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2010 Death - Robert Byrd, born in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, Senator 1959 - 2010, longest serving member of the U.S. Senate, dies at age 92

1999 Death - John Chafee, senator, Rhode Island senator, dies at 77

1998 Death - Terry Sanford, poltician, senator from North Carolina, dies at 80

1997 Death - Paul Tsongas, Massachusetts senator, dies at 55

1996 Death - Hugh Burnton Mitchell, U.S. senator, dies at 89

1995 Event - Senator Bob Packwoord R-Oregon resigns rather than face expulsion

1995 Death - Margaret Chase Smith, 1st woman Representative and Senator R-Maine, dies at 97

1993 Event - California state senator Tom Hayden (54) weds actress Barbara Williams (40)

1993 Event - New York Newsday reports Oregon Senator Bob Packwood sexually harassed 23 women

1992 Event - Washington Post reports Ore Senator Bob Packwood sexually harassed 10 women

1992 Event - New York senator Alphonse D'Mato fillerbusters for 15 hours 20 minutes

1992 Death - Thomas J McIntyre, U.S., senator/writer (Fear Brokers), dies

1992 Event - Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy marries Victoria Reggie (38)

1992 Death - Gale McGee, senator (Wyoming, 1959-77), dies at 77

1986 Death - Chester Bowles, U.S. senator/ambassador, dies at 85

1985 Event - 16th Shuttle Mission (51D)-Discovery 4 launched-with Senator Jake Garn

1984 Death - Glen H Taylor, U.S. senator/Vice Presidential candidate (1948), dies at 80

1982 Event - Senator Ted and Joan Kennedy divorce

1982 Event - Senate begins debate on expulsion of Senator Harrison Williams D-New Jersey

1975 Event - Senator Robert Dole and Elizabeth Hanford marry

1972 Birthday - James Stream Thurmond, Jr., son of U.S. senator Strom Thurmond

1972 Event - Senator Strom Thurmond suggests John Lennon be deported

1971 Death - Jack Barnhill, Northern Ireland senator, assassinated

1971 Event - Last Washington Senator home game, New York Yankees win career 5th forfeit game Yankees trailing 4-2 in 9th with 2 outs, fans rush field

1971 Event - AL OKs Washington Senator move to Arlington (Texas Rangers)

1968 Event - Bob Packwood is elected senator of Oregon

1968 Event - Washington Senator Ron Hansen makes 1st unassisted triple-play in 41 years

1968 Event - Senator Eugene McCarthy wins Democrate primary in Oregon

1968 Event - Senator Mccarthy wins Democratic primaries in Wisconsin

1967 Event - Senator Eugene McCarthy begins run for U.S. presidency

1967 Event - Ted Workman replaces Senator Keith Davey as CFL commissioner

1967 Event - "Wild Thing" hits #20 on the pop singles chart by Senator Bobby

1966 Event - Cleveland Indian Sonny Siebert no-hits Washington Senator, 2-0

1965 Event - 1st U.S. Senate black page, Lawrence W. Bradford, Jr., 16, appointed by New York Senator Jacob Javits

1965 Event - Senator Everett Dirksen introduces a bill to make marigold the national flower

1964 Birthday - John Sununu, born in Boston, Massachusetts, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from New Hampshire 2003 - 2009, sits on Congressional Oversight Panel for TARP

1963 Birthday - Mark Pryor, born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, politician, Democrat, U.S. Senator from Arkansas, voted to confirm Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General

1962 Event - Edward M. Kennedy 1st elected Senator

1962 Event - Washington Senator Tom Cheney strikes out record 21 Orioles in 16 inn game

1962 Death - Cairine R Wilson, 1st Canadian female senator (appointed), dies at 77

1961 Birthday - Barack Obama, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, politician, Democratic party, 44th President of the United States, former U.S. Senator from Illinois 2005 - 2008

1961 Birthday - David Vitter, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, politician, Republican party, member, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senator from Louisiana

1961 Birthday - John Thune, born in Murdo, South Dakota, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from South Dakota, U.S. House of Representatives from South Dakota's At-Large district

1960 Event - Continental League, a proposed third major league, gets an assurance of congressional support from New York Senator Kenneth Keating

1960 Event - Senator John F Kennedy, announces his candidacy for president

1959 Death - Maria Baers, Flemish social female worker/senator, dies at 76

1959 Event - Washington Senator Bob Allison wins AL Rookie of Year

1959 Event - Washington Senator Jim Lemon is 7th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (3rd)

1959 Event - Hiram Fong sworn in as 1st Chinese-American senator while Daniel K Inouye sworn in as 1st Japanese-American Rep (Both from Hawaii)

1958 Birthday - John Ensign, born in Roseville, California, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from Nevada, former chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee

1958 Death - Marcel Cachin, 1st communist French senator, dies at 88

1957 Event - U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond speaks 24hrs 27m against civil rights

1957 Event - Senator Strom Thurmond begins 24-hour filibuster against civil rights bill

1957 Event - Georgia Senate unanimously approves Senator Leon Butts' bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites

1956 Birthday - James Talent, born in Des Peres, Missouri, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from Missouri, senior advisor to Mitt Romney's 2008 Presidential campaign

1956 Birthday - Sam Brownback, born in Garnett, Kansas, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from Kansas, U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas' 2nd district 1995 - 1996

1956 Death - Charles Dingle, actor, stage, film, played role of senator in 'Call Me Madam', films include 'The Little Foxes', dies

1955 Birthday - Evan Bayh, born in Shirkieville, Indiana, politician, Democrat, U.S. Senator from Indiana, 46th Governor of Indiana, implemented a historic $1.6 billion tax cut for Indiana

1955 Birthday - Richard Burr, born in Charlottesville, Virginia, politician, Republican party, U.S. Senator from North Carolina

1955 Birthday - Mary Landrieu, born in Arlington, Virginia, politician, Democrat, U.S. Senator from the State of Louisiana, considered among most conservative Democrats in the Senate

1955 Birthday - Ken Salazar, born in Denver, Colorado, politician, Democrat, 50th U.S. Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Senator from Colorado 2005 - 2009

1954 Birthday - Mark Warner, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, politician, 69th Governor of Virginia 2002-2006, U.S. Senator from Virginia

1954 Event - J. S. Thurmond is 1st senator elected by write-in vote (SC)

1954 Event - Senator Eddie Yost draws his 100th walk for 5th year in a row

1954 Event - Joseph Welch asks Senator Joseph McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" during Senate-Army hearings

1954 Event - U.S. Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics

1954 Event - Edward R. Murrow criticizes Senator Joseph McCarthy on 'See it Now'

1954 Event - Senator John Kennedy appears on "Meet the Press"

1953 Event - Senator John F. Kennedy, 36, marries Jacqueline Bouvier, 24

1953 Birthday - John Edwards, born in Seneca, South Carolina, politician, 2004 Democratic candidate for Vice President, Presidential candidate, 2008, U.S. Senator from North Carolina

1953 Birthday - Russ Feingold, born in Janesville, Wisconsin, U.S Senator from Wisconsin, co-sponsor, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, initially, the only Senator to vote against the USA Patriot Act

1952 Birthday - Susan Collins, born in Caribou, Maine, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from Maine, considered a bipartisan, moderate Republican

1952 Birthday - Gordon Smith, born in Pendleton, Oregon, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from Oregon 1997 - 2009, President of the Oregon State Senate 1995 - 1997

1952 Birthday - Bill Frist, born in Nashville, Tennessee, physician, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from Tennessee, U.S. Senate Majority Leader 2003 - 2007

1952 Birthday - John Cornyn, born in Houston, Texas, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from Texas, Chairman, National Republican Senatorial Committee for the 111th U.S. Congress

1951 Birthday - Dirk Kempthorne, born in San Diego, California, U.S. Secretary of the Interior 2006 - 2009, U.S. Senator from Idaho 1999 - 2006

1951 Birthday - Jim DeMint, born in Greenville, South Carolina, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from South Carolina, representative, 4th congressional district 1999 - 2005

1951 Birthday - Mike Crapo, born in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Representative-R-Idaho 1993 - 1999, Senator 1999 -

1951 Birthday - Michael Crapo, born in Idaho Falls, Idaho, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from Idaho, Member, U.S. House of Representatives from Idaho's 2nd district 1993 - 1999

1950 Birthday - Patty Murray, born in Bothell, Washington, politician, Democrat, U.S. Senator from Washington, chairwoman, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee 2001 - 2003

1950 Event - Senator Joe McCarthy claims to have list of 205 communist government employees

1950 Event - Senator Joseph McCarthy charges State Department infested with 205 communists

1950 Event - Senator Joe McCarthy finds "communists" in U.S. Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1949 Death - Pompeo Aloisi, Italian baron/diplomat/senator, dies at 63

1948 Event - Margaret Chase Smith (R-Me) elected senator, 1st woman to serve in both houses of Congress

1945 Event - Happy Chandler, resigns as U.S. Senator, remains as baseball commish

1945 Event - Joe Kuhel hits inside-the-park home run, only home run hit by a Senator all season at Washington's Griffith Stadium

1945 Event - Washington Senator Rick Ferrell catches a record 1,722 games

1945 Death - Ion Pillat, Romaniams poet/senator (Umbra timpului), dies

1944 Death - George W. Norris, U.S. senator (lame duck-amendement), dies

1942 Birthday - Fred Thompson, senator, R-Tennessee, actor, 'In the Line of Fire'

1936 Birthday - Joan Kennedy, 1st wife of Mass Senator, Ted

1935 Death - Carl Austin Weiss, murderer of Senator Huey Long, shot down

1935 Event - Senator Huey Long of Louisiana spoke continually for 15 hours in Senate's longest speech on record (150,000 words)

1933 Event - Washington Senator coach Nick Altrock plays in a game at age 57

1933 Birthday - Craig L. Thomas, born in Wyoming, United States Senator from Wyoming, protected America's national parks

1932 Birthday - James Clyde, born in England, Baron Clyde, son of James Latham Clyde, Lord Clyde, British judge, Chancellor to the Bishop of Argyll, Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland

1932 Event - Hattie W Caraway elected 1st woman senator (D-Ark)

1931 Event - Hattie Caraway (D-AK) appointed 1st U.S. woman senator

1931 Event - Washington Senator Bob Burke no-hits Boston Red Sox, 5-0

1930 Birthday - John Paul Schiffer, Senator R-Wyoming

1930 Birthday - Lord Morton, of Shauna, senator, College of Justice, Scotland

1928 Event - Senator Milt Gaston hurls record tying 14-hit shutout

1927 Birthday - Roy Cohn, lawyer, "grand inquisitor", for Senator Joseph McCarthy

1925 Birthday - Michael Tolan, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Nurses, Senator

1924 Event - Washington Senator Walter Johnson 2nd no-hitter beats Browns, 2-0 in 7 innings

1923 Event - Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yankees 3-0

1923 Event - Ottawa Senator Cy Denneny becomes NHL's all time scorer (143 goals)

1922 Event - Rebecca L. Felton sworn in as 1st female U.S. Senator

1921 Birthday - Jesse Helms, born in North Carolina, United States Senator from North Carolina

1920 Event - Washington Senator Walter Johnson no-hits Boston Red Sox, 1-0

1920 Event - Washington Senator Walter Johnson wins his 300th game vs Detroit

1919 Birthday - Lord Maxwell, senator and professor, college of Justice Scotland

1918 Birthday - Claiborne Pell, born in New York, sponsor of the Pell Grant, U.S. State Senator from Rhode Island

1918 Event - Washington Senator Walter Johnson pitches 1-0, 18 inning game

1917 Birthday - Robert Byrd, born in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, Senator 1959 - 2010

1917 Birthday - Howard Metzenbaum, born in Cleveland, Ohio, United States Senator from Ohio

1917 Event - Red Sox Babe Ruth beats Washington Senator Walter Johnson, 1-0

1914 Birthday - Robert J. Morris, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, lawyer, served New York State Assembly committee investigating Communist activities, credited for efforts attributed to Senator Joseph McCarthy

1914 Event - U.S. Senator Albert Fall (Teapot Dome) demands "Cubanisation of Mexico"

1913 Birthday - George Smathers, born in New Jersey, American lawyer, politician, U.S. Senator from Florida

1913 Event - Washington Senator Walter Johnson wins his 36th game

1913 Event - Washington Senator Walter Johnson ends record scorless streak at 56 innings

1912 Event - Washington Senator Carl Cushion no-hits Cleveland Indians, 2-0 in 6 innings

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

1907 Death - Constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary senator, dies at 79

1907 Event - Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes 1st Native American U.S. senator

1903 Birthday - Mauritius van Haegendoren, Flemish historian/senator

1900 Birthday - David Croll, QC senator

1897 Event - Roger Bresnahan debuts as Washington Senator pitcher (later HOF catcher)

1897 Event - Washington Senator catcher Charlie Farrell throws out 8 attempted stealers

1897 Event - M H Cannon becomes 1st woman state senator in U.S. (Utah)

1896 Event - Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah elected 1st female senator

1896 Event - Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah becomes 1st female senator

1891 Death - Louis L Bonaparte, English/French linguist/senator, dies at 78

1891 Birthday - Ion Pillat, Romaniams poet/senator, Umbra timpului

1891 Death - Georges-Eugene Haussmann, French senator/baron, dies at 81

1890 Birthday - Henry Borginon, Flemish nationalist/senator

1887 Birthday - Charles Dingle, born in Wabash, Indiana, actor, stage, film, played role of senator in 'Call Me Madam', films include 'The Little Foxes'

1887 Birthday - Walter Johnson, Kansas, Washington Senator pitcher, 1907-27, 414-218

1886 Death - David L Yule, 1st Jewish U.S. senator, dies

1885 Birthday - Cairine Ray Wilson, Montreal, 1st female Canadian senator, appointed

1883 Birthday - Maria Baers, Flemish social female worker/senator

1879 Event - James Shields (D) elected U.S. senator from Missouri after previously serving as U.S. senator from Illinois and Minnesota

1875 Birthday - Pompeo Aloisi, Italian baron/diplomat/senator

1874 Birthday - Francois Coty, Corsica, Corsican senator/perfume maker

1868 Death - B F Randolph, South Carolina state senator, assassinated

1863 Death - James Cooper, U.S. attorney/senator/Union-Brigadier-General, dies at 52

1861 Death - Edward Dickinson Baker, U.S. attorney/senator, dies in battle at 50

1861 Death - Stephen A Douglas, "Little Giant", senator (Lincoln Debates), dies

1856 Event - Violence in Senate, South Carolina Representative Brooks used a cane on Massachusetts Senator Sumner

1856 Event - Senator Charles Sumner, Massachusetts, spoke out against slavery

1849 Event - U.S. had no president, Polks term ends on a Sunday, Taylor couldn't be sworn-in, Senator David Atchison (President pro tem) term ended March 3rd

1839 Death - Joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator, dies

1827 Birthday - Constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary lawyer/senator

1817 Birthday - Hiram R Revels, Fayetteville, North Carolina, 1st black U.S. senator

1813 Birthday - Stephen Arnold Douglas, Little giant, U.S. senator, Lincoln debates

1813 Birthday - Louis L Bonaparte, English/French linguist/senator

1811 Birthday - Charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator

1811 Event - U.S. Senator Thomas Pickering is 1st senator censured (revealed confidential documents communicated by the president of the U.S.)

1798 Event - 1st impeachment trial against a U.S. senator (Wm Blount, TN) begins

1797 Event - 1st U.S. senator, William Blount of Tennessee, expelled by impeachment

1787 Event - Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old

1770 Event - Blanche Kelso Bruce sworn in as a U.S. Senator (Mississippi)

1763 Birthday - Joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator

1762 Birthday - Charles G G, earl of Merode/mayor of Brussels/French senator

1347 Death - Stefano Colonna, Roman senator, dies in battle

455 Event - Roman senator Petronius Maximus becomes Emperor


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