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2004 George W. Bush wins a second term as U.S. president, winning 51% of the popular vote

2000 Al Gore wins the popular vote but loses the electoral vote to George W. Bush

1992 SuriPop VII, Suriname Popular Song Festival

1990 Lech Walesa wins in Poland's 1st popular election

1990 Mario De Andrade, founder (Movimiento Popular of Lib of Angola), dies

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

1977 HA Rey, author of popular constellation book, dies at 78

1974 Popular Electronics displays Altair 8800 computer

1967 BBC starts their own popular music radio station

1967 Edward Brooke, takes (Sen-R-Mass) seat as 1st popular elected black

1966 Beatle John Lennon says Beatles are more popular than Jesus

1966 John Lennon, says "We (the Beatles) are more popular than Jesus"

1964 GI Joe, debuts as a popular American boy's toy

1959 Barbie, the popular girls' doll, debuted, over 800 million sold

1955 Pope Pius XII encyclical on sacred music and popular music

1952 Popular uprising in Bolivia

1936 Spanish Frente Popular (People's Front) wins elections

1936 Spanish socialists/communists/anarchists form Unidad Popular

1928 James Kilfedder, MP, Ulster Popular Unionist

1924 Peruvian Torre forms APRA, Alianza Popular Revolutionaria Americana

1914 Robert Alda, New York City, actor, Dan Lewis-Supertrain, By Popular Demand

1913 Billboard publishes earliest known "Last Week's 10 Best Sellers among Popular Songs" Malinda's Wedding Day is #1

1913 17th amendment provides for election of senators by popular vote

1900 Mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies

1877 Rutherford B Hayes (R) declared president despite Samuel J Tilden (D) winning the popular vote, but is 1 electoral vote shy of victory

1876 Bananas become popular in U.S., at Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia

1861 By popular referendum, Texas becomes 7th state to secede from U.S.

1845 Fire kills 1,600 in popular theater in Canton, China

1824 Popular presidential vote 1st recorded; Jackson beats J Q Adams



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