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1995 Deputy Gov of Bank of England, Rupert Pennant-Rea, resigns following revelations of his affair with a freelance journalist

1994 Michiel P "Michael" Gorsira, Gov of Curaeao (1951-67), dies at 80

1993 George Mickelson, Gov of, South Dakota, and 7 others, die in a plane crash

1992 Alexander V Van de Wall Bake, staff leader/gov KMA Breda, dies

1992 Jan van Baal, antropologist/gov Dutch New-Guinea, dies

1992 Conn Gov Lowell Weicker and WFAN DJ Don Imus change places for 1 day

1988 Price Daniel, (Gov/Sen-D-Texas), dies at 77

1988 Arizona House of Representatives vote to impeach Republican Gov Evan Mecham

1988 Arizona committee opens hearing on impeachment of Gov Evan Mecham

1987 Alfred M Landon, former Kansas Gov, dies at his Topeka home at 100

1987 Frank Carlson, (Gov/Rep/Sen-R-Ks), dies at 94

1983 Alabama Gov George C. Wallace, becomes governor for record 4th time

1978 Dan Dailey, dancer/actor (Gov Drinkwater-Governor and JJ), dies at 63

1978 Lucius D Clay, gen/gov U.S. zone W-Germany (airlift), dies at 80

1978 Gov Askew dedicates RCUC solar office building

1974 Ella Grasso (Ct) elected 1st woman U.S. Governor not related to previous gov

1972 Arthur Bremer jailed for 63 years for shooting Alabama Gov Wallace

1968 Lurleen Burns, wife of George Wallace/gov of Alabama, dies at 41

1967 Tennessee Gov Ellington repeals "Monkey Law," upheld in 1925 Scopes Trial

1966 Gov James Rhodes declares state of emergency in Cleveland, race riot

1963 Alabama Gov George Wallace served a federal injunction to stop orders of state police to bar black students from enrolling in white schools

1963 Alabama Gov George C. Wallace prevents integration of Tuskegee HS

1963 Gov Wallace tries to prevent blacks registering at University of Alabama

1962 Gov R Barnett refuses to admit a black to Miss Univ (James Meredith)

1951 Johannes C Kielstra, Dut economist/gov (Suriname 1933-44), dies at 72

1944 Christopher J. Dodd, Gov/Sen-D-CT, 1981-

1943 Buddy Roemer, Gov/Rep-D-LA, 1981-

1940 Gov of Suriname and Netherlands Antilles refuse entry to Jewish refugees

1940 Dutch-Indies Gov Van Starkenborch proclaims end to state of siege

1939 Nazi Gov of Poland Hans Frank requires Jews to wear a blue star

1932 Paul S Methuen, English baron/fieldmarshal/gov of Natal, dies at 87

1932 NY Gov Franklin D Roosevelt visits LA

1932 New York Gov Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated for president at Dem Convention in Chicago

1925 Miriam (Ma) Ferguson sworn in as Texas gov, nation's 2nd woman governor

1923 Gov Walton of Oklahoma declares state of siege because of KKK terror

1922 James Noble, born in Dallas, Texas, actor, Gov Gatling-Benson

1917 John B. Connally, Gov/Sen-D/R-Tx, took a bullet with John F. Kennedy

1914 Dan Dailey, born in New York City, dancer/actor, Gov Drinkwater-Governor and JJ

1910 Price Daniel, Gov/Sen-D-Texas

1906 Robert Brown Black, British diplomat/gov, Hong Kong

1905 Hermann von Wissmann, German African expl/gov East-Africa, dies

1897 Lucius du Bignon Clay, U.S., general, WW II, /gov, West Germany

1893 Viscount Dunrossil, Scotland, Gov Gen of Australia, 1959-61

1893 Frank Carlson, Gov/Rep/Sen-R-Ks

1876 Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Karachi, founded Pakistan, 1947, /gov, 1947-58

1870 Gov Holden of North Carolina declares Casswell County in a state of insurrection

1854 Cornelis W. Lely, Dutch engineer/gov of Suriname, 1902-05

1847 Gov Bent, 5 others in U.S. occupation, killed by revolt in New Mexico

1828 Edward Saloman, Gov, Union, died in 1909

1824 Leland Stanford, Gov/Sen, founded Stanford University

1818 John Albion Andrew, Gov, Union, died in 1867

1818 John Gill Shorter, Gov, Confederacy, died in 1872

1818 Isham Green Harris, Gov, Confederacy, died in 1897

1818 Austin Blair, Gov/MC, Union, died in 1894

1815 John Sevier, indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), dies at 70

1815 Alexander Ramsey, Gov, Union, died in 1903

1815 Richard Yates Gov, MC, Union, died in 1873

1813 John Letcher, Gov, Confederacy, died in 1884

1813 John C Fremont, [Pathfinder], map maker/explorer, western U.S., /Gov, AZ

1810 Horatio Seymour, Gov, Union, died in 1886

1798 Thomas Holliday Hicks, Union Gov, died in 1865

1771 Charles L J, archduke of Austria/Gov, Austria Netherland

1769 DeWitt Clinton, Gov/Sen-NY

1764 Gov Winthrop Telescope, is destroyed in a Harvard fire

1756 Gov Glen of South Carolina protests against 900 Acadia indians

1753 Willem Maurits, earl of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders, dies

1745 John Sevier, Tennessee, indian fighter, Gov/Rep-Tn

1734 John Zenger, arrested for libel against New York col gov; later acquitted

1705 Gustaaf Imhoff, Governor of Ceylon, 1736-40, /gov of Neth-Indies, 1743-50

1705 Walraad, the Young, earl of Nassau-Ottweiler/gov of Nijmegen, dies

1679 Willem Maurits, Dutch count of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders

1679 Juan Jose of Austrian, Spanish gen/gov of Netherlands, dies at 50

1672 NY Gov Lovelace announces monthly mail service between New York and Boston

1656 Walraad the Younger, earl of Nassau-Ottweiler/gov of Nimegen

1652 Henry, count of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/gov of Hulst, dies

1635 Virginia Gov John Harvey accused of treason and removed from office

1630 Fork introduced to American dining by Gov Winthrop

1630 Gov John Winthrop begins "History of New England"

1624 Steven van der Haghen, admiral/gov on Ambon 1617-8, dies at about 61

1621 Gov William Bradford of Plymouth forbids game playing on Christmas

1621 Gov Bradford of U.S. colony Plymouth disallows sport on Christmas Day

1608 George Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland

1602 Amalia, countess of Solms-Braunfels, wife of Gov Frederik Hendrik

1578 Charles de Berlaymont, baron of Hierges, gov/viceroy of Names, dies

1578 Charles d'Albert duke of Luynes, premier of France/gov of Picardie

1558 Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands, 1598-1600

1540 George Schenck van Toutenburg, gov/viceroy of Frisia/Groningen

1483 Hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland

1467 Henry van Stolberg and Wernigerode, German gov/viceroy of Frisia

1418 Jan III Chalon, prince of Orange/gov of Burgundy, dies

1324 Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies

1302 Jacques de Chatillon, count of Saint-Pol/gov of Flaanders, dies

89 Gov Lucius Antonius Saturninus of Germany becomes emperor of Rome



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