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1997 Mel Karmazin replaces Peter Lund as CEO of CBS TV 1997 Brandi Sherwood, (Idaho) replaces Brook Lee (Miss Univ) as Miss USA 1996 WBSI TV replaces WNYC on channel 31 in New York City 1995 Chelsi Smith, 21, of USA, crowned 44th Miss Universe Shanna Lynn Moakler, (19-NY), replaces Chelsi Smith as Miss USA 1993 WAQX 104.3 (Q-104) rock format replaces WNCN classic format in New York City 1992 WQEW-AM radio replaces WQXR on 1560 in New York City 1991 Buck Showalter replaces Stump Merrill as New York Yankee manager 1990 Stump Merrill replaces Bucky Dent as New York Yankee manager 1989 Bucky Dent replaces Dallas Green as New York Yankee manager 1989 A Bartlett Giamatti replaces Ueberroth as 7th commissioner of baseball 1989 Richard J. Kerr replaces Robert M. Gates as deputy director of CIA 1989 FW de Klerk replaces Botha as South Africa's National Party leader 1988 Dallas Green replaces Lou Pinella as manager of New York Yankees 1988 Dallas Green replaces Lou Pinella as New York Yankee manager 1988 Frank Robinson replaces Cal Ripkin as manager of Baltimore Orioles 1987 William H. Webster replaces Robert M. Gates as 14th director of CIA 1986 Jim Fregosi replaces Tony LaRussa as White Sox manager 1985 Mikhail S. Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader 1984 Peter Ueberroth replaces Bowie Kuhn as 6th commissioner of baseball 1984 Suzette Charles (NJ), 21, replaces Williams as 57th Miss America 1984 1982 Clyde King replaces Gene Michaels as New York Yankee manager 1982 John N McMahon replaces Bobby R Inman becomes deputy director of CIA 1982 Yanks fire manager Bob Lemon and replaces him with Gene Michael 1982 Canada Constitution Act replaces British North America Act 1980 Astros owner John McMullen replaces GM Tal Smith with Al Rosen 1980 Peter Comita replaces Tom Peterson of Cheap Trick 1980 Pete Comita replaces Tom Peterson as bassist of Cheap Trick 1980 Jozef Pinkovski replaces Poland premier Babiuch 1980 Jineane Ford, (AZ) replaces S Weatherly (Miss Univ) as 29th Miss USA 1979 Dick Howser (best Yank mngr win-lost pct .636) replaces Billy Martin 1979 Phillies replaces manager Danny Ozark with Dallas Green 1979 Canadians elect conservatives, Joseph Clark replaces Pierre Trudeau 1978 Bob Lemon replaces Billy Martin as Yankee manager 1977 Cheryl Ladd replaces Farrah Fawcett on Charlie's Angels 1977 Nigel Harrison replaces Gary Valentine as bassist of Blondie 1977 Edward W Stack replaces Paul Kerr president of Hall of Fame 1976 Tommy Lasorda replaces Walter Alston as Dodger manager 1976 NBC replaces the peacock logo 1975 Billy Martin replaces Bill Virdon as manager of New York Yankees 1975 Ron Woods replaces Mick Taylor as Rolling Stone guitarist 1974 Yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir 1974 Harold Wilson replaces resigning Ed Heath as British premier 1973 Steinbrenner replaces Mike Burke with Gabe Paul as Yankee president 1972 Leo Durocher replaces Harry Walker as manager of Astros 1970 Anwar Sadat replaces Egyptian President Nassar 1969 San Francisco Fire Department replaces leather helmets with plastic ones 1969 Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor replaces Brian Jones 1968 Earl Weaver replaces Hank Bauer as manager of Orioles 1968 Bowie Kuhn replaces William Eckert as 5th commissioner of baseball 1967 H Rap Brown replaces Stokely Carmichael as chairman of Student 1967 Ted Workman replaces Senator Keith Davey as CFL commissioner 1967 Yellowknife replaces Ottawa as capital of NW Territories, Canada 1965 William Eckert replaces Ford Frick as 4th commissioner of baseball 1965 Nikolai Podgorny replaces Anastas Mikoyan as president of Presidium 1965 Richard Helms replaces Marshall S. Carter as deputy director of CIA 1965 William F. Raborn, Jr. replaces John A. McCone as 7th head of CIA 1965 Jeff Beck replaces Eric Clapton of the Yardbirds 1964 Roman Catholic Church in U.S. replaces Latin with English 1963 Levi Eshkol replaces David Ben-Gurion as Israeli PM 1962 Drummer Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best of the Beatles 1962 Beatles replaces Pete Best with Ringo Starr 1962 Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as Beatle drummer 1961 John A McCone replaces Allen W Dulles as 6th director of CIA 1960 Ralph Houk, 41, replaces Casey Stengel as Yankee manager 1960 Leonid Brezhnev replaces Kliment Voroshilov as President of U.S.S.R. 1958 H Laskow replaces Moshe Dayan on as Israeli minister of Defense 1956 White Sox manager Marty Marion resigns. AL Lopez replaces him 1955 Malenkov resigns as U.S.S.R. premier, Bulganin replaces him 1952 Rogers Hornsby replaces Luke Sewell, as Cincinnati Reds manager 1952 England replaces King George VI stamp series with Queen Elizabeth II 1951 Ford C Frick replaces Happy Chandler as 3rd commissioner of baseball Warren C Giles becomes president of baseball's National League 1950 Walter Bedell Smith replaces Roscoe H Hillenkoetter as 4th CIA head 1948 Eddie Sawyer replaces Ben Chapman in Philadelphia, New York Giants Leo Durocher replaces Mel Ott and Burt Shotton replaces Durocher as Dodger manager 1946 Johnny Neun replaces Bill Dickey as Yankee manager 1946 Bill Dickey replaces Joe McCarthy as Yankee manager 1944 German fieldmarshal Model replaces von Kluge in Normandy 1944 Marshal von Kluge replaces General von Rundstedt 1944 Gen Clark replaces Gen Patton as commander of 7th Army 1940 Gen Winckelman replaces Gen Reijnders as Dutch supreme commander 1939 Victor Fleming replaces George Cukor as director of Gone With the Wind 1938 Artur Seyss-Inquart replaces Kurt von Schuschnigg as Chancellor of Austria; German troops also entered the country 1936 England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI 1932 Charlie Grimm replaces Roger Hornsby as manager of Chicago Cubs 1931 New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies 1930 Roger Hornsby replaces Joe McCarthy as Cubs manager 1929 Heinie Wagner replaces Bill Carrigan as Red Sox manager 1928 44-yr old New York Ranger GM Lester Patrick replaces his injured goaltender in a Stanley Cup game, and beats Montreal Maroons 2-1 1927 Canberra replaces Melbourne as the capital of Australia 1926 Chiang Kai-shek replaces communists in Guomindang China 1925 Cossack officer Reza Chan replaces sultan Ahmad Shah in Persia 1925 Lou Gehrig replaces Wally Pipp (1st of record 2130 consec games) 1925 Rogers Hornsby replaces Branch Rickey as manager of Cardinals 1925 Gen M Froense replaces Trotsky as People's Commissioner of Defense 1925 Franc B Kellogg replaces Charles Hughes on as U.S. Secretary of State 1924 Grossdeutsche Volksgemeinschaft/Volkische Block replaces NSDAP 1923 Dutch AR-leader Coair replaces De Geer as minister of finances 1922 Schwebla replaces Benes government in Czechoslavakia 1922 William T. Cosgrave replaces Irish premier Collins 1919 William Veeck, sportswriter, replaces Fred Mitchell as Cubs president 1918 Kid Gleason replaces Pants Rowland as White Sox manager 1917 Ernie Shore replaces Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth with a runner on, he throws him out and retires all 26 he faces for a perfect game 1916 David Lloyd George replaces resigning H H Asquith as British PM 1916 Von Hindenburg replaces Von Falkenhayn as German chief of staff 1914 German staff-chief von Moltke replaces von Falkenhayn 1912 Relief laws replaces those of 1854, in Netherlands 1898 Lightship replaces whistling buoy at mouth of San Francisco Bay 1874 Benjamin Disraeli replaces William Gladstone as English premier 1866 Paid fire department replaces volunteer companies 1866 Congress authorizes nickel 5 cents piece (replaces silver half-dime) 1864 CSA President Davis replaces Gen Joe Johnston with John Bell Hood 1864 General John B Hood replaces General Johnston 1863 U.S. General George Meade replaces General Hooker to be more aggressive 1863 Confederate "National Flag" replaces "Stars and Bars" 1863 Free city delivery replaces zone postage; 449 letter carriers hired 1863 General Joseph Hooker replaces Burnside as head of Army of Potomac 1862 Ambrose Burnside replaces McClellen as head of Army of Potomac 1851 Gen Arista replaces Mexican President Herrera 1830 Revolution in France replaces Charles X with Louis Philippe 1797 Albany replaces New York City as capital of NY 1793 Republican calendar replaces Gregorian calendar in France 1721 Michelangiolo dei Conti replaces Pope Clement XI, as Innocent XIII 1700 Russia replaces Byzantines with Julian calendar 1689 Pietro Ottoboni replaces Pope Innocent XI as Alexander VIII 1655 Fabio Chigi replaces Pope Innocent X as Alexander VII 1644 Giambattista Pamfili replaces Pope Urban VII as Innocent X 1543 Cardinal Beaton replaces earl Arran as regent for Mary of Scotland 1494 Alfonso II replaces his father as king of Naples 1185 Umberto Crivelli replaces Lucius III as Pope Urban III 1181 Ubaldo Allucingoli replaces Alexander III as Pope Lucius III 757 Paolo Orsini replaces his brother Pope Stephen II, as Paul I 254 Stephan I replaces Lucius I as Catholic Pope

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