2004 The Republican party nominates George W. Bush as its presidential candidate
2004 Democrats nominate John Kerry as their Presidential candidate
2001 Harold Stassen, perennial presidential candidate/politician, resigned as governor of Minnesota to enlist for WWII, dies at 93
2000 Al Gore concedes presidential election, George W. Bush named president
1995 Jacques Chirac wins French presidential election
1994 Gamini Dissanayake, Sri Lankain presidential candidate, murdered
1994 Ernesto Zedillo wins Mexican presidential election
1994 Armando Calderon Sol wins El Salvador presidential election
1993 Carlos Reina wins Honduras presidential election
1993 Nigerian presidential election
1992 Bill Clinton wins U.S. presidential election over President Bush
1992 1st 3-way presidential debate (Bush-Clinton-Perot)
1990 United Somali Congress seizes Presidential Palace
1989 Brazil holds 1st free presidential election in 29 years
1989 Luis Carlos Galan, Colombian presidential candidate, murdered
1988 Michael Dukakis selected Democratic presidential nominee
1987 Gary Hart quits democratic presidential race due to Donna Rice affair
1986 President Carter's presidential library dedicated in Atlanta
1986 Ferdinand Marcos wins rigged Philippines presidential election
1984 Julio M Sanguinetti wins Uruguay presidential election
1984 Walter F. Mondale wins Democratic presidential nomination in San Francisco
1984 Jose Napoleon Duarte wins El Salvador presidential election
1983 Raul Alfonsin wins Argentine presidential election
1983 U.S. Supreme Court ruled Congress could not veto presidential decisions
1982 Salvador Jorge Blanco wins presidential election in Dominican Rep
1974 Valeri Giscard d'Estaing wins French presidential election
1974 Watergate grand jury indicts 7 presidential aides
1973 Greek President Papadopoulos asks for "parliamentary presidential republic"
1973 Senate createse Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities
1970 Salvador Allende wins presidential election in Chile
1968 Robert F. Kennedy announces presidential campaign
1967 25th amendment (presidential succession) declared ratified
1967 25th Amendment (Presidential Disability and Succession) in effect
1961 George Stephanopoulos, presidential adviser, Clinton
1961 1st live, nationally televised presidential news conference (John F. Kennedy)
1960 John F. Kennedy and Nixon clashed in 4th and final presidential debate (New York City)
1960 3rd presidential debate with Nixon in Hollywood and Kennedy in NY
1960 John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon's 3rd presidential debate
1960 U.S. Republican convention nominates Nixon as presidential candidate
1960 U.S. Democratic convention nominates John F. Kennedy as presidential candidate
1960 John F. Kennedy makes missile gap the presidential campaign issue
1956 Adlai E. Stevenson nominated as Democratic presidential candidate
1955 1st presidential news conference on network TV, Eisenhower on ABC
1955 1st presidential news conference filmed for TV (Eisenhower)
1954 Air Force One, 1st U.S. Presidential airplane, christened
1954 Francois "Doc" Duvalier wins Haitian presidential election
1952 General Eisenhower nominated as Republican presidential candidate
1949 Presidential election in Syria (some women allowed to vote)
1947 1st Presidential address televised from White House-HS Truman
1947 President Truman signs Presidential Succession Act
1944 Wendell Wilkie (R) enters presidential race
1941 Jesse Jackson, born in Greenville, South Carolina, clergyman/presidential candidate, D
1939 Larry Speakes, presidential press secretary
1938 Andre Marrou, Libertarian Presidential candidate 1992
1936 Radio used for 1st time for a presidential campaign
1933 Michael S Dukakis, Gov-D-Mass, /presidential candidate, D-1988
1933 German presidential candidate Earnest Thalmann (KPD) arrested
1933 20th amendment changes date of presidential inaugurations to 1/20
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt makes 1st presidential nominating conventional acceptance speech
1931 Charles W. Colson, presidential adviser, Watergate figure
1928 Theodore Sorenson, presidential advisor, John F. Kennedy, /author, 1000 Days
1927 Nicaragua agrees to a U.S. supervised presidential election in 1928
1926 Alan Greenspan, economist and presidential advisor, Federal Reserve Bank
1924 1st newsreel pictures of presidential candidates were taken
1924 1st presidential radio address (Calvin Coolidge)
1924 President Calvin Coolidge makes 1st presidential radio speech
1923 1st presidential address broadcast on radio (President Calvin Coolidge)
1923 Robert J Dole, Sen-R Kansas, 1969-95, /presidential candidate, R-1996
1913 1st presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson)
1912 Virginia Lacy Jones, U.S. librarian/presidential advisor
1892 Wendell Wilkie, presidential candidate, R-1940, /author, One World
1886 Ernst Thalmann, German communist presidential candidate
1884 William Sherman refuses Republican presidential nomination saying "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected"
1877 U.S. Electoral College declares R. Hayes winner presidential election
1877 Congress determines presidential election between Hayes-Tilden
1876 President Rutherford B Hayes and Samuel J Tilden claim presidential victory Tilden (D) wins election but Electoral college selects Hayes (R)
1876 Democratic Party elects Samuel Tilden as presidential candidate
1876 Sara Spencer (R) is 1st woman to address a U.S. presidential convention
1870 Bernard Baruch, financier/presidential adviser, Cold War
1868 Ulysses Grant (R) wins presidential election over Horatio Seymour (D)
1866 U.S. Congress rejects presidential veto gives all equal rights in US
1855 Eugene V Debs, labor organizer, Socialist presidential candidate
1845 1st time, U.S. Senate overrides presidential (Tyler) veto
1844 Whig convention nominates Henry Clay as presidential candidate
1843 Liberty Party nominates James Birneyas presidential candidate
1824 Popular presidential vote 1st recorded; Jackson beats J Q Adams
1811 Battle of Tippecanoe, gave Harrison a presidential slogan
1792 George Washington casts 1st presidential veto
1792 U.S. Presidential Succession Act passed
1789 George Washington heads for 1st presidential inauguration
1786 Winfield Scott, army general, Union, presidential candidate
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