2015 Event The U.K. Labor Party elects left-wing Jeremy Corbyn as its new leader; Corbyn promises to address poverty and economic inequality 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 2015 Event The National Baseball Hall of Fame elects four players: Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, John Smoltz, and Craig Biggio; the induction ceremony will take place in July 2013 Event The UN Security Council elects Lithuania, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Chad and Chile to a two-year term beginning January 1, 2014 2013 Event The International Olympic Committee elects Thomas Bach of Germany as their new President 2012 Event India elects Pranab Mukherjee as its new President 2012 Event Germany's Federal Assembly elects Joachim Gauck President of the Federal Republic of Germany 2011 Event Nepal's Parliament elects Unified Communist Party leader Baburam Bhattarai as Prime Minister 2011 Event Thailand's parliament officially elects Yingluck Shinawatra as Prime Minister of Thailand; Yingluck is Thailand's first female Prime Minister 2006 Event Japan elects Shinzo Abe as new Prime Minister of Japan 2005 Event Bolivia elects leftist Evo Morales president 1989 Event Brazil elects conservative Fernando Collor de Mello president 1989 Event New York City elects it's 1st black mayor (Dinkins) and female comp (Holtzman) 1987 Event Chicago City Council elects Eugene Sawyer acting mayor 1980 Event French Academy, founded in 1635, elects it 1st woman novelist (Marguerita Youcenar) 1979 Event West-Germany elects Karl Carstens president 1977 Event New Orleans elects 1st black mayor, Ernest "Dutch" Morial 1961 Event General Assembly unanimously elects U Thant acting secretary general 1961 Event U.N. unanimously elects U Thant acting Secretary General of the U.N. 1953 Event Yugoslavia elects it's 1st president (Marshal Tito) 1948 Event South Africa elects a nationalist government with apartheid policy 1938 Event Supreme Soviet elects Michail Kalinin as presidium chairman 1876 Event Democratic Party elects Samuel Tilden as presidential candidate 1825 Event House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams 6th U.S. president
