1997 Former rep Dan Rostenkowski released from custody for mail fraud
1996 Jean-Bedel Bokassa, dictator of Cent Africa Rep (1967-79), dies at 75
1996 Jacobo Majluta, president of Dominican Rep (1982), dies at 61
1995 Art Modell's rep begins secrets talks to move team to Baltimore
1995 Margaret Chase Smith, 1st woman Rep and Sen (R-Me), dies at 97
1992 Astros begins 26-game road trip to make room for Rep National Convention
1991 Robert Motherwell, U.S. painter (Elegies to Spanish Rep), dies at 76
1991 Boris Yeltsin sworn in as 1st elected president of Russian Rep
1989 Robin Givens is granted a divorce from Mike Tyson in Dom Rep
1987 Central Afr Rep ex-emperor Jean-Bedel Bokassa sentenced to death
1987 Frank Carlson, (Gov/Rep/Sen-R-Ks), dies at 94
1986 Joaquin Balaguers PRSC wins Dominican Rep parliamentary election
1984 Rep convention in Dallas renominates President Reagan and VP Bush
1982 Sylvestre A Guzman Fernandez, President Dominican Rep, commits suicide
1982 Salvador Jorge Blanco wins presidential election in Dominican Rep
1981 Milt coup under general Kolingba in Cent Afr Rep, President Dacko flees
1981 Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti, Iran Islamic Rep Party founder, bombed
1980 Michael Myers (D-Pa), is 1st rep expelled in over 100 years (ABSCAM)
1980 Rep John Jenrette, Jr. (D-SC) indicted in "Abscam" investigation
1979 Coup in Central African Rep: David Dacko overthrows emperor Bokassa I
1977 Mabel Murphy Smythe confirmed as ambassador to Rep of Cameroon
1976 Petr Sykora, Pizen CZE, NHL forward, Team Czech Rep, New Jersey Devils
1975 Laos falls to communist forces; Lao People's Democratic Rep proclaimed
1975 Ronald Reagan announced candidacy for Rep nomination for president
1974 Portugal recognizes independence of Rep of Guinea-Bissau
1974 Karl E Mundt, (Rep/Sen), dies
1973 Radka Bobkova, Prague Czech Rep, tennis star, quarter Bournemouth
1972 Martin Dies, (Rep)/1st chairman of House Un-American, dies
1972 Martin Straka, Pizen CZE, NHL forward, Team Czech Rep, Florida
1972 Katarina Studenikova, Bratislava Slovak Rep, tennis star
1972 Otakar Vejvoda, Kladno CZE, hockey forward, Team Czech Rep
1972 Viktor Ujcik, Jihlava CZE, hockey, Team Czech Rep
1972 Jean-Bedel Bokassa appoints himself President for life of Cent African Rep
1971 Pavel Patera, Kladno CZE, hockey forward, Team Czech Rep, Oly-gild-98
1971 Drahomir Kadlec, Pribham CZE, hockey defenseman, Team Czech Rep
1971 Jiri Vykoukai, born in Olomouc CZ, hockey player, Team Czech Rep, Oly-gold-98
1971 Bobby Holik, Jihlava Cze, NHL left wing, New Jersey Devils, Team Czech Rep
1970 Robert Lang, Teplice CZE, NHL forward, Team Czech Rep, Los Angeles
1970 Roman Turek, Strakonice CZE, hockey goalie, Team Czech Rep, 1998 Olympics
1970 Richard Smehlik, Ostrava CZE, NHL defenseman, Team Czech Rep, Buffalo
1969 Rep Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. seated by Congress
1968 Jiri Veber, Kladno CZE, hockey, Team Czech Rep
1968 Julis Deutsch, Austria politician/general Spanish rep army, dies at 83
1967 People's Rep of South Yemen (Aden) gains independence from Britain
1967 Nguyen Van Thieu took oath of office as 1st President of South Vietnam 2nd Rep
1967 Nathalie Tauziat, Bangui Cent Afr Rep, tennis star, 1993 Quebec City
1967 House of Representatives expels Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (307 to 116)
1967 Frantisek Kaberle, Brno CZE, hockey forward, Team Czech Rep
1967 Georgia legislature seats Rep. Julian Bond
1965 Fayette Purser, Sydney Australia, golfer, NSW State Rep 1987-88
1965 Helena Sukova, Prague Czech Rep, tennis star, 1985 U.S. Open's Double
1964 Petr Briza, Prague CZE, hockey goalie, Team Czech Rep
1964 United Rep of Tanganyika and Zanzibar renamed United Rep of Tanzania
1964 Otto V Kuusinen, President of Karelo-Finnish soviet rep (1940-56), dies 82
1964 Rep Martha Griffiths address gets civil rights protection for women being added to the 1964 Civil Rights Act
1963 Syrian Arab Rep Revolution Day - Military coup in Syria
1961 Rafael L Trujillo Molina, dictator Dom Rep (1930-61), murdered at 69
1960 Republic of Congo (Zaire, Dem Rep of Congo) forms
1960 Madagascar (formerly Malagasy Rep) declares independence from France
1959 Hiram L Fong sworn in as 1st Chinese-American senator while Daniel K Inouye sworn in as 1st Japanese-American Rep (Both from Hawaii)
1959 Castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dom Rep
1958 Charles De Gaulle wins 7 year term as 1st President of 5th Rep of France
1958 Central African Rep made autonomous member of Fr Comm (Natl Day)
1957 German Dem Rep recalls East Mark and issues new currency
1957 France returns Saar to becomes the 10th state of German Federal Rep
1956 President Eisenhower and VP Nixon renominated by Rep convention in SF
1954 Michigan rep Ruth Thompson (R) introduces legislation to ban mailing "obscene, lewd, lascivious or filthy" phonograph (rock and roll) records
1953 Eisenhower criticizes McCarthy for saying communists are in Rep party
1951 Johnny Rep, Dutch soccer player
1949 Rita Jenrette, born in San Antonio, Texas, wife of Rep John Jenrette, D-SC
1949 German Dem Rep formed from Russian occupation zone (National Day)
1949 People's Rep of China proclaimed by Mao Tse-tung (National Day)
1948 Gerald Ford upsets Rep Bartel J Jonkman in Mich 5th Dist Rep primary
1946 Enver Hoxha declares People's Rep of Albania with himself dictator
1942 William C Nelson, rep/astronaut, STS 24
1941 Rep of Croatia orders all Jews to wear a star with the letter Z
1941 Heidi Biebi, German Fed Rep, downhill skier 1960 Olympics gold
1940 Mary Rose Oakar, Rep
1936 Edward Jones, U.K. military rep to NATO
1935 Jack Charlton, soccer manager, Rep of Ireland
1934 John V Tunney, heavyweight boxing champion, Rep/Sen-D-Calif
1932 Yvonne Braitwaite Burke, lawyer, Rep
1932 President Hoover and VP Charles Curtis renominated by Rep Convention
1930 Clayton K. Yeutter, Nebraska, U.S. trade rep/Republican National chairman
1930 Harry Boldt, German Fed Rep, equestrian dressage 1976 Olympics gold
1930 Iain Cuthbertson, British actor, Guilty, Scandal, Rep, Danger UXB
1928 Gordon Downey, British Comptroller General/Reader Rep, Independent
1920 Lithuania and U.S.S.R. sign peace treaty, Lithuania becomes independent rep
1918 Maria Montez, Dominican Rep, actress, Arabian Nights
1917 Vernon Walters, New York City, U.S. permanent rep to the UN
1916 Dorothy Mae Ballard, labor union rep
1912 Jack Walsh, NSW/Leicestershire cricket china bowler, didn't rep Aust
1910 Eric Tindall, cricketer, All Black rep who kept wicket in 5 Tests
1905 Dominican Rep signs treaty turning over customs collection to US
1901 Marthinus Wessels Pretorius, 1st President Rep South-Africa, dies at 81
1897 Margaret Chase Smith, Rep/Sen-R-Maine
1896 George Bender, Cleveland, Rep/Sen-R-Oh
1893 Frank Carlson, Gov/Rep/Sen-R-Ks
1891 Rafael L Trujillo Molina, president/dictator of Dom Rep, 1930-61
1885 Ruth Bryan Rohde, U.S., Rep, minister to Denmark
1884 Julis Deutsch, Austria politician/General Spanish rep army
1883 J M M "Mick" Commaille, cricketer, dual South African cricket/soccer rep
1882 Bert "Dainty" Ironmonger, cricketer, belated Australian rep 1928-33
1881 Kemal Ataturk, 1st President of Rep of Turkey
1877 Adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Rep (1871-77), dies at 80
1876 US Electorial College picks Rep Hayes as President (although Tilden won)
1869 Adolphe Max, Belgian Rep, Lib
1863 Samuel Houston, 1st President of Rep of Texas (1836-38, 41-44), dies at 70
1861 George William Norris, Rep/Sen-Neb, Lame duck-amendement
1856 Violence in Senate, South Carolina rep Brooks used a cane on Mass Sen Sumner
1844 Spain grants Dominican Rep independence
1821 Santo Domingo (Dominican Rep) proclaims independence from Spain
1815 Thomas Stanhope Bocock, rep, Confederacy, died in 1891
1814 John Lothrop Motley, U.S., historian/author, Rise of Dutch Rep
1803 William Allen, Rep/Gov-Oh
1798 Rep Matthew Lyon (Vt) spits in face of Rep Roger Griswold (Ct) in U.S. House of Representatives, after an argument
1796 Reverdy Johnson, rep, Union, died in 1876
1782 Thomas Hart Benton, rep, "Old Bullion"
1756 Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, Rep/Gov-Va, /general
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