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Elections


05 Nov	1952: Landslide victory for Eisenhower

20 Dec	1955: Yugoslavia wins UN vote

08 Jan	1959: De Gaulle becomes president

20 Jul	1960: Ceylon chooses world's first woman PM

09 Nov	1960: Narrow victory for John F Kennedy

08 Jan	1961: French vote for Algerian freedom

27 May	1963: Kenyatta to be Kenya's first premier

06 Nov	1968: Nixon wins close contest for president

07 Mar	1969: Israel elects first female leader

07 Feb	1971: Swiss women get the vote

19 May	1974: Giscard d'Estaing voted French president

06 Dec	1978: Spain set to vote for democracy

04 Mar	1980: Mugabe to lead independent Zimbabwe

04 Nov	1980: Reagan beats Carter in landslide

05 Nov	1984: Sandinistas claim election victory

22 Feb	1986: Filipino coup leaders tell Marcos to go

02 Nov	1988: Dead heat in Israel elections

05 Jun	1989: Election boost for Solidarity

08 Nov	1990: Ireland elects first woman president

18 Mar	1992: South Africa votes for change

10 May	1994: Mandela becomes SA's first black president

28 Nov	1994: Norway votes 'no' to Europe

27 Feb	1999: Nigerians vote to break with military

06 Nov	1999: Australia rejects republic

05 Oct	2000: Protesters storm Yugoslav parliament

06 Oct	2000: Milosevic quits, street celebrations continue

07 Nov	2001: Billionaire mayor for New York

08 Oct	2003: The Terminator takes on California

27 Dec	2004: Yushchenko wins Ukraine election re-run

09 Jan	2005: Abbas triumphs in Palestinian elections

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