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1997 President Clinton names his Labrador retriever, "Buddy"

1997 Apple Computer Inc names co-founder Steve Jobs temporary CEO

1997 NHL Nashville, Tenne names Barry Trotz as its 1st coach

1993 Henri Konan Bedie names himself President of Ivory coast

1990 Gene Michael names New York Yankee VP/GM replacing Harding Peterson

1987 Gerber survey find most popular names for newborns (Jessica and Matthew)

1983 Pope John Paul II names 3 new Dutch bishops

1983 Pope John Paul II names 18 new cardinals

1982 New Jersey NHL franchise officially named Devils by fan balloting, runner-up names are Blades, Meadowlanders and Americans

1979 President Carter names Paul Volcker, President of Federal Reserves

1978 Iran shah names Chapour Bakhtiar premier

1978 Commerce Department says hurricane names will no longer be only female

1974 Romanian Communist Party names party leader Ceausescu president

1973 Senate names 7 members to investigate Watergate scandal

1973 New Philippine constitution names Marcos president for life

1970 Sporting News names Willie Mays as Player of the Decade for the 1960s

1969 Pope Paul VI names JGM Willebrands cardinal

1968 President Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor

1967 Beatles Ltd and Apple Music Ltd swap names

1967 Charlie Finley names Bob Kennedy 1st manager of Oakland A's

1967 Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals

1967 Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals, including Karol Wojtyla, archbishop of Krakow, who later became Pope John Paul II

1965 Gene Roddenberry suggests 16 names including Kirk for Star Trek Capt

1963 John F. Kennedy names Winston Churchill U.S. honorary citizen

1961 For 2nd cons year, AP names Wilma Rudolph female athlete of year

1961 John F. Kennedy names Henry Kissinger special advisor

1960 AFL begins placing players names on back of their jersies

1960 Baseball uniforms begin displaying player's names on their backs

1960 White Sox unveil new road uniforms with players' names above number

1959 NASA names 1st 7 astronauts for Project Mercury

1957 Frick overrules and names Stan Musial, Willie Mays, and Hank Aaron to team

1956 AP names Cin manager Birdie Tebbets as NL Manager of the Year

1955 Track and Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athelete

1954 Alfredo Stroessner names himself president of Paraguay

1948 Arabic Congress names Abdullah of Trans Jordan, King of Palestine

1944 Chief of staff Kruls names De Quay chairman of Universal Commission

1944 Vernor [Steffen] Vinge, U.S., sci-fi author, Witling, True Names

1942 Hitler names Mussert "leader of Netherland people"

1942 Hitler names fieldmarshal Erich von Manstein becomes commanding

1941 Yugoslav government in exile names Draza Mihailovic premier

1940 German occupiers forbids using Dutch royal names

1938 Gen Metaxas names himself premier of Greece

1936 Spanish fascist junta names Franco to generalissimo/supreme commander

1936 Ioannis Metaxas names himself dictator of Greece

1935 President Mustapha Kemal Pasha names himself "Ataturk: Father of Turkey"

1934 Turkish regiment decrees importing family names

1934 Karlis Ulmanis names himself fascist dictator of Latvia

1934 Hitler names J von Ribbentrop, ambassador for disarmament

1933 Brazilians president Getulio Vargas names himself dictator

1933 Hitler names Hjalmar Shaft, president of Bank of Germany

1930 AP votes Joe Cronin unofficial AL MVP and BWA names Hack Wilson NL MVP

1930 Constantinople and Angora changes names to Istanbul and Ankara

1927 Chilean gen Carlos Ibanez names himself president

1926 Pope Pius XI names J E van Roey archbishop of Malines Belgium

1926 Greek gen Theodorus Pangulos names himself dictator

1925 Queen Wilhelmina names H Colijn head of government

1924 French government names Gen Serrail Governor-General of Syria

1917 Pravda (Lenin names Russia "Free land of world")

1914 King Peter I of Serbia names son Alexander the Prince-regent

1911 Congress names San Francisco as Panama Canal opening celebration site

1906 U.S. regime names Charles Magoon, governor of Cuba

1906 Portugal's King Carlos I names Joao Franco premier

1902 Bkln toymaker Morris Michton names teddy bear after Teddy Roosevelt

1893 Edward Acheson, Penn, patents an abrasive he names "carborundum"

1890 Newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team Packers

1865 President Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners

1808 Napoleon decrees all French Jews adopt family names

1808 French created Kingdom of Westphalia orders Jews to adopt family names

1792 British Capt George Vancouver sights, names Mt. Rainier, Washington

1788 Jacques Neeker names French minister of Finance

1775 2nd Continental Congress names George Washington, supreme commander

1724 Emperor Charles VI names Maria Elisabeth land guardian of Aust Neth

1695 French garrison of castle Names surrenders for Willem III

1695 Dutch/English army under king Willem III occupies Names

1692 Emperor Leopold I names duke Earnest August of Braunschweig, king

1691 Spanish king Carlos II names Maximilian II viceroy of S Netherlands

1682 Sofia names herself regent of Russia

1595 King Philip II names Albrecht of Austria land guardian of Neth

1582 Leidse university names Rembert Dodoens prof of botany/medicine

1581 Leiden University names Snellius math professor

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

1569 Pope Pius names Cosimo I de' Medici, grand duke of Toscane

1566 Spanish king Philip II names Fernando Alvarez, duke of Alva

1560 Spanish king Philip II names Frederik Schenck of Toutenburg, 1st archbishop of Utrecht

1545 Pope Paul III names his son Pierluigi Farnese, duke of Parma

1540 Emperor Karel names his son Philip, duke of Milan

1540 Court of Holland names Amsterdam sheriff John Hubrechtsz a "heretic"

1534 Charles V names Joris of Egmont, bishop of Utrecht

1522 Emperor Karel I names Hernan Cortes governor of Mexico

1522 Emperor Charles V names Frans van Holly inquisitor-gen of Netherlands

1521 Treaty of Worms: Emperor Charles names his brother Ferdinand Arch duke of Neth-Austria

1509 Emperor Maximilian I names Margaretha land guardians of Netherlands

1498 Emperor Maximilian names Albrecht governor of Netherlands

1494 Jamaica discovered by Columbus; he names it "St. Iago"

1450 Pope Nicolas V names Walraven van Meurs bishop of Munster

1371 Pope Gregory XI names Arnold II of Horne as bishop of Utrecht

1364 Pope Urbabus V names John V van Virneburg as bishop of Utrecht

1349 Margaretha of Bavaria names her son Willem V earl of Holland/Zealand

1342 Pope Clemens VI names John IV of Arkel as bishop of Utrecht

1322 Pope John XXII names John van Diest, bishop of Utrecht

1311 Gwijde van Names, Flemish marshal (Golden Track), dies at 35

1235 Emperor Joseph II orders Jews of Galicia Austria to adopt family names

1213 English king John names Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury

1164 Raynald of Dassel names Guido di Crema as anti-pope Paschalis III

1048 Parliament of Worms: Emperor Henry III names his cousin count Bruno van Egisheim/Dagsburg as Pope Leo IX

1046 Benedictus IX and Silvester III and names Bishop Siutger, Pope Clemens II

1027 Robert II, the Vrome, names son Henry I, king of France

767 Duke of Nepi names his brother (leek) Pope Constantine II

722 Pope Gregory II names Boniface as missionary bishop

695 Pope Sergius names Willibrord as archbishop Clemens of Friezen



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