2012 Event Former U.S. Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern dies at age 90 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota 1979 Event "Different Worlds" by Maureen McGovern peaks at #18 1972 Event President Nixon (R) re-elected defeating George McGovern (D) 1972 Event Democratic convention opens in Miami Beach Florida, McGovern 1972 Event Barbra Striesand, James Taylor, Carole King and Quincy Jones perform at a benefit for George McGovern for President 1965 Birthday James David McGovern, Teaneck, New Jersey, PGA golfer, 1993 Shell Houston Open 1961 Birthday Elizabeth McGovern, Evanston, Illinois, actress, Once Upon a Time in Amer 1949 Birthday Maureen McGovern, born in Youngstown, Ohio, singer, Got To Be a Morning After 1922 Birthday George McGovern, born in Avon, South Dakota, Representative-D-South Dakota 1957 - 1961, Senator-D-South Dakota 1963 - 1981, Democratic President candidate 1972
