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)

1982 Hans Selye, endocrinologist, first to demonstrate the existence of biological stress, began stress research in 1926, published 7 popular books, 1,700 research papers, 15 monographs, dies in Montreal, Canada

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

1974 Popular Electronics displays Altair 8800 computer

1973 Trick Daddy, born in Miami, Florida, rapper, popular hits 'Let's Go', 'Shut Up', 'Thugs are Us'

1970 Beck, born in Los Angeles, California, born Bek David Campbell, guitarist, singer, multi-instrumentalist, popular recordings include 'Odelay', 'Sea Change'

1967 BBC starts their own popular music radio station

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

1966 Shabba Ranks, born in Sturgetown, St. Ann, Jamaica, born Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon, reggae singer, recording artist, sex symbol, popular dancehall DJ, toaster, successful U.S. crossover artist, became first Grammy-Award winning dancehall artist

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

1953 Johnny Clegg, born in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, Jonathan 'Johnny' Clegg, musician, recording artist, Grammy-Award nominee, mbaqanga, Afro-pop genres, formed and performed with Juluka band, formed Savuka band, popular figure in South African music history

1952 Popular uprising in Bolivia

1950 David Jensen, born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, David 'Kid' Jensen, popular British radio DJ, played progressive music, hosted BBC pop network, Radio 1, Top of the Pops presenter, interviewed Duran Duran, promoted The Police before they were commercially successful

1943 Judith Durham, born Melbourne, Australia, Judith Mavis Cock, singer, jazz, lead vocalist for The Seekers, Australian popular folk music group

1942 Greg Ridley, born in Cumberland, England, rock, bass guitarist, played for Humble Pie and Spooky Tooth, popular double album Performance Rockin' the Fillmore

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

1907 Hans Selye, born in Vienna, Austria, endocrinologist, first to demonstrate the existence of biological stress, began stress research in 1926, published 7 popular books, 1,700 research papers, 15 monographs

1900 Mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies

1889 Charles Mackay, poet, writer, journalist, songwriter, wrote for the Morning Chronicle, Illustrated London News, wrote book 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds', 1841, wrote popular song 'Cheer, Boys, Cheer', 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

1814 Charles Mackay, born in Perth, Scotland, poet, writer, journalist, songwriter, wrote for the Morning Chronicle, Illustrated London News, wrote book 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds', 1841, wrote popular song 'Cheer, Boys, Cheer'


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