2014 Event Former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk replaces Herman Van Rompuy as president of the European Council 2014 Event The World Bank reports that India is now the third-largest economy behind the U.S. and China on the basis of purchasing power parity; India replaces Japan, though Japan remains in third place when GDPs are compared on an exchange-rated basis 2014 Event Jimmy Fallon officially replaces Jay Leno in his first broadcast as host of 'The Tonight Show' 2011 Event Opposition MP Peter Slipper replaces Harry Jenkins as speaker of the Australian House of Representatives 2009 Event Slovakia replaces its national currency, the Slovak koruna, with the Euro 2008 Event Cyprus replaces it's currency with the Euro 2008 Event Malta replaces it's currency with the Euro 1997 Event Mel Karmazin replaces Peter Lund as CEO of CBS TV 1997 Event Brandi Sherwood, (Idaho) replaces Brook Lee (Miss Universe) as Miss USA 1996 Event WBSI TV replaces WNYC on channel 31 in New York City 1995 Event Chelsi Smith, 21, of USA, crowned 44th Miss Universe Shanna Lynn Moakler, (19-NY), replaces Chelsi Smith as Miss USA 1993 Event WAQX 104.3 (Q-104) rock format replaces WNCN classic format in New York City 1992 Event WQEW-AM radio replaces WQXR on 1560 in New York City 1991 Event Buck Showalter replaces Stump Merrill as New York Yankee manager 1990 Event Stump Merrill replaces Bucky Dent as New York Yankee manager 1989 Event Bucky Dent replaces Dallas Green as New York Yankee manager 1989 Event A Bartlett Giamatti replaces Ueberroth as 7th commissioner of baseball 1989 Event Richard J. Kerr replaces Robert M. Gates as deputy director of CIA 1989 Event FW de Klerk replaces Botha as South Africa's National Party leader 1988 Event Dallas Green replaces Lou Pinella as manager of New York Yankees 1988 Event Dallas Green replaces Lou Pinella as New York Yankee manager 1988 Event Frank Robinson replaces Cal Ripken as manager of Baltimore Orioles 1987 Event William H. Webster replaces Robert M. Gates as 14th director of CIA 1986 Event Jim Fregosi replaces Tony LaRussa as White Sox manager 1985 Event Mikhail Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader 1984 Event Peter Ueberroth replaces Bowie Kuhn as 6th commissioner of baseball 1984 Event Suzette Charles, New Jersey, 21, replaces Williams as 57th Miss America 1984 1982 Event Clyde King replaces Gene Michaels as New York Yankee manager 1982 Event John N McMahon replaces Bobby R Inman becomes deputy director of CIA 1982 Event Yankees fire manager Bob Lemon and replaces him with Gene Michael 1982 Event Canada Constitution Act replaces British North America Act 1980 Event Astros owner John McMullen replaces General Manager Tal Smith with Al Rosen 1980 Event Peter Comita replaces Tom Peterson of Cheap Trick 1980 Event Pete Comita replaces Tom Peterson as bassist of Cheap Trick 1980 Event Jozef Pinkovski replaces Poland premier Babiuch 1980 Event Jineane Ford, (AZ) replaces S Weatherly (Miss Universe) as 29th Miss USA 1979 Event Dick Howser (best Yank manager win-lost percentage .636) replaces Billy Martin 1979 Event Phillies replaces manager Danny Ozark with Dallas Green 1979 Event Canadians elect conservatives, Joseph Clark replaces Pierre Trudeau 1978 Event Bob Lemon replaces Billy Martin as Yankee manager 1977 Event Cheryl Ladd replaces Farrah Fawcett on Charlie's Angels 1977 Event Nigel Harrison replaces Gary Valentine as bassist of Blondie 1977 Event Edward W Stack replaces Paul Kerr president of Hall of Fame 1976 Event Tommy Lasorda replaces Walter Alston as Dodger manager 1976 Event NBC replaces the peacock logo 1975 Event Billy Martin replaces Bill Virdon as manager of New York Yankees 1975 Event Ron Woods replaces Mick Taylor as Rolling Stone guitarist 1974 Event Yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir 1974 Event Harold Wilson replaces resigning Ed Heath as British premier 1973 Event Steinbrenner replaces Mike Burke with Gabe Paul as Yankee president 1972 Event Leo Durocher replaces Harry Walker as manager of Astros 1970 Event Anwar Sadat replaces Egyptian President Nassar 1969 Event San Francisco Fire Department replaces leather helmets with plastic ones 1969 Event Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor replaces Brian Jones 1968 Event Earl Weaver replaces Hank Bauer as manager of Orioles 1968 Event Bowie Kuhn replaces William Eckert as 5th commissioner of baseball 1967 Event H Rap Brown replaces Stokely Carmichael as chairman of Student 1967 Event Ted Workman replaces Senator Keith Davey as CFL commissioner 1967 Event Yellowknife replaces Ottawa as capital of NW Territories, Canada 1965 Event William Eckert replaces Ford Frick as 4th commissioner of baseball 1965 Event Nikolai Podgorny replaces Anastas Mikoyan as president of Presidium 1965 Event Richard Helms replaces Marshall S. Carter as deputy director of CIA 1965 Event William F. Raborn, Jr. replaces John A. McCone as 7th head of CIA 1965 Event Jeff Beck replaces Eric Clapton of the Yardbirds 1964 Event Roman Catholic Church in U.S. replaces Latin with English 1963 Event Levi Eshkol replaces David Ben-Gurion as Israeli PM 1962 Event Drummer Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best of the Beatles 1962 Event Beatles replaces Pete Best with Ringo Starr 1962 Event Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as Beatle drummer 1961 Event John A McCone replaces Allen W Dulles as 6th director of CIA 1960 Event Ralph Houk, 41, replaces Casey Stengel as Yankee manager 1960 Event Leonid Brezhnev replaces Kliment Voroshilov as President of U.S.S.R. 1958 Event H Laskow replaces Moshe Dayan on as Israeli minister of Defense 1956 Event White Sox manager Marty Marion resigns. AL Lopez replaces him 1955 Event Malenkov resigns as U.S.S.R. premier, Bulganin replaces him 1952 Event Rogers Hornsby replaces Luke Sewell, as Cincinnati Reds manager 1952 Event England replaces King George VI stamp series with Queen Elizabeth II 1951 Event Ford Frick replaces Happy Chandler as 3rd commissioner of baseball Warren C Giles becomes president of baseball's National League 1950 Event Walter Bedell Smith replaces Roscoe H Hillenkoetter as 4th CIA head 1948 Event Eddie Sawyer replaces Ben Chapman in Philadelphia, New York Giants Leo Durocher replaces Mel Ott and Burt Shotton replaces Durocher as Dodger manager 1946 Event Johnny Neun replaces Bill Dickey as Yankee manager 1946 Event Bill Dickey replaces Joe McCarthy as Yankee manager 1944 Event German Field Marshal Model replaces von Kluge in Normandy 1944 Event Marshal von Kluge replaces General von Rundstedt 1944 Event General Clark replaces General Patton as commander of 7th Army 1940 Event General Winckelman replaces General Reijnders as Dutch supreme commander 1939 Event Victor Fleming replaces George Cukor as director of 'Gone With the Wind' 1938 Event Artur Seyss-Inquart replaces Kurt von Schuschnigg as Chancellor of Austria; German troops also entered the country 1936 Event England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI 1932 Event Charlie Grimm replaces Roger Hornsby as manager of Chicago Cubs 1931 Event New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies 1930 Event Roger Hornsby replaces Joe McCarthy as Cubs manager 1929 Event Heinie Wagner replaces Bill Carrigan as Red Sox manager 1928 Event 44-yr old New York Ranger General Manager Lester Patrick replaces his injured goaltender in a Stanley Cup game, and beats Montreal Maroons 2-1 1927 Event Canberra replaces Melbourne as the capital of Australia 1926 Event Chiang Kai-shek replaces communists in Guomindang China 1925 Event Cossack officer Reza Chan replaces sultan Ahmad Shah in Persia 1925 Event Lou Gehrig replaces Wally Pipp (1st of record 2130 consec games) 1925 Event Rogers Hornsby replaces Branch Rickey as manager of Cardinals 1925 Event General M Froense replaces Trotsky as People's Commissioner of Defense 1925 Event Franc B. Kellogg replaces Charles Hughes on as U.S. Secretary of State 1924 Event Grossdeutsche Volksgemeinschaft/Volkische Block replaces NSDAP 1923 Event Dutch AR-leader Coair replaces De Geer as minister of finances 1922 Event Schwebla replaces Benes government in Czechoslovakia 1922 Event William T. Cosgrave replaces Irish premier Collins 1919 Event William Veeck, sportswriter, replaces Fred Mitchell as Cubs president 1918 Event Kid Gleason replaces Pants Rowland as White Sox manager 1917 Event Ernie Shore replaces Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth with a runner on, he throws him out and retires all 26 he faces for a perfect game 1916 Event David Lloyd George replaces resigning H H Asquith as British PM 1916 Event Von Hindenburg replaces Von Falkenhayn as German chief of staff 1914 Event German staff-chief von Moltke replaces von Falkenhayn 1912 Event Relief laws replaces those of 1854, in Netherlands 1898 Event Lightship replaces whistling buoy at mouth of San Francisco Bay 1874 Event Benjamin Disraeli replaces William Gladstone as English premier 1866 Event Paid fire department replaces volunteer companies 1866 Event Congress authorizes nickel 5 cents piece (replaces silver half-dime) 1864 Event CSA President Davis replaces General Joe Johnston with John Bell Hood 1864 Event General John B Hood replaces General Johnston 1863 Event U.S. General George Meade replaces General Hooker to be more aggressive 1863 Event Confederate "National Flag" replaces "Stars and Bars" 1863 Event Free city delivery replaces zone postage; 449 letter carriers hired 1863 Event General Joseph Hooker replaces Burnside as head of Army of Potomac 1862 Event Ambrose Burnside replaces McClellen as head of Army of Potomac 1851 Event GGeneralen Arista replaces Mexican President Herrera 1830 Event Revolution in France replaces Charles X with Louis Philippe 1797 Event Albany replaces New York City as capital of NY 1793 Event Republican calendar replaces Gregorian calendar in France 1721 Event Michelangiolo dei Conti replaces Pope Clement XI, as Innocent XIII 1700 Event Russia replaces Byzantines with Julian calendar 1689 Event Pietro Ottoboni replaces Pope Innocent XI as Alexander VIII 1655 Event Fabio Chigi replaces Pope Innocent X as Alexander VII 1644 Event Giambattista Pamfili replaces Pope Urban VII as Innocent X 1543 Event Cardinal Beaton replaces earl Arran as regent for Mary of Scotland 1494 Event Alfonso II replaces his father as king of Naples 1185 Event Umberto Crivelli replaces Lucius III as Pope Urban III 1181 Event Ubaldo Allucingoli replaces Alexander III as Pope Lucius III 757 Event Paolo Orsini replaces his brother Pope Stephen II, as Paul I 254 Event Stephan I replaces Lucius I as Catholic Pope
