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2007 Nancy Pelosi is elected Speaker of the House, by a vote of 233-202

2001 Maureen Reagan, speaker/activist, dies at 60

2000 Carl Albert, politician, Speaker of the House from 1971-1977, dies at 91

1997 Newt Gingrich, narrowly re-elected speaker of the House

1995 Newt Gingrich becomes speaker of the House

1994 Tip O'Neill, speaker of the house, dies of cancer

1994 Thomas P "Tip" O'Neill, (D-Ma)/Speaker of House (1977-86), dies at 81

1991 Sam Rabin, speaker of house, dies at 88

1991 NY assembly speaker Mel Miller is convicted of federal mail fraud

1989 Speaker of House Jim Wright resigns

1987 At the Kingdome, Ruppert Jones hits a foul ball that sticks in speaker

1986 House Dems select majority leader Jim Wright as 48th speaker

1980 New York Yankee Bob Watson hits Seattle Kingdome speaker, 2nd straight day

1978 John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn Lloyd, speaker of house of commons, dies

1974 Mike Schmidt hits a ball off public address speaker on Astrodome roof

1968 Joseph Martin Jr, Speaker of the House, dies at 83

1962 Stan Musial's 3,516th hit moves over Tris Speaker into 2nd place

1961 Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House for 17 years, dies at 79

1961 Peter Jensen, co-inventer (loud speaker), dies at 75

1959 Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73

1943 Newt Gingrich, Rep-R-G, Speaker of House 1995-97

1940 Samuel T. Rayburn of Texas elected speaker of House

1937 Cy Young, Tris Speaker and Nap Lajorie elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1929 Thomas S. Foley, Rep-D-WA, 1965-94, majority whip and speaker of house

1926 Tris Speaker resigns as Indians manager

1926 Cleveland Indian Tris Speaker hits his 700th double

1925 Tris Speaker, is 5th to get 3,000 hits

1925 Cleveland Indian Tris Speaker gets his 3,000th hit

1922 James C Wright, Jr., Rep-D-Texas, Speaker of House, 1987-89

1920 Tris Speaker is stopped at 11 consecutive hits by Tom Zachary

1918 Tris Speaker suspended for season due to assault on ump Tom Connolly

1918 Tris Speaker ties career outfield record of 4 unassisted double plays

1918 Cleveland center fielder Tris Speaker turns an unassisted double play

1915 Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe, deputy speaker, House of Lords

1912 Thomas P "Tip" O'Neill, Rep-D-Mass 1977-86, /Speaker of the House

1912 Red Sox Tris Speaker's makes only world series unassisted double play, from the outfield

1908 Carl Albert, D, speaker of the House

1908 Carl Albert, U.S. speaker of house, 1971-77

1891 John W. McCormack, D, Speaker of House, 1962-70

1888 Tris Speaker, baseball great, hit more doubles than Pete Rose

1885 Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israeli Knesset, 1949-59

1882 Samuel Rayburn, Tennessee, Rep-D-Tx, speaker of the House, 1940-57

1874 I D Shadd elected Speaker of lower house of Miss legislature

1865 L H Perquin, Dutch religious radio speaker

1852 Daniel Webster, lawyer/speaker/minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 70

1840 John H van de Palm, theologist/literature/speaker, dies at 77

1789 House of Representatives 1st full meeting, New York City, F Muhlenberg 1st speaker

1689 Lord Halifax becomes Speaker of English House of Lords



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