2015 Event Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina resigns after a warrant is issued for his arrest on bribery charges; Vice President Alejandro Maldonado will take Perez Molina's place 2015 Event Sierra Leone Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana is entering a voluntary 21-day quarantine after one of his bodyguards dies of Ebola; spread of the virus has been slowing, but a recent increase in infections has led to new calls for precaution 2014 Event 27 hostages have been freed in Cameroon, including the wife of vice prime minister Amadou Ali and a group of Chinese workers; Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram is suspected to be responsible 2014 Event Vice Admiral Michelle Janine Howard is promoted to 4-star admiral, becoming the first woman to achieve the highest rank in the U.S. Navy 2013 Event Argentinian Vice President Amado Boudou takes over the duties of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner when she undergoes surgery to remove a subdural hematoma 2013 Event The new U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, is sworn in by Vice President, Joe Biden 2013 Event The entire government of South Sudan, including its Vice President, Riek Machar, is fired by the President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit 2013 Event China's CPC General Secretary Xi Jinping is named as the new President of the People's Republic of China, with Li Yuanchao named as Vice President 2013 Event Venezuela holds a funeral for former President Hugo Chavez; following the funeral, they swear in Vice President Nicolas Maduro as Interim President 2012 Event Vice foreign minister to Japan, Chikao Kawai, is sent to China to help improve the status of relations between the two countries 2012 Event The Republican party's presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney names Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Congressman, as the Republican Party's vice presidential candidate in the November 2012 presidential election 2011 Event In a speech outside of Potala Palace, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping declares he will crush attempts for an Independent Tibet 2011 Event Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak appoints Omar Suleiman Vice President, the first office existing under the President in 30 years 2011 Event Jordan's Ali bin Al Hussein is elected as Vice President of FIFA, the International Federation of Association Football 2010 Event China creates a new 'Confucius peace prize' to honor its former Taiwanese Vice President, Lien Chan, who refused to collect it 2010 Event The 15th President of the Philippines, Benigno Aquino III, is sworn in, as is the 15th Vice President of the Philippines, Jejomar Binay 2008 Event Joe Biden is elected the 47th Vice President of the United States 1998 Death Zevulun Hammer, Vice Prime Minister of Israel, dies 1996 Death Spiro Theodore Agnew, U.S. Vice President (1969-73), dies at 77 1996 Event Bob Dole picks Jack Kemp as his Republican Vice Presidential running mate 1996 Death Shin Kanemaru, Vice President of Japan (1986-87), dies at 81 1996 Death Edmund S Muskie, vice President candidate/(Gov-D-Maine), dies at 81 1995 Death Alvaro Gomez Hurtado, Vice President of Columbia (1982-84), assassinated 1994 Death Yao Yilin, Vice Prime Minister of China 1979, dies 1994 Death Joseph H Hazen, U.S. producer/Vice President (Warner Bros), dies at 96 1994 Event Austrian conservative Vice President wins elections/extreme right gets 18.5% 1993 Death Isaac Rojas, Vice President of Argentina (1955-58), dies 1992 Event Tipper Gore (wife of future Vice President) admits to covering clock on her VCR with black tape so she wouldn't have to watch it blink 1992 Event Vice President Itamar Franco becomes President of Brazil 1990 Event Gene Michael names New York Yankee Vice President/General Manager replacing Harding Peterson 1989 Event Bob Quinn resigns as New York Yankee Vice President/General Manager and replaced by Harding Peterson 1989 Event Miami Vice's 100th episode seen on TV 1989 Event Bush inaugurated as 41st president and Quayle becomes 44th vice pres 1989 Event Vice President Bush is 1st since Vice President Van Buren to declare himself president 1988 Event Vice President Bush and Dan Rather clash on "CBS Evening News" as Rather attempts to question Bush about his role in Iran-Contra affair 1985 Event President Reagan appoints Vice Admiral John Poindexter as security adviser 1984 Event Vice President candidate debate-Graldine Ferraro (D) and George Bush (R) 1984 Event "Miami Vice" premieres 1984 Event Republican convention in Dallas renominates President Reagan and Vice President Bush 1984 Event Geraldine Ferraro, Representative-D-New York 1979 - 1985, wins Democratic Vice Presidential nomination 1984 Event Geraldine Ferraro, New York becomes 1st woman major-party Vice Presidential candidate 1984 Death Glen H Taylor, U.S. senator/Vice Presidential candidate (1948), dies at 80 1983 Death Sun Suk Joon, South Korean vice premier, murdered 1981 Event Vice President Hosni Mubarak elected president of Egypt 1981 Event 1st broadcast of "Miami Vice" on NBC-TV 1979 Death Nelson Rockefeller, former Vice President and (4 time Governor-R-New York), dies at 70 1978 Event Vice President Walter F. Mondale begins trip to Mid-East 1978 Death Hubert Humphrey, Senator-D-Minnesota 1949 - 1964 and 1971 - 1978, 38th Vice President 1965 - 1969, dies at 66 in Waverly, Minnesota 1976 Event 1st debate of major-ticket Vice President nominees Mondale (D) vs Dole (R) 1976 Birthday Fred Savage, born in Illinois, actor, Kevin-Wonder Years, Vice Versa 1976 Death Roger Livesey, actor (Drum, Vice Versa, Col Blimp), dies at 69 1975 Event Vice President Rockefeller finds no pattern of illegal activities at CIA 1974 Event Nelson A. Rockefeller sworn-in as 41st Vice President 1974 Event Richard Nixon resigns presidency, Vice President Gerald Ford becomes 38th president 1974 Event Former Vice President Spiro Agnew disbarred 1973 Event Gerald Ford sworn-in as 1st unelected Vice President, succeeds Spiro T. Agnew 1973 Event Senate votes 92-3 to confirm Gerald R Ford as Vice President 1973 Death Arabi El Goni, Vice President/Chad parliament, murdered 1973 Event Nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as Vice President 1973 Event Vice President Spiro T. Agnew pleads no contest to tax evasion and resigns 1973 Event Vice President Spiro T Agnew says reports he took kickbacks are "damned lies" from government contracts in Maryland. He vowed not to resign 1972 Event Republican convention (Miami Beach, Florida) renominates Vice President Agnew but not unanimous - 1 vote went to NBC newsman David Brinkley 1972 Event Thomas Eagleton withdraws as Democratic Vice Presidential candidate 1971 Event Golfing Vice President Spiro Agnew hits 2 tee shots into crowd, injuring 2 1969 Event Vice President Spiro T. Agnew accused network TV news depts of bias and distortion 1969 Event Vince Lombardi, becomes part owner, Vice President, General Manager and head coach of Redskins 1969 Event Vice Admiral Rufus L Taylor, USN, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1969 Birthday Stephen John Davies, Australia field hockey forward/vice captain, 2 Bronze Medals and 1 Silver Medal 1992, 1996, 2000 Olympics 1968 Event Nixon (R) beats Vice President Humphrey (D) and George C. Wallace for presidency 1968 Event Former Vice President Richard Nixon announces candidacy for presidency 1967 Death John Nance Garner, (Vice President-D, 1933-41), dies at 98 1967 Event Joe DiMaggio is hired as executive Vice President of A's by Charlie Finley 1966 Event Vice Admiral Rufus L Taylor, USN, becomes deputy director of CIA 1966 Event Vice Admiral William F Raborn, Jr., USN, ends term as 7th director of CIA 1965 Death Henry A Wallace, Vice President (1941-45)/founder (Progressive Party), dies at 77 1965 Death Henry A. Wallace, American Vice President 1963 Event U.S. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson visits Netherlands 1961 Birthday Olivia Brown, born in Frankfurt GFR, actress, Det Trudy Joplin-Miami Vice 1960 Event John F. Kennedy, Senator-D-Massachusetts, beats Vice President Richard Nixon to become the 35th U.S. president 1960 Event Vice President Nixon nominated for President at Republican convention in Chicago 1959 Event Vice President Nixon argues with Khrushchev, known as "Kitchen Debate" 1959 Event Vice President Richard Nixon begins visit on U.S.S.R. 1958 Event Rioters attack U.S. Vice President Nixon in Venezuela 1958 Event Vice President Nixon is shoved, stoned, booed and spat upon by protesters in Peru 1958 Event Vice President Richard Nixon begins goodwill tour of Latin America 1957 Birthday Frank Milton "Pete" Higgins II, Vice President, Microsoft Desktop 1957 Birthday Saundra Santiago, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Gina-Miami Vice 1956 Event Indonesian Vice President Mohammed Hatta, resigns 1956 Event President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon renominated by Republican convention in San Francisco 1956 Death Alben W. Barkley, (Vice President-D-1949-53), dies at 78 1956 Death Alben W. Barkley, American Vice President 1956 Event Bulgarian vice premier Traitsjo Kostov rehabilitated 1955 Birthday Nina Blackwood, Massachusetts, actress/VJ, MTV, Solid Gold, Vice Squad 1955 Event 1st Vice President to preside over cabinet meeting-R Nixon 1955 Birthday Michael Talbott, Waverly Iowa, actor, Stan-Miami Vice 1954 Event Yugoslav parliament chairman/Vice President Milovan Djilas criticize communism 1953 Event U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon visits Hanoi 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 1952 Birthday Nancy Lord, Libertarian Vice Presidential candidate 1992 1951 Birthday Seasan Hubley, Susan, New York City, actress, Vice Squad, Hardcore 1951 Death Charles G. Dawes, American Vice President 1950 Event Branch Rickey signs 5-yr contract as Vice President/General Manager of Pittsburgh Pirates 1950 Birthday Toni Alessandrini, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Vice Academy Part 2 1949 Birthday Don Johnson, born in Flatt Creek, Missouri, actor, Miami Vice, Harrad Experiment 1949 Birthday Marilyn Tucker Quayle, novelist/wife of vice president Dan, 1989-93 1949 Birthday Marilyn Quayle, wife of vice president Dan Quayle, 1989-93 1949 Birthday Philip Michael Thomas, Columbus Ohio, actor, Miami Vice 1948 Birthday Tipper Gore, wife of vice president Al Gore, 1993-01 1948 Birthday Jan Hammer, composer, Escape from TV, Miami Vice 1948 Birthday Al Gore, born in Washington D.C., Senator-D-Tennessee, 1985 - 1992, 45th Vice President 1993 - 2000 1947 Birthday Aleksandr V Rutskoi, Ukrainian Hero of U.S.S.R./Vice President, 1991- 1947 Birthday Bill Smitrovich, actor, Crime Story, Miami Vice 1947 Birthday Edward James Olmos, Cal, actor, Miami Vice, Stand and Deliver, Triumph 1947 Birthday Dan Quayle, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Representative-R-Indiana 1977 - 1981, Senator-R-Indiana 1981 - 1989, 44th Vice President-R, 1989 - 1993 1946 Birthday Tod Brannan, Vice President, Logos Network Corp 1944 Birthday M N Aubrey Mokoape, South Africa's Vice President, Azanian People Org 1944 Birthday Annette Lu, bon in Taoyuan Formosa, Taiwanese politician, feminist activist, member, Democratic Progressive Party, former Vice President of the Republic of China 1942 Birthday Joe Biden, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Senator-D-Delaware 1973 - 2009, 47th Vice President of the U.S. 1941 Birthday Dick Cheney, born in Lincoln Nebraska, Representative-R-Wyoming 1979 - 1989, George H. W. Bush's Secretary of Defense, 1989 - 1993, vice president 2001 - 2009 1941 Event U.S. Vice Admiral Bellinger warns of an assault on Pearl Harbor 1939 Birthday Leon Britain, vice president, Commission of European Communities 1939 Birthday Hugh Dykes, born in England, served as Conservative Member of Parliament for Harrow East, member of the European Parliament, Vice President of the British-German Association 1936 Birthday Harry Pitt, vice chancellor, Reading University 1936 Birthday Benjamin Bathurst, vice chief of British Defense Staff 1936 Birthday Neville Purvis, British vice Admiral, Chief of Fleet Support 1936 Birthday Anthony Loehnis, vice chairman, S G Warburg and Co 1936 Event A flag is authorized for Vice President 1935 Birthday Geraldine Ferraro, born in Newburgh, New York, Representative-D-New York 1979 - 1985, 1st female Democratic Vice Presidential candidate 1984 1934 Birthday Umberto Agnelli, Vice President, Fiat 1932 Event President Hoover and Vice President Charles Curtis renominated by Rep Convention 1931 Birthday Joan Vohs, St. Albans, New York, actress, Fort Ti, Vice Squad, Sabrina 1930 Birthday David Smith, principal/vice chancellor, Edinburgh University 1930 Birthday Ernest Just, Black biologist, served as Vice President of American Zoologists 1929 Birthday Thomas Eagleton, born in St. Louis, Missouri, Senator-D-Missouri 1968 - 1986 and Democratic Vice Presidential candidate 1972 1929 Birthday Eustace Gibbs, vice marshal, Diplomatic Corps 1929 Event Charles Curtis (R-Kansas) becomes 1st native American Vice President 1928 Birthday Harold Hanham, vice chancellor, Lancaster University 1928 Birthday Walter Fritz Mondale, born in Ceylon, Minnesota, Senator-D-Minnesota 1964 - 1976, 42nd Vice President, 1977 - 1981 1927 Death Kevin O'Higgins, Irish Free State Vice President, assassinated 1927 Birthday Robert Orben, magician, comedy writer, author, specializes in observational comedy, wrote, 'Encyclopedia of Patter', 'Speaker's Handbook of Humor', speechwriter for Vice President Gerald R. Ford, became Director, White House Speechwriting Department 1926 Birthday Geoffrey Caston, vice chancellor, University of South Pacific 1925 Birthday Michael Richardson, vice CEO, N M Rotschild 1924 Birthday George H. W. Bush, Massachusetts, 43rd Vice President 1981 - 1989, 41st President 1989 - 1993 1923 Death J C Gomez, General/Venezuela's 1st Vice President, assassinated 1922 Birthday John West, vice chancellor, Bradford University 1922 Birthday Clifford Butler, vice chancellor, Loughborough University of Technology 1921 Birthday Lord Perry of Walton, SDP/vice chancellor, Open University England 1921 Birthday John Harrison, British vice admiral/surgeon 1921 Birthday Lloyd Bentsen, born in Mission, Texas, Senator-D-Texas 1971 - 1993, 1989 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee 1920 Event A's Vice President Thomas Shibe denies charges that baseballs are livelier 1918 Birthday Spiro Theodore Agnew, R, 39th Vice President, 1968-75, crook 1916 Birthday Norman Griggs, Vice President, Building Society Association 1915 Birthday Sargent Shriver, Maryland, Democratic Vice Presidential candidate, 1972, directed Peace Corp 1915 Birthday Frank Thistlethwaite, vice chancellor, University of East Anglia 1915 Birthday Alexander Durie, vice president, British AA 1915 Birthday Richard Janvrin, British vice admiral 1915 Event British vice adm Carden begins bombing of Dardanelles forts 1914 Death Elbrige Gerry, Vice President (of Gerrymander fame), dies at 70 1913 Birthday Gerald R. Ford, 41st Vice President, 1973-74, 38th President, R-1974-77 1913 Birthday Hugh Stirling MacKenzie, British vice admiral 1913 Death Suarez, Mexican vice president, assassinated in a miltary coup 1912 Birthday Peter Gretton, British vice admiral 1912 Birthday Samuel Curran, vice chancellor, Strathclyde University 1912 Birthday Hugh Martell, British Vice Admiral 1911 Birthday Arthur Vick, vice chancelor, Queens University, Belfast 1911 Birthday Hubert Humphrey, born in Wallace, South Dakota, Senator-D-Minnesota 1949 - 1964 and 1971 - 1978, 38th Vice President 1965 - 1969 1908 Birthday Nelson Rockefeller, American Vice President 1906 Birthday Curtis E Le May, air force general/Vice Presidential candidate 1906 Birthday Susan Walker, vice CEO, WRVS 1902 Birthday Henry Cabot Lodge, Senator-R, ambassador, Vice President candidate 1960 1901 Event Vice President Theodore Roosevelt advises, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" 1899 Death Garret Augustus Hobart, 24th Vice President, dies 1899 Birthday Kenjiro Takayanagi, Vice President, JVC 1888 Birthday Henry A Wallace, D/P, 33rd Vice President, 1941-45, founder Progressive Party 1888 Birthday Henry A. Wallace, American Vice President 1885 Death Thomas A Hendricks, 21st Vice President, dies at 66, 8 months after taking office 1884 Event Equal Rights Party nominates female candidates for President and Vice President 1883 Death Alexander H Stephens, Vice President Confederate States, dies at 71 1877 Birthday Alben W. Barkley, Graves County, Kentucky, 35th Vice President-D 1949 - 1953 1877 Birthday Alben W. Barkley, American Vice President 1868 Birthday John Nance Garner, Texas, Vice President-D-1933-41 1868 Birthday John Nance Garner, D, 32nd Vice President, 1933-41 1865 Event President Johnson paroles CSA Vice President Alexander Stephens 1865 Birthday Charles Gates Dawes, R, 30th Vice President, 1925-29, Nobel 1925 1865 Birthday Charles G. Dawes, American Vice President 1864 Death Margaret E Breckinridge, U.S. nurse/daughter of Vice President John, dies 1861 Event Former Vice President John C. Breckinridge flees Kentucky 1861 Event Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens elected president and Vice President of Confederate States of America 1860 Birthday Charles Curtis, R, 31st U.S. Vice President, 1929-33 1854 Birthday Thomas Riley Marshall, D, 28th Vice President, 1913-21 1853 Death William King, U.S. Vice President, dies a month after his inauguration 1853 Event William Rufus de Vane King (D) sworn in as 13th U.S. Vice President 1852 Birthday Charles W. Fairbanks, R, 26th U.S. Vice President, 1905 - 1909 1850 Event Vice President Fillmore becomes President following Zachary Taylor's death 1845 Event Uniform U.S. election day for president and Vice President authorized 1844 Birthday Garret Augustus Hobart, R, 24th U.S. Vice President, 1897-99 1837 Event 1st Vice President chosen by Senate, Richard Johnson (Van Buren admin) 1836 Death Aaron Burr, 3rd Vice President, dies 1835 Birthday Adlai Stevenson, D, 23rd Vice President, 1893-97 1832 Event John Calhoun becomes 1st Vice President to resign over differences with President Jackson 1825 Death Daniel D Tompkins, 6th U.S. Vice President (1817-25), dies at 54 1824 Birthday Levi Parsons Morton, R, 22nd U.S. Vice President, 1889 - 1893 1823 Birthday Schuyler Colfax, R, 17th Vice President, 1869 - 1873 1821 Birthday John Cabell Breckinridge, D, 14th U.S. Vice President, 1857 - 1861, major-general, Confederate 1819 Birthday Thomas Andrews Hendricks, D, 21st U.S. Vice President 1819 Birthday William A. Wheeler, R, 19th Vice President, 1877-81 1812 Death George Clinton, 4th U.S. Vice President, dies at 73 1st Vice President to, die in office 1812 Birthday Henry Wilson, R, 18th Vice President, 1873-75 1812 Birthday Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Vice President, Confederacy 1809 Birthday Hannibal Hamlin, R, 15th Vice President, 1861-65 1807 Event Former Vice President Aaron Burr is tried for treason in Richmond Virginia (acquitted) 1807 Event Vice President Aaron Burr arrested in Alabama for treason; later found innocent 1804 Death Alex Hamilton, killed by Vice President Aaron Burr in pistol duel near Weehawken 1801 Birthday David Glasgow Farragut, Tennessee, Vice Admiral Union Navy 1792 Birthday George Mifflin Dallas, D, 11th Vice President, 1845-49 1789 Event John Adams sworn in as 1st U.S. Vice President (9 days before Washington) 1789 Event 1st electoral college chooses Washington and Adams as President and Vice President 1786 Birthday William Rufus DeVane King, D, 13th Vice President, 1853 1782 Birthday John Caldwell Calhoun, South Carolina, Andrew Jackson's Vice President, 1825 - 1832 1756 Birthday Aaron Burr, Newark, New Jersey, D-R, 3rd U.S. Vice President, 1801-05, dueler 1744 Birthday Elbridge Gerry, DR, 5th Vice President, Massachusetts Governor, invented gerrymandering 1739 Birthday George Clinton, New York, D-R, 4th Vice President, 1805-12 1690 Death Jan van Brakel, Dutch vice Admiral (Chatham), dies in battle at 48 1628 Birthday Cornelis Evertsen de Young, vice Admiral of Zealand
