2004 Ronald Reagan, actor/president/governor, CA, dies at 93
2003 Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected the governor of California
2001 Harold Stassen, perennial presidential candidate/politician, resigned as governor of Minnesota to enlist for WWII, dies at 93
1998 George Wallace, politician, infamous Alabama governor, dies at 79
1997 William Perrie, prison governor, dies at 79
1997 Peter Tali Coleman, Governor of Americ Samoa (1956-61, 78-85, 89-93), dies
1997 Roberto Sanchez Vilella, governor of Puerto Rico in (1965-69), dies
1996 Ted Nightingale, former colonial governor, dies at 91
1996 Dermot O'Callaghan Grubb, prison governor, dies at 76
1995 Ohio's Governor Voinovich proclaims "Cleveland Indians Day"
1995 New Jersey Governor Christine Whitman, dedicates a rest stop to Howard Stern
1994 Libertarian party nominates Howard Stern for Governor of New York
1994 Howard Stern formally announces his Libertarian run for New York governor
1993 Christie Todd Whitman (R) elected 1st woman governor of NJ
1993 Viktor Polyanitshko, governor of Kaukasus, murdered
1993 John B Connally, Governor of Texas/shot with John F. Kennedy in 1963, dies at 76
1993 Nasrullah Mansoor, Afghan guerilla leader/governor of Paktia, dies
1992 Governor Cuomo grants Jean Harris (Scarsdale Diet Dr. killer) clemency
1992 New Jersey senate overrides Governor Florio's veto and lowers sales tax to 6%
1991 Former California Governor Jerry Brown announce run for presidency
1990 Guam Republican governor Joseph Ada re-elected
1990 1st elected U.S. black governor inaugurated (Douglas Wilder-Virginia)
1989 Douglas Wilder elected 1st U.S. black governor (Virginia)
1989 Douglas Wilder elected 1st U.S. black governor (D-Va)
1987 Guy Hunt becomes Alabama's 1st Republican governor since 1874
1986 Guy Hunt elected 1st Republican governor of Alabama in 112 years
1986 1st black lt Governor since reconstruction sworn in (Douglas Wilder of Va)
1983 Martha Layne Collins inaugurated as Kentucky's 1st female governor
1983 Martha Layne Collins (D) elected 1st female governor of Kentucky
1983 Alabama Gov George C. Wallace, becomes governor for record 4th time
1982 New York City Mayor Koch announces he will run for New York governor (unsuccessful)
1981 Nicolaas "Cola" Debrot, Governor of Dutch Antilles (1962-70), dies at 79
1979 Mehdi Rahimi, Iran general/milt governor of Teheran, executed
1977 Nellie Tayloe Ross, 1st woman governor, dies at 101
1974 Ella Grasso (Ct) elected 1st woman U.S. Governor not related to previous gov
1974 Crawford-Butler Act allows Puerto Ricans to elect own governor
1974 Earl Warren, Governor of California/Supreme court justice (1953-68), dies at 83
1973 Otto Kerner, former governor of Illinois, convicted for his role in an illegal racetrack scheme
1973 Richard Sharples, governor of Bermuda, assassinated
1973 Winthrop Rockefeller, U.S. governor (Arkansas), dies at 60
1972 Assassination attempt on governor George Wallace of Alabama
1971 Dr. Melvin H Evans inaugurated as 1st elected governor of Virgin Is
1967 Lester Maddox inaugurated as governor of Georgia
1966 Actor Ronald Reagan elected governor of California
1966 Andrew Brimmer becomes 1st black governor of Federal Reserve Board
1965 H L de Vries appointed Dutch governor of Suriname
1964 Suriname governor A Currie resigns
1964 Indiana Governor Mathew Walsh tries to ban "Louie Louie" for obscenity
1963 George C. Wallace sworn in as governor of Alabama, his address states "segregation now; segregation tomorrow; segregation forever!"
1961 Governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery
1961 Dutch governor Platteel installs New Guinea Council
1958 Eugene Jungers, Belgian governor of Rwanda Urundi, dies at 70
1958 Waverley John Anderson, Scot, viscount/governor of Bengal, dies at 75
1957 Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, calls out National Guard to stop 9 black students from entering a Little Rock high school
1956 Maurice Lippens, Belgian governor of Congo (1921-23), dies at 80
1955 J van Tilburg appointed governor of Suriname
1953 J van Bale appointed governor of New Guinea
1948 Mohammed Ali Jinnah, 1st governor of Pakistan (1947-48), dies at 71
1948 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia nominates New York Governor Thomas Dewey
1946 Jesus T. Pinerol becomes 1st native born Puerto Rican governor
1946 William H. Hastie inaugurated as 1st black governor of Virgin Islands
1944 Country singer Jimmie Davis becomes governor of Louisiana
1943 Ray Mitchell, governor, Albany Prison, England
1941 Martin Mogg, governor, British Durham Prison
1938 Jerry Brown, California governor, Gov-D-Cal, 1974-..
1936 Alan Rayfield, governor, Long Latin Prison
1935 David Wilson, British governor, Hong Kong
1934 Roger Kendrick, governor, Dartmoor Prison
1933 Madeleine M Kunin, Switzerland, Gov-D-Vt, 1st Jewish Governor of Vermont
1933 Lord Waddington, Governor of Bermuda
1931 Kenneth Bloomfield, BBC governor, Ireland
1930 Ornelio Martina, Antillian author/governor of Curaeao
1930 Desmond Langley, Governor, Bermuda
1930 Godfried CE van Daalen, Dutch general/governor of Atjeh, dies at 66
1929 Lord Waddington, Governor of Bermuda
1929 Venezuelan rebel Rafael Urbina overthrows Fort Amsterdam, Curaeao kidnap governor Fruytier
1929 Cornelis W. Lely, Dutch Governor of Suriname (1902-05), dies at 74
1927 Henry CK "Clan" Petty-Fitzmaurice, Governor of India (1888-94), dies at 82
1925 Alfred Milner, British governor (Cape Colony)/minister, dies at 71
1925 Miriam (Ma) Ferguson sworn in as Texas gov, nation's 2nd woman governor
1925 Nellie Taylor Ross became governor of Wyoming, 1st woman Governor in USA
1924 Miriam (Ma) Ferguson becomes 1st elected woman governor (of Texas)
1924 Nellie Tayloe Ross elected 1st U.S. female Governor (Wyoming)
1922 Neva Patterson, Iowa, actress, Governor and JJ, Doc Elliot, Nichols
1921 Drusian sultan Pasja al-Atrasj elected governor of Suwayda
1920 Dermot O'Callaghan Grubb, prison governor
1918 William Perrie, British prison governor
1918 Karoly earl Khuen-Hedervary, Hungarian governor/premier, 1910-12
1916 Joseph S Gallieni, General/military governor of Paris, dies
1916 Roden Cutler, Governor, New South Wales
1916 Earl of Oxford and Asquith, governor, Seychelles
1915 1st elected Jewish governor, Moses Alexander, takes office in Idaho
1914 Frederick Sleigh "Bobs" Roberts, governor of Natal, dies at 82
1911 Pieter Platteel, last governor Netherlands New-Guinea
1909 Douglas Hall, Governor, Somaliland Protectorate
1908 Dirk Fock becomes governor of Suriname
1907 Jan Klaasesz, Dutch governor Suriname, 1949-56
1906 Charles Evans Hughes (R) elected New York Governor beats William Randolph Hearst
1906 Anton AM Struyken, minister of justice/governor Dutch Antilles
1906 U.S. regime names Charles Magoon, governor of Cuba
1905 Dutch AR-politician AWF Idenburg named governor of Suriname
1905 Pietro/Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, 1st French Congo Governor (1890-98), die
1905 Hermann von Wissmann, German explorer/governor of E Africa, dies at 51
1904 Ted Nightingale, former colonial governor
1904 Reinhard Heydrich, German governor, Bohemen/Moravia, Lidice,
1902 Titus AJ van Asch van Wijck, Governor of Suriname (1891-97), dies at 53
1902 Cola [Nicolas] Debrot, Bonaire governor, Netherlands Antilles, /author
1902 John Peter Altgeld, German/US governor of Illinois, dies at 54
1901 Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor (Jamaica), dies at 86
1901 George Cohan's musical "Governor's Son," premieres in New York City
1900 Jan van Tilburg, governor Suriname, PVDA, 1955-62
1899 Esquire Mauritius A de Savornin Lohman, Governor of Suriname, dies at 67
1896 Italians governor of Eritrea, Gen Baldissera, reaches Massawa
1896 Italian government decides to attack governor Baratieri of Eritrea
1892 Cornelis A van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Suriname, dies at 69
1891 Titus van Wyck succeeds M de Savornin Lohman as Governor of Suriname
1890 John C "Pathfinder" Fremont, U.S. explorer/governor (Ariz), dies at 76
1889 Alfred Potocki, premier Austrian/governor/viceroy of Galicia, dies
1888 John van Swieten, Dutch governor of West-Sumatra, dies at 71
1888 Eugene Jungers, Belgian governor of Rwanda Urundi
1888 Alidius WLT van Starkenborch Stachouwer, Governor of Netherlands Indies, 1936-45
1884 Abraham Rutgers, Dutch governor, Suriname, 1928-33
1883 Brooklyn Bridge opened by President Arthur and Governor Cleveland
1882 Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount/governor of Bengal
1881 George Colley, British governor of Natal/general, dies in battle at 46
1878 John C Kielstra, Dutch economist/governor of Suriname, 1933-44
1877 British high director/governor sir Bartle Frere arrives in Capetown
1877 Hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch governor (St. Maarten), dies at 42
1876 Nellie Taylor Ross, 1st woman to serve as a Governor, Wyoming, 1925-27
1875 Maurice Lippens, Belgian earl/minister/governor of Congo
1875 Bonifacius C de Jonge, governor, Dutch East Indies
1874 Samuel J. Tilden elected governor of New York
1873 P B S Pinchback relinquishes office at Louisiana governor
1872 1st black U.S. Governor took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La)
1871 Pietro Badoglio, Italy, gen/Libya Governor, 1928-33, /PM of Italy, 1943-44
1871 Omar Pasha, [Michael Lats], Croatian governor, dies at 64
1871 William Holden of North Carolina becomes 1st governor removed by impeachment
1870 Stanley Jackson, cricketer, captain of England, governor of Bengal
1870 Democratic governor elected in Tennessee
1869 Black candidate for lt governor of Va, Dr. J H Harris, defeated
1869 Louisiana governor signs public accommodations law
1869 Tennessee Governor W. C. Brownlow declares martial law in Ku Klux Klan crisis
1868 Oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as lt governor of Louisiana
1868 Oscar J. Dunn, is elected Lt Governor of Louisiana
1864 Hamilton Rowan Gamble, U.S. judge/governor of Missouri (1861-64), dies
1863 James Bruce, Count of Elgin and Kincardine, governor Jamaica, dies at 52
1863 Governor Seymour asks Lincoln to suspend draft in New York
1863 Godfried CE van Daalen, Dutch general/governor of Atjeh
1863 War Department authorizes Mass governor to recruit black troops
1862 Louis Powell Harvey, U.S. governor of Wisconsin, drowns
1861 John Willis Ellis, U.S. governor of North Carolina (1858-61), dies
1861 Francis Pierpont is elected provisional governor of West Virginia
1861 Missouri Governor Claiborne Jackson calls for 50,000 volunteers to stop Federates from taking over his state
1860 Oscar L Helfrich, Dutch governor, Curacao
1854 Alfred Milner, born in Giessen, Germany, British governor, Cape colony
1853 Hermann von Wissmann, German Africa explorer/governor East-Africa
1849 Peter Burnett elected 1st governor of California
1849 Titus A J van Asch van Wijck, Dutch governor Suriname, 1891-97
1849 Andreas Michiels, Dutch milt Governor of West Sumatra, dies in battle at 52
1849 Joseph S. Gallieni, general, Battle of Marne, /milt governor, Paris
1848 Adam FJA van Duyn, governor of South Holland, dies at 77
1845 Paul S Methuen, English fieldmarshal/governor of Natal/Malta
1845 Jacob earl of Rechteren/Appeltern, Governor of Gelderland, dies at 57
1845 George Abernethy becomes 1st governor of Oregon Country
1843 1st Catholic governor in U.S., Edward Kavanagh of Maine, takes office
1840 Mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer/governor, Equatoria
1839 Ranjit Singh, Governor of Lahore, dies
1838 Willem earl van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43
1837 Pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt Governor, Louisiana
1833 Abbas Mirza, Persian governor/heir to the throne, dies at 44
1832 Frederick Sleigh "Bobs" Roberts, British Governor of Natal, Ireland-Boer war
1832 Esquire Maurits A de Savornin Lohman, Dutch governor of Suriname
1831 Paul R Cantzlaar, Governor of Saba/Curaeao/Dutch-West Indies, dies at 60
1831 Joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen, murdered at 55
1830 William Sprague, governor of Rhode Island, 1859-63
1830 Zebulon Baird Vance, Governor, Confederacy, died in 1894
1826 Piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor of St. Petersburg, dies at 60
1826 Baron Van der Capellen resigns as governor of Dutch-Indies
1823 Cornelis A van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Surinam, 1873-82
1822 Albert-Kasimir, duke of Saxon-Teschen/governor of Hungary, dies at 83
1820 John Willis Ellis, Governor, Confederacy, died in 1861
1820 Louis Powell Harvey, Governor, Union, died in 1862
1819 Reuben Eaton Fenton, Governor, Union, died in 1885
1819 Godert baron van der de Capellen becomes governor of Dutch-Indies
1815 Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor, Jamaica
1814 Francis Harrison Pierpont, governor, Union, died in 1899
1813 John Jones Pettus, Confederate governor, D-Miss, 1859-63
1813 Israel Washburn, Governor, Union, died in 1883
1813 Charles Pierre Schimpf, governor of Suriname, 1855-59
1812 Massachusetts Governor Gerry signs a redistricting bill-1st "gerrymander"
1811 James Bruce, earl of Elgin and Kincardine, governor, Jamaica
1809 Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, governor/viceroy, Elzas-Lutherian
1807 Jan van Swieten, Dutch general/governor of West-Sumatra
1806 Omar Pasha, [Michael Lats], Croatian governor/viceroy of Bosnia/Iraq
1801 1st U.S. Jewish governor, David Emanuel, takes office in Georgia
1797 Andreas V Michiels, Dutch military governor of West-Sumatra
1795 Curacao governor De Veer sends miltia to stop rebellious slaves
1795 Governor/viceroy Willem V flees Scheveningen to England
1788 Charles C of Nassau-Weilburg, governor of Maastricht, dies at about 53
1787 Spanish governor leaves Philippines
1787 Jacob earl van Rechteren van Appeltern, governor of Gelderland
1785 Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83), dies at 48
1777 English ambassador Joseph Yorke demands dismissal of Governor John de Graaff for saluting U.S. flag
1776 Virginia state constitution adopted and Patrick Henry made governor
1776 Joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen, 1827-31
1771 Adam FJA van der Duyn, Dutch governor, South Holland
1766 Willem V (18) becomes governor of United Provinces
1766 Dutch governor Falck signs Treaty of Batticaloa with rebels
1750 Gustaaf W van Imhoff, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1736-40), dies at 45
1745 John Jay, diplomat/governor, NY
1745 Piotr A von der Pahlen, milt governor, St. Petersburg
1738 Arthur Phillip, admiral/1st governor New-South Wales
1736 Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon, 1765-83
1735 Jury acquits John Zenger (New York Weekly Journal) charged with seditious libel by royal governor of New York (victory for Freedom of press)
1726 Maximilian II M Emanuel, elect of Bavaria/governor of Netherlands, dies
1723 Willem van de Pose, Governor of Cape Colony (1699-1797), dies at about 59
1719 John/Jean Nepveu, Dutch governor of Suriname, 1768-79
1712 Simon van der Stel, Dutch Governor of Cape Colony (1679-99), dies at 72
1707 Stephen Hopkins, Governor of Rhode Island signed Declaration of Independence
1705 Gustaaf Imhoff, Governor of Ceylon, 1736-40, /gov of Neth-Indies, 1743-50
1705 Jean-Baptiste C Bouvet de Lozier/Lozier-Bouvet, governor, Reunion Is
1695 New York Jews petition governor Dongan for religious liberties
1688 Soldiers killed governor of Aerssen in Paramaribo
1688 Cornelis van Aerssen, governor of Suriname (1683-88), murdered at 50
1675 Prince William III installed as governor of Overijssel
1673 Francois Caron, admiral/governor (Formosa), drowns at about 72
1672 Willem J van Gendt, admiral/governor of Breda, dies at about 37
1672 Frontenac becomes governor of New France (Canada)
1668 Mass society storms palace of "heretics" Spanish Governor Jose de Paternina
1665 Lodewijk van Nassau, Dutch governor (Bois-le-Duc), dies
1658 Antoine Cadillac, french colonial governor of America
1657 William Bradford, Governor (Plymouth Colony, Mass), dies
1655 Jan W van Brederode, Dutch governor/field marshal, dies at 56
1649 John Winthrop, 1st governor Mass Bay Colony, dies at 61
1649 John Winthrop, Puritan and 1st Governor (Mass), dies
1644 Johan Mauritius resigns as governor of Brazil
1642 Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Governor of Ft. Emmerik/Heusden, dies
1639 Simon van der Stel, Dutch governor of Cape colony, 1679-99
1637 Cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam
1637 Philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized
1637 Dutch governor Johan Mauritius lands in Pernambuco Brazil
1636 Johan Mauritius appointed governor of Dutch Brazil
1631 John Winthrop is elected 1st governor of Massachusetts
1630 New Amsterdam's governor buys Gull Island from Indians for cargo, renames it Oyster Island, it is later known as Ellis Island
1629 Juan Jose, of Austria, Spanish general and governor of Netherlands
1627 Frederik de Houtman, navigator/governor of Ambon, dies at about 56
1626 Pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh tyrannical Governor of Jerusalem, driven out
1611 Henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst Neth
1610 Thomas West baron De La Mar appointed as 1st Governor of Virginia colony
1610 Thomas West, Baron de La Mar, is appointed governor of Virginia
1609 Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands
1600 Arent van Dorp, Dutch governor of East-Zealand, dies at about 70
1599 Jan W van Brederode, governor, Hertogenbosch, /fieldmarshal
1597 Diederik Sonoy, German/Neth governor of Northern quarter, dies at 67
1593 Steven Haghen, navigator/governor of Ambon (1617-18), dies at 61
1593 William Louis of Nassau becomes governor/viceroy of Drenthe
1592 Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch Governor, Fort Emmerik/Heusden
1589 William Bradford, Governor of Plymouth colony for 30 years
1588 John Winthrop, English attorney/puritan/1st Governor of Mass
1588 John Winthrop, 1st governor, Mass Bay Colony
1586 Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester, becomes governor of Neth
1580 Willem Van Hoorn, baron of Heze, governor of Brussels, executed
1580 Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherlands, dies
1566 Philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, Governor of Ft. Gorinchem/Nijmegen
1553 Ernst, archduke of Austria/governor of the Netherlands
1546 Thomas Elyot, English diplomat (Boke named the Governor), dies at 46
1538 Hugo, earl of Leisnig, governor of Frisia, dies at about 79
1529 Francisco Pizarro appointed governor of Peru
1528 Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherland
1528 Utrecht governor Maarten van Rossum plunders The Hague
1527 Karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37
1522 Emperor Karel I names Hernan Cortes governor of Mexico
1512 Bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies
1502 Olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies
1500 Governor De Bobadilla of Santo Domingo captures Columbus
1498 Emperor Maximilian names Albrecht governor of Netherlands
1493 Philippe Pot, governor/viceroy of Burgundy, dies
1493 John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82
1490 Charles de Bourbon, officer/governor, Lombardy
1410 John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia
1381 John of Chatillon, governor/viceroy of Holland, dies
1146 Imad ad-Din Zengi, Governor of Basra, murdered
1113 Mawdoed, Selchuk emir/governor of Mosul, dies
772 Po Tjiu-i, Chinese poet/governor of Hang-tsjow
554 Ravenna becomes seat of Byzantines milt governor in Italy
397 Ambrosius, Governor of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies
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