2014 Event In the recent Japan elections, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gains victory, and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party wins the majority of lower house elections 2014 Event The cabinet of Israel approves a bill stating that the nation is both a democratic state and the Jewish homeland; the bill is meant to address political pressure from groups that deny or ignore Israel�s Jewish identity 2014 Event Italy's Prime Minister, Enrico Letta resigns following friction within his own Democratic party 2014 Event Italy's Democratic leader Matteo Renzi calls for a new government and for the country's Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, to resign 2014 Event Former President Bill Clinton swears in New York's 109th Mayor, Bill de Blasio, the city's first Democratic mayor since 1993 2013 Event Germany holds its federal election; Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union party obtains the most votes since 1990 2013 Event Italy's vice-secretary of the Democratic Party , Enrico Letta, receives the mandate for form a new government from president Giorgio Napolitano 2012 Event A tight race is expected in South Korea as voters choose between Moon Jae-in, of South Korea's Democratic United Party, and Park Geun-hye, of the conservative Saenuri Party 2012 Event Japan holds it's general election, with Shinzo Abe, former Prime Minister and opposition Liberal Democratic Party leader, predicted as winner 2012 Event U.S. voters hold their 2012 presidential election, with Democratic President Barack Obama projected to defeat Republican opponent, Governor Mitt Romney 2012 Event Former U.S. Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern dies at age 90 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota 2012 Event John Hume, Ireland's former Social Democratic Party Leader, receives the papal knighthood at a special mass at St. Eugene's Cathedral in Derry 2012 Event The President of Germany's Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel recommends Peer Steinbruck as the party's Chancellor candidate for the 2012 German federal election 2012 Event A leadership ballot held by the Democratic Party of Japan is won by Japan's Prime Minster, Yoshihiko Noda 2012 Event President Barack Obama accepts the Democratic Party's nomination as candiate for the 2102 Presidential election 2012 Event At the National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, the U.S. Democratic Party vote three separate times in order to approve putting the terms, 'God', 'Jerusalem', and 'Israel' back into the platform 2012 Event At least 20 people due from the Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo 2012 Event A refugee camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo experiences an outbreak of cholera; thousands have fled there due to fighting between government troops and M23 rebels 2012 Event While Greece struggles to overcome its economic crisis, Antonis Samaras, leader of Greece's New Democratic party, negotiates with political rivals to form a coalition government 2012 Event Former Democratic Party candidate for the U.S. Presidency, John Edwards, is cleared on one count of corruption, with a mistrial declared on the other five counts 2012 Event Sybrand van Haersma Buma becomes the top candidate for 2012's Dutch general election after being elected as the new party leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal 2012 Event In recognition of democratic reforms, the European Union opens an office in Burma 2012 Event The main opposition leader of the Democratic Republic of the congo condemns parliamentary election as rigged; he calls for a strike in protest of his house arrest 2011 Event Despite protests by opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, Joseph Kaliba is sworn in as President of the Democratic Republic of Congo 2011 Event U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promotes democratic reforms in her meeting with Burma's top pro-democracy activist, Aung San Suu Kyi 2011 Event Outbreaks of violence are reported as voters in the Democratic Republic of the congo go to the polls for a general election 2011 Event Former U.S. Olympic champion Carl Lewis is granted a place on the ballot for the Democratic primary election for a New Jersey Senate seat 2011 Event In Egypt, the court orders the former ruling National Democratic Part of Hosni Mubarak be dissolved 2011 Event The U.S. Democratic National Committee appoints Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz Chairwoman 2010 Event Longtime U.S. Democratic Representative Charlie Rangel is found guilty of multiple violations of House rules, including failure to pay taxes 2010 Event U.S. television pundit, Keith Olbermann, is indefinitely suspended from MSNBC for making three political donations to Democratic Party candidates 2010 Event Responding to a U.N report accusing the Rwandan army of genocide in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda threatens to remove its peacekeepers from Darfur 2010 Event Entire villages are burned to the ground and 40,000 people flee their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo 2010 Event A fuel tanker overturns and explodes in South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing over 230 people and injuring 2010 Event The first democratic election in the history of Guinea is held 2010 Event The BBC finds evidence of a massacre in the Democratic Republic of Congo carried out by the Lord's Resistance Army last December, in which 321 people, including children, were killed 2009 Event An ethnic conflict over fishing rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo kills 100 people, displaces 50,000 2000 Death Frank Wills, often unemployed security guard, he the Democratic National Committee office in the Watergate Building had been burgled in June 1972, dies at 52 2000 Event The Democratic party nominates Al Gore to run for president 1997 Death Jurek Becker, writer, film author, German Democratic Republic dissident, survived ghetto in Lodz, wrote 'Jacob the Liar', dies in Sieseby, Germany 1996 Death Najibullah, President of Afghanistan Democratic Party 1986 - 1990, executed 1996 Death Pat Brown, politician, Democratic party, 32nd Governor of California, in Beverly Hills, California, at age 90 1993 Event Black and white leaders in South Africa approve new democratic constitution 1993 Death JH Scheps, Dutch MP (Social Democratic), dies at 93 1990 Event German Democratic Republic accepts Deutsche Mark as its currency 1990 Event Radical Democratic Party holds 1st political meetings in Moscow 1989 Event 100s of Bulgarian demonstrate in Sofia for democratic rights 1989 Event Demonstration for democratic reforms in Beijing's Tiananmen square 1988 Event Michael Dukakis selected Democratic presidential nominee 1988 Event Democratic convention picks Michael Dukakis as their President candidate 1987 Event Lucas Mangopes Democratic Party wins Bophuthatswana elections 1987 Event Gary Hart quits democratic presidential race due to Donna Rice affair 1986 Event Democratic Labor Party wins parliamentary election in Barbados 1984 Event Geraldine Ferraro, Representative-D-New York 1979 - 1985, wins Democratic Vice Presidential nomination 1984 Event Walter F. Mondale wins Democratic presidential nomination in San Francisco 1983 Event Harold Washington wins Chicago's Democratic mayoral primary 1980 Event Democratic Convention in New York City nominates Jimmy Carter 1979 Death Anne Vondeling, Male Dutch soc democratic party-minister, dies at 63 1978 Event King Juan Carlos ratifies Spain's 1st democratic constitution 1978 Event People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South) adopts constitution 1977 Event Dutch social democratic party wins parliamentary election 1976 Event 2nd Chamber recognizes Dutch Liberals/social democratic abortion law 1976 Event Jimmy Carter wins Democratic President nomination in New York City 1976 Event Seni Pramoj's Democratic Party wins elections in Thailand 1976 Event Frente Polisario forms Democratic Republic of Sahara 1976 Event Cambodia is renamed "Democratic Kampuchea" 1975 Event Constitution of Democratic Republic of Madagascar comes into force 1975 Event Laos falls to communist forces; Lao People's Democratic Rep proclaimed 1975 Event Lao People's Democratic Republic founded (National Day) 1975 Event Democratic Republic East-Timor proclaimed 1972 Event Thomas Eagleton withdraws as Democratic Vice Presidential candidate 1972 Event Jean Westwood is 1st woman chosen to head Democratic National Committee 1972 Event Democratic convention opens in Miami Beach Florida, McGovern 1972 Event 5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate 1972 Event White House "plumbers" break into Democratic National headquarters at the Watergate Hotel 1971 Event People's Republic of South Yemen renames itself People's Democratic Republic of Yemen 1971 Event Dutch social democratic party/D'66/DS'70 win parliamentary election 1970 Event Independent People's Republic of South Yemen becomes People Democratic Republic of Yemen 1970 Event Charles Rangel defeats Adam Clayton Powell in Democratic primary 1969 Event Chicago 8 indicted in aftermath of Chicago Democratic convention 1968 Event Democratic Convention opens in Chicago 1968 Event Senator Mccarthy wins Democratic primaries in Wisconsin 1967 Event Democratic People's republic of Yemen gains independence 1967 Event People's Democratic Republic of Yemen declares independence from U.K. 1964 Event Lyndon B. Johnson nominated at Democratic convention 1963 Event Bobby Baker resigns as Senate Democratic secretary 1963 Birthday Brad Henry, born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, politician, Democratic party, 26th Governor of Oklahoma 1962 Event Katanga becomes part of Democratic Republic of Congo 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 1960 Event U.S. Democratic convention nominates John F. Kennedy as presidential candidate 1960 Event Military coup overthrows democratic government of Turkey 1958 Event Dutch social democratic party-ministers/premier Drees dismissed 1956 Death Roelof Kranenburg, Dutch social democratic party-chairman, dies at 76 1956 Event Adlai E. Stevenson nominated as Democratic presidential candidate 1956 Birthday Azhar Cachalia, Scottish/South Africa leader, United Democratic Front 1956 Birthday Jan Peter Balkenende, born in Biezelinge, Netherlands, politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, member of the Christian Democratic Appeal party 1956 Birthday Brian Baird, born in Chama, New Mexico, politician, Democratic party, U.S. House of Representatives from Washington's 3rd district 1955 Birthday Pat Brown, born in San Francisco, California, politician, Democratic party, 32nd Governor of California 1955 Event Christian Democratic Party forms in Argentina 1955 Birthday John Baldacci, born in Bangor, Maine, politician, Democratic party, 73rd Governor of Maine 1954 Birthday Brad Sherman, born in Los Angeles, California, politician, Democratic party, U.S. House of Representatives from California's 27th district 1953 Birthday Tom Barrett, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, politician, Democratic party, 38th Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin 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 Event Dutch social democratic/Dutch Liberal Party win municipal elections 1952 Birthday Ed Case, born in Hilo, Hawaii, politician, Democratic party, Member, U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii's 2nd district 1952 Event Dutch social democratic party wins elections (29%) 1952 Event Dutch social democratic party wins 2nd-Parliamentary election 1950 Birthday Patty Murray, born in Bothell, Washington, politician, Democrat, U.S. Senator from Washington, chairwoman, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee 2001 - 2003 1950 Birthday Ria Oomen-Ruijten, born in Echt, the Netherlands, politician, member of the European Parliament, member of the Christian Democratic Appeal 1948 Event People's Democratic Republic of Korea proclaimed 1948 Event North Korean proclaims itself People's Democratic Republic of Korea 1947 Birthday Stephanus S "Tian" van Merwe, leader, South Africa Democratic Party 1947 Birthday Rosie Barnes, born in Nottingham, England, born Rosemary Susan Allen, politician, founding member of the Social Democratic Party, served the Council for Social Democracy, charity organizer 1946 Event Dutch Labor Party (Dutch Social Democratic Party) forms 1944 Event Democratic convention opens in Chicago 1944 Birthday Annette Lu, bon in Taoyuan Formosa, Taiwanese politician, feminist activist, member, Democratic Progressive Party, former Vice President of the Republic of China 1943 Birthday Tarja Halonen, born in Kallio, Finland, politician, lawyer, Social Democratic Party, first female President of Finland 1943 Birthday Eddie McGrady, born in County Down, Northern Ireland, born Eddie Kevin McGrady, Member of Parliament for South Down, founding member of the Social Democratic and Labor Party 1943 Event Vietminh forms Indo Chinese Democratic Front 1941 Birthday Ronald Harmon Brown, chairman, Democratic Party 1940 Event Democratic Convention nominates Franklin D. Roosevelt for a 3rd term 1940 Birthday Mary Rose Oakar, born in Cleveland, Ohio, politician, first Democratic woman elected to U.S. Congress, member, U.S. House of Representatives 1937 Birthday Jurek Becker, born in Lodz, Poland, writer, film author, German Democratic Republic dissident, survived ghetto in Lodz, wrote 'Jacob the Liar' 1937 Birthday Jim Hunt, born in Wilson, North Carolina, politician, Democratic Party, first and only four-term Governor of North Carolina 1976 - 2001 1935 Birthday Omar Bongo, born in Lewai, French Equatorial Africa, now Bongoville, Gabon, El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, Albert-Bernard Bongo, statesman, Gabonese Democratic Party, President of Gabon at age 31 1935 Birthday Geraldine Ferraro, born in Newburgh, New York, Representative-D-New York 1979 - 1985, 1st female Democratic Vice Presidential candidate 1984 1935 Birthday Georg Katzer, born in Habelschwerdt, Lower Silesia, German composer, established electronic new music in the German Democratic Republic 1934 Event Arthur L Mitchell, becomes 1st black Democratic congressman (Ill) 1934 Birthday Wim H. Sinnige, Dutch alderman of finance, social democratic 1933 Birthday Reiner Kunze, born in Oelsnitz, Germany, writer, dissident of the German Democratic Republic, book, 'The Lovely Years', published in West Germany 1932 Event 1st political telecast (Democratic National Committee) at CBS, New York City 1930 Birthday Shirley Williams, co-founder, Social Democratic Party, labour minister 1929 Birthday Thomas Eagleton, born in St. Louis, Missouri, Senator-D-Missouri 1968 - 1986 and Democratic Vice Presidential candidate 1972 1929 Event Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador 1929 Birthday Allard Lowenstein, radical, Students for Democratic Action 1928 Birthday Reubin Askew, born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, Reubin O'Donovan Askew, politician, Democratic Party, Governor of Florida 1971 - 1979, U.S. Trade Representative 1979 - 1981 1926 Event 80,000 demonstrate for democratic peace in Hague 1923 Event Saxony gets Social Democratic and Communist coalition government 1922 Birthday George McGovern, born in Avon, South Dakota, Representative-D-South Dakota 1957 - 1961, Senator-D-South Dakota 1963 - 1981, Democratic President candidate 1972 1921 Birthday Lloyd Bentsen, born in Mission, Texas, Senator-D-Texas 1971 - 1993, 1989 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee 1919 Event Democratic National Committee voted to allow female members 1919 Birthday Ella Grasso, born in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, Ella Giovanna Oliva Tambussi, politician, Democratic Party, first woman elected Governor of Connecticut, served 1975 - 1980 1918 Event Social Democratic Party becomes Communistc Party Holland: CPH 1918 Event Georgian Social Democratic Republic declares independence from Russia 1917 Birthday Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., born in Ohio, American historian, author, democratic activist, Pulitzer prize recipient 1915 Birthday Sargent Shriver, Maryland, Democratic Vice Presidential candidate, 1972, directed Peace Corp 1909 Birthday Julio A Abraham, president, Democratic Party Bonaire 1907 Birthday Andrew Brewin, Canada, lawyer/cofound New Democratic Party 1900 Birthday JH Scheps, Dutch 2nd-Member of parliament, social democratic 1885 Event Grover Cleveland inaugrated as 1st Democratic President since Civil War 1880 Birthday Roelof Kranenburg, Dutch social democratic chairman, 1st Chamber 1878 Death Boss Tweed, born in New York City, New York, American Politician, Democratic leader of Tammany Hall 1876 Event Democratic Party elects Samuel Tilden as presidential candidate 1874 Event Social Democratic Workmen's Party of North America formed 1871 Event Boss Tweed (William Macy Tweed), Democratic leader of Tammany Hall, arrested after New York Times exposed his corruption 1870 Event Democratic governor elected in Tennessee 1870 Event Donkey 1st used as symbol of Democratic Party, in Harper's Weekly 1832 Event 1st Democratic National Convention (Baltimore) 1823 Birthday Boss Tweed, corrupt Democratic political boss, Tammany Hall in New York City 1795 Event Democratic revolution in Amsterdam ends oligarchy 1784 Death Joan Derk van de Capellen, leader of democratic Patriots, dies at 42 1741 Birthday Joan Derk van Capellen, leader of Netherlands Democratic Patriots
