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
1996 Najibullah, President of Afghanistan Democratic Party (1986-90), 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 A. Ferraro, Rep-D-NY, wins Democratic VP 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 VP 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 HQ at Watergate
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 UK
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
1946 Dutch Labor Party (Dutch Social Democratic Party) forms
1944 Democratic convention opens in Chicago
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
1935 Geraldine Ferraro, Rep-D-NY, 1st female Democratic VP candidate, 1984
1934 Arthur L Mitchell, becomes 1st black Democratic congressman (Ill)
1934 Wim H. Sinnige, Dutch alderman of finance, social democratic
1932 1st political telecast (Democratic National Committee) at CBS, New York City
1930 Shirley Williams, co-founder, Social Democratic Party, labour minister
1929 Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador
1929 Allard Lowenstein, radical, Students for Democratic Action
1926 80,000 demonstrate for democratic peace in Hague
1923 Saxony gets Social Democratic and Communist coalition government
1919 Democratic National Committee voted to allow female members
1918 Social Democratic Party becomes Communistc Party Holland: CPH
1918 Georgian Social Democratic Republic declares independence from Russia
1915 Sargent Shriver, Maryland, Democratic VP 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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