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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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