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