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1999 John Chafee, senator, Rhode Island senator, dies at 77
1998 Terry Sanford, poltician, senator from North Carolina, dies at 80 1997 Paul Tsongas, Massachusetts senator, dies at 55 1996 Hugh Burnton Mitchell, U.S. senator, dies at 89 1995 Senator Bob Packwoord R-Oregon resigns rather than face expulsion 1995 Margaret Chase Smith, 1st woman Representative and Senator R-Maine, dies at 97 1993 California state senator Tom Hayden (54) weds actress Barbara Williams (40) 1993 New York Newsday reports Oregon Senator Bob Packwood sexually harassed 23 women 1992 Washington Post reports Ore Senator Bob Packwood sexually harassed 10 women 1992 New York senator Alphonse D'Mato fillerbusters for 15 hours 20 minutes 1992 Thomas J McIntyre, U.S., senator/writer (Fear Brokers), dies 1992 Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy marries Victoria Reggie (38) 1992 Gale McGee, senator (Wyoming, 1959-77), dies at 77 1986 Chester Bowles, U.S. senator/ambassador, dies at 85 1985 16th Shuttle Mission (51D)-Discovery 4 launched-with Senator Jake Garn 1984 Glen H Taylor, U.S. senator/Vice Presidential candidate (1948), dies at 80 1982 Senator Ted and Joan Kennedy divorce 1982 Senate begins debate on expulsion of Senator Harrison Williams D-New Jersey 1975 Senator Robert Dole and Elizabeth Hanford marry 1972 James Stream Thurmond, Jr., son of U.S. senator Strom Thurmond 1972 Senator Strom Thurmond suggests John Lennon be deported 1971 Jack Barnhill, Northern Ireland senator, assassinated 1971 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 AL OKs Washington Senator move to Arlington (Texas Rangers) 1968 Bob Packwood is elected senator of Oregon 1968 Washington Senator Ron Hansen makes 1st unassisted triple-play in 41 years 1968 Senator Eugene McCarthy wins Democrate primary in Oregon 1968 Senator Mccarthy wins Democratic primaries in Wisconsin 1967 Senator Eugene McCarthy begins run for U.S. presidency 1967 Ted Workman replaces Senator Keith Davey as CFL commissioner 1967 "Wild Thing" hits #20 on the pop singles chart by Senator Bobby 1966 Cleveland Indian Sonny Siebert no-hits Washington Senator, 2-0 1965 1st U.S. Senate black page, Lawrence W. Bradford, Jr., 16, appointed by New York Senator Jacob Javits 1962 Edward M. Kennedy 1st elected Senator 1962 Washington Senator Tom Cheney strikes out record 21 Orioles in 16 inn game 1962 Cairine R Wilson, 1st Canadian female senator (appointed), dies at 77 1960 Continental League, a proposed third major league, gets an assurance of congressional support from New York Senator Kenneth Keating 1960 Senator John F Kennedy, announces his candidacy for president 1959 Maria Baers, Flemish social female worker/senator, dies at 76 1959 Washington Senator Bob Allison wins AL Rookie of Year 1959 Washington Senator Jim Lemon is 7th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (3rd) 1959 Hiram Fong sworn in as 1st Chinese-American senator while Daniel K Inouye sworn in as 1st Japanese-American Rep (Both from Hawaii) 1958 Marcel Cachin, 1st communist French senator, dies at 88 1957 U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond speaks 24hrs 27m against civil rights 1957 Senator Strom Thurmond begins 24-hour filibuster against civil rights bill 1957 Georgia Senate unanimously approves Senator Leon Butts' bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites 1956 Charles Dingle, actor, stage, film, played role of senator in 'Call Me Madam', films include 'The Little Foxes', dies 1954 J. S. Thurmond is 1st senator elected by write-in vote (SC) 1954 Senator Eddie Yost draws his 100th walk for 5th year in a row 1954 Joseph Welch asks Senator Joseph McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" during Senate-Army hearings 1954 U.S. Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics 1954 Edward R. Murrow criticizes Senator Joseph McCarthy on 'See it Now' 1954 Senator John Kennedy appears on "Meet the Press" 1953 Senator John F. Kennedy, 36, marries Jacqueline Bouvier, 24 1951 Mike Crapo, born in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Representative-R-Idaho 1993 - 1999, Senator 1999 - 1950 Senator Joe McCarthy claims to have list of 205 communist government employees 1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy charges State Department infested with 205 communists 1950 Senator Joe McCarthy finds "communists" in U.S. Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1949 Pompeo Aloisi, Italian baron/diplomat/senator, dies at 63 1948 Margaret Chase Smith (R-Me) elected senator, 1st woman to serve in both houses of Congress 1945 Happy Chandler, resigns as U.S. Senator, remains as baseball commish 1945 Joe Kuhel hits inside-the-park home run, only home run hit by a Senator all season at Washington's Griffith Stadium 1945 Washington Senator Rick Ferrell catches a record 1,722 games 1945 Ion Pillat, Romaniams poet/senator (Umbra timpului), dies 1944 George W. Norris, U.S. senator (lame duck-amendement), dies 1942 Fred Thompson, senator, R-Tennessee, actor, 'In the Line of Fire' 1936 Joan Kennedy, 1st wife of Mass Senator, Ted 1935 Carl Austin Weiss, murderer of Senator Huey Long, shot down 1935 Senator Huey Long of Louisiana spoke continually for 15 hours in Senate's longest speech on record (150,000 words) 1933 Washington Senator coach Nick Altrock plays in a game at age 57 1933 Craig L. Thomas, born in Wyoming, United States Senator from Wyoming, protected America's national parks 1932 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 Hattie W Caraway elected 1st woman senator (D-Ark) 1931 Hattie Caraway (D-AK) appointed 1st U.S. woman senator 1931 Washington Senator Bob Burke no-hits Boston Red Sox, 5-0 1930 John Paul Schiffer, Senator R-Wyoming 1930 Lord Morton, of Shauna, senator, College of Justice, Scotland 1928 Senator Milt Gaston hurls record tying 14-hit shutout 1927 Roy Cohn, lawyer, "grand inquisitor", for Senator Joseph McCarthy 1925 Michael Tolan, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Nurses, Senator 1924 Washington Senator Walter Johnson 2nd no-hitter beats Browns, 2-0 in 7 innings 1923 Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yankees 3-0 1923 Ottawa Senator Cy Denneny becomes NHL's all time scorer (143 goals) 1922 Rebecca L. Felton sworn in as 1st female U.S. Senator 1921 Jesse Helms, born in North Carolina, United States Senator from North Carolina 1920 Washington Senator Walter Johnson no-hits Boston Red Sox, 1-0 1920 Washington Senator Walter Johnson wins his 300th game vs Detroit 1919 Lord Maxwell, senator and professor, college of Justice Scotland 1918 Claiborne Pell, born in New York, sponsor of the Pell Grant, U.S. State Senator from Rhode Island 1918 Washington Senator Walter Johnson pitches 1-0, 18 inning game 1917 Howard Metzenbaum, born in Cleveland, Ohio, United States Senator from Ohio 1917 Red Sox Babe Ruth beats Washington Senator Walter Johnson, 1-0 1914 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 U.S. Senator Albert Fall (Teapot Dome) demands "Cubanisation of Mexico" 1913 George Smathers, born in New Jersey, American lawyer, politician, U.S. Senator from Florida 1913 Washington Senator Walter Johnson wins his 36th game 1913 Washington Senator Walter Johnson ends record scorless streak at 56 innings 1912 Washington Senator Carl Cushion no-hits Cleveland Indians, 2-0 in 6 innings 1907 Hiram Fong, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, businessman, politician, Harvard law degree, United States Senator from Hawaii, Republican Party 1907 Constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary senator, dies at 79 1907 Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes 1st Native American U.S. senator 1903 Mauritius van Haegendoren, Flemish historian/senator 1900 David Croll, QC senator 1897 Roger Bresnahan debuts as Washington Senator pitcher (later HOF catcher) 1897 Washington Senator catcher Charlie Farrell throws out 8 attempted stealers 1897 M H Cannon becomes 1st woman state senator in U.S. (Utah) 1896 Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah elected 1st female senator 1896 Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah becomes 1st female senator 1891 Louis L Bonaparte, English/French linguist/senator, dies at 78 1891 Ion Pillat, Romaniams poet/senator, Umbra timpului 1891 Georges-Eugene Haussmann, French senator/baron, dies at 81 1890 Henry Borginon, Flemish nationalist/senator 1887 Charles Dingle, born in Wabash, Indiana, actor, stage, film, played role of senator in 'Call Me Madam', films include 'The Little Foxes' 1887 Walter Johnson, Kansas, Washington Senator pitcher, 1907-27, 414-218 1886 David L Yule, 1st Jewish U.S. senator, dies 1885 Cairine Ray Wilson, Montreal, 1st female Canadian senator, appointed 1883 Maria Baers, Flemish social female worker/senator 1879 James Shields (D) elected U.S. senator from Missouri after previously serving as U.S. senator from Illinois and Minnesota 1875 Pompeo Aloisi, Italian baron/diplomat/senator 1874 Francois Coty, Corsica, Corsican senator/perfume maker 1868 B F Randolph, South Carolina state senator, assassinated 1865 Senator Everett Dirksen introduces a bill to make marigold the national flower 1863 James Cooper, U.S. attorney/senator/Union-Brigadier-General, dies at 52 1861 Edward Dickinson Baker, U.S. attorney/senator, dies in battle at 50 1861 Stephen A Douglas, "Little Giant", senator (Lincoln Debates), dies 1856 Violence in Senate, South Carolina Representative Brooks used a cane on Massachusetts Senator Sumner 1856 Senator Charles Sumner, Massachusetts, spoke out against slavery 1849 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 Joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator, dies 1827 Constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary lawyer/senator 1817 Hiram R Revels, Fayetteville, North Carolina, 1st black U.S. senator 1813 Stephen Arnold Douglas, Little giant, U.S. senator, Lincoln debates 1813 Louis L Bonaparte, English/French linguist/senator 1811 Charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator 1811 U.S. Senator Thomas Pickering is 1st senator censured (revealed confidential documents communicated by the president of the U.S.) 1798 1st impeachment trial against a U.S. senator (Wm Blount, TN) begins 1797 1st U.S. senator, William Blount of Tennessee, expelled by impeachment 1787 Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old 1770 Blanche Kelso Bruce sworn in as a U.S. Senator (Mississippi) 1763 Joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator 1762 Charles G G, earl of Merode/mayor of Brussels/French senator 1347 Stefano Colonna, Roman senator, dies in battle 455 Roman senator Petronius Maximus becomes Emperor |
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