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2013 Event - U.S. Republican Chuck Hagel is nominated to be the country's next Secretary of Defense by President Barack Obama; John O. Brennan is nominated to be the next CIA Director

2012 Event - Prime Minister Victor Ponta, of the Social Liberal Union, is nominated by Romanian President, Traian Basescu, to form a new government after Romania holds its parliamentary election later this December

2010 Event - Solicitor General Elena Kagan is the youngest Justice and third woman nominated for the Supreme Court of the United States

2005 Event - Samuel Alito is nominated for the Supreme Court by George W. Bush

2005 Event - John G. Roberts is nominated for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

2005 Event - John G. Roberts, Jr. is nominated to the United States Supreme Court

1994 Event - Emmy 21st Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci not nominated

1987 Event - Judge Anthony M. Kennedy nominated to Supreme Court

1987 Event - Bork nominated to Supreme Court, rejected in October by senate

1986 Event - Chief Justice Warren Earl Burger resigns Antonin Scalia nominated

1981 Event - Sandra Day O'Connor nominated for the Supreme Court

1980 Event - Ronald Reagan nominated for President by Republicans in Detroit

1971 Event - William H Rehnquist and Lewis F Powell nominated to U.S. Supreme Court by Nixon, following resignations of Justices Hugo Black and John Harlan

1971 Birthday - Jose Solano, born in Inglewood, California, actor, played Manny Gutierrez on Baywatch, listed as '50 Most Beautiful People in the World' by YM Magazine, nominated for the ALMA Award

1967 Event - Thurgood Marshall nominated as 1st black Supreme Court justice

1967 Birthday - Laura Dern, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, film director, producer, Academy-Award nominated for film, 'Rambling Rose'

1965 Event - Francois Mitterrand nominated for French presidency

1964 Event - Lyndon B. Johnson nominated at Democratic convention

1964 Event - Barry M. Goldwater nominated for president by Republicans

1960 Event - Vice President Nixon nominated for President at Republican convention in Chicago

1958 Event - Gamel Abdel Nasser nominated 1st president of United Arab Republic

1956 Event - Adlai E. Stevenson nominated as Democratic presidential candidate

1953 Birthday - Jon Faddis, born in Oakland, California, musician, jazz trumpeter, conductor, composer, music educator, sound compared to his mentor, Dizzy Gillespie, member Lionel Hampton's big band, led Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, released Grammy-Award nominated work, Remembrances, 1999

1952 Event - General Eisenhower nominated as Republican presidential candidate

1949 Event - Eugenie Anderson becomes 1st woman ambassador nominated in US

1948 Event - President Truman nominated for another term

1944 Event - President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated for an unprecedented 4th term at Dem convention

1943 Event - 1st U.S. ambassador to Canada, Ray Atherton, nominated

1932 Event - New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated for president at Dem Convention in Chicago

1928 Event - Alfred E. Smith (NY-Gov) nominated for president at Dem Convention

1928 Event - Republican National Convention, met in KC, nominated Herbert Hoover

1925 Birthday - John Bury, born in England, theatre designer of sets, costumes, and lighting, made Amadeus with Peter Hall, nominated for multiple Tony awards

1888 Event - Frederick Douglass is 1st African-American nominated for president

1884 Event - William Sherman refuses Republican presidential nomination saying "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected"

1872 Event - Victoria Woodhull becomes 1st woman nominated for U.S. president

1870 Event - Victoria Woodhull is 1st woman to be nominated for U.S. president

1804 Event - Jefferson nominated for president at Democratic-Republican caucus

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