2006 Donald Rumsfeld resigns as U.S. Secretary of Defense
1998 U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan lands in Baghdad, for peace negotiations
1997 Secretary of State Margaret Albright announces she just discovered that her grandparents were Jewish
1996 Sidney George Gray, company secretary, dies at 82
1996 Bentley Bridgewater, british Museum secretary, dies at 84
1994 John Keith Wright, English Assistant Secretary of State (1971-84), dies at 66
1994 Dean Rusk, U.S. Secretary of State, dies at 85
1994 Dean Rusk, U.S. Secretary of State (1961-69), dies at 85
1993 Lee Aspen resigns as secretary of defense
1992 Abderrahim Bouabid, Morroco prime secretary (1972), dies
1991 Ad Kosto, Dutch state secretary (PvdA), assassinated by bomb
1991 U.N. Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar meets with Saddam
1990 Secretary of State James Baker visits U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia
1990 U.S. Secretary of State James Baker meets with Vietnam's foreign minister
1990 Michael Stewart, U.K. Secretary of State (1965-66, 68-70), dies
1989 Senate rejects Bush's nomination of John Tower as Defense Secretary
1988 Secretary of State Shultz narrowly escapes assassin attempt in Bolivia
1988 Frank Pace Jr, U.S. Secretary of Army (1950-53), dies at 76
1987 President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev sign a treaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles
1987 Moscow party secretary Boris Jerusalem resigns
1987 Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary of Commerce, dies of internal injuries
1987 Oliver North's secretary Fawn Hall tesifies at Iran-Contra hearing
1986 British Defense Secretary Michael Heseltine resigns
1983 1st female secretary of transportation, Elizabeth Dole, sworn-in
1982 Secretary of State Alexander Haig, Jr. resigns, replaced by Schultz
1980 Alexander Haig named Reagan's Secretary of State
1980 Paul McCartney releases "Temporary Secretary"
1980 Cyrus Vance, Carter's Secretary of State, resigns
1976 Patricia R. Harris named secretary of HUD
1976 Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz resigns due to telling a racial joke
1976 Clifford Alexander, Jr. confirmed as 1st black secretary of Army
1973 Henry Kissinger, sworn in as Secretary of State
1971 U.N. Security Council chooses Kurt Waldheim as 4th secretary General
1967 U.N. Secretary General U Thant makes public proposals for peace in Vietnam
1963 Bobby Baker resigns as Senate Democratic secretary
1961 General Assembly unanimously elects U Thant acting secretary general
1961 U.N. unanimously elects U Thant acting secretary general of the U.N.
1961 Dag Hammarskjold, United Nations Secretary General, dies in an air crash over Congo at 56
1961 William Hague, Secretary of State for Wales
1959 John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State (1953-59), dies at 71
1959 U.S. Secretary of States John Foster Dulles resigns
1956 Robin LO Linschoten, Dutch ass. secretary of Social Affairs, VVD
1956 E Ochab succeeds Beirut as 1st secretary of Polish CP
1955 Benny Alexander, secretary general, South Africa Pan-Africanist Movement
1955 Kate Ashbrook, general secretary, Open Spaces Society
1953 Nikita Khrushchev becomes 1st Secretary of U.S.S.R. Communist Party
1953 Nikita Khrushchev succeeds Malenkov as secretary Communist Party
1953 John Foster Dulles appointed as Secretary of State
1953 Jesse Owens named Illinois Athletic Commission secretary
1951 Yvonne MCT van Rooy, Dutch Secretary of State Secretary, CDA
1950 John F. Dulles becomes advisor to U.S. Secretary of State Acheson
1949 Laszlo Rajk, Hungarian Secretary of State/Foreign minister, hanged
1949 David Mellor, secretary of the British treasury and MP
1948 W Gomulka deposed as general secretary of Polish Worker's party
1948 Virginia Bottomley, secretary, Heritage
1948 Elliott Abrams, Assistant Secretary of state/supplied arms to the Contras
1947 James Forrestal sworn in as 1st U.S. secretary of defense
1947 Secretary of State George C. Marshall outlines Marshall Plan
1947 Gen George Marshall becomes Secretary of State
1946 Malcolm Rifkind, British QC MP, Secretary of State for Defense
1944 Canon P B Price, general secretary, USPG
1943 William Bennett, U.S. Secretary of Education, 1985-88, /drug tsar
1943 William H Hastie, civilian aide to secretary of war, resigns to protest segregation in armed forces
1942 Marlin Fitzwater, press secretary, George Bush
1942 Jean F van Royen, German secretary PTT (camp Amersfoort), dies
1942 Dick K J Tommel, chemist/, D66, Dutch Asst Secretary of State, 1994-
1941 Ann Dore McLaughlin, U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1987-
1941 Ian McGarry, general secretary, British Actors' Equity Association
1941 Dick Cheney, Rep-R-Wyo, Bush's secretary of defense, 1989-93, vice president
1940 James Brady, press secretary, wounded during Reagan assassin attempt
1940 Jan Schaefer, Dutch Assistant Secretary of state, PvdA
1939 Lynn Martin, U.S. secretary of Labor, 1991-93
1939 Larry Speakes, presidential press secretary
1939 John Sununu, U.S. Secretary of State, R, 1989-91
1939 Ronald Ziegler, press secretary, Nixon
1939 Ruth Ashton, general secretary, Royal College of Midwives
1938 Emile Vandervelde, Belgian Secretary of State (BWP), dies at 72
1938 Bruce Babbitt, Gov-D-AL, secretary of interior
1938 William J Bennett, U.S. Secretary of Education, 1985-88
1938 U.K. Foreign Secretary Eden resigns, says PM Chamberlain appeased Germany
1938 James G Watt, Colo, U.S. Secretary of Interior, 1981-83
1938 Aad Kosto, Dutch theologist/actor/asst secretary of Justice
1937 Richard Lloyd Jones, secretary, Welsh Office
1937 Colin Powell, born in Bronx, New York, general and Secretary of State
1936 Elizabeth Hanford Dole, U.S. Secretary of Transportation, 1983-87
1935 Jack Kemp, Rep-R-NY, right-wing/U.S. Secretary of Housing, 1989-93
1935 Donald P Hodel, Portland, Oregon, U.S. Secretary of Interior, 1985-89
1935 Hodding Carter III, press secretary, Jimmy Carter
1935 John R Block, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1981-86
1934 Ron Nesson, press secretary, Gerald Ford
1934 Christopher France, British permanent secretary, Department of Health
1934 Peter Middleton, British permanent secretary, Treasury
1934 David Hancock, secretary, British Department of Education and Science
1933 Richard Lloyd Jones, secretary Welsh Office
1933 Vatican state secretary Pacelli (Pius XII) signs accord with Hitler
1933 1st female in cabinet: Francis Perkins appointed Secretary of Labor
1932 Bernard Ingham, press secretary, Margaret Thatcher
1931 Gerald Warner, deputy secretary, Cabinet Office
1931 Roy Wilkins joined NAACP as asst secretary
1931 Margaret Heckler, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1983-85
1931 Mikhail Gorbachev, Privolnoye U.S.S.R., Soviet secretary general from 1985-91
1931 J R Stephenson, Lt-colonel/Secretary, MCC
1930 Willem R "Wim" van der Zee, secretary of Council of Churches
1930 James Weldon Johnson resigns as executive secretary of NAACP
1930 William E Brock, Sen-D, /U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1985-87
1930 Gerald Kaufman, British MP, shadow Foreign Secretary
1930 Lou A de Graaf, Dutch Assistant Secretary of Social Affairs, VDA
1930 James Alan Ferman, secretary, British Board of Film Classification
1930 Nicholas F. Brady, U.S. Secretary of Treasury, 1988-93
1929 V N M Korte-van Hemel, Dutch Secretary of Justice, CDA
1929 Ho Dam, North Korean Secretary of State, 1970-83
1928 Herbert Klein, newscaster and press secretary
1928 Martin Sinnatt, Major-General/secretary, Kennel Club
1926 Lord Murray of Epping Forest, general secretary, TUC
1925 Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs created in U.K.
1925 Pierre Salinger, newsman, ABC, /press secretary, John Kennedy
1925 Franc B Kellogg replaces Charles Hughes on as U.S. Secretary of State
1924 Alexander Haig, Jr., Bala-Cynwyd,
1924 Lord Mason of Barnsley, MP, Lab, /British defense secretary
1923 Mary Jane Odell, Iowa, Secretary of State
1923 Peter Carey, permanent secretary, DTI
1923 Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State, 1973-77, /Nobel Peace Prize, 1973
1922 Malcolm Baldrige, Conn, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1981-87
1922 Melvin R Laird, Rep-R-Mich, U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1969-73
1922 Lord Murray of Epping Forest, general secretary, TUC
1922 Stalin appointed General Secretary of Communist Party
1922 Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover convenes 1st National Radio Conference
1920 George P Schultz, U.S. Secretary of State, 1982-89
1920 Stewart L Udall, St. Johns Ariz, U.S. Secretary of Interior, 1961-69
1919 Walter J Hickel, Gov-R-Alaska, /U.S. Secretary of Interior, 1969-71
1919 Secretary of state proclaims 18th amendment (prohibition)
1918 Donald Regan, White House staffer/U.S. Secretary of Treasury, 1981-85
1917 Rosemary Woods, Nixon's secretary, keep her away from your tapes
1917 Casper Weinberger, U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1981-87
1917 Cyrus R. Vance, U.S. Secretary of State, 1977-80
1917 J. A. Mommersteeg, Dutch assistant secretary of Defense, KVP
1917 Edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle, dies at 70
1915 William Jennings Bryan quits as Secretary of State
1914 Rogers Morton, born in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. Secretary of Interior, 1968-75
1914 Sidney George Gray, company secretary
1914 Stewart Griffith, secretary, MCC
1914 Yuri Andropov, Russian KGB chief/1st secretary
1914 Edmund Sixtus Muskie, Sen-D-Me, /U.S. Secretary of State, 1980
1913 William P. Rogers, born in Norfolk, New York, U.S. Secretary of State, 1969-73
1912 Frank Pace, Jr., U.S. Secretary of Army, 1950-53
1911 Bentley Bridgewater, British Museum secretary
1911 Ferdinand J. Kranenburg, Dutch Secretary of Defense, soc dem
1910 Baroness Phillips, pres/general secretary, Natl Association of Women
1909 C Dillon Douglas, Geneva Switz, U.S. Secretary of Treasury, 1961-65
1909 Earl L. Butz, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1971-76, ; a real Butz
1909 Dean Rusk, U.S. Secretary of State, 1961-69
1908 John Volpe, Gov-Mass, /U.S. Secretary of Treasury, 1969-73
1908 Maurice H. Stans, born in Shakope, Minnesota, Secretary of Commerce, 1969-72
1907 Denis Rickett, private secretary to Clement Attlee
1907 George W. Romney, Gov-R-Mich, /U.S. Secretary of HUD, 1969-73
1906 Clark M Clifford, U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1968-69
1906 Leonid I Brezhnev, Ukraine, 1st Secretary of U.S.S.R., 1964-82
1904 William GGVV Harcourt, historian/English Secretary of State, dies at 76
1901 L T Coggeshall, medical scientist/ U.S. Secretary of HEW, 1956-58
1896 Trygve Halvdan Lie, born in Norway, 1st United Nations secretary general, 1946-52
1894 Nikita S. Khrushchev, 1st secretary U.S.S.R., 1953-64
1893 Dean Acheson, statesman and U.S. Secretary of State, 1949-53
1892 John G. Whittier, U.S. poet/secretary Anti-Slavery Society, dies
1891 Henry Morgenthau, Jr., U.S. Secretary of Treasury, 1934-45
1888 John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State, 1953-59
1878 Jean F van Royen, Dutch German secretary, PTT
1876 Giacomo Antonelli, Secretary of State of Pius IX, dies at 70
1873 Freiherr Konstantin von Neurath, German Secretary of State, 1932-38
1871 Cordell Hull, U.S. Secretary of State, 1933-44, lowered tariffs, Nobel 1945
1869 Edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, U.S. Secretary of War (1861-65), dies at 55
1867 Jose de Diego, Puerto Rico, patriot/PR Secretary of Justice
1864 George Barbier, Philadelphia, actor, Tarzan's Revenge, Wife vs Secretary
1863 Austen Chamberlain, British Foreign Secretary, Nobel 1925
1862 Secretary of War authorizes Gen Rufus Saxton to arm 5,000 slaves
1861 Secretary of U.S. Navy authorizes enlistment of slaves
1856 Frank Kellogg, Secretary of State, 1925-29, try to outlaw war, Nobel 1929
1846 John W. Cromwell, Secretary, American Negro Academy
1846 Edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle
1845 Elihu Root, R, /U.S. Secretary of State, 1905-09, /Nobel Peace Prize, 1912
1844 Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton
1844 Thommas W. Gilmer, Navy Secretary, dies in explosion on USS Princeton
1837 Robert Ross McBurney, 1st paid secretary of the YMCA
1823 Thomas Alexander Scott, Assistant Secretary War, Union, died in 1881
1822 Hendrik van Stralen, Secretary of Interior, dies at 71
1821 Gustavus Woodson Smith, Secretary War, Confederacy, died in 1896
1821 Navy Gustavus Vasa Fox, Assistant Secretary, Union, died in 1883
1820 James Harlan, Rep-Iowa, /U.S. Secretary of Interior, 1865-66
1819 Charles Anderson Dana, Assistant Secretary War, Union, died in 1897
1818 George Wythe Randolph, Secretary War Confederacy, died in 1867
1817 John Quincy Adams becomes Secretary of State
1816 John Palmer Usher, Secretary Int, Union, died in 1889
1815 James Alexander Seddon, Secretary War, Confederacy, died in 1880
1814 Edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, Ohio, U.S. Secretary of War, 1861-65
1811 John Archibald Campbell, Assistant Secretary War, Confederacy, died in 1889
1810 Robert Augustus Toombs, Secretary State, Confederacy, died in 1885
1810 Walter White, secretary, NAACP
1809 Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Assistant Secretary War, Confederacy, died in 1877
1809 Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, Secretary State, Confederacy
1808 Hugh McCulloch, U.S. Secretary of Treasury
1808 Caleb Blood Smith, Secretary Int, Union, died in 1864
1807 George Alfred Trenholm, Secretary Treasury, Confederacy, died in 1876
1806 William Pitt Fessenden, Secretary Treasury, Union, died in 1869
1803 Christopher Gustavus Memminger, Secretary Treasury, Confederacy, died in 1888
1802 Gideon Welles, Secretary Navy, Union, died in 1878
1801 William Henry Seward, Secretary of State, 1861-69, buys Alaska at 2 cents /acre
1799 Simon Cameron, Secretary War Union, died in 1889
1796 John Middleton Clayton, Delaware, Sen-Del, /U.S. Secretary of State, 1849-50
1790 Thomas Jefferson becomes the 1st U.S. Secretary of State
1790 Thomas Jefferson reports to President Washington in New York as Secretary of State
1789 Alexander Hamilton appointed 1st Secretary of Treasury
1784 John Jay becomes 1st U.S. Secretary of State (foreign affairs)
1784 George HG earl of Aberdeen, English Secretary of State
1755 Henry Fox appointed English Secretary of State
1751 Hendrik van Stralen, Dutch MP/secretary of Interior
1736 Laurens P van de Spiegel, Dutch regent/secretary of State 1787-95
1719 Joseph Addison, English poet/writer/secretary of state, dies at 47
1611 Antonio Perez, secretary of Spanish king Philip II/rebel, dies at ñ71
1590 King Philip Ii's secretary Antonio Perez escapes jail
1590 Francis Walsingham, English Secretary of State, dies at about 57
1566 David Riccio, Italian singer/secretary of Mary Stuart, murdered
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