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2003 Maynard Jackson, lawyer/mayor, first black mayor of Atlanta, dies at 65
1998 Tom Bradley, mayor, first black mayor of LA, dies at 80 1997 Coleman Young, 1st black mayor of a major city (Detroit) 1997 Peng Zhen, mayor of Beijing China (1951-66), dies 1996 Amschel Mayor James Rothschild, banker, joined family banking firm N M Rothschild & Sons, chief executive of Rothschild Asset Management dies 1996 Carl Stokes, 1st black mayor of a major U.S. city, Cleveland, dies 1996 New York City Mayor Guiliani visits Israel 1995 John Erik Jonsson, businessman/Mayor of Dallas, dies at 93 1995 1st New York City Mayor Trophy's High school track meet in 19 years 1994 Ben Mokoena becomes 1st black mayor of Middelburg South Africa 1994 Tawfik Ziad, Palestinian communist/Israeli MP/mayor of Nazareth, dies 1994 John Slot, mayor of Eethen/Hardenberg/Ede, dies 1994 Gustaaf AWC baron van Hemert Dingshof, mayor of Maarn, dies at 78 1994 Freddy Thielemans sworn in as mayor of Brussels Belgium 1994 Schelto Patijn appointed mayor of Amsterdam 1994 Sorrell Brooke, actor (Mayor Hogg-Dukes of Hazzard), dies at 64 1994 Louis R J Ridder van Rappard, Dutch mayor of Zoelen, dies at 87 1993 Wu Yi Shen, mayor of Shen Yang China, dies in helicopter 1993 Ehud Olmert elected mayor of Jerusalem 1993 Rudolph Guliani (R) elected 107th mayor of New York City 1993 Heinrich Albertz, theologist/mayor of Berlin (1966-67), dies at 78 1993 Andreas J A I Bruggeman, Dutch mayor (Leiderdorp), dies at 62 1993 Former Washington D.C. Mayor Marion Barry divorces his wife Effi 1992 Giulio C Argan, Italian art critic/mayor of Rome, dies 1992 Antoon J Hubben, mayor of Maasbree/President KVM/Unie BLHP, dies at 73 1992 Ruurd Faber, mayor of Aalten (1971-75), dies at 79 1992 Otto FAH van Nispen, mayor of Pannerden/MP (KVP), dies at 85 1992 Marion Berry, former mayor of Washington D.C., let out of prison 1992 Game 2 of Mayor Challenge - New York Yankees sweep New York Mets 6-5 at Shea 1992 Game 1 of Mayor Challenge - New York Yankees beat New York Mets 6-4 at Yank Stad 1992 Salvo Lima, mayor (Palermo)/MP (chr-dem), murdered 1991 New York City Mayor Dinkins declares "Joseph Doherty Week" 1991 Robert Wagner, mayor (NYC-D-1954-65), dies 1990 Washington D.C. mayor Marion Barry announces he will not seek a 4th term, 1990 Washington D.C., Mayor Marion Barry arrested in drug enforcement sting 1990 David Dinkins sworn in as 1st black mayor of New York City 1989 David Dinkins elected 1st black mayor of New York City 1989 New York City elects it's 1st black mayor (Dinkins) and female comp (Holtzman) 1989 Yankees beat Mets 4-0, sweeping 1989 mayor's trophy series in 2 games 1988 Mayor Koch says he plans to wipe out street-corner windshield washers 1988 Stevie Wonder announces he will run for mayor of Detroit in 1992 1988 Sonny Bono elected mayor of Palm Springs California 1988 New York City Mayor Koch calls Reagan a "WIMP" in the war on drugs 1987 Chicago City Council elects Eugene Sawyer acting mayor 1987 Harold Washington, 1st black mayor of Chicago (D, 1983-87), dies at 65 1986 Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel, California 1986 Zafer Masri, mayor of Nablus, murdered 1984 Lou Crosby, TV announcer (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 72 1984 Wilson Goode, sworn-in as Philadelphia's 1st black mayor 1983 Jose Happart installed as mayor of Voeren Belgium 1983 W Wilson Goode (D) elected 1st black mayor of Philadelphia 1983 Walter O'Keefe, songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 82 1983 Harold Washington sworn in as Chicago's 1st black mayor 1983 Harold Washington elected 1st black mayor of Chicago 1983 Harold Washington becomes Chicago's 1st black mayor 1983 Jose Happart becomes mayor of Voeren Belgium 1982 New York City Mayor Koch announces he will run for New York governor (unsuccessful) 1982 Hanneke Jelgersma installed as Netherlands 1st Communist mayor 1981 Edward M McIntrye elected 1st black mayor of Augusta Georgia 1981 Andrew Young, former United Nations Ambassador, elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia 1981 New York Mayor Ed Koch is given Heimlich maneuver in a Chinese restaurant 1981 New York City mayor Koch turns down a $7,500 offer to perform comedy 1981 16th and final Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yankees 4-1, hold 8-7-1 edge 1981 Henry Cisneros becomes 1st Mexican-American mayor (San Antonio) 1981 Jochem Bird elected mayor of West Berlin 1979 Richard Arrington elected mayor of Birmingham 1979 Dan White convicted of manslaughter death of San Francisco mayor Moscone 1979 15th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yankees and Mets tie 1-1 1979 Jane Byrne, elected 1st woman mayor of Chicago, Illinois 1978 Dianne Feinstein is named San Francisco 1st female mayor 1978 George Moscone, (SF Mayor), shot by Dan White 1978 1st black mayor of New Orleans (Ernest Morial) inaugurated 1978 14th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yankees beat Mets 4-3 in 11 1977 Ernest N. Morial elected mayor of New Orleans 1977 New Orleans elects 1st black mayor, Ernest "Dutch" Morial 1977 13th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yankees 6-4 1977 Wim Polak becomes mayor of Amsterdam 1977 Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67), dies at 73 1977 Parisians elect former Prime Minister Jacques Chirac as 1st mayor in a century 1977 Henry L. Marsh III elected mayor of Richmond 1976 12th Mayor's Trophy Game Yankees beat Mets 8-4 1975 11th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yankees beat Mets 9-4 1974 Walter E. Washington, becomes 1st elected mayor of Washington D.C. 1974 Andre van de Louw appointed mayor of Rotterdam 1974 10th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yankees beat Mets 9-4 1973 Abe Beame eleceted 1st Jewish mayor on New York City 1973 Coleman Young elected mayor of Detroit 1973 Maynard Jackson elected 1st black mayor of Atlanta 1973 Thomas Bradley elected 1st black mayor of Los Angeles, California 1973 9th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yankees 8-4 1973 Henry J Elias, Flemish historian/mayor of Gent, dies at 70 1972 8th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yankees beat Mets 2-1 1972 New York City Mayor John Lindsey appeals that John Lennon not be deported 1971 Mayor declares state of emergency in Columbus Ga, racial disturbance 1970 Kenneth A. Gibson elected mayor of Newark, New Jersey 1969 Pedro Astacio, Hato Mayor, Dominican Republic, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers 1969 7th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yankees 7-6 1968 Pieter J Auld, mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52), dies at 81 1968 Jarry Park is approved by Mayor Jean Drapeau for interim use by Expos 1968 6th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yankees 4-3 1967 Arnold J d'ailly, mayor of Amsterdam (1946-56), dies at 65 1967 Carl B. Stokes elected 1st black mayor of a major city-Cleveland, Ohio 1967 Richard G. Hatcher elected mayor of Gary, Indiana 1967 Walter Washington elected 1st mayor of Washington, D.C. 1967 Izaak Samkalden becomes mayor of Amsterdam 1967 5th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yankees 4-0 1967 Gijsbert van Hall resigns as mayor of Amsterdam 1966 4th Mayor's Trophy Game; Yankees beat Mets 5-2 1965 3rd Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yankees 2-1 in 10 1964 2nd Mayor's Trophy Game, Yankees beat Mets 6-4 1964 Mayor Daley declares "Ernie Banks Day" in Chicago 1964 Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., announces a baseball team is moving there 1963 1st Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yankees 6-2 1963 Kornelis ter Laan, 1st Dutch socialist mayor (Zaandam), dies at 91 1962 Jasper McLevy, socialist mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, dies 1961 French of Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81 1961 Suzanna Salter, 1st U.S. female mayor/temperance leader, dies at 101 1959 Gershon Agron, mayor of Jerusalem, dies at 66 1958 New York City Mayor Robert Wagner announces plans to begin a new baseball called the Continental League 1958 Hendrik Heyman, Belgian minister of Nijverheid/mayor, dies at 78 1957 NY Mayor Robert Wagner forms a committee to replace Dodgers and Giants 1957 Willy Brandt elected mayor of West Berlin 1957 New York City Mayor Robert Wagner says he plans to confer with the Giants and Dodgers about the proposed move to the west coast 1957 Gijsbert of Hall appointed mayor of Amsterdam 1956 New York Mayor Robert Wagner and Brooklyn Boro President Frank Cashmore sponsor a bill to create a $30M Brooklyn Sports Center Authority to build 1956 Hague Daily Newspaper reveals war crimes of Hague mayor Schokking 1955 Amschel Mayor James Rothschild, born in Paris, France, banker, joined family banking firm N M Rothschild & Sons, chief executive of Rothschild Asset Management 1954 Janet Maw, actress, Sparrow, King John, Mayor of Casterbridge 1953 Baltimore Mayor D'Alesandro buys Veeck's interest in Browns for $2,475,000 1953 Future New York City mayor David Dinkins marries Joyce Burrows in New York City 1951 Jan Franssen, born in Hilversum, North Holland, politician, Dutch liberal political party, in 2006, named Queen's Commissioner in South Holland, previously served as city councilor, Nederhorst den Berg, President, House of Representatives 1982 - 1994, mayor of Zwolle, 1994 - 2000 1950 Mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade 1950 Donna Hanover Giuliani, TV news anchor, WPIX, wife of Mayor Giuliani 1947 Earnest Reuter becomes mayor of Berlin 1947 Trial against WW II mayor of Amsterdam Edward Vonte begins 1946 Attempt made to recall Mayor Lapham (1st time in San Francisco history) 1946 Maureen O'Connor, Mayor, San Diego 1946 NSB mayor of Rotterdam, Netherlands, FE Muller sentence to 100 years in jail 1945 Karl F Goerdeler, mayor (Leipzig)/"July 20th plot", hanged at 60 1944 Arthur J Treadwell, English mayor of Stoke Newington, dies at about 71 1943 M A M "Thos" Woltgens, Mayor, Kerkrade, Netherlands 1943 Chicago Mayor Ed Kelly opens city's new subway system 1943 Elmer R. Wilsoe, Island mayor, Curacao 1939 Philipp Scheidemann, German MP (SPD)/mayor of Kassel, dies at 74 1939 Alfred R Zimmerman, mayor of Rotterdam (1906-22), dies 1938 Mayor Oud of Rotterdam forbids soccer match between Netherlands-Germany 1938 Alexander Graham, Lord Mayor of London 1938 Anthony Joliffe, mayor of London 1938 New York City Mayor LaGuardia assigns 21 cops to patrol subway 1937 Prosper Poullet, Belgian mayor, dies 1936 Barbara Hanley became Canada's 1st woman mayor (Webbwood, Ontario) 1934 Bob Martinez, born in America, served as Mayor of Tampa, Florida and 40th Governor of Florida, initiated Preservation 2000, America's largest environmental land acquisition program, appointed Drug Czar by President George H.W. Bush 1934 Hugh Bidwell, mayor, London 1934 Ed van Thijn, Jewish, Dutch Foreign Minister/mayor, Amsterdam, 1983-94 1934 Jane Byrne, born in Chicago, Illinois, first female Mayor of Chicago, Illinois 1979 - 1983, served as head of consumer affairs 1934 Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Barcelona Spain, UNESCO director, 1987- 1933 Dianne Feinstein, born in San Francisco, California, 1st female mayor of San Francisco, Senator-D-California 1992 - 1933 Johnny Grant, unofficial mayor of Hollywood 1933 Unita Blackwell, 1st black mayor in Mississippi 1933 Heiko Wierenga, Dutch soc-dem mayor of Enschede, 1977-94 1933 Anton J Cermak, U.S. mayor of Chicago, murdered 1932 John P O'Brien sworn-in as mayor of New York City 1932 New York City Mayor James J "Gentleman Jimmy" Walker resigns (graft charges) 1932 Samuel Rutherford, lawyer, politician, businessman, jurist, Mayor of Forsyth, Georgia, served in Georgia House of Representatives, elected to 69th U.S. Congress, served for four terms, dies of a heart attack in Washington, D.C. 1932 Jacob Cocey Sr chosen as mayor of Massillon Ohio 1931 Carrie Saxon Perry, 1st black mayor of a major U.S. city, Hartford CT 1931 Stanley Brock, Brooklyn, actor, Ivan-He's the Mayor 1931 Johannes Gruijters, Dutch mayor, D66-Lelystad 1931 John Chalstrey, alderman/Lord Mayor, London 1930 Andreas JAI Bruggeman, Dutch mayor, Schipluiden/Leiderdorp 1930 Clint Eastwood, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Dirty Harry, mayor, Carmel, California 1929 SF Mayor Rolph inaugurates new pedestrian traffic light system 1926 Bertha Landes elected 1st woman mayor of Seattle 1925 Al Fann, Cleveland, actor, Alvin-He's the Mayor 1922 Mayor Hylan closes streets for building of Yankee Stadium 1922 Harold Washington, 1st black mayor of Chicago, D, 1983-87 1920 Jerry Maren, actor, munchkin-Wizard of Oz, Mayor McCheese 1919 Antoon J. Hubben, Dutch mayor and trade union leader 1918 Albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter, dies at 83 1916 Jean Drapeau, mayor of Montreal, 1954- 1915 SF City Hall dedicated by Mayor James Rolph 1914 Gijsbert van Tienhoven, mayor (Amsterdam)/foreign minister, dies at 73 1914 Germans arrest A Max, mayor of Brussels 1914 Eugene Odene, French mayor of Senlis, executed 1914 Klaas ter Laan becomes Netherlands 1st socialist mayor (Zaandam) 1913 Jan Slot, Dutch mayor, Eethen/Hardenberg/Ede 1912 Ruurd Faber, mayor of Aalten, 1971-75 1912 Izaak Samkalden, Dutch Minister of Justice, PvdA, mayor of Amsterdam 1910 New York City Mayor Wm J Gaynor seriously wounded during assassination attempt 1910 Karl Lueger, Austrian anti-semite/mayor of Vienna, dies at 65 1909 Gilbert Inglefield, Mayor of London, 1967-68 1908 Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stood before city council and announces that, "women are not physically fit to operate automobiles" 1907 Otto F A H van Nispen, Dutch mayor, Pannerden, MP, KVP 1906 Leon Vanderkindere, Belgian historian/mayor of Ukkel, dies at 64 1906 Jan van Rijswijck, Flemish journalist/mayor of Antwerp, dies 1906 Louis RJ Ridder van Rappard, Dutch mayor, Zoelen 1906 Shields/Cobbs musical "His honor, the Mayor," premieres in New York City 1906 Abraham Beame, Mayor-D-NYC, New York City's 1st Jewish mayor 1905 Ralph Perring, Lord Mayor, London 1904 Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam, 1957-67 1902 Arnold J d'Ailly, dir, Nederlandsche Bank, mayor, Amsterdam, 1946-56 1901 John Erik Jonsson, businessman/Mayor of Dallas 1900 Walter O'Keefe, Hartford, Connecticut, songwriter/TV host, Mayor of Hollywood 1892 Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author/mayor of Palmeira 1887 Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st U.S. woman mayor (Argonia, Kansas) 1886 Pieter J Old, lawyer/minister of Finance/mayor of Rotterdam, 1945-52 1886 M A Maclean elected 1st mayor of Vancouver, BC 1885 General Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, mayor (Elzas-Lothar'n), dies 1884 Karl F Goerdeler, mayor, Leipzig, "July 20th Plot" 1882 W C Wendelaar, mayor of Alkmaar, 1919-34, Dutch MP, VVD 1880 French van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp 1879 Hendrik Heyman, Belgian minister of Noverheid/mayor 1876 Baron Joseph van de Meulebroeck, mayor, Brussels, Belgium 1871 Kornelis ter Laan, 1st Dutch socialist mayor, Zaandam 1870 Mayor William Tweed accused of robbing New York treasury 1870 Samuel Rutherford, born in Culloden, Georgia, lawyer, politician, businessman, jurist, Mayor of Forsyth, Georgia, served in Georgia House of Representatives, elected to 69th U.S. Congress, served for four terms 1869 James, Sunny Jim, Rolph, San Francisco mayor, 1912-31, MUNI backer 1869 Alfred R Zimmerman, mayor, Rotterdam 1906 - 1922, Dir, League of Nations 1868 Bertha Landes, 1st woman elected mayor of a major U.S. city, Seattle 1868 Major General E R S Canby removes mayor of Columbia SC 1865 Philipp Scheidemann, German Parliament, SPD, mayor of Kassel 1861 New York City mayor proposes New York become a free city, trading with N and S 1860 Suzanna Salter, 1st U.S. female mayor and temperance leader 1853 Jan van Rijswijck, Flemish journalist/mayor, Antwerp 1850 John Geary becomes 1st San Francisco mayor 1846 W A Bartlett appointed 1st U.S. mayor of Yerba Buena (SF) 1844 Karl Lueger, anti semitic mayor of Vienna 1842 Leon Vanderkindere, Belgian historian/mayor, Ukkel 1841 Bert van Tienhoven, mayor, Amsterdam, foreign minister 1841 Gijsbert van Tienhoven, Dutch mayor, Amsterdam, foreign minister 1836 Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, 1st woman mayor in England, Aldeburgh 1835 Albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter 1834 Toronto incorporated with William Lyon Mackenzie as its 1st mayor 1830 Adolph Sutro, San Francisco mayor, built Cliff House, railways, tunnels 1830 Charles G G, Earl of Merode, mayor (Brussels), dies at 67 1824 Rhijnvis Feith, Dutch mayor/writer (Zwolle, Julia), dies at 71 1823 Cornelis van Foreest, Dutch mayor (Alkmaar), dies at 66 1822 John Phillips becomes 1st mayor of Boston 1819 John Geary, 1st San Francisco postmaster, 1st mayor, May 1, 1850 1808 Mayor Wolters offers French king Louis Napoleon townhall as a palace 1798 Benjamin Lee, Baronet Guinness, Irish brewer/Dublin mayor 1762 Charles G G, earl of Merode/mayor of Brussels/French senator 1756 Cornelis van Foreest, mayor of Alkmaar 1755 Caspar Burman, historian/mayor (Utrecht), dies 1753 Rhijnvis Feith, Dutch mayor/writer, Zwolle/Thirsa 1741 Theodor Gotlieb von Hippel, East Prussian author/mayor of Koningsberg 1722 Willem K. H. Friso appointed mayor of Drente 1718 Francois Fagel, Dutch field marshal/mayor of Nimegen, dies at 63 1717 Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam), dies 1705 Willem Roukens, mayor (Nimegen ort Nimeguen), beheaded 1704 John Hudde, 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76 1696 State of Drenthe accredits Willem III as mayor 1695 Caspar Burman, born in Utrecht, Netherlands, historian and mayor 1693 Coenraad van Beuningen, mayor of Amsterdam/diplomat, dies at 71 1680 Gillis Valckenier, mayor of Amsterdam (1665..80), dies at about 57 1678 Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71), dies at 67 1674 Claes P "Nicolas" Tulip, mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 80 1674 Jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/MP, dies at 84 1654 Cornelis Bicker, merchant/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 61 1652 Vredius, Olivier de Wree, Flem historian/mayor (Brugge), dies at 55 1651 Jan III van Foreest, Dutch lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn, dies 1641 Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor, Amsterdam 1638 Jacob C van Neck, admiral/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 73 1635 Philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies 1632 Ernst Casimir, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Friesland, dies at 58 1618 Jan Six, Dutch mayor of Amsterdam 1612 Hendrik Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Frisia 1611 Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam, 1657..71 1603 Pieter Adriaansz van der Werff, mayor of Lead, dies at 73 1597 Pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66 1596 Vredius, Olivier de Wree, Flemish historian/poet/mayor 1595 Reynier Cant, mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 59 1595 Ferdinand, archduke of Austria/mayor of Bohemenia, dies 1593 Claes P "Nicolaas" Tulip, anatomy/mayor of Amsterdam, 1654..71 1589 Jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor, Dordrecht, mathematician 1586 Jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn 1580 Jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies 1573 Ernst Casimir, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Frisia/Groningen 1573 Antonie van Burgundy, mayor of sealand, dies in battle 1568 Antoon van Stralen, Flemish mayor of Antwerp, beheaded at about 47 1551 Joachim Vadianus, Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen, dies at 66 1529 Ferdinand, archduke, Austria, mayor, Bohemia 1522 Martin Siebenburger, mayor of Vienna, beheaded 1489 Hans Waldmann, Swiss military/mayor (Zurich), beheaded 1484 Joachim Vadianus, von Watt, Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen 1338 Jacob of Arteveld elected mayor of Ghent 1315 Jean I of Chalon-Arlay, mayor of Neuchatel, dies 1030 Mohammud van Ghazna, Turkish mayor (G'widen)/Islamic ruler, dies |
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