, Poland, writer, film author, German Democratic Republic dissident, survived ghetto in Lodz, wrote 'Jacob the Liar' 1937 Jim Hunt, born in Wilson, North Carolina, politician, Democratic Party, first and only four-term Governor of North Carolina 1976 - 2001 1935 Omar Bongo, born in Lewai, French Equatorial Africa, now Bongoville, Gabon, El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, Albert-Bernard Bongo, statesman, Gabonese Democratic Party, President of Gabon at age 31 1935 Geraldine Ferraro, born in Newburgh, New York, Representative-D-New York 1979 - 1985, 1st female Democratic Vice Presidential candidate 1984 1935 Georg Katzer, born in Habelschwerdt, Lower Silesia, German composer, established electronic new music in the German Democratic Republic 1934 Arthur L Mitchell, becomes 1st black Democratic congressman (Ill) 1934 Wim H. Sinnige, Dutch alderman of finance, social democratic 1933 Reiner Kunze, born in Oelsnitz, Germany, writer, dissident of the German Democratic Republic, book, 'The Lovely Years', published in West Germany 1932 1st political telecast (Democratic National Committee) at CBS, New York City 1930 Shirley Williams, co-founder, Social Democratic Party, labour minister 1929 Thomas Eagleton, born in St. Louis, Missouri, Senator-D-Missouri 1968 - 1986 and Democratic Vice Presidential candidate 1972 1929 Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador 1929 Allard Lowenstein, radical, Students for Democratic Action 1928 Reubin Askew, born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, Reubin O'Donovan Askew, politician, Democratic Party, Governor of Florida 1971 - 1979, U.S. Trade Representative 1979 - 1981 1926 80,000 demonstrate for democratic peace in Hague 1923 Saxony gets Social Democratic and Communist coalition government 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 Lloyd Bentsen, born in Mission, Texas, Senator-D-Texas 1971 - 1993, 1989 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee 1919 Democratic National Committee voted to allow female members 1919 Ella Grasso, born in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, Ella Giovanna Oliva Tambussi, politician, Democratic Party, first woman elected Governor of Connecticut, served 1975 - 1980 1918 Social Democratic Party becomes Communistc Party Holland: CPH 1918 Georgian Social Democratic Republic declares independence from Russia 1917 Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., born in Ohio, American historian, author, democratic activist, Pulitzer prize recipient 1915 Sargent Shriver, Maryland, Democratic Vice Presidential candidate, 1972, directed Peace Corp 1909 Julio A Abraham, president, Democratic Party Bonaire 1907 Andrew Brewin, Canada, lawyer/cofound New Democratic Party 1900 JH Scheps, Dutch 2nd-Member of parliament, social democratic 1885 Grover Cleveland inaugrated as 1st Democratic President since Civil War 1880 Roelof Kranenburg, Dutch social democratic chairman, 1st Chamber 1876 Democratic Party elects Samuel Tilden as presidential candidate 1874 Social Democratic Workmen's Party of North America formed 1871 Boss Tweed (William Macy Tweed), Democratic leader of Tammany Hall, arrested after New York Times exposed his corruption 1870 Democratic governor elected in Tennessee 1870 Donkey 1st used as symbol of Democratic Party, in Harper's Weekly 1832 1st Democratic National Convention (Baltimore) 1795 Democratic revolution in Amsterdam ends oligarchy 1784 Joan Derk van de Capellen, leader of democratic Patriots, dies at 42 1741 Joan Derk van Capellen, leader of Netherlands Democratic Patriots |
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