Election timeline
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Winston Churchill Is Elected To The House Of Commons
Churchill from the beginning invariably addressed national rather than local issues. Oldham (for which he sat in 1900-06) was an important... Read more
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Adolf Hitler, Nazis come to power through the Great Depression
When the stock market collapsed on Wall Street on Tuesday, October 29, 1929, it sent financial markets worldwide into a tailspin with disastrous... Read more
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Adolf Hitler runs for president of Germany
In February 1932, President Hindenburg reluctantly agreed to run again and announced his candidacy for re-election. Hitler decided to oppose him... Read more
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Ronald Reagan Wins Reelection for Governor of California
Reagan wins re-election as governor, beating the leader of the California Assembly, Democrat Jesse Unruh. He calls welfare the biggest single... Read more
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Ronald Reagan Becomes the Republican Candidate for the 1980 Presidential Election
Ronald Reagan, the 33rd Governor of California, announced his candidacy for President of the United States in New York City on November 13, 1979.... Read more
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Reagan Wins the 1980 US Presidential Election
After receiving the Republican nomination, Reagan selected one of his primary opponents, George H.W. Bush, to be his running mate. His showing in... Read more
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Ronald Reagan Wins the 1984 Presidential Election
Reagan accepted the Republican nomination in Dallas, Texas, on a wave of positive feeling. He proclaimed that it was "morning again in America," in... Read more
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Ehud Barak is elected Israeli Prime Minister
This was only the second election for Prime Minister in Israel, the 1996 vote having been an extremely tight contest between Binyamin Netanyahu and... Read more
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Ariel Sharon elected Prime Minister of Israel
Elections for Prime Minister were held in Israel on 6 February 2001 following the resignation of the incumbent, Labour's Ehud Barak. Barak stood... Read more
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Obama elected President of United States
Obama beats McCain and is elected US President. To the very end, Mr. McCain’s campaign was eclipsed by an opponent who was nothing short of a... Read more
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Protests in Iran Turn Violent Following Election Fraud Allegations
By June 14 the protests had grown considerably and had become more violent. Burning buses and trash cans and parked cars blocked streets and... Read more
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Reformist Candidate Mousavi Makes Public Appearance in Tehran Amid Continuing Violent Protests
Defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi is not optimistic about his appeal to a legislative body for the cancellation of last... Read more
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Protesters Rally in Streets of Tehran as University Professors Resign in Response to State Violence
A sit-in by students from the Tehran University in protest to the brutal suppression of fellow students, in particular during the recent dormitory... Read more
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Iranian Soccer Players Wear Protest Colors During Game in Seoul
The players wore the colour adopted by the opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi in an apparent show of support. He challenging... Read more
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Reform Candidate Mousavi Stages Silent Protest in Tehran Against Alleged Election Fraud
A peaceful, nearly silent rally by supporters of failed presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi has begun at Tehran's Hafte Tir... Read more
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Protests of Iranian Election Irregularities Intensify in Paris
Several dozen journalists and the press watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) staged a protest rally outside the Iranian embassy in Paris on... Read more
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Slain Protesters are Mourned as Demonstrations Against Voting Irregularities Continue in Tehran
More than 100,000 people have attended a "day of mourning" rally in Tehran to remember eight people killed while opposing Iran's election... Read more
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Declares Iranian Election Result Final as Protests Continue
Hundreds of protesters clashed with waves of riot police and paramilitary militia in Tehran on Wednesday, witnesses said, as Iran’s supreme leader,... Read more
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Elizabeth Edwards Dies
You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces – my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience... Read more