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2004 The Republican party nominates George W. Bush as its presidential candidate

2004 Former President Gerald Ford suffers a stroke during the Republican National Convention

2000 The Republican party nominates George W. Bush to run for president

1998 Barry Goldwater, born in Phoenix, Arizona, Senator-R-Arizona 1953 - 1965, 1969 - 1987, Republican Presidential candidate 1964, dies at 89 from a stroke

1997 Mary Louise Smith, first woman to chair the Republican National Committee, dies at 82

1996 Bob Dole picks Jack Kemp as his Republican Vice Presidential running mate

1993 Republican Guard kills 64 in Chad

1992 Irish Republican Army bombs London financial district, killing 3

1990 Guam Republican governor Joseph Ada re-elected

1988 Republican Convention in New Orleans select Bush-Quayle ticket

1988 Arizona House of Representatives vote to impeach Republican Governor Evan Mecham

1988 Sean MacBride, Ireland, commander of Irish Republican Army, dies at 83

1987 11 die as a bomb planted by Irish Republican Army explodes

1987 Guy Hunt becomes Alabama's 1st Republican governor since 1874

1986 Guy Hunt elected 1st Republican governor of Alabama in 112 years

1984 Republican convention in Dallas renominates President Reagan and Vice President Bush

1984 Republican convention in Houston nominates Ronald Reagan for president

1982 Bombs planted by Irish Republican Army explode in 2 London parks

1980 Ronald Reagan formally accepts Republican nomination for president

1976 President Gerald R. Ford won Republican President nomination at Kansas City convention

1975 Ronald Reagan announced candidacy for Republican nomination for president

1975 President Ford announced he'll seek Republican nomination for president

1975 David Ortiz, Dominican Republican Athlete

1974 Irish Republican Socialist Party forms

1974 Irish Republican Army is outlawed in Britain following deaths of 21

1972 Republican convention (Miami Beach, Florida) renominates Vice President Agnew but not unanimous - 1 vote went to NBC newsman David Brinkley

1972 Republican convention opens in Miami Beach, Florida

1972 Jack Anderson discloses Dita Beard (ITT) memo indicating antitrust charges were dropped for $400,000 contribution to Republican Party

1968 Republican convention in Miami Beach nominates Nixon for president

1964 Margaret Chase Smith, Senator-R-Maine, tries for Republican President bid

1960 Republican National convention selects Richard Nixon as candidate

1960 Vice President Nixon nominated for President at Republican convention in Chicago

1960 U.S. Republican convention nominates Nixon as presidential candidate

1956 President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon renominated by Republican convention in San Francisco

1952 Joaquin Andujar, Dominican Republican Athlete

1952 General Eisenhower nominated as Republican presidential candidate

1951 Lee Atwater, Republican National Committee Chairman, 1989-91

1948 President Truman re-elected in an upset over Republican Thomas Dewey

1948 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia nominates New York Governor Thomas Dewey

1944 Wendell Lewis Wilkie, Republican politician, dies at 52

1937 Republican offensive near Belchite Spain

1937 Republican offensive by Brunete in Spain

1935 Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther turned Republican

1930 Clayton K. Yeutter, Nebraska, U.S. trade rep/Republican National chairman

1928 Republican National Convention, met in KC, nominated Herbert Hoover

1925 Greek republican constitution enforced

1911 Ronald Reagan, born in Illinois, 40th President, Republican, 1981 - 1989

1909 Barry Goldwater, born in Phoenix, Arizona, Senator-R-Arizona 1953 - 1965, 1969 - 1987, Republican Presidential candidate 1964

1907 Ray C Bliss, R, Ohio State Republican Chairman

1907 Hiram Fong, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, businessman, politician, Harvard law degree, United States Senator from Hawaii, Republican Party

1892 Republican convention in Minneapolis begins

1888 Republican Convention, in Chicago, nominates Benjamin Harrison

1884 Congressman John R Lynch presides over Republican National Convention

1884 John Lynch is 1st black elected chairman of Republican convention

1884 William Sherman refuses Republican presidential nomination saying "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected"

1874 1st cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol, by T Nast

1872 Republican National Convention meets, Philadelphia

1868 Republican National Convention, meets in Chicago, nominates Grant

1864 Abe Lincoln renominated for President by Republican Party

1860 Republican Party nominates Abraham Lincoln for president

1856 Republican Party opens its 1st national convention in Philadelphia

1856 1st national meeting of Republican Party in Pittsburgh

1854 1st Republican state convention in Ripon, Wisconsin

1854 Republican Party formally organized at Ripon, Wisconsin

1854 1st meeting of Republican Party in Michigan

1854 Alvan Bovay proposes name "Republican Party," Ripon, Wisc

1813 Zachariah Chandler, U.S., merchant/politician, found Republican Party

1811 Friedrich Hecker, Baden, German revolutionary republican politician

1805 End of French Republican calendar; France returns to Gregorianism

1793 Republican calendar replaces Gregorian calendar in France

1793 1st republican constitution in France adopted

1792 Origin of French Republican Era

1792 Thaddeus Stevens, U.S. Radical Republican congressional leader, Rep-R


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