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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1828 Birthday - Edward Saloman, Gov, Union

1824 Birthday - Leland Stanford, Gov/Sen, founded Stanford University

1818 Birthday - John Albion Andrew, Gov, Union

1818 Birthday - John Gill Shorter, Gov, Confederacy

1818 Birthday - Austin Blair, Gov/MC, Union

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

1815 Birthday - Alexander Ramsey, Gov, Union

1815 Birthday - Richard Yates Gov, MC, Union

1813 Birthday - John Letcher, Gov, Confederacy

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

1810 Birthday - Horatio Seymour, Gov, Union

1798 Birthday - Thomas Holliday Hicks, Union Gov

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

1769 Birthday - DeWitt Clinton, Gov/Sen-NY

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

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

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

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

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

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













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