Men Who Made History
By James Hughes
Men in history today
1686 Dec 19, Robinson Crusoe left his island after 28 years (as per Defoe).1926 Dec 19, Former Lithuanian Pres. Aleksandras Stulginskis served for a few hours as acting president, the 5th president of Lithuania, following a coup that returned Antanas Smetona (1874-1944) to office.1974 Dec 19, Nelson A. Rockefeller was sworn in as the 41st vice president of the United States after a House vote.1975 Dec 19, John Paul Stevens, appointed by Pres. Gerald Ford, was sworn in as a US Supreme Court judge.1988 Dec 19, President-elect Bush nominated New York Congressman Jack Kemp to be his secretary of Housing and Urban Development1994 Dec 19, Former President Jimmy Carter, on a peace mission to Bosnia-Herzegovina, met with Bosnian Serb leaders, who offered a four-month cease-fire.2000 Dec 19, President-elect Bush met with President Clinton in Washington.2004 Dec 19, President George Bush for the second time was chosen as Time magazine’s Person of the Year.2005 Dec 19, Pres. Bush in a news conference said he had legal power to authorize the NSA to tap domestic calls and called leaking of the spying project to the media a shameful act.2005 Dec 19, Antonio Fazio, embattled Italian central bank chief, resigned.2006 Dec 19, Dr. Peter Piot, the head of the UN anti-AIDS agency, said AIDS-stricken Southern African nations should develop a policy of mass male circumcision to fight the disease.2008 Dec 19, President Robert Mugabe declared that “Zimbabwe is mine” and vowed never to surrender to calls to step down, as his political rival threatened to quit stalled unity government talks.2010 Dec 19, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas hosted dozens of Israeli legislators and activists, and urged them to relay a simple message to the Israeli public — he is serious about negotiating a peace deal and that the Palestinians will never again resort to violence.2012 Dec 19, Ruling-party candidate Park Geun-hye (Bahk guhn-hae) was elected South Korean president, becoming the country’s first female leader despite her past as the daughter of a divisive dictator.What's your reaction?
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