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 Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledges that the country is aiding the forces of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad with military expertise and equipment; Putin states that troops may also be sent in the future to help fight against ISIL 2015 Event France�s far-right National Front party has expelled one of its founders, Jean-Marie Le Pen, after continued conflict over his anti-Semitic remarks; current party leader Marine Le Pen, his daughter, seeks to move the party away from its past 2015 Event Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei emphasizes that the country's recent nuclear agreement with the West does not change its opposition to the U.S. and to American policies in the Middle East 2015 Event Alexis Tsipras, leader of the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) party, is elected as Prime Minister of Greece on an anti-austerity platform 2014 Event Sony Pictures releases its comedy 'The Interview' today in over 300 theaters and through online channels; the film depicts an attempted assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and was initially canceled due to threats and hacking attacks 2014 Event Sony Pictures will release its controversial comedy, 'The Interview', about an attempted assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un; the film was canceled after hacking attacks and threats, but Sony now seeks a wide audience for the movie 2014 Event Sony Pictures cancels release of its movie "The Interview" after hacking attacks and threats thought to be ordered by the North Korean government; the movie is reportedly a comedy depicting an attempted assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un 2014 Event Zhou Yongkang, China's former security chief, has been arrested on corruption charges and ousted from the Communist Party; Zhou is the highest-ranking official to be arrested in Chinese leader Xi Jinxing's campaign to reduce government corruption 2014 Event North Korean leader Kim Jong Un did not attend festivities for today's North Korean Workers' Party holiday; Kim has not made any public appearances since early September, raising questions regarding his whereabouts and his health 2014 Event Former Haitian leader Jean Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier dies of a heart attack at age 63; known for an oppressive regime, he fled the country in 1986 but returned in 2011, pleading not guilty to charges of corruption and human rights violations 2014 Event Mohammed Zakari, a leader of Islamist militant group Boko Haram, has been arrested by Nigerian police; Boko Haram is implicated in hundreds of deaths and kidnappings, and Zakari is wanted for the recent killings of seven people 2014 Event Incumbent Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is re-elected; the leader plans to continue peace talks with rebels in an effort to bring ongoing violence in the country to an end 2014 Event Eric Cantor, majority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, will step down from his leadership position at the end of July following a surprising primary election defeat by Tea Party candidate David Brat 2014 Event The CEO of BlackBerry Ltd. will be refocusing its business on software and services in an effort to turn around the company; once a leader in the smartphone market, the company's products now account for less than 1% of global market share 2014 Event Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha has become interim leader of Thailand in a military coup today; the military has thrown out part of the constitution, imposed a curfew and placed media and Internet communication under its control 2014 Event Electronics manufacturer Samsung is diversifying into the pharmaceutical industry; after besting Apple in the smartphone market, Samsung has now set a goal to become the leader in the growing biotechnology sector 2014 Event Kim Jong Un is re-elected as leader of North Korea with 100% of the vote; the election was the first since the death of his father, Kim Jong Il, in 2011 2014 Event Italy's Democratic leader Matteo Renzi calls for a new government and for the country's Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, to resign 2013 Event The body of former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, is flown from Pretoria to the leader's ancestral village of Qunu, his final resting place 2013 Event The 150th anniversary of Andres Bonifacio, a national hero and revolutionary leader in the Philippines, is commemorated 2013 Event Abdulla Yameen wins the Presidential election in the Maldives with 51.3% of the popular vote, compared to 48.6 % for former leader Mohamed Nasheed 2013 Event Palestinian investigators claim their former leader, Yasser Arafat, did not die of old age or ill health; they believe Israel killed him because his exhumed body contained high levels of the radioactive element polonium-210 2013 Event Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, President of Mongolia, becomes the first head of state to visit with Kim Jong-un in North Korea since he became Supreme Leader 2013 Event Former U.S. Majority Leader Tom DeLay, has a November 2010 money laundering conviction overturned by a Texas State appellate court 2013 Event In New Zealand, David Cunliffe is elected leader of the Labour Party 2013 Event India's Bharatiya Janata Party names Narendra Modi as their leader in the next general election 2013 Event Australia's outgoing Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announces he isn't seeking re-election as the leader of the Labor Party 2013 Event Miguel Trevino Morales, the leader of a criminal gang called Los Zetas is captured by the Mexican Army 2013 Event The new leader of the Australian Labor Party is former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who won over incumbent Julia Gillard 2013 Event The Liberal Political Party of Canada choses Justin Trudeau, son of Pierre Trudeau, as its new leader 2013 Event Anti-apartheid leader and former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, age 94 is hospitalized for, what sources say, was a routine checkup 2013 Event In Greece, Nicos Anastasiades, leader of Cyprus's main opposition Disy party, wins the Presidential race 2012 Event Ceremonies commemorating the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il were held outside the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun mausoleum in Pyongyang; the nation observed three-minutes of silence to honor him 2012 Event Japan holds it's general election, with Shinzo Abe, former Prime Minister and opposition Liberal Democratic Party leader, predicted as winner 2012 Event Palestinian officials plan to exhume the body of former leader Yasser Arafat to determine whether his death in Paris, 2004, was caused by poisoning 2012 Event Burmese President Thein Sein and National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi meet U.S. President Barack Obama, the country's first visit from a sitting U.S. President 2012 Event Sergei Udaltsov, a Russian leftist protest leader is charged with plotting 'mass disorder', facing a sentence of 10 years in prison if convicted 2012 Event John Hume, Ireland's former Social Democratic Party Leader, receives the papal knighthood at a special mass at St. Eugene's Cathedral in Derry 2012 Event The uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Jang Song-thank, meets Hu Jintao, the President of China 2012 Event The editor-in-chief of 'Cosmopolitan' magazine and leader of the 1960's sexual revolution, Helen Gurley Brown, dies at age 90 in New York City 2012 Event King Jong-un, son of King Jong-il, is announced the official Supreme Leader of North Korea; he also now holds the rank of Marshal in the Korean People's Army 2012 Event While Greece struggles to overcome its economic crisis, Antonis Samaras, leader of Greece's New Democratic party, negotiates with political rivals to form a coalition government 2012 Event Sybrand van Haersma Buma becomes the top candidate for 2012's Dutch general election after being elected as the new party leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal 2012 Event Imprisoned Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko is moved to a hospital after a political compromise, ending her hunger strike 2012 Event Romania's USL, or Social-Liberal Union Leader, Victor Ponta, becomes Prime Minister of Romania 2012 Event Leader of Burma's National League for Democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi, is sworn in as a member of Pyithu Hluttaw, Burma's lower house of the parliament 2012 Event The decision of the Economic Community of West African States to deploy troops to the country is rejected by Mali coup leader Amadou Haya Sanogo 2012 Event Following political reforms in Myanmar, Australia relaxes sanctions on the country, including by-elections earlier this month where opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi's party won more than a dozen seats 2012 Event A new statue of Kim Jong-il, North Korea's late leader is unveiled in the capital of Pyongyang 2012 Event The main opposition leader of the Democratic Republic of the congo condemns parliamentary election as rigged; he calls for a strike in protest of his house arrest 2012 Event On Australia Day nearly 200 indigenous protesters surround a restaurant in Canberra, trapping Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott, opposition leader inside 2011 Event North Korea states is will accept all South Korean delegations who wish to pay their respects to the late leader Kim Jong-il 2011 Event Despite protests by opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, Joseph Kaliba is sworn in as President of the Democratic Republic of Congo 2011 Event North Korea's Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-il, dies; Kim Jong-un is announced as his father's successor 2011 Event In Belgium, Parti Socialiste leader Elio di Rupo is set to become Prime Minister, pending approval by the parties' conventions and definition of the cabinet makeup 2011 Event South Australia swears in their new Premier, Jay Weatherill after officially electing him as the leader of the Australian Labor Party 2011 Event Nepal's Parliament elects Unified Communist Party leader Baburam Bhattarai as Prime Minister 2011 Event Uganda's opposition leader Kizza Besigye is placed under house arrest, after vowing to continue protests against the rising cost of living 2011 Event In Tripoli, the compound of leader Muammar Gaddafi is targeted with more bombing raids during the third night of international intervention in Libya 2011 Event In China, Jia Qinglin, senior leader of the People's Republic of China, calls for controls over Tibetan Buddhism and a renewed struggle against the Dalai Lama 2011 Event Rebel leader Yoweri Museveni continues his 30-year rule after being re-elected President of Uganda; the opposition claims the election was a 'sham' 2011 Event Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, commented that the 2011 Egyptian protests and Tunisian uprising are a result of 'Islamic awareness' 2011 Event After 41 years in power, Libya's Muammar al-Gaddafi is less than 24 months away from being world's longest-serving leader 2011 Event North Korea plans to host its first ever golf tournament on a course frequented by leader Kim Jong-il 2010 Event Britain's Labor Party leader Ed Miliband launches a review of the British Labor Party, calling upon activists to help make it the 'People's Party' once again 2010 Event For the first time in ten years, Burmese pro-Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is reunited with her son 2010 Event The Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, says cultural genocide is happening as a result of the Chinese law requiring Mandarin as the language of instruction in Tibetan schools 2010 Event In a BBC interview, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said it was 'impossible' for coalition forces to secure victory in Afghanistan 2010 Event Known as Africa's female Mandela, Victoire Ingabire, Rwanda's opposition leader, is arrested on charges of forming a terrorist organization 2010 Event An audio recording by Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden says Muslim nations haven't done enough to support relief efforts in flood-hit Pakistan 2010 Event FARC guerilla leader Victor Julio Suarez Rojas, known as 'Mono Jojoy' is killed in a Columbian Armed Forces military operation 2010 Event Russia's Federal Security Service assassinates Magomedali Vagabov, a militant leader reportedly responsible for the 2010 Moscow Metro bombings 2010 Event U.S. military forces use an air strike to kill an al-Qaeda leader responsible for planning suicide bombings 2010 Event Abd-al-Rahman Awad, the suspected leader of Fatah al-Islam, the radical Sunni Islamist group, is fatally shot and killed by Lebanon 2010 Event General Stanley McChrystal, leader of the U.S. war Afghanistan announces his retirement after making controversial statements in 'Rolling Stone' magazine 2010 Event Roza Otunbayeva, interim leader of Kyrgyzstan, estimates the death toll from the country's worst ethnic battle in decades could be as many as 2,000 people 2010 Event Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calls for the US to be expelled from the international nuclear system because religion prohibits the use of nuclear weapons 2010 Event Over 100 people die in the Krygyzstani riots; opposition leader Roza Otunbayeva says she will lead a temporary government for six months 2009 Event Margarito Montes, a prominent union leader, is found among fifteen people killed on a ranch in northern Mexico 2004 Death Yasser Arafat, PLO leader/former terrorist, dies at 64 2000 Death "Gordon ""Tex"" Beneke", band leader/saxophonist, led the Glenn Miller Orchestra after Miller's death, dies at 86 2000 Death Robert Rathburn Wilson, nuclear physicist, a leader of the Manhattan Project, dies at 82 1999 Death Daisy Bates, civil rights leader, dies at 84 1998 Death Adem Jasari, Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leader, killed 1997 Death Yegorov, Russian leader (1994-95), dies 1997 Event Deng Xiaoping, leader of China, cremated (died Feb 19th) 1996 Death Daniel Raphaeautl Mayer, journalist/resistance leader, dies at 86 1996 Death Jean-Pierre Levy, resistance leader, dies at 85 1996 Death Andrew Hutchings, teachers' leader, dies at 88 1996 Death Georgios Zoitakis, leader of Greece (1967-72), dies 1996 Death Milton "Tippy" Larkin, band leader, dies at 85 1996 Death Courtney Alexandre Henriques Laws, community leader, dies at 65 1996 Death Leon Shenandoah, native American leader, dies at 81 1996 Death Dzhokhar Dudayev, separatist leader, dies at 52 1996 Death Lucius E Burch, Jr., U.S. civil rights leader, dies at 84 1996 Death Les Baxter, singer/orchestral leader/composer (Born Again), dies at 73 1996 Death Willian Myuon Bany Guerrilla leader, dies 1995 Death Yehuda Meir Getz, rabbi/soldier/religious leader, dies at 71 1995 Event Japanese police arrest cult leader Shoko Asahara and charged him with Nerve-gas attack on Tokyo's subways two months earlier 1995 Event Dalai Lama proclaims 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima 11th reincarnation of Panchen Lama, Tibet's 2nd most sr spiritual leader 1995 Event Sinn-Fein leader Gerry Adams visits White House 1995 Death Sydney Simone, band leader, dies at 80 1995 Death Abdul Ali Mazari, Afghan shite leader, shot to death 1995 Event Sinn Fein party leader, Gerry Adams, arrives in U.S. 1995 Death Howard Hunter, U.S. leader of Mormon Church (1994-95), dies at 87 1995 Death Abdelhafid Said, Algerian student leader, murdered 1995 Event Kevin Eubanks officially becomes band leader of "Tonight Show" 1995 Death Mahmoud Sayed Selim, Egyptian moslim leader, shot to death at 29 1995 Death Souphanouvong, leader of Pathet Lao (1957), dies 1994 Event PTL leader Jim Bakker released from jail 1994 Death Cab[ell] Calloway, U.S. band leader/actor (Missourians), dies at 86 1994 Event Stanley Betrian sworn in as leader of Curaeao 1994 Death Ali Kouider Benyahia, sheik Boualem, Alg Moslem leader, shot at 26 1994 Death Cherif Gousmi, kalief Abu Abdallah Ahmed, Alger Moslem leader, shot 1994 Death Ramdas Nayak, Indies hindu leader/politician, murdered at about 52 1994 Event Kirby Puckett pass Rod Carew with 2,088 hit as Twin's top hit leader 1994 Death Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Lubavitcher leader (1950-94), dies at 92 1994 Death Dhirendra Bhramachari, Flying Swami, hindu leader, dies at 70 1994 Death Sandor Lakatos, Hungarian violist/orchestra leader, dies at 69 1994 Death Talaat Yassin Hamman, militant Moslem leader, shot dead at 32 1994 Event Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender after completion of his Seven Seals manuscript 1994 Death Louis Freeman, band leader, dies at 100 1994 Event Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender if taped statement is broadcasted, it is, but he doesn't 1994 Death Fred de Bruyne, Flemish cyclist/gang leader (Paris-Nice), dies at 63 1993 Death Khaled Moustapha Zir, Palestinian Hamas leader, shot to death at 25 1993 Death Imad Aqal, Palestinian Hamas leader, dies at 24 1993 Death Luciano Liggio, Italian mafia leader/painter, dies 1993 Death Hernan Heleno Castro, El Salvadorian guerilla leader, murdered 1993 Death Francisco Velis, El Salvador guerilla leader (FMLN), murdered 1993 Death Alex Lyon, English Labor Lower house leader (1966-83), dies at 61 1993 Death Paul Henry, U.S. Republicans Congressional leader, dies at 51 1993 Event Carlton Fisk, 45, released by White Sox, as all time leader of most games caught and most home runs by a catcher 1993 Death Sun Ra, blues pianist/orchestra leader, dies of strokes at 79 1993 Event Opposition leader Xanana Gusmao of East-Timor sentenced to life 1993 Event Russia elect Boris Yeltsin leader 1993 Death Ihsan Mohamed Salem, Yunis Awad, Palestinian Al-Fatah leader, killed 1993 Event Inkhata leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi begins 2 week speech 1993 Death Alfredo de Leon, leader (Philippines Red Scorpio Gang), killed 1993 Death Nasrullah Mansoor, Afghan guerilla leader/governor of Paktia, dies 1993 Event Top mafia leader Salvatore "Toto" Riina arrested in Palermo 1992 Death Richard H Ichord, U.S. leader of House Un-American Act Comm, dies 1992 Death Bernard Drukker, Dutch pianist/orchestral leader (duivelswiel), dies 1992 Death Alexander V Van de Wall Bake, staff leader/Governor KMA Breda, dies 1992 Death Andreas M Donner, Dutch state leader/jurist (Constitution), dies at 74 1992 Death Abul Qassim Khoei, Iraqi great-ayatollah/leader of Sjiieten, dies 1992 Death Deron Johnson, 1965 NL run leader, dies of cancer at 53 1992 Death Anthony "Tony" Papa, big band leader, dies at 65 1992 Death Marinus Ruppert, Dutch trade union leader (CNV), dies at 80 1992 Death Markos Vafiades, leader (ELAS, 1943-49), dies 1992 Death Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated 1992 Death Roberto d'Aubuisson, leader of El Salvador, dies 1992 Death Anthony Del Casino, band leader (Charlie Barnet Band), dies at 79 1991 Death Buck Clayton, U.S. jazz trumpeter/orchestra leader, dies 1991 Event Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi wins Nobel Peace Prize 1991 Death Pandit Rambharos Gangaram Panday, Suriname religious leader, dies 1991 Event U.S. trial of Panamanian leader Noriega begins 1991 Death Jo Budie, Dutch orchestra leader (KRO), dies 1991 Event U.S. trial of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega begins 1991 Death Klas Bruinsma, leader criminal organization, murdered 1991 Event ANC leader Nelson Mandela addresses congress 1991 Death Jiang Qing, widow of Chinese leader Mao Tse Tung, commits suicide 1991 Death Richard Bolling, Representative-D-Missouri 1949 - 1983, U.S. civil-rights leader, dies at 74 1991 Death Frans Dohmen, union leader (Netherlands Catholic Mine Workers), dies at 81 1991 Death Jef Houthuys, Belgian union leader (ACV, 1968-87), dies at 68 1990 Death Lucas Polhaupessy, Moluccan leader, dies 1990 Death Rifaat El-Maghub, Egyptian MP leader, murdered 1990 Death Ian Gow, British Conservative parliament leader, murdered 1990 Event South Africa worker's union leader Billy Nair arrested 1990 Death Moelvi Mohammed Farouk, Indian spiritual leader, murdered 1990 Death Ralph David Abernathy, U.S. civil rights leader, dies 1990 Event Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is transferred to a Miami jail 1990 Event Panama's leader General Manuel Noriega surrenders to U.S. authorities 1989 Death Barrel Regtien, student leader, dies 1989 Death Ton Regtien, Dutch student leader, dies at 51 1989 Event Premier Lubbers sees CDA-party leader Elco Brinkman as successor 1989 Death Andre Kloos, Dut trade union leader (NVV)/chairman (VARA), dies at 67 1989 Event East German state/party leader Erich Honecker, resigns 1989 Event South african ANC-founder/leader Walter Sisulu freed 1989 Death Pavlos Bakoyannis, Greek parliament leader, murdered in Rome 1989 Death Abdul Rahman Qassemlu, Iran Kurds leader, murdered 1989 Event South African President Pieter Botha visits ANC leader Nelson Mandela 1989 Event Funeral for Imre Nagg, leader of Hungarian uprising in 1956 1989 Death Ayatalloh Ruhullah Khomeini, Iranian leader (-1989), dies at 89 1989 Death Ayatollah Khomeini, Leader 1989 Event Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping ended a 30-year rift when they formally met in Beijing 1989 Death Huey Newton, U.S., Black Panther leader, shot dead at 47 1989 Event FW de Klerk replaces Botha as South Africa's National Party leader 1989 Event Game-winning RBI, official statistic dropped after 9 years of use New York Mets Keith Hernandez is the all-time leader with 129 1988 Event Political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud 1988 Event PLO leader Yasi Arafat accepts Israel's right to exist 1988 Event South Africa anti-apartheid leader Sisulu wins $100,000 Human Rights prize 1988 Death Melvin J "Cy" Oliver, U.S. jazz composer/orchestra leader, dies at 77 1988 Event Karoly Grosz succeeds party leader Janos Kadar in Hungary 1988 Event Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega indicted on drug charges 1987 Event Czechoslovakian party leader Gustav Husak resigns 1987 Event Military coup leader Major-General Sitiveni Rabuka declares Fiji a republic 1987 Death Sammy Kaye, orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 77 1987 Death Buddy Rich, drummer/orchestral leader (Away We Go), dies at 69 1987 Event PTL leader Jim Bakker resigns after sex scandal with Jessica Hahn 1986 Event House Dems select majority leader Jim Wright as 48th speaker 1986 Death Horace Heidt, orchestra leader (Swift Show Wagon), dies at 85 1986 Event Suriname army leader Desi Bouterse massacres Moiwana village 1986 Death Rolando Olalia, Philippines worker's union leader, murdered 1986 Event Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto arrested 1986 Death Leroy Holmes, orchestra leader (Tonight Show, 1956-57), dies at 72 1986 Death Jef Keuleers, Belgian worker's union leader, dies at 75 1986 Death Tony Desimone, combo leader (Ernie in Kovacsland), dies at 66 1986 Event President Babrak Karmal resigns as party leader of Afghanistan 1986 Death Alvaro Fayad Delgado, Colombian guerilla leader (M-19), dies 1986 Event Haiti's President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier flees to France Henri Namphy becomes leader of Haiti 1986 Event Angolan Unity Leader Jonas Savimbi visits Washington, D.C. 1985 Event Terrorists kill 20 and wound 110 attacking El Al at Rome and Vienna airports, President Reagan blames Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi 1985 Death George Rhodes, orchestra leader (Sammy Davis, Jr. Show), dies at 66 1985 Event French President Mitterrand receives Polish leader Jaruzelski 1985 Event President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for 1st time 1985 Event Russian party leader Gorbatsjov visits Paris 1985 Event South African attorney/UDF leader "Dulah" Omar arrested 1985 Death Harchand Singh Longowai, Sikh leader, shot by Sikh extremists 1985 Event Gandhi signs peace contract with Sikh leader Harchand Singh Longowai 1985 Event "Leader of the Pack" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 120 performances 1985 Death Wayne King, orchestra leader (Wayne King Show), dies at 84 1985 Event Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as NL run scoring leader 1985 Death Mohammed Munir, Indonesian worker's union leader, executed 1985 Death Enver Hoxha, Albanian leader (1944-85), dies 1985 Event Ramiz Alia succeeds Enver Hoxha as party leader of Albania 1985 Death Enver Hoxha, party leader/premier of Albania, dies at 76 1985 Event "Leader of the Pack" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 120 performances 1985 Death Jack Miller, orchestra leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89 1985 Event Mikhail Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader 1985 Death Konstantin Chernenko, party leader/president of U.S.S.R. (1984-85), dies at 73 1985 Event Jordan king Hussein and PLO leader Arafat sign accord 1985 Event Opposition leader Kim Dae Jung returns to South-Korea 1985 Death Mahmoud Taha, Sudanese Moslem leader, hanged at 76 1985 Death Robert H. W. Welch, Jr., U.S. founder/leader John Birch Society, dies at 85 1984 Event Walter Payton passes Jim Brown as NFL's career rushing leader 1984 Death Fred Waring, orchestra leader (Fred Waring Show), dies at 84 1984 Death Raoul Salan, French general/OAS leader (Algeria), dies at 85 1984 Birthday Emil Coleman, orchestra leader, Arthur Murray Party 1984 Death Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indies Sikh leader 1984 Event Bomb explodes in rebel leader Eden Pastora headquarters in Nicaragua 1984 Death Gordon Jenkins, orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 73 1984 Event U.S.S.R. party leader Chernenko elected president 1984 Death Harry Salter, orchestra leader (Stop the Music), dies at 85 1984 Event Worker's union leader Billy Nair freed in South Africa 1984 Death Ina Ray Hutton, orchestra leader (Ina Ray Hutton Show), dies at 66 1984 Event Konstantin Chernenko succeeds Yuri Andropov as U.S.S.R. leader 1983 Event Egyptian president Mubarak meets with PLO leader Yasser Arafat 1983 Death Freddy Martin, orchestra leader (started Merv Griffin), dies at 76 1983 Event South Africa worker's union leader Curnick Ndlovu freed after 19 years 1983 Death Benigno S Aquino, Jr., Philippines opposition leader, killed at 50 1983 Event Syria throws out PLO leader Arafat 1983 Event U.S.S.R. party leader Yuri Andropov elected president 1983 Event Soviet leader Andropov decreases nuclear weapons in Europe 1983 Death Ana Maria, Salvador guerilla leader, murdered 1983 Event Zimbabwe opposition leader Joshua Nkomo flees to Botswana 1983 Death Derk Roemers, Dutch union leader/politician (soc dem), dies at 67 1983 Death August Cool, Belgian trade union leader, dies at 79 1982 Event Suriname army leader Bouterse murders 15 opponents 1982 Death Cyrill Daal, Suriname worker's union leader, murdered 1982 Event U.S.S.R. KGB-chief Yuri V Andropov succeeds Leonid Brezhnev as U.S.S.R. leader 1982 Event Solidarity leader Lech Walesa is let out of jail in Poland 1982 Event Pope John Paul II receives PLO leader Yasser Arafat 1982 Death Wladislaw Gomulka, Polish partisan/party leader, dies at 76 1982 Event PLO leader Yasser Arafat leaves Beirut 1982 Event Lebanese falangist leader Bechir Gemayel elected as president 1982 Death Neil Aggett, South African worker's union leader, commits suicide 1981 Event Poland General Jaruzelski elected party leader 1981 Death William Loeb, publisher of Manchester Union Leader, New Hampshire, dies at 75 1981 Death Robert Peci, Italian brother of Red Brigade leader, murdered 1981 Death General Omar Torrijos, leader of Panama, dies in plane crash 1981 Event Poland Communist Party selects ex-party leader Edward Gierek 1981 Event Hu Yaobang succeeds Hua Guofeng as leader of China PR 1981 Event Astro's Nolan Ryan passes Early Wynn as all-time walk leader, 1,777 1981 Death French Duynstee, Dutch states rights leader, dies at 67 1981 Death Bobby Sherwood, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 66 1980 Death Malando, Arie Maasland, composer/orchestral leader (Ole Guapa), dies at 72 1980 Death Annunzio Mantovani, Italian orchestra leader (Mantovani), dies at 75 1980 Event South Korea opposition leader Kim Dae Jung sentenced to death 1980 Event Poland party leader Edward Gierek resigns 1980 Death Bert Kaempfert, orchestra leader, songwriter, composed jazz-oriented, easy-listening records including Strangers in the Night and hit Wonderland by Night, Danke Schoen for Wayne Newton and L-O-V-E for Nat King Cole 1980 Death Josip Broz Tito, leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80), dies at 87 1980 Death ... Mantovani, orchestra leader (Mantovani), dies at 74 1980 Death George Meany, labor leader, dies at 86 1979 Death Rudi [Rudolf] Dutschke, German student leader, dies at 39 1979 Death Stan Kenton, orchestra leader (Music 55), dies at 67 1979 Death Arthur Fiedler, orchestra leader (Boston Pops), dies at 84 1979 Death Asa Philip Randolph, labor leader and civil rights pioneer, dies at 90 1979 Death Mollah Mustafa Barzani, Kurdish leader, dies at 75 1979 Death Molla Mustafa Barzani, Iranian Kurd leader (KDP), dies at 75 1979 Death Charles Mingus, U.S. jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56 1978 Death Jim Jones, U.S. pastor, leader of Jonestown Cult, commits suicide 1978 Death Kofi Busia, statesman, leader of the Ghana Congress Party, which became the United Party, Prime Minister, 2nd Republic of Ghana, 1969 - 1972, died 1978 Death Enoch Light, orchestra leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith), dies at 70 1977 Event Amir Sheikh Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir Al Sabah becomes leader of Kuwait 1977 Event Egyptian President Sadat became 1st Arab leader to address Israeli Knesset 1977 Death Guy Lombardo, orchestra leader (Auld Lang Syne), dies in Houston at 75 1977 Death Steven Biko, South African black student leader, dies in police custody 1977 Event Pete Rose passes Frankie Frisch as switch-hit leader with 2,881 1977 Death Norman Paris, orchestra leader (For Your Pleasure), dies at 41 1977 Death Charles Sanford, orchestra leader (Your Show of Shows), dies at 71 1976 Birthday Ville Valo, born in Helsinki, Finland, musician, singer, songwriter, leader, HIM rock band, baritone voice, Moto Moto in Finnish version of movie, Madagaskar 2 1976 Event Hua Guofeng succeeds Mao as China's party leader 1976 Death Mao Zedong, Chinese Leader 1976 Death Bobby Hackett, jazz cornetist/orchestral leader (Air time '57), dies at 61 1976 Death Kathryn Kuhlman, religious leader/faith healer, dies 1975 Death Vincent Lopez, orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at 76 1975 Event Black-Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver returns to U.S. 1975 Event PLO leader Yasser Arafat addresses United Nations in New York City 1975 Death John Scott Trotter, orchestra leader (George Gobel Show), dies at 67 1975 Death Chiang Kai-Shek, Nationalist Chinese leader, dies at 87 1975 Death Sammy Spear, orchestra leader (Dom Deluise Show), dies at 65 1975 Death Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, dies in Chicago at 78 1975 Event Margaret Thatcher elected leader of British Conservative Party 1974 Event Jean-Paul Sartre visits RAF leader Andreas Baader in prison 1974 Death Vera Vague, Barbara Jo Allen, actress 'Follow the Leader', dies at 70 1974 Event Romanian Communist Party names party leader Ceausescu president 1974 Birthday Tony Delk, born in Covington, Tennessee, professional basketball player, point guard, shooting guard, leader of University of Kentucky Wildcats team that won the 1996 NCAA Men's Division 1974 Death Georgios Grivas, Greek gen/oppos leader on Cyprus (EOKA), dies at 75 1974 Death Roy Bargy, orchestra leader (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 79 1973 Event Willi Stoph succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader 1973 Death Earl Browder, leader U.S. Communist Party (1930-45), dies at 82 1973 Event Russian party leader Brezhnev visits France 1973 Event Russian party leader Brezhnev visits U.S. 1973 Death Hal Hastings, orchestra leader (Chevrolet on Broadway), dies at 66 1973 Death Vaughn Monroe, singer/orchestral leader (Vaughn Monroe Show), dies at 61 1973 Event Russian party leader Brezhnev visits West Germany 1973 Birthday Larry Page, born in East Lansing, Michigan, computer scientist, Google co-founder, named a Global Leader of Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum 1972 Event Jet's Don Maynard becomes all time pro reception leader (632) 1972 Death Alan Roth, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 68 1972 Birthday Denny Vaughn, orchestra leader, Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour 1972 Death Joseph F Smith, Jr., leader U.S. mormon chuch, dies at 95 1972 Event West German police arrested RAF leader Ulrike Meinhof 1972 Death Otto Brenner, German trade union leader, dies at 64 1972 Event Birenda, becomes leader of Nepal 1972 Death Al Goodman, Russian/US orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81 1971 Event Erich Honecker succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader 1971 Death Whitney M Young, Jr., leader (National Urban League 1961-71), dies at 49 1970 Event Edward Gierek succeeds Wladyslaw Gomulka as Poland's party leader 1970 Death Charles De Gaulle, Leader 1970 Event PLO leader Arafat threatens to make a cemetery of Jordan 1970 Event U.S. Black Panther leader Huey Newton let out of jail 1970 Death Walter P Reuther, U.S. worker's union leader/president (CIO), dies 1970 Event Libyan leader Gadaffi launches "Green Revolution" 1970 Birthday Constantine Karamanlis, Greek Leader 1969 Death Fred Hampton, U.S. Black-Panther leader, murdered 1969 Birthday Gwen Stefani, born in Fullerton, California, singer, fashion designer, leader of band, No Doubt, named Billboard's 37th Hot 100 artist of the decade 1969 Death Mitchell Ayres, orchestra leader (Hollywood Palace), dies at 58 1969 Death Russ Morgan, orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at 65 1969 Death John L. Lewis, American Leader 1969 Birthday Emmitt Smith, running back, Dallas Cowboys, 3-time NFL rushing leader 1968 Birthday Ziggy Marley, born in Trenchtown, Jamaica, reggae performer, oldest son of Rita and Bob Marley, leader of band, Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers 1968 Death Pierre Mulele, Congolese rebel leader, executed 1968 Death George P Gooch, English historian/House of Commons leader, dies 1968 Event E German party leader Ulbricht receives "Order of October Revolution" 1968 Death Merle Kendrick, orchestra leader (Window on the World), dies at 72 1968 Death Bobby Hutton, U.S. Black Panther leader, shot to death 1968 Death Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader 1968 Death Lauwrens Voorthuyzen, Dutch sect leader, dies at 70 1968 Event Dubcek succeeds President Novotny as party leader of Czechoslovakia 1967 Death Paul Whiteman, U.S. orchestra leader (Fabulous Dorseys), dies at 77 1967 Birthday Heavy D, born in Jamaica, rapper, leader of Heavy D & the Boyz, sung theme song for In Living Color and MADtv shows 1966 Death Hendrik W. Tilanus, artillery officer/leader (CHU 1939-63), dies at 81 1965 Death Mehdi Am Barka, Moroccan socialist leader, murdered in Paris 1965 Death Ben Barka, Moroccan opposition leader, kidnapped and murdered in Paris 1965 Death Dipa Nusantara Aidit, Indonesian leader (PKI 1951-65), murdered at 42 1965 Death Carl Hoff, orchestra leader (Music Hall), dies at 60 1965 Death Harry Reser, orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 69 1965 Event Edward Heath succeeds Alec Douglas-Hume as leader of British Cons party 1965 Death Arnold Meijer, leader (Fascist Nationally Front), dies 1965 Event South Africa worker's union leader Henry Fazzie sentenced to 10 years 1965 Event Stoica becomes president and Ceausescu party leader of Romania 1965 Death Malcolm X, Little, black Moslem leader, assassinated in New York City at 39 1965 Death Theo Uden Marsman, Dutch orchestra leader, dies at 63 1964 Death Don Redman, orchestra leader (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 64 1964 Event Congo rebel leader Christopher Gbenye holds 60 Americans/800 Belgians 1964 Death Russ Case, orchestra leader (Julius La Rosa Show), dies at 52 1964 Death Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Leader 1963 Death Axel Stordahl, orchestra leader (Frank Sinatra Show), dies at 50 1963 Event South African worker's union leader Billy Nair arrested 1963 Event South Africa worker's union leader Curnick Ndlovu arrested 1963 Death Lambrakis, Greek EDA-parliament leader, murdered 1963 Event Greek parliament leader Lambrakis injured 1963 Death Todd "Hugh" Gaitskell, leader British Labour Party, dies at 56 1963 Death Mohammed ibn al-Chattabi Abd el-Krim, Morocco opposition leader, dies 1962 Birthday Mike Nocito, born in Germany, rocker, leader of English pop band, Johnny Hates Jazz 1962 Death Andre Renard, Belgium worker's union leader (MSU), dies at 51 1962 Event OAS leader general Raoul Salan sentenced to life 1961 Event Former nazi leader Johannes Vorster becomes South Africa's minister of justice (if the shoe fits...) 1961 Death Jack Kane, orchestra leader (Steve and Eydie, Andy Williams Show), dies at 37 1961 Death Susanna M. Salter, 1st U.S. female mayor/temperance leader, dies at 101 1960 Death Inejiro Asanuma, leader Japanese Socialist Party, murdered at 61 1960 Birthday Cunningham T Ngcukana, South African worker's union leader 1960 Birthday Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spanish Leader 1960 Birthday Chuck D, born in Roosevelt, New York, rapper, author, leader, Public Enemy, created politically, socially conscious rap music, focused on hip hop genre, albums include, 'Yo! Bum Rush the Show', 'Fear of a Black Planet' 1960 Event Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, calls for a black state 1959 Birthday Jesse Barfield, Illinois, outfielder, Blue Jays, Yankees, 1986 home run leader 1959 Event Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev concludes his U.S. visit 1959 Birthday Sydney P Mufamadi, South African leader, SACP 1957 Birthday Alan Donnelly, born in England, politician, Labor Party, leader, European Parliamentary Labor Party, 1998 - 2005, founded, serves, as executive chairman of public affairs company, Sovereign Strategy, represents President of Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, at Grand Prix 1957 Death Aga Khan III, leader of ismailieten (Indian transition), dies 1957 Death James F "Jimmy" Dorsey, U.S. orchestra leader, dies at 53 1957 Birthday Mohammed Valli Moosa, South African leader, UDF 1956 Death Victor Young, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 56 1956 Birthday Murphy Morobe, South Afr UDF leader, spent 3 years in Robbeneiland Jail 1956 Event Erno Gero succeeds Matyas Rakosi as party leader of Hungary 1956 Birthday Azhar Cachalia, Scottish/South Africa leader, United Democratic Front 1956 Event Hungarian party leader Matyas Rakosi enforces his own policy 1956 Death Frank Dailey, orchestra leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54 1956 Event Russian party leader Khrushchev attacks memory of Stalin 1955 Death Mary McLeod Bethune, educator and civil rights leader, dies at 79 1955 Birthday Shoko Asahara, Chizuo Matsumoto, Japanese sect leader 1954 Birthday Jayaseelan Naidoo, South African worker's union leader 1954 Event Hassan el Hodeiby, leader of Moslem brothership, arrested in Egypt 1954 Birthday Frank Marino, born in Montreal, Canada, Francesco Antonio Marino, guitarist, rocker, musician, songwriter, leader of Canadian band Mahogany Rush 1954 Death Mary Church Terrell, educator/civil rights leader, dies at 90 1954 Birthday Greg Ginn, born in America, guitarist, singer, songwriter, leader, Black Flag, hardcore punk, Rolling Stone's, 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time 1954 Birthday Bulelani T Ngcuka, South African attorney/leader, UDF 1953 Event Yamada Koun, leader of Sanbo Kyodan line of Zen, found 1st awakening 1953 Death Josef V Stalin, soviet leader responsible for 11M murders, dies at 73 1953 Death Joseph Stalin, Russian Leader 1953 Birthday James Mndaweni, South African worker's union leader/president, NACTU 1952 Death Isaac Sadeh, leader of Jewish commando forces, dies 1952 Birthday Bill Frist, born in Nashville, Tennessee, physician, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from Tennessee, U.S. Senate Majority Leader 2003 - 2007 1952 Death Joseph Arendt, Belgian worker's union leader, dies at 66 1951 Birthday Pat Bradley, golfer, leader in LPGA career earnings 1950 Birthday Yunus I Mahomed, South African attorney/leader, UDF 1950 Event Dutch NSB leader C van Gelderen sentenced to life 1950 Birthday Peter Hain, born in Nairobi, Kenya, politician, Labor Party, Leader of the House of Commons, Cabinet member for Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, Member of Parliament for Neath 1950 Birthday Jorg Haider, Austrian polical leader, Austrian Freedom Pary 1950 Death Joseph Issac Shneerson, Jewish Lubavitch Chabal leader, dies 1949 Birthday Ira Newborn, born in New York City, New York, orchestra leader, Manhattan Transfer 1949 Birthday Paul Shaffer, Thunder Bay Ont, orchestra leader, SNL, David Letterman 1949 Event NL batting leader (.342) Jackie Robinson wins NL MVP 1949 Birthday Don Baylor, born in Texas, baseball player, Rockies, 1979 AL RBI leader, 267 HBP 1949 Event Prince Rainier III becomes leader of Monaco 1948 Death Mohandas Gandhi, Indian Leader 1948 Birthday Alexander "Alec" Erwin, South African worker's union leader 1947 Birthday Stephanus S "Tian" van Merwe, leader, South Africa Democratic Party 1947 Death Nikola Petkov, leader of Bulgaria Boer party, hanged 1947 Birthday Mosibudi Mangena, South African black leader, On Your Own 1947 Death Sanner, leader of Norger blood bath, executed 1946 Death Ernest Thompson Seton, American Leader 1946 Death Julius Streicher, German District Leader (Of Sturmer), hanged 1946 Death Anton A Mussert, engineer/NSB leader, executed 1946 Event F Gouin follows De Gaulle as temporary leader of French government 1945 Event General Enver Hoxha becomes leader of Albania 1945 Birthday Gene Upshaw, NFL guard, Oakland, NFLPA leader 1945 Event Marshal Henri Petain, leader Vichy-regime, goes on trial 1945 Birthday Diana Warwick, leader, Association of University Teachers 1945 Death Heinrich Himmler, Gestapo leader, commits suicide in prison at 44 1945 Death Adolf Hitler, genocidal leader of Germany commits suicide 1945 Death Bernito Mussolini, Fascist leader (Italy), tried and shot 1945 Event Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II, arrested for treason 1945 Event General Blaskowitz becomes nazi leader of "Fort Holland" 1945 Birthday Hans Brunhart, leader of Liechtenstein, 1978-93 1944 Death Glenn Miller, U.S. band leader/jazz composer, dies at 40 1944 Death Bijnen, Dutch opposition leader (LKP), shot to death in Apeldoorn 1944 Death Ernst "Teddy" Thalmann, leader of German KPD, dies 1944 Death Jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49 1944 Birthday Gladys Knight, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, leader of Pips, Last Train 1944 Event Partisan leader Tito escapes Germans surrounding Bosnia 1944 Birthday Dzhokhar Dudayev, separatist leader 1944 Birthday Eugene Terre Blanche, South Africa leader of Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging 1944 Birthday Peter Akinola, born in Ogun, Nigeria, church leader in Nigeria 1943 Death H van Zanten, guerrilla leader on North Sumatra, executed 1943 Death Jan Dieters, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN), executed 1943 Death Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN), executed 1943 Event Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN) arrested 1943 Event Jan Dieters (leader of illegal CPN) arrested 1943 Birthday Tom McNally, born in England, Thomas McNally, Baron McNally, politician, Liberal Party, Liberal Democrat leader in the House of Lords, life peer, Baron of Blackpool in the County of Lancashire 1943 Death Henri Polak, Dutch union leader/politician (soc-dem), dies at 74 1942 Death Eduard C "Edo" Fimmen, Dutch trade union leader, dies at 61 1942 Event Seyss-Inquart allows Dutch Nazi Anton Mussert to call himself Leader 1942 Event Hitler names Mussert "leader of Netherland people" 1942 Death Gustave "Staff" de Clercq, leader Flemish Nationally Covenant, dies 1942 Death W van Daalen, opposition leader on Celebes, beheaded 1942 Event German 1st tank leader captures Elista, Kalmukkensteppe 1942 Event General B. Montgomery becomes commandant British 8th leader in North Africa 1942 Death Johan H Westerveld, Lt-colonel/leader Order Service, executed 1942 Death Henk Sneevliet, leader of Dutch RSAP/Spartacus, executed at 58 1942 Birthday Kris Jensen, born in New Haven, Connecticut, musician, singer, guitarist, recorded with Kapp Records, Leader Records, Hickory Records, recorded chart topping hit 'Torture' 1942 Birthday Neil Kinnock, Wales, leader, Labour Party 1942 Birthday Huey Newton, Black Panther leader 1942 Death Reimond Tollenaere, leader Flemishch National Front, dies at 81 1941 Event Japans invasion leader lands on Luzon, Philippines 1941 Death Marcus Garvey, U.S. black leader (Back to Africa Movement), dies at 52 1941 Birthday Jimmy Hoffa, Jr., son of Jimmy Hoffa/Teamster union leader 1941 Birthday Alf Clausen, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, orchestra leader, Mary, Simpsons 1941 Death Leen Schijvenschuurder, Dutch February strike leader, executed 1940 Birthday Ed Garvey, labor leader, Major League Baseball Players Association 1940 Birthday Rudi [Rudolf] Dutschke, German student leader, Glasnost Berlin 1940 Birthday Willie Stargell, outfielder/1st baseman, Pirates, 1971 NL home run leader 1940 Birthday Johnson P Mlambo, South African leader, Pan-African Congress 1940 Birthday Julian Bond, born in Nashville, Tennessee, D-Ga, civil rights leader 1939 Event Hitler named Adolf Eichmann leader of "Referat IV B" 1939 Birthday Franklin A Sonn, union leader, South African workers 1939 Birthday Eleanor Smeal, leader, National Organization for Women 1939 Birthday Lou Brock, one-time baseball stolen base leader for the St. Louis Cardinals 1939 Birthday Nganani Enos J Mabuza, South African leader, Inyandza National Movement 1939 Event U.S. worker's union leader Tom Mooney freed (jailed since 1916) 1938 Birthday Ton Regtien, Dutch student leader 1938 Birthday Franco, Zaire, composer/guitarist/leader, Masumbuku 1938 Death James Weldon Johnson, black leader (NAACP), dies in car crash at 67 1938 Death Philip Kleintjes, republic leader, dies at 70 1937 Birthday Don Sebesky, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, orchestra leader, Jimmy Dean Show 1937 Event Hitler informs his military leader of his intentions of going to war 1937 Birthday Jacobus H "Koos" van de Merwe, South Africa attorney/CP parliament leader 1937 Birthday Alan Tuffin, trade union leader 1937 Birthday Raynoma Gordy, Mayberry, U.S. orchestra leader, Rayber Voices 1937 Birthday Eden Pastora Gomez, Nicaraguan contra leader 1936 Event Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek declares war on Japan 1936 Death Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish anarchists army leader, dies in battle 1936 Birthday Sepp Blatter, Swiss Leader 1935 Birthday Dominico Tromp, Aruba, stage leader 1935 Birthday Esmond Bulmer, English cider brewer/Conservative Lower house leader 1935 Birthday Dalai Lama, Tibetan spiritual leader 1935 Birthday Dalai Lama 14, Tibet, spiritual leader of Tibet's Lamaistic Buddhists 1935 Birthday Denis J. Worrall, South African politician/leader, DP 1935 Birthday Tony Campolo, born in America, pastor, speaker, author, promotes evangelical reform, leader, 'Red Letter Christian' movement, focusing on Christ's teachings, wrote, 'A Reasonable Faith', known for famous sermon, 'It's Friday, But Sunday's Coming!' 1934 Birthday Robert E Hughes, New York City, orchestra leader, Rich Little Show 1934 Event Chinese Red leader under Mao Tse Tung begins Long March 1934 Birthday Jonas Savimbi, Angolian leader of Unita 1933 Birthday Alan Tuffin, trade union leader 1933 Birthday Bob Rozario, Shanghai China, orchestra leader, Tony Orlando, Marie 1933 Event Suriname worker's union leader A de Come banish to Netherlands 1933 Birthday Perry Botkin, Jr., born in New York City, orchestra leader, Bert Convy Show 1933 Birthday Aga Khan, religious leader, Muslims 1932 Birthday Roy Hattersley, British journalist/Labour-parliament leader 1932 Birthday Ethel L Ennis, U.S. orchestra leader/jazz singer, Once Again 1932 Birthday Benigno Aquino, Jr., Philippine opposition leader; assassinated 1932 Birthday Michael Knight, air chief marshall/British leader, NATO 1932 Birthday Wilson "Papa" Godett, Curacaos worker's union leader/boxer 1932 Birthday Curnick M Ndlovu, Jailed South Africian worker's union leader 1932 Death Roosje Vos, Dutch trade union leader, dies at 71 1932 Death Roses Fox, Trade union leader, dies at 71 1932 Event Air force's Marmaduke Brutal becomes leader of revolutionary junta 1931 Birthday Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, leader B-sect/guru of rich 1931 Death Arthur James Cook, union leader (coal miners), dies at 47 1931 Birthday Del Insko, harness racer, toothpick in mouth, 1969 money leader 1931 Birthday Courtney Alexandre Henriques Laws, community leader 1930 Birthday John Daly, British trade union leader 1930 Birthday David M G Curry, South African Labour Party parliament leader 1930 Birthday Buddy Bregman, Chicago, orchestra leader, Eddie Fisher Show 1930 Death Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch SDAP leader, dies at 70 1930 Birthday Richard Hayman, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, orchestra leader, Vaughn Monroe Show 1930 Birthday Bill Benyon, English large landowner/Conservative Lower house leader 1929 Birthday Billy Nair, South Africa union/SACP leader, 20 years in Robbeneiland Prison 1929 Birthday Ahmed "Kathy" Kathrada, leader of South Africa Communist Party 1929 Birthday Yasser Arafat, leader, Palestine Liberation Organization 1929 Birthday James Last, orchestra leader/composer/arranger 1929 Birthday Arthur S. Taylor, Jr., U.S. drummer and band leader, Taylor's Wailers 1928 Birthday Peter Matz, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, orchestra leader, Hullabaloo, Carol Burnette Show 1928 Birthday Albert Shanker, American labor leader, American Federation of Teachers 1928 Birthday Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African Leader 1928 Death Stjepan Radic, founder/leader (Croatian Boer party), dies 1928 Birthday Jean-Marie le Pen, born in France, leader, National Front party 1928 Death Ludwig Enneccerus, German leader, dies at 85 1928 Birthday Ariel Sharon, Israeli Leader 1927 Birthday Helenard J "Allan" Hendrickse, leader of South Africa Labour Party 1927 Death John Dillon, Irish nationalist and British Lower house leader, dies at 75 1927 Birthday Coretta Scott King, born in Marion, Alabama, civil rights leader 1927 Birthday Gerry Mulligan, British saxophonist and orchestra leader, Jazz on a Summer Day 1927 Birthday Cesar Chavez, born in Yuma, Arizona, farm labor leader, United Farm Workers 1927 Birthday Donn Trenner, born in New Haven, Connecticut, orchestra leader, ABC's Nightlife 1926 Birthday Edgar D Ngoyi, South African ANC leader, 17 years in Robbeneiland Jail 1926 Birthday Alan Copeland, born in Los Angeles, California, orchestra leader/singer, Your Hit Parade 1926 Death Symon Petlyura, leader of Ukraine (pogroms), assassinated at 47 1926 Death Lucien Herr, French leader (Correspondance entre Schiller), dies 1926 Birthday Ralph Abernathy, civil rights leader, Southern Christian Leadership 1926 Birthday Hans-Jochen Vogel, leader of West Germany's Social Democrats, SPD 1925 Birthday Tom Jackson, British union leader, Post Office 1925 Birthday James Moody, U.S., jazz saxophonist/orchestra leader 1925 Birthday Elliot Lawrence, Philadelphia, orchestra leader, Guide Right, Howard Cosell 1925 Birthday Benjamin Hooks, civil rights leader 1925 Event British Liberals choose David Lloyd George as party leader 1925 Birthday Marty Paich, born in Oakland California, orchestra leader, Sonny and Cher, Glenn Campbell 1924 Birthday Allyn Ferguson, born in San Jose, California, orchestra leader, Andy Williams Show 1924 Birthday Colin Romoff, New York City, orchestra leader, Andy Williams Show 1924 Birthday Terry Gibbs, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Steve Allen Comedy Hour 1924 Birthday Louis Bellson, Rock Falls, Illinois, orchestra leader, Pearl Bailey Show 1924 Birthday Rainer Barzel, German leader, CDU-CSU, minister 1924 Birthday Nick Perito, born in Denver, Colorado, orchestra leader, Don Knotts Show, Big Show 1924 Death Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, Russian leader, dies of a stroke at 53 1924 Death Vladimir Lenin, Russian Leader 1923 Birthday Wilton S Mkwayi, South African ANC leader 1923 Birthday Milt Okun, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Starland Vocal Band Show 1923 Death [Auguste-]Maurice Barres, French writer/parliament leader, dies at 61 1923 Birthday Bert Kaempfert, born in Barmbek, Hamburg, Germany, orchestra leader, songwriter, composed jazz-oriented, easy-listening records including Strangers in the Night and hit Wonderland by Night, Danke Schoen for Wayne Newton and L-O-V-E for Nat King Cole 1923 Birthday Shimon Peres, Israeli Labor Party leader/prime minister 1923 Birthday Jack Parnell, born in London, England, orchestra leader, Englebert Humperdick Show 1923 Birthday Dipa Nusantara Aidit, Indonesian communist/leader of PKI, 1951-65 1923 Event Britain recognizes Transjordan with Abdullah as its leader 1923 Birthday Mort Lindsey, born in Newark, New Jersey, orchestra leader, Merv Griffin Show 1923 Birthday George H H Lascelles, English earl of Harewood/leader, Covent Garden 1923 Death Max Nordau, Sudfeld, German physician/zionists leader, dies at 73 1923 Birthday Willem Aantjes, Dutch politicial leader, CDA 1922 Event British Labour party selects Ramsay MacDonald as leader 1922 Birthday Neal Hefti, Hastings, Nebraska, orchestra leader, Kate Smith Show 1922 Birthday Frank Comstock, SD California, orchestra leader, Jimmie Rodgers Show 1922 Birthday Charles Evers, civil rights leader, Amazing Grace 1922 Birthday Jack Boddy, British trade union leader 1922 Death Michael Collins, Irish nationalist leader, killed in ambush 1922 Birthday Andre Kloos, Dutch trade union leader, NVV/VARA 1922 Birthday Les Baxter, U.S., singer, orchestra leader and composer, Born Again 1922 Birthday Ray Anthony, Penn, orchestra leader, Ray Anthony Show, Peter Gunn Theme 1921 Birthday Harper MacKay, born in Boston, Massachusetts, orchestra leader, NBC Follies 1921 Birthday Whitney M. Young, Jr., civil rights leader, head of Urban League 1921 Birthday Billy Taylor, born in Greenville, North Carolina, orchestra leader, David Frost Show 1921 Birthday Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and orchestra leader, Ripley's Game 1921 Birthday Syd Vincent, British mine workers leader 1921 Birthday Bernie Leighton, West Haven, Connecticut, orchestra leader, Chance of a Lifetime 1920 Death Mohammed ibn Addoellah, Somalian resistances leader "Mad Molla", dies 1920 Death Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian hindu leader, dies 1920 Birthday Georges Marchais, political leader, French Communist Party 1920 Birthday William Simpson, British trade union leader 1920 Event Pogrom leader Petljoera declares Ukraine Independence 1920 Birthday Liam Cosgrave, leader, Fine Gael Party 1920 Birthday Jose Melis, Havana Cuba, orchestra leader, Jack Paar Program 1920 Death Alexander Koltsjak, Admiral/leader Russian counter-revolutionary, executed 1920 Birthday James Farmer, Marshall, Tex, civil rights leader 1919 Death Louis Botha, South African Boer leader, dies 1919 Death Emiliano Zapata, Mexican leader, murdered at 39 1919 Birthday Ralph Flanagan, born in Loraine, Ohio, orchestra leader, Let's Dance 1919 Birthday Antoon J. Hubben, Dutch mayor and trade union leader 1919 Birthday Luther Henderson, Jr., born in Kansas City, Missouri, orchestra leader, Polly Bergen Show 1919 Birthday Buddy Morrow, orchestra leader, Jimmie Rodgers Show 1919 Birthday Allie Reynolds, New York Yankee pitcher, 1952 AL ERA leader, 2.07, 1919 Birthday Bob Boucher, born in Kent, Ohio, orchestra leader, Music on Ice 1919 Birthday Bernard Drukker, Dutch organist/pianist/orchestra leader, Devil's Wheel 1918 Birthday Eddie Safranski, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, orchestra leader, Jonathan Winters Show 1918 Birthday Milton Delugg, born in Los Angeles, California, orchestra leader, Tonight Show 1918 Event Dutch SDAP leader Troelstra announces revolution 1918 Birthday Bobby Byrne, Columbus Ohio, orchestra leader, Club Seven 1918 Birthday Malcolm Shepherd, born in England, born Malcolm Newton Shepherd, Lord Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd of Spalding, politician, Labor Party, Leader of the House of Lords 1918 Birthday Gerald Wilson, Shelby Mississippi, orchestra leader, Redd Foxx 1918 Event Lenin, new leader of Soviet Russia, shot and wounded after speech 1918 Birthday Andreas Donner, Dutch state leader 1918 Birthday Coleman A Young, civil rights leader, Mayor-D-Detroit 1918 Birthday Kirby Stone, born in New York City, jazz combo leader, Baubles Bangles and Beads 1918 Event Trotsky becomes leader of Reds 1918 Birthday Skitch Henderson, born in Birmingham, England, orchestra leader, Tonight Show 1918 Birthday Alessadro Natta, Italian political leader, Communist Party 1917 Death Uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czechoslovakia, dies 1917 Birthday Jiang Zemin, Chinese Leader 1917 Birthday Ted Steele, born in Hartford, Connecticut, orchestra leader, Cavalcade of Stars 1917 Birthday Buddy Rich, born in Brooklyn, New York, drummer/orchestral leader, Buddy Rich Band-Away We Go 1917 Birthday Harry West, Unionist party leader, Unionist 1917 Birthday Ina Ray Hutton, born in Chicago, Illinois, orchestra leader, Ina Ray Hutton Show 1916 Birthday Hal Hastings, New York City, orchestra leader, Chevrolet on Broadway 1916 Birthday Billy May, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, orchestra leader, Milton Berle Show 1916 Death Klaas/old stick Kater, christian worker's union leader, dies at 73 1916 Birthday Richard Bolling, born in New York City, New York, Representative-D-Missouri 1949 - 1983, U.S. civil-rights leader 1916 Birthday Vic Schoen, Brooklyn New York, orchestra leader, Patti Page Olds Show 1916 Birthday George Wyle, born in New York City, New York, orchestra leader, Jerry Lewis Show, Flip Wilson Show 1916 Birthday Joel Herron, born in Chicago, Illinois, orchestra leader, Jaye P Morgan Show 1916 Birthday Vic Mizzy, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Don Rickles Show 1915 Event Serbian leader flees to Albania 1915 Death Joe Hill, Labor leader/songwriter, executed for murder 1915 Birthday Jack Fascinato, Bevier, Missouri, pianist/orchestral leader, Kukla Fran and Ollie 1915 Birthday Ron Smith, union leader, British Postal Workers 1915 Birthday Leon Shenandoah, native American leader 1915 Birthday Van Alexander, New York City, orchestra leader, Gordon MacRae Show 1915 Birthday Bobby Hackett, born in Providence, Rhode Island, trumpeteer/orchestral leader, Air Time '57 1915 Birthday Joe Hitchcock, darts player, leader of St. Dunstan's Four 1915 Birthday Alvy West, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Andy Williams Show 1914 Birthday Glenn Osser, Munising, Michigan, orchestra leader, Paul Whiteman Goodyear Revue 1914 Death Bai Long, White Wolf, Chinese Robin Hood/crowd leader, dies 1914 Birthday Richard Maltby, orchestra leader, Vaughn Monroe Show 1914 Birthday Bobby Sherwood, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, orchestra leader, Milton Berle Show 1914 Birthday Frank Chacksfield, arranger/orchestral leader 1914 Birthday Ralph Herman, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, orchestra leader, Circus Time 1913 Birthday Leroy Holmes, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, orchestra leader, Tonight Show, 1956-57 1913 Birthday Bob Crosby, Spokane, Washington, Bing's brother, orchestra leader, Bob Crosby Show 1913 Birthday Axel Stordahl, born in Staten Island, New York, orchestra leader, Frank Sinatra Show 1913 Birthday Michael Foot, born Plymouth, England, born Michael Mackintosh Foot, writer, politician, Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition 1913 Death Adhemar Esmein, French Reichts leader, dies at 65 1913 Birthday Jimmy Hoffa, missing labor leader 1913 Birthday Kofi Busia, born in Wenchi, Ghana, statesman, leader of the Ghana Congress Party, which became the United Party, Catholic, Prime Minister, 2nd Republic of Ghana, 1969 - 1972 1913 Birthday Bert Farber, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Arthur Gudfrey, Vic Damone 1913 Birthday Tutti Camarata, Glen Ridge, New Jersey, orchestra leader, Vic Damone Show 1913 Death Song Jiao-ren, leader Chinese Guomindang-Party, dies 1913 Birthday Artur Axmann, nazi youth leader 1913 Birthday Jimmy Hoffa, Teamsters leader who disappeared in 1975 1913 Birthday Edward Gierek, party leader, Polish CP 1912 Death William Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies 1912 Death Louis Antoine, Belgian miner/sect leader, dies at about 65 1912 Birthday Lou Brown, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Jerry Lewis Show 1912 Birthday Russ Case, born in Hamburg, Iowa, orchestra leader, Julius La Rosa Show 1912 Birthday Paul Weston, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, orchestra leader, Jim Nabors Hour 1912 Birthday Lucius E Burch, Jr., U.S. lawyer/civil rights leader 1912 Birthday Victor Reuther, Wheeling, West Virginia, labor leader 1911 Birthday George Cates, New York City, orchestra leader, Lawrence Welk Show 1911 Birthday Vaughn Monroe, born in Akron, Ohio, singer/orchestral leader, Vaughn Monroe Show 1911 Birthday Irwin Kostal, born in Chicago, Illinois, orchestra leader, Garry Moore Show 1911 Birthday Konstantin Chernenko, U.S.S.R. leader 1911 Birthday Frank Devol, Moundsville, West Virginia, orchestra leader, I'm Dickens He's Fenster 1911 Birthday Marinus Ruppert, Dutch chairman, CNV, trade union leader 1911 Birthday Lester Lanin, orchestra leader, 40 Beatle Hits 1911 Birthday Lord Lovat, Shimi, Scottish cattle breeder/leader of clan Fraser 1911 Birthday Diego Fabbri, Italian, playwright/leader, Vatican movie bureau 1911 Birthday Alvino Rey, born in Cleveland, Ohio, orchestra leader, King Family 1911 Death Carry Amelia Moore Nation, American temperance leader, dies 1911 Birthday Jean-Pierre Levy, resistance leader 1911 Birthday Leonard Woodcock, labor leader, UAW 1910 Birthday Mitchell Ayres, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, orchestra leader, Hollywood Palace 1910 Birthday Edmundo Ros, English orchestra leader 1910 Birthday Jef Keuleers, Belgian worker's union leader 1910 Birthday Milton "Tippy" Larkin, band leader 1910 Birthday Govan AM Mbeki, South African leader, ANC/SACP 1910 Birthday Gordon B. Hinckley, born in Utah, religious leader, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1910 Birthday Ray McKinley, born in Ft. Worth, Texas, orchestra leader/drummer, Glenn Miller Time 1910 Birthday David Rose, born in London, England, orchestra leader, Red Skelton Show, Stripper 1910 Birthday Gordon Jenkins, Webster Grove, Missouri, orchestra leader, NBC Comedy Hour 1910 Birthday Bayard Rustin, civil rights leader 1910 Birthday Sammy Kaye, born in Rocky River Ohio, orchestra leader, Sammy Kaye Show 1910 Birthday Frans Dohmen, union leader, Dutch Catholic Mineworker's Union 1909 Birthday Roy Reuther, Wheeling, West Virginia, labor leader 1909 Birthday 2nd viscount Camrose, British Conserv Lower house leader, 1941-45 1909 Birthday Archie Bleyer, born in Corona, New York, orchestra leader, Arthur Godfrey 1909 Birthday Lord Collison, British union leader, agriculture workers 1909 Birthday Daniel Raphael Mayer, journalist/resistance leader 1909 Birthday Lionel Hampton, orchestra leader/vibraphone improviser, Depths Below 1908 Birthday Ray Carter, born in Chicago, Illinois, orchestra leader, Arthur Murray Dance Party 1908 Birthday Enver Hoxha, post-war leader of Albania, 1944-85 1908 Birthday Bernie Green, born in New York City, orchestra leader, Arthur Godfrey Show, Garry Moore Show 1908 Birthday Raymond Harry Warnow Scott, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Your Hit Parade 1908 Birthday John Scott Trotter, born in Charlotte, North Carolina, orchestra leader, George Gobel Show 1908 Birthday Malando, Arie Maasland, composer/orchestra leader, Ole Guapa 1908 Birthday Hank Sylvern, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Jane Froman's USA Canteen 1908 Birthday Lawrence Welk, born in Strasburg, North Dakota, orchestra leader, Lawrence Welk Show 1907 Birthday Andrew Hutchings, teachers' leader 1907 Birthday Howard William Hunter, Mormon Church Leader 1907 Birthday Otto Brenner, German worker's union leader 1907 Birthday Walter Reuther, labor leader/president, UAW and CIO 1907 Birthday Enoch Light, Canton Ohio, orchestra leader, Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith 1907 Birthday Felix de Nobel, Dutch orchestra leader 1907 Birthday Eddie Ballantine, Chicago, orchestra leader, Don McNeill TV Club 1906 Birthday Lord Margadale, English Conserv parliament leader/large landowner 1906 Birthday Freddy Martin, born in Cleveland, Ohio, orchestra leader, started Merv Griffin 1906 Event Joseph Smith, leader of the Mormon Church, convicted of polygamy 1906 Birthday Harry Sosnik, born in Chicago, orchestra leader, Jack Carter Show, Your Hit Parade 1906 Birthday Kay Kyser, born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, orchestra leader, Kay Kyser's Kollege 1905 Birthday Tommy Dorsey, Mahanoy Plane, Pennsylvania, orchestra leader, Stage Show, Mahogany 1905 Death Kinjikitile "Bokero" Ngwale, E African prophet/rebel leader, hanged 1905 Birthday John Gart, Russia, orchestra leader, Paul Winchell Show 1905 Birthday Arnold Meijer, Dutch leader of fascist Dutch National/Black Front 1905 Birthday Annunzio Mantovani, born in Venice, Italy, orchestra leader, Mantovani 1905 Birthday Ruth Page, U.S. choreographer/ballet leader, Diaghilev, Pygmalion 1904 Birthday Vera Vague, Barbara Jo Allen, New York City, actress, Follow the Leader 1904 Birthday Deng Xiaoping, Chinese party leader, 1976-1983 1904 Birthday Shunryu Suzuki, Japanese Leader 1904 Birthday Russ Morgan, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, orchestra leader, Welcome Aboard 1904 Birthday Peter Van Steeden, born in Amsterdam Netherlands, orchestra leader, Break the Bank 1904 Birthday Jimmy Dorsey, Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, orchestra leader, Stage Show 1904 Birthday John "Pepper" Martin, baseballer, NL stolen base leader 1933,34,36 1903 Event Sumatra Atjehs guerilla leader Panglima Polim surrenders 1903 Birthday August Cool, Belgian union leader/minister of state 1903 Birthday Frankie Carle, born in Providence, Rhode Island, orchestra leader, Golden Touch 1903 Birthday Molla Mustafa Barzani, Iran, Kurd leader, KDP 1902 Birthday Leonard Hirsch, British violinist and orchestra leader, RAF Symph Orch 1902 Birthday Ray Block, born in France, orchestra leader, Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason 1902 Birthday Guy Lombardo, orchestra leader, Auld Lang Syne 1902 Birthday William D Revelli, Spring Gulch Colorado, band leader 1902 Death Gideon Scheepers, South Africa Boer leader, executed 1901 Birthday Gheorge Gheorghiu Dej, Romania party leader/president 1901 Death Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader and viceroy of Tsheli, dies 1901 Birthday Jimmy Dale, born in Bronx, New York City, orchestra leader, Sonny and Cher 1901 Event U.S. captures leader of Philippine rebels, Emilio Aguinaldo 1901 Birthday Horace Heidt, Alameda California, orchestra leader, Swift Show Wagon 1901 Birthday Theo Uden Marsman, Dutch orchestra leader 1900 Birthday Victor Young, born in Chicago, Illinois, orchestra leader, Milton Berle Show, In Old California 1900 Birthday Don Redman, Piedmont, West Virginia, orchestra leader, Sugar Hill Times 1900 Birthday Ayatollah Khomeini, Leader 1899 Event Battle of Magers' fountain - Boer leader Cronje vs. General Methuen 1899 Birthday Pandit Rambharos Gangaram Panday, Suriname relig leader/co-found, VHP 1899 Birthday Ezra Taft Benson, American Leader 1899 Birthday Raoul Salan, Fr/Indochina/Algeria, leader OAS 1899 Birthday Arvid Pelshe, Latvian Communist leader, CPSU Politburo member 1898 Birthday Vincent Lopez, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Welcome Aboard 1898 Death George Grey, New Zealander Leader 1898 Death Lucien Petipa, French dancer/choreograph/ballet leader, dies 1898 Death Otto von Bismarck, German Leader 1898 Death William E. Gladstone, British Leader 1898 Birthday Lou Holtz, comedian/actor, Follow the Leader 1898 Birthday Georgios Grivas, Greek general/opposition leader on Cyprus 1898 Birthday Anton de Kom, Surinam/Dutch worker's union leader/resistance fighter 1898 Birthday Lauwrens Voorthuyzen, Lou de Palingboer, Dutch sect leader 1897 Birthday Sidney Bechet, U.S., jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/band leader 1897 Birthday Barbara baroness Wootton of Abinger, English Lower house leader 1896 Birthday Rex Maupin, St. Joseph, Missouri, orchestra leader, Tin Pan Alley TV 1896 Birthday Elijah Muhammad, U.S., leader of Nation of Islam 1896 Birthday Douwe Kalma, Dutch literary and leader, Young Frisian Movement 1896 Birthday Harry Reser, born Piqua, Ohio, orchestra leader, Sammy Kaye Show 1895 Death Frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77 1894 Birthday George Meany, New York City, labor leader, headed AFL-CIO 1894 Birthday Roy Bargy, Michigan, orchestra leader, Jimmy Durante Show 1894 Birthday Bill Wirges, born in Buffalo, New York, orchestra leader, Growing Paynes 1894 Birthday Anton A Mussert, Dutch nazi leader, NSB 1893 Birthday Mao Zedong, Chinese Leader 1893 Birthday Louis Freeman, band leader 1893 Birthday Henry Schultz, U.S., farm commune leader 1893 Birthday Harold/Joseph Laski, English economist/Labour leader, 1945-.. 1893 Birthday Irene Castle, dancer, leader in anti-vivisection movement 1893 Event British Independent Labor Party forms (Keir Hardie as its leader) 1893 Birthday Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian Leader 1892 Death Bob Dalton, U.S. leader of Daltonbende, dies 1892 Birthday Jack Hylton, English orchestra leader/impresario, Crazy Passage Show 1892 Birthday Gregor Strasser, German pharmacist/NSDAP-Reich organization leader 1892 Death Gyorgy Klapka, Hungarian general/parliament leader, dies at 72 1892 Birthday Josip Broz Tito, WW II partisan, leader of Yugoslavia, 1943-80 1892 Birthday Matyas Rakosi, Hungarian party leader/premier, 1952-53 1892 Birthday David Dubinsky, labor leader, Freedom Award, 1969 Medal of Freedom 1891 Birthday Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya opposition leader/1st premier, 1963-78 1891 Death Charles S Parnell, English/Irish Home Rule Party leader, dies at 45 1891 Death John McDonald, Canadian Leader 1890 Birthday Al Goodman, Nikopol Russia, orchestra leader, NBC Comedy Hour 1890 Birthday Ho Chi Minh, trail blazer/leader of Vietnam, 1946, 1969 1890 Birthday Paul Whiteman, born in Denver, Colorado, orchestra leader, Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club 1890 Death Desire de Haerne, Belgian priest/Congressional leader, dies at 85 1889 Birthday William Lawther, union leader 1889 Birthday Adolf Hitler, born in Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary, genocidal leader of Germany 1889 Birthday Asa Philip Randolph, labor leader, Railroad Porter's Union 1888 Birthday Hamilton Fish, U.S. congress leader/isolationist 1888 Birthday P A J Losecaat Vermeer, leader of Dutch High Council 1888 Event Socialist leader Domela Nieuwenhuis elected to Dutch 2nd chamber 1887 Birthday Ernst Rohm, German staff member/Bolivian leader/SA 1887 Birthday Sidney Hillman, union leader, Sidney Hillman Foundation 1885 Birthday Julius Streicher, German district leader, Sturmer 1885 Birthday Joseph Arendt, Belgian worker's union leader 1883 Birthday Arthur James Cook, England, union leader, coal miners 1883 Birthday Henk JFM Sneevliet, leader RSAP/editor Spartacus, Dutch-Indies 1882 Death Guiseppi Garibaldi, Italian rebel leader, dies at 74 1881 Birthday Eduard C "Edo" Fimmen, Dutch labor leader 1880 Birthday Johan H Westerveld, Dutch WW II resistance fighter/leader, OD 1880 Birthday John L. Lewis, union leader, United Mine Workers, 1920-60 1879 Birthday Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary, peasant leader 1879 Birthday Symon Petlyura, leader Ukraine, pogroms 1878 Death Boss Tweed, born in New York City, New York, American Politician, Democratic leader of Tammany Hall 1877 Death Nathan Bedford Forrest, American Civil War, Confederate Army lieutenant general, cavalry leader, opposed Reconstruction era in the post-war South, dies in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 56 1874 Birthday Apirana Turupa Ngata, Kawaka New Zealand, Maori political/cultural leader 1874 Death Charles Sumner, a white civil rights leader, dies at 63 1873 Birthday Margaret Bondfield, British Labour leader/1st woman cabinet member 1871 Event Boss Tweed (William Macy Tweed), Democratic leader of Tammany Hall, arrested after New York Times exposed his corruption 1871 Event Brigham Young, mormon leader, arrest for bigamy 1871 Birthday Stjepan Radic, founder/leader, Croatian Farmers' Party 1870 Birthday Vladimir Lenin, Russian Leader 1869 Birthday Mohandas Gandhi, Indian Leader 1868 Birthday Rama V, Chulalongkorn, leader of Thailand, -1910 1868 Death Roman Nose (Wiquini), Cheyenne indian leader, dies 1868 Birthday Robert Falcon Scott, British leader of ill-fated south pole expedition 1868 Birthday Henri Polak, union leader/politician, soc-dem 1867 Birthday Philip Kleintjes, people's rights leader 1867 Birthday Maggie L Walker, black business and civic leader 1866 Death Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, Rabbi/Chassidic leader, dies 1866 Birthday Emile Vandervelde, leader of Belgian BWP party 1865 Birthday Robert Henri, U.S. painter, leader of Ashcan school 1863 Birthday Andres Bonifacio, leader of 1896 Philippine revolt against Spain 1860 Death Henry G. W. Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, dies at 73 1860 Birthday Ernest Thompson Seton, American Leader 1860 Birthday Susanna M. Salter, 1st U.S. female mayor and temperance leader 1860 Death Henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69 1859 Birthday Carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader 1856 Birthday Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian Hindi leader 1855 Death Jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75 1854 Birthday Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader, Irish Unionist Party 1851 Birthday Isabella Caroline Somerset, temperance leader 1850 Death Jean V Constant de Rebecque, Swiss/Dutch army leader, dies at 77 1849 Birthday Max Nordau, German arts/writer/zionist leader 1847 Birthday Solomon Schechter, U.S. Talmudic scholar/Jewish leader 1847 Birthday Arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader 1847 Birthday Millicent Garrett Fawcett, leader, English women's movement 1844 Birthday Louis Riel, Manitoba, leader of insurrection of Metis 1844 Birthday 'Abdu'l-Baha, early Baha'i leader, 'Azamat 7, 1 1843 Event Mormon leader Joseph Smith say God OKs polygamy 1838 Birthday Octavia Hill, British reformer, leader of open-space movement 1837 Birthday Alexander F de Savornin Lohmann, Dutch minister/party leader, CHU 1836 Birthday Swami Ramakrishna [Gadadhar Chatterji], Indian mystic/hindu leader 1833 Birthday Klaas Kater, Dutch Christian Worker's Union Leader 1833 Death Stoffel Muller, Dutch sect leader, dies 1833 Birthday Norman Willis, union leader, Britain's Trades Union Congress 1832 Birthday Mary Edwards Walker, U.S., doctor/women's rights leader 1832 Event Black Hawk, leader of Sauk-indians, gives himself up 1828 Death Count d'Andreossi, French general/parliament leader, dies at 67 1827 Death Dov Baer Schneersohn, Lubavitch leader/author (Imirei Binah), dies 1825 Birthday Paulus Kruger, President of South African Republic, 1883, Boer leader 1824 Birthday Arya Samaj Maha Rishi Dayanand Sarsvati, Indian hindu leader 1823 Birthday Mother Joseph, Esther Pariseau, religious leader, US capitol 1823 Birthday Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli Canton 1821 Birthday Mary Ashton Livermore, American reformer/women's suffrage leader 1821 Birthday Nathan Bedford Forrest, born in Chapel Hill, Tennessee, American Civil War, Confederate Army lieutenant general, cavalry leader, opposed Reconstruction era in the post-war South 1817 Birthday Sajjid Ahmad Chan, Indian moslem leader/co-founder, Pakistan 1816 Death Madame L'Ouverture, widow of Haiti's leader Toussaint L'O, dies 1815 Birthday Lucien Petipa, French dancer/choreographer/ballet leader 1815 Birthday Klara Fey, German orchestra leader, Deutscher Arbeiterverein 1815 Birthday John McDonald, Canadian Leader 1814 Death Jakob I van Przysucha, Polish hassidic leader, dies 1812 Birthday George Grey, New Zealander Leader 1811 Birthday Jon Sigurdsson, born in Iceland, leader/collects Icelandic legends 1810 Birthday Abraham Geiger, theologian/author/leader of Reform Judaism 1810 Death Andreas Hofer, military leader (fought Napoleon's France), executed at 42 1809 Birthday William Gladstone, British Leader 1807 Death Prince Hall, activist/Masonic leader, dies in Boston 1805 Birthday Auguste Blanqui, France, revolutionary, workers' leader 1804 Birthday Desire de Haerne, Belgian priest/Congressional leader 1804 Event Senate and Tribune declare Napolean leader of France 1802 Birthday Francois MP Liberman, French relig leader, Congregation of Heart 1801 Birthday Brigham Young, religious leader of the Mormon church 1801 Birthday Henry de Cock, Dutch reformed vicar/secession leader 1800 Birthday Nat Turner, Virginia, leader of major slave rebellion, 1831 1797 Death John Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72 1797 Death Edmund Burke, British author/parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68 1796 Birthday Feargus O'Connor, County Cork, leader of English Chartists 1795 Death Tula, leader Curacaose slave uprising, executed 1795 Event Tula (leader slave uprising) sentence to death in Curacao 1795 Event Tula, leader of Curacao slave opposition, imprisoned 1794 Death Georges-Jacques Danton, French revolutionary leader, guillotined at 34 1794 Death Henri D count de Larochejacquelin, French Royalist Army leader, dies at 21 1793 Death Pierre V Vergniaud, French politician/police leader, guillotined at 40 1792 Birthday Thaddeus Stevens, U.S. Radical Republican congressional leader, Rep-R 1787 Birthday Henry G. W. Smith, leader of British-Indian forces 1784 Death Joan Derk van de Capellen, leader of democratic Patriots, dies at 42 1784 Event Ceylonese student leader Pieter Quint Ondaatje demands democracy 1777 Death Button Gwinnet, U.S. revolutionary leader, dies from wounds 1775 Death Jemeljan Pugatshov, Russian kosak leader/"czar Peter III", dies 1774 Event Cossack leader Emilian Pugachevs army occupies Kazan 1773 Birthday Jean V baron de Rebecque, Swiss/Dutch army leader 1772 Birthday Henri D Count de Larochejacquelin, French royalist leader 1767 Birthday Andreas Hofer, South Tirol, military leader, fought Napoleon's France 1760 Birthday Camille Desmoulins, born in France, journalist, pamphleteer and revolution leader 1759 Birthday Georges Danton, France, revolutionary leader/Minister of Justice 1759 Birthday Jacques Cathelineau, French royalist/army leader 1755 Event Rebel leader Mangkubuni signs Treaty of Gianti Java 1753 Birthday Pierre V Vergniaud, French politician/police leader 1752 Birthday George Rogers Clark, frontier military leader in Revolutionary War 1743 Birthday [Francois D] Toussaint L'Ouverture, Breda, leader, Haiti 1741 Birthday Joan Derk van Capellen, leader of Netherlands Democratic Patriots 1727 Birthday Tommaso MFS Traetta, Italian opera composer/band leader, Farnace 1721 Birthday William August duke of Cumberland, English army leader 1718 Death Jacob F Muller, Sjako/Jaco, German/Netherlands crowd leader, beheaded at 28 1717 Event German mob leader "Sjako" sentenced to death in Amsterdam 1716 Event Dutch gang leader "Sjako" arrested 1706 Death Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist leader, dies 1703 Death Pieter van Wooden, Amersfoorts rebel leader, beheaded 1703 Death Richard Saab, Amersfoorts rebel leader, beheaded 1688 Birthday Emmanuel Swedenborg, Sweden, religious leader, Angelic Wisdom 1686 Death Joannes B van Neercassel, RC spiritual leader of Netherlands, dies at 60 1676 Death King Philip, Metacomet, leader Wampanoag-indians, shot to death 1675 Death Bogdan Chmilnicki, cosack leader/murderer of 300,000 Jews, dies 1675 Death Karl Rabenhaupt, GermanNetherlands baron of Sucha/army leader, dies at 73 1671 Death Stenka Razin, Cossack rebel leader, tortured and executed in Moscow 1671 Birthday Stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader 1671 Death Stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed 1671 Event Cosaks capture Russian boer leader Stenka Razin 1661 Death Andres Malong, Philippines rebel leader, executed 1657 Event Oliver Cromwell constrains English army leader John Lambert 1656 Death Myles Standish, Plymouth Colony leader, dies (birth date unknown) 1651 Death Henry Ireton, English gen/parliament leader (Marston Moor), dies at 40 1647 Birthday Nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Virginia, 1676 1644 Event Farm leader Li Zicheng becomes emperor of China and flees Peking 1639 Death George Jenatsch, Grisons leader, assassinated 1638 Death Henri II, duke of Rohan-Gie, French hugenot leader, dies at 58 1638 Death Henri duc de Rohan, French soldier/Huguenot leader, dies 1637 Death Dirck J Bas, Dutch merchant/regent/government leader (OIC), dies 1632 Death John Eliot, English parliament leader/author (In Jail), dies at 40 1629 Event French huguenot leader duke De Rohan signs accord with Spain 1626 Death Stephan Fadinger, Austrian boer leader, dies in battle 1619 Birthday John Lambert, English general-major/parliament leader 1619 Event Gerardus Vossius resigns as Dutch regent States college leader 1612 Birthday Thomas Killigrew, English humorist/playwright/leader, King's Men 1610 Death Robert Parsons, English jesuit leader/plotter, dies at 63 1605 Event Gunpowder Plot; Catholics try to blow up English Parliament. Plot uncovered and leader Guy Fawkes hanged 1602 Birthday Karl Rabenhaupt, German/Dutch baron of Sucha/army leader 1592 Birthday Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan, leader of India 1589 Death Maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49 1588 Death Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37 1587 Event English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower 1587 Event English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower 1585 Birthday Cornelius Otto Jansen, France, Roman Catholic reform leader 1584 Event Spanish army leader Richebourg conquerors Liefkenshoek, Belgium 1579 Birthday Henri II, Duke de Rohan-Gie, French Huguenot leader 1577 Event King Henri de Bourbon of Navarra becomes leader of Huguenots 1573 Death Willem van Bronkhorst, Brattenburg/Stein/army leader, dies 1568 Death Gijsbert van Bronkhorst-Batenburg, calvinist leader, beheaded 1558 Death Maximilian of Burgundy, leader of Holland/admiral, dies at 43 1556 Event Battle at Panipat: Mogollegers beat hindu leader Hemu 1556 Death David Jorisz, Flemish glass blower/sect leader, dies at about 54 1555 Death Maarten van Rossum, Dutch army leader, dies at about 76 1550 Birthday Henri Guise [le Balafre], French duke/leader, Catholic League 1542 Birthday Richard Grenville, English parliament leader/Vice-Admiral, Roanoke 1534 Event English parliament accepts Act of Supremacy: Henry VIII church leader 1531 Death John Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded 1530 Birthday Louis I Conde, French prince/leader of hugenots 1528 Death Lucas van Prague, Czechoslovakian leader of Bohemian Brothers, dies at about 68 1525 Death Thomas Munzer, German vicar/boer leader, executed 1523 Event Frisian rebel leader Jancko Douwama arrested 1520 Death Great Worm, Worm Gerlefs Donia, Fries boer/rebel leader, dies 1519 Birthday Gaspard de Coligny, Huguenot leader/French admiral 1509 Death Siwara/Sjoerd Aylva, Fries army leader (siege of Franeker) 1502 Birthday Hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader, Children of God 1499 Death Neithart Fox, Jonker Fox, German passage leader, slain in battle 1499 Death John IV, Dutch army leader/earl of Egmond, dies 1492 Event Flemish rebel leader Philip van Kleef surrenders 1492 Death Jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded 1490 Death French van Brederode, leader of Hoeksen, dies at about 25 1466 Birthday French van Brederode, leader Hoeksen 1465 Birthday French van Brederode, leader of Hoeksen 1439 Death Traversari Ambrosius, Italian humanist/leader, dies at 53 1434 Death Prokopius, Bohemia, leader of taboriets, dies in battle 1424 Death Jan Zizka, Czechoslovakian (army)leader (Hussieten), dies of plague at 46 1415 Death Manuel Chrysoloras, Byzantine leader/diplomat (Erotemata), dies 1400 Death Florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies 1387 Death French Ackerman, Ghent rebel/leader of Reisers, murdered at about 57 1381 Death Wat Tyler, leader of English Peasants' Revolt, beheaded in London 1358 Death Etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies 1358 Event French boer leader Guillaume Cale captured 1337 Death Daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54 1337 Death Angelus Clarenus/da Cingoli, Italian leader, dies 1328 Death Nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle 1280 Death Albertus Magnus the Great, German leader/bishop Regensburg, dies at 87 1212 Death Simon de Montfort, a leader of the crusades, dies at 67 680 Event Husain ibn 'Ali, Shi'i religious leader, enters martyrdom 493 Death Odiaker, German army leader/King of Italy (476-93), dies 408 Death Flavius Stilicho, West Roman field leader (395-408), dies at 48 70 Birthday Publius Vergilius Maro, Roman leader/poet, Bucolica, Aeneis
