2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama restores the Native American name of Alaska's Mount McKinley, the tallest North American peak; the mountain will revert to its former name of Denali 2015 Event 90-year-old Jimmy Carter, former U.S. president, announces that he has an unspecified cancer that has spread throughout his body; the cancer was discovered during a recent liver surgery 2015 Event Jeffrey Webb pleads not guilty to bribery charges in the FIFA corruption case brought against 14 former officials; Webb is the first to be extradited to the U.S. to face the charges 2015 Event Ehud Olmert, former prime minister of Israel, is sentenced to eight months in prison after new evidence emerges proving corruption charges for which he had been acquitted three years ago 2015 Event Mohamed Morsi, the former Egyptian president who was the first to be democratically elected, has been given a death sentence for his role in a prison outbreak during the revolution of 2011 2015 Event Former General Muhammadu Buhari defeats incumbent Goodluck Jonathan to become the new President of Nigeria; Buhari won by over 2.5 million votes 2015 Event Venture capital company Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has successfully defended itself in a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by former junior partner Ellen Pao; the case was monitored by Silicon Valley firms, which tend to be male-dominated 2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama states that he did not know that former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton solely used a personal email address for government business, possibly violating federal law; Clinton served under Obama for four years 2015 Event Hosni Mubarak, former president of Egypt, may be freed after the nation's high court overturned the sole remaining verdict against him for embezzling public funds; Mubarak has been serving his three-year prison term in a hospital due to poor health 2014 Event The U.S. Senate intelligence committee releases its report on CIA interrogation methods after 9/11; the report found that the CIA hid many of its actions from Congress and former President George W. Bush and claims that little useful intelligence resulted 2014 Event Zhou Yongkang, China's former security chief, has been arrested on corruption charges and ousted from the Communist Party; Zhou is the highest-ranking official to be arrested in Chinese leader Xi Jinxing's campaign to reduce government corruption 2014 Event Former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk replaces Herman Van Rompuy as president of the European Council 2014 Event Protests have erupted in Cairo's Tahrir Square and in other Egyptian cities after former President Hosni Mubarak was cleared of charges stemming from deaths during the 2011 demonstrations against him that led to his resignation 2014 Event Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and several former government officials have been cleared of murder charges stemming from the killing of over 200 protesters during uprisings in 2011 that resulted in Mubarak's resignation 2014 Event Nicolas Sarkozy, former French President, is re-elected as head of the Union for a Popular Movement; Sarkozy intends to pursue the presidency again in 2017 2014 Event Four former guards of security company Blackwater have been convicted of manslaughter and murder charges in the shooting of 31 unarmed Iraqi civilians seven years ago in Baghdad; the incident resulted in 14 deaths and 17 injuries 2014 Event Former Haitian leader Jean Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier dies of a heart attack at age 63; known for an oppressive regime, he fled the country in 1986 but returned in 2011, pleading not guilty to charges of corruption and human rights violations 2014 Event Afghan officials have signed a pact with the U.S. to maintain troops in the country beyond the end of 2014 and provide Afghanistan with funding; former Afghan President Hamid Karzai would not sign the agreement due to his opposition to U.S. presence 2014 Event Chelsea Clinton and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, announce the birth of their first child, Charlotte, making grandparents of former U.S. presidential couple Bill and Hillary Clinton 2014 Event Muslim Brotherhood followers have been asked to leave Qatar; other Arab states are unhappy with Qatar's support of the group, highlighted by recent charges that the nation received state secrets from member and former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi 2014 Event Former Egyptian President President Mohamed Mursi and nine others have been charged with giving confidential state security information to the government of Qatar; if convicted of treason, Mursi could face the death penalty 2014 Event A U.S. lawsuit against IBM and Ford Motor Company, seeking damages for the companies' transactions with the former apartheid government, has been dismissed; the transactions were conducted by foreign units and are not under jurisdiction of U.S. law 2014 Event Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki has agreed to stop challenging Haider al-Abadi as the new Prime Minister; President Fuad Masum selected al-Abadi for the position earlier this week 2014 Event Sale of the Los Angeles Clippers to Microsoft ex-CEO Steve Ballmer has gone through, despite attempts by former owner Donald Sterling to stop the transaction; Sterling was forced to sell after being banned from the NBA for his racist remarks 2014 Event Former Press Secretary James S. Brady dies at age 73; Brady's death has been ruled a homicide due to a gunshot wound made 33 years earlier by John W. Hinckley, Jr.; Hinckley was found to be insane and was not charged with the original crime 2014 Event Two former Khmer Rouge leaders, Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea, have been convicted of war crimes during the period of Cambodian genocide in the 1970s; a U.N.-supported war crimes tribunal sentenced the two men to life in prison; both men are in their 80s 2014 Event LeBron James, former player for the Miami Heat, will return to the Cleveland Cavaliers 2014 Death Tommy Ramone, former drummer and the last living member of punk rock band The Ramones, dies at age 65 of cancer 2014 Event Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has accepted a role as economic advisor to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in order to help Egypt reform its economy and develop new business opportunities 2014 Event Former Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker is nominated for the position of President of the European Commission in a 26-2 vote over U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, who strongly objected to the decision 2014 Event Donald Sterling, the L.A. Clippers owner banned from the NBA after making racist remarks, has dropped a lawsuit fighting the forced sale of the team; the pending sale to former Microsoft exec Steve Ballmer must now be approved by the NBA 2014 Event Shelly Sterling, Donald Sterling's wife and co-owner of the L.A. Clippers, plans to sell the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for $2 billion; the sale depends on approval from the NBA and Donald 2014 Event Early election tallies show that Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will be the next president of Egypt; el-Sisi, the military commander who removed former president Mohamed Morsi from office due to mass protests, resigned his military position to run for president 2014 Event Russian president Vladimir Putin says that he will respect the outcome of the upcoming Ukrainian elections, despite the fact that Viktor Yanukovych, the former Ukrainian president, has not had his position terminated by legal means 2014 Event Pope Francis canonizes John XXIII and John Paul II; this is the first time that the Catholic Church has elected two former popes to sainthood in the same ceremony 2014 Event 'The Washington Post' and 'The Guardian' win the Pulitzer Prize for reporting of surveillance programs by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA); the investigations relied on thousands of documents leaked by Edward Snowden, a former NSA contractor 2014 Event 39-year-old Former Florentine mayor Matteo Renzi has been inaugurated as Prime Minister of Italy 2014 Event United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appoints former Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg as a U.N. special envoy for cities and climate change 2014 Event Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who has been granted temporary asylum in Russia, claims that his decision to leak classified NSA documents about mining emails and telephone call logs, has resulted in several significant threats to his life 2014 Event Serbian tennis player Ana Ivanovic, 2008 French Open Champion and former world number one, beats Serena Williams, a five-time Australian Open champion, during the fourth round of the 2014 Australian Open 2014 Event Responding to privacy concerns raised by former spy contractor Edward Snowden's NSA disclosures, U.S. President Barack Obama announces reforms to NSA phone surveillance 2014 Event After eight years in a coma following a stroke in 2006, Ariel Sharon, Israel's former Prime Minister, dies at the age of 85 2014 Event In a coma since 2006, former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is reportedly in critical condition following renal failure 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 The body of former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, is flown from Pretoria to the leader's ancestral village of Qunu, his final resting place 2013 Event Ukraine's former Prime Minister, Yulia Tymoshenko posted messages supporting the anti-government protesters who toppled the last status of Vladimir Lenin on her website, calling on suporters to keep up their demands 2013 Event Former South African President and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, dies at the age of 95 2013 Event Abdulla Yameen wins the Presidential election in the Maldives with 51.3% of the popular vote, compared to 48.6 % for former leader Mohamed Nasheed 2013 Event Palestinian investigators claim their former leader, Yasser Arafat, did not die of old age or ill health; they believe Israel killed him because his exhumed body contained high levels of the radioactive element polonium-210 2013 Event Former U.S. Majority Leader Tom DeLay, has a November 2010 money laundering conviction overturned by a Texas State appellate court 2013 Event Syria's former defense minister, Ali Habib Mahmud is reported to have defected to Turkey 2013 Event Nelson Mandela, South Africa's former President, is released after spending almost three months in a Pretoria hospital 2013 Event Prior to being transferred to house arrest, former Egyptian President is released from prison and transferred to a military hospital 2013 Event A corruption investigation continues after a Cairo criminal court releases former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak from Tora prison 2013 Event Former U.S. President George W. Bush recovers after having a stent procedure to treat a blocked artery; the blockage was opened without any complications 2013 Event The new leader of the Australian Labor Party is former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who won over incumbent Julia Gillard 2013 Event Former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, is receiving care for a lung infection that has worsened, leaving him in critical condition 2013 Event Former President George W. Bush's airplane, a Gulfstream IV, on its way to Dallas' Love Field , was diverted safely to Louisville International AIrport when the pilot smelled smoke 2013 Event Former U.S. President Bill Clinton earns $500,000 for a speech given to honor Israel's President Shimon Peres 2013 Event Former President of Argentina, Jorge Rafael Videla dies in a jail in Marcos Paze, Buenos Aires 2013 Event Cairo, Egypt conducts a retrial of its former President Hosni Mubarak over his alleged role and complicity in the deaths of protestors during the 2011 Egyptian revolution 2013 Event All living former U.S. Presidents, including George W. Bush and current President Barack Obama, are present for the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, Texas 2013 Event Former President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, is arrested and charged with unlawfully detaining judges in 2007 2013 Event A meeting of the U.N. General Assembly organized by former Serbian foreign minister, Vuk Jeremic, is boycotted by the United States, Jordan and Canada 2013 Event Britain's former Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, dies of a stroke at age 87 in London 2013 Event After being hospitalized for nine days for pneumonia, former South African President Nelson Mandela, age 94, was released from the hospital 2013 Event France's former President, Nicolas Sarkozy is investigated over claims of illegal donations made by Liliane Bettencourt of L'Oreal, the country's richest woman 2013 Event South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela is released from the hospital after having "successful" medical tests; prior reports stated he was hospitalized for a routine checkup 2013 Event Anti-apartheid leader and former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, age 94 is hospitalized for, what sources say, was a routine checkup 2013 Event Venezuela holds a funeral for former President Hugo Chavez; following the funeral, they swear in Vice President Nicolas Maduro as Interim President 2013 Event An investigation is taking place over recent hacking incident involving a hacker gaining access to the email accounts of former President George H. W. Bush, his friends and relatives 2013 Event Former Mayor of New York City, Ed Koch, dies in Manhattan of congestive heart failure at age 88 2013 Event After more than seven weeks of treatment for bronchitis, former U.S. President George H. W. Bush is released from The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas 2012 Event Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, leaves the hospital after undergoing minor surgery to remove a tumor 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 Palestinian officials plan to exhume the body of former leader Yasser Arafat to determine whether his death in Paris, 2004, was caused by poisoning 2012 Event After being convicted of corruption, Jordan's former spy chief, Mohammad al-Dahabi, is sentenced to 13 years of imprisonment 2012 Event Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi receives a sentence of four years for fiscal fraud 2012 Event Former award-winning cyclist, American Lance Armstrong, is banned for life from participating in International Cycling Union-sanctioned events and stripped of his seven Tour de France titles based on the findings of a systematic doping investigation 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 Former U.S. Presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty resigns from Mitt Romney's Presidential campaign, planning instead to work for the Financial Services Roundtable in Washington, D.C. 2012 Event An Egyptian lawyer, Mohamed Salem, files a lawsuit over the country's President Morsi removing Hussein Tantawi, former commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces, and Sami Anan, former Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces 2012 Event Pope Benedict XVI's former butler receives orders from the Vatican to stand trial for his alleged involvement in leading allegations of corruption in the Holy See 2012 Event Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, reported to be in a coma, is removed from life support 2012 Event Egypt's former president, Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life in prison, along with his former interior minister, Habib al-Adly, for being complicit in killing of demonstrators in the 2011 revolution 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 The wives and children of former Osama bin Laden are deported from Pakistan to Saudi Arabialo 2012 Event Officals in Egypt reject a deeply unpopular agreement to supply Israel with natural gas; the agreement was made by former President of Egypt Hosni Mubarek 2011 Event Jacques Chirac, former President of France, is declared guilty of embezzlement and violating trust for filling non-existent jobs with party members while serving as Mayor of Paris 2011 Event John Corzine, former CEO of MG Global, testifies before a committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, stating he doesn't know where hundreds of millions of dollars of his customers' money has gone 2011 Event Rod Blagojevich, the former Governor of the State of Illinois, is issued a sentence of 14 years in jail for corruption 2011 Event John Corzine, former Governor of New Jersey, is issued a subpoena over the collapse of MF Global and disappearance of customer funds 2011 Event Former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi's autopsy reveals that he was killed by a gunshot wound to the head 2011 Event Former French President Jacques Chirac begins stands trial in Paris for embezzlement charges 2011 Event The trial of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarek and sons, Alaa and Gamall is adjourned and merged with that of former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly 2011 Event Former Cuban President Fidel Castro makes his first appearance outside of Havana since leaving office in 2006, visiting a mausoleum in Artemisa 2011 Event Juan Maria Bordaberry, former Uruguayan dictator, dies while under house arrest for murders committed during his dictatorship 2011 Event Former North Carolina Senator and U.S. Presidential Candidate John Edwards is indicted on charges of conspiracy and violating campaign finance laws 2011 Event In Egypt, authorities extend the detention of former President Hosni Mubarak for another 15 days 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 By order of an Egyptian court, the name of Egypt's former President, Hosni Mubarak, is stripped from public spaces, schools and streets 2011 Event In Egypt, the court orders the former ruling National Democratic Part of Hosni Mubarak be dissolved 2011 Event Former President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak and sons, Alaa and Gamal, are detained for 15 days of questioning regarding charges of corruption and abuse of power 2011 Event Former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling loses his appeal against his conviction for fraud in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 2011 Event In Egypt, a travel ban is imposed on former President Hosni Mubarak and his family 2010 Event Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa, will have a street named after him in Capetown 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 Hezbollah members are indicted for killing Lebanon�s former prime minister, Rafiq Hariri, in a car bombing 2010 Event In a BBC interview, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said it was 'impossible' for coalition forces to secure victory in Afghanistan 2010 Event The first black mayor of a town in the former Eastern Bloc of Europe, Peter Bossman, becomes Mayor of Piran, Slovenia 2010 Event In one of Spain's biggest corruption trials, 95 people, including two former mayors and a planning chief, appear in court in Malaga 2010 Event Ukranian prosecutors claim that in 2000, former Interior Minister Yuriy Kravchenko ordered the murder of journalist Georgiy Gongadze 2010 Event Acting as a private citizen, former President Jimmy Carter travels to North Korea to negotiate the release of Aijalon Gomes, a U.S. citizen 2010 Event Model Naomi Campbell confirms former President of Liberia Charles Taylor gave her diamonds she described as 'dirty looking stones' 2010 Event South Africa's top police officer, Jackie Selebi, former chief of Interpol, is sentenced to 15 years in prison for corruption 2010 Event The trial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich begins today; Blagovich faces corruption charges regarding his alleged attempt to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat 2010 Event Roza Otunbayeva says Kyrgyzstan's ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev must stand trial over riots; gunfire disrupts a rally in support of the former President in the city of Osh 2010 Event Hossein Marashi, former Vice-President of Iran, is put in jail after being accused of spreading propaganda 2010 Event Three men are detained in relation to the theft of former Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos' corpse, December 11, 2009 2010 Event Ejup Ganic, former President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is stopped while trying to escape war crime charges, at London Heathrow airport 2010 Event Former Phillipine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and 196 others are charged with murder relating to the Maguindanao massacre, November 2009 2010 Event Ali Hassan al-Majid, former Iraqi minister, also known as Chemical Ali, is sentenced to death for the poison gas attack at Halabja 2010 Event Over 700 former Tamil Tigers are released by the Sri Lankan army after completing a rehabilitation program 2009 Event Under investigation for bribery during his Presidency, former President of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, commits suicide 2009 Event Former President of Peru, Alberto Fujimori, receives 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces 2009 Event At the 21st NATO Summit, new Secretary General, former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, is appointed 2009 Event Former Serbian President Milan Mulutinovic is acquitted of war crimes during the Kosovo War 2005 Event Watergate figure Deep Throat is revealed to be W. Mark Felt a former F.B.I agent 2004 Death Yasser Arafat, PLO leader/former terrorist, dies at 64 2004 Event Former President Bill Clinton undergoes a quadruple bypass operation 2004 Event Former President Gerald Ford suffers a stroke during the Republican National Convention 2004 Event Former President George H. W. Bush celebrates his 80th birthday by skydiving 2003 Death Joan Kroc, philanthropist/former baseball team owner, started Peace Institutes at several universities, dies at 75 2001 Death "Morton Downey, Jr", former talk show host, The Morton Downey Jr. Show, dies at 68 2000 Event Hilary Clinton is the first former First Lady elected to the Senate 2000 Death Pierre Elliott Trudeau, former Canadian Prime Minister, dies at 80 1998 Event Mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, who violated probation by seeing 14 year old father of her baby, sentenced to 7 years 1997 Event French court orders producer Jacques Charrier, ex-husband of Brigitte Bardot, to pay the former screen star $8,300 in damages 1997 Event Former rep Dan Rostenkowski released from custody for mail fraud 1996 Death Alger Hiss, former alleged spy/lawyer, dies at 92 1996 Death Ted Nightingale, former colonial governor, dies at 91 1996 Event Mark Van Thillo and Abigail Alling, former biospherian win $100,000 lawsuit against Biospheric Development for Space Biospheres Ventures 1995 Event James Brady, former white house press sect, suffers a heart attack 1995 Event Colorodo Avalanche (former Que Nordiques) 1st NHL game, beat Detroit 1995 Event Former WMMS engineer William Alford is sentenced to 10 days and $1,000 fine for cutting feed during Howard Stern's broadcast from Cleveland 1994 Event Aldrich Ames, former CIA officer and wife Rosario plead guilty to spying 1994 Event Former President Nixon suffered a stroke and dies 4 days later 1993 Event Former Washington D.C. Mayor Marion Barry divorces his wife Effi 1992 Event Former NFL New York Giant Coach Bill Parcells undergoes open heart surgery 1992 Event Marion Berry, former mayor of Washington D.C., let out of prison 1992 Death Alix Talton, former Miss Georgia, dies of lung cancer at 72 1992 Event World's 7 wealthiest nations agree on $24B aid for former U.S.S.R. 1992 Event Former silver Goodyear blimps are now painted yellow and blue 1991 Event Former California Governor Jerry Brown announces run for presidency 1991 Event U.S. trial of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega begins 1991 Event Norway and Denmark recognize independence of former U.S.S.R. Baltic reps 1991 Event Major league umpire Steve Palermo and former NFL defensive lineman Terence Mann were shot trying to help 2 waitresses from being robbed 1991 Event Former New York Jet Mark Gastineau wins 1st pro boxing fight in 12 seconds 1991 Event Former child actor Adam Rich charged with burglary 1991 Event Former child actor Adam Rich arrested for breaking into a pharmacy 1991 Death Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India, killed by bomb at 46 1990 Event Former Noriega aide Luis del Cid pleads guilty 1990 Event Federal judge sentenced former national security adviser John M Poindexter to 6 months for making false statements to Congress 1990 Event Former president PW Botha quit South Africa's ruling National Party 1990 Event Former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood ordered to help clean up Prince William Sound and pay $50,000 in restitution for 1989 oil spill 1990 Event Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is transferred to a Miami jail 1989 Event Former baseball player and manager Leo Durocher injured in a car crash 1989 Event Former Belgian premier Paul Vanden Boeynants kidnapped 1988 Event Former Soviet President Brezhnev's son-in-law sentenced to 12-yr (bribery) 1988 Death John Mitchell, former Atny Gen, dies of heart attack in Washington 1988 Event Los Angeles Dodger Orel Herschiser breaks former Dodger Don Drysdale mark by pitching 59 consecutive scoreless innings 1987 Death Alfred M Landon, former Kansas Gov, dies at his Topeka home at 100 1987 Event Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane attempts suicide 1986 Event Jack Morris agrees to salary arbitration with former team Tigers and accuses owners of collusion against free agency 1986 Event Former Belgium premier Vanden Boeynants sentenced for fraud 1986 Birthday Amanda Bynes, born in Thousand Oaks, California, singer, actor, former cast member on Nickelodeon's 'Figure It Out' and 'All That', films include, 'Big Fat Liar', 'Hairspray' 1984 Event Richard Miller, becomes 1st (former) FBI agent, charged with espionage 1983 Event Rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury 1983 Event Former EPA official Rita Lavelle indicted for contempt of Congress 1983 Birthday Jessica Lynch, born in Palatine, West Virginia, former Private First Class in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps, captured by Iraqis, recovered by special ops forces 1983 Event Former Nazi Gestapo official Klaus Barbie brought to trial 1982 Death Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, Iran's former foreign minister, executed in Iran 1982 Death Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight boxing champ/actor, dies at 86 1981 Event Former Dolphin, Mercury Morris, is sentenced to 20 years for drug trafficing, conspiracy, and possession of cocaine 1981 Event Andrew Young, former United Nations Ambassador, elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia 1980 Death Anastasio Somoza, former Nicaraguan President, assassinated in Paraguay 1980 Event Former Buggles members Geoff Downes and Trevor Horn replace Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman in Yes 1979 Death Nelson Rockefeller, former Vice President and (4 time Governor-R-New York), dies at 70 1979 Event John N Mitchell (former AG) released on parole from federal prison 1978 Event India's former Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, released from jail 1978 Birthday Gael Garcia Bernal, born in Guadalajara, Mexico, actor, director, former model, films include, 'The Motorcycle Diaries', 'Babel' 1978 Death Gene Tunney, former heavyweight boxing champ (1926-28), dies at 80 1978 Event Former President Nixon makes 1st public speech since resigning in 1974 1978 Event Pakistani former premier Ali Bhutto sentenced to death 1978 Event Red Brigade kidnaps former premier Aldo Moro in Italy, 5 killed 1977 Event Former AG John Mitchell starts 19 months in Alabama prison 1977 Event Former White House chief of staff home run Haldeman enters prison 1977 Death Tom C Clark, former Supreme Court Justice (1949-67), dies in New York at 77 1977 Event Parisians elect former Prime Minister Jacques Chirac as 1st mayor in a century 1976 Event Former Twins relief ace Bill Campbell is 1st free-agent to sign with a new team, joining the Red Sox for $1 million over 4 years 1976 Death Martha Mitchell wife of former Attorney General John Mitchell, dies in New York at 57 1975 Event Former Teamsters' president James Hoffa reported missing 1974 Event President Gerald Ford pardons former President R Nixon of all federal crimes 1974 Event Former Vice President Spiro Agnew disbarred 1973 Event 1000s commemorates former premier Georgios Papandreou 1973 Birthday Aishwarya Rai, born in Mangalore, India, actress, model, former Miss World 1994, appeared in movie, 'Dhoom 2', 'Guru', 'Jodhaa Akbar' 1973 Event Former Argentine President Juan Peron returns to power 1973 Event Otto Kerner, former governor of Illinois, convicted for his role in an illegal racetrack scheme 1972 Event Former umpire, now housewife Bernice Gera wins her suit against baseball, initiated on March 15, 1971 to be allowed to umpire 1970 Event Milwaukee Brewers (former Seat Pilots) 1st game, lose to Angels 12-0 1969 Death Rocky Marciano, former heavyweight champ, dies in a plane crash at 45 1968 Event Former President Dwight Eisenhower shot a hole-in-one 1968 Event Former Vice President Richard Nixon announces candidacy for presidency 1967 Birthday Pamela Anderson, born in Ladysmith, Canada, actress, model, producer, former showgirl, famous role, C.J. Parker on 'Baywatch' television show 1967 Birthday Manabu Nakanishi, born in Kyoto, Japan, professional wrestler, former IWGP Heavyweight Champion, wrestler for New Japan Pro Wrestling, competed in 1992 Summer Olympics 1966 Event Former marine Charles Whitman kills 13 and wounds 31 at University of Texas 1966 Death Charles Whitman, former marine, kills 13 at University of Texas, shot by cops 1964 Birthday Michael Johns, born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, health care executive, conservative policy analyst, former federal government official for the United States 1963 Birthday Garry Kasparov, born in Azerbaijan, Soviet Union, former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist 1961 Event Former nazi leader Johannes Vorster becomes South Africa's minister of justice (if the shoe fits...) 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 Paul Begala, born in New Jersey, political commentator, consultant, former advisor to President Bill Clinton, co-host on 'Crossfire' television show on CNN 1961 Birthday Howie Long, former NFL tackle/actor/broadcaster, Broken Arrow 1960 Birthday Katie Rabbet, born in London, England, Prince Andrew's former girlfriend 1959 Birthday Tom Arnold, former husband of Rosanne Barr/actor, True Lies, Stupids 1959 Birthday Brett Bodine, born in Chemung, New York, auto racer, former NASCAR Winston Cup driver, current Sprint Cup, pace car driver, employed as Director of Cost and Research by NASCAR 1958 Birthday John Ensign, born in Roseville, California, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from Nevada, former chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee 1958 Birthday Ricardo Acuna, born in Santiago, Chile, former tennis player, ranked was 47th in the world, won three doubles titles during his career 1956 Birthday Sebastian Coe, born in Chiswick, England, politician, Conservative party, former athlete, Olympic gold medalist 1980 and 1984, considered greatest middle distance runner ever 1956 Event Federal court bars former Little League Commissioner Carl Stotz from forming a rival group 1955 Birthday Tim Young, born in Ontario, Canada, athlete, former professional ice hockey center in the National Hockey League 1955 Birthday Eric Money, born in Detroit, Michigan, athlete, former pro basketball player for the NBA, averaged 12.2 points per game 1954 Birthday Catherine Crier, born in Dallas, Texas, former district court judge, television personality, writer, anchor Court TV program 1954 Event Former French possession of Chandernagore made part of West Bengal 1954 Birthday John Lloyd, England, tennis star, former husband of Chris Everet 1953 Event Braves Phil Paine is 1st former major leaguer to play in Japan 1953 Birthday Raul Ramirez, born in Ensenada, Baja California, professional Mexican tennis player, in 1976, ranked No. 4 in the world, in 1983, ranked No. 6 in the world in doubles, won 60 doubles titles, 19 singles titles, married former Miss Universe, Venezuelan-born Maritza Sayalero 1953 Birthday Jeb Bush, politician, born in Midland, Texas, 43rd Governor of Florida, younger brother of former President George W. Bush 1952 Birthday Alec John Such, born in Yonkers, New York, rocker, musician, former bassist for band Bon Jovi, managed local New Jersey bands and Heaven band in Chicago with James Young of Styx 1952 Birthday Martin Taylor, born in England, former CEO, Barclays Bank, Chairman, Syngenta AG 1952 Birthday John Kasich, born in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, politician, Republican party, former U.S. Representative from Ohio's 12th district, 'Heartland with John Kasich' host 1952 Birthday Jonjo O'Neill, born in Castletownroche, Ireland, racehorse trainer, former jockey, won British Champion Jockey title, Cheltenham Gold Cup 1952 Birthday Larry Fortensky, former husband of Liz Taylor, 7th 1951 Event Former Cubs 1st baseman and future TV star of Rifleman Chuck Connors is 1st player to oppose the major league draft 1951 Birthday John Conteh, born in Liverpool, England, athlete, former British boxer, world light-heavyweight boxing champion 1951 Birthday Gordon Brown, born in Govan, Scotland, politician, Labor Party, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Member of Parliament for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, former television journalist 1951 Birthday Drew Pearson, former NFL all-pro receiver 1950 Birthday Phil McGraw, born in Vinita, Oklahoma, television personality, former psychologist, host of 'Dr. Phil' television program, earned $80 million in 2009 1950 Event NY jury finds former State Department official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury 1949 Birthday Ivana Trump, former wife of Donald 1948 Event Former state department official Alger Hiss indicted in New York City for perjury 1948 Birthday Margaret Trudeau, Vancouver BC, former Canadian 1st lady 1948 Birthday Robert Spink, born in Haworth, Worth Valley, Yorkshire, England, Robert Michael Spink, politician, Independence Party, former Conservative Party member, became Member of Parliament for Castle Point in June, 2001 1948 Birthday Frank Abagnale, born in Bronxville, New York, security consultant and former forger 1947 Death Frances Cleveland Preston, former 1st lady (1885-89 93-97), dies at 83 1947 Event Former Yank manager Joe McCarthy signs to manage Red Sox 1946 Event 28 former Japanese leaders indicted in Tokyo as war criminals 1945 Death Pierre Laval, former premier of Vichy France, executed at 62 1944 Event Former Washington 3rd baseman Buddy Lewis wins Distinguished Flying Cross 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 Event Italy declares war on former Axis partner Germany 1943 Event German paratroopers, on orders of Adolf Hitler, seize former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini who was being held prisoner by the government 1942 Birthday Claudine Longet, France, former Mrs. Andy Williams/singer 1941 Birthday Jeremiah Wright, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pastor Emeritus, former Pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, 8,500 member megachurch, former pastor of President Obama, known for politically charged, controversial sermons 1941 Event Former Dutch Prime Minister Colijn says Netherlands Indies not ready for independence 1941 Event Former Dutch premier De Geer flies to Berlin 1938 Birthday John Dean III, former White House counsel, Watergate figure 1936 Birthday Wolf Biermann, born in Hamburg, Germany, singer, songwriter, former East German dissident, wrote folk music, political ballads, studied political economics at Humboldt University of Berlin 1935 Birthday Martin Taylor, former vice-chairman, Hanson 1932 Event Giants sign former outfielder Billy Southworth as a coach 1932 Event Former Chinese emperor Henry Pu-Yi installed as head of Manchuria 1931 Birthday Timothy Kitson, former MP 1930 Birthday Nicolas Christopher Henry Browne-Wilkinson, born in England, life peer as Baron Browne-Wilkinson, studied at Lancing College and Magdalen College, Oxford, former head of the Privy Council and Vice-Chancellor of the High Court 1929 Event Former Interior Sec Albert Fall convicted of accepting $100,000 bribe 1929 Birthday John Gutfreund, former CEO of investment bank, Salomon Brothers Inc., featured in book Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis 1928 Birthday Richard Barratt, former Chief Inspector of Constabulary 1927 Event Lou Gehrig named AL MVP (Babe Ruth (former winner) not eligible) 1926 Birthday H R Haldeman, former White House Chief of Staff, Watergate figure 1926 Birthday Charles Tidbury, former chairman, Whitbread and Company 1925 Birthday John DeLorean, former automaker, DeLorean 1924 Birthday M M Shearer, former Lord Lieutenant of Shetland 1924 Birthday Robert Gatehouse, former High Court judge 1923 Event Giants defeat Baltimore Orioles 9-0 to benefit former Giants owner John Day 1922 Event Former Chicago Staleys play 1st NFL game as Chicago Bears, win 6-0 1920 Birthday David Vere Bendall, former diplomat 1920 Birthday Kenneth Bond, former vice-chairman 1910 Birthday John "Cardinal" Krol, former archbishop, Philadelphia 1910 Event Former Dutch premier Abraham Kuyper acquitted of corruption 1909 Event Former Dutch premier Abraham Kuyper denies corruption 1907 Event Britain grants responsible government to former colony of Transvaal 1904 Birthday Ted Nightingale, former colonial governor 1901 Birthday General Maxwell D Taylor, former U.S. Army chief of staff 1871 Event Jefferson Long of Georgia is 1st black to make an official speech in House of Representatives (opposing leniency to former Confederates) 1868 Event Oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as lt governor of Louisiana 1861 Event Former Vice President John C. Breckinridge flees Kentucky 1831 Event Former President John Quincy Adams takes his seat as member of House of Representatives 1831 Death Nat Turner, former slave, led a violent insurrection, hanged in VA 1831 Event Former slave Nat Turner leads uprising against slavery 1807 Event Former Vice President Aaron Burr is tried for treason in Richmond Virginia (acquitted) 1788 Event Sierra Leone, settled by British as a former haven for slaves 1689 Event Former English King James II lands in Ireland
