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Elizabeth Dole
1936Jul, 29

Elizabeth Dole

Elizabeth Dole, American lawyer and politician, 20th United States Secretary of Labor
Mary Elizabeth Alexander Hanford Dole (born July 29, 1936) is an American politician and author who served in the Nixon, Reagan, and Bush presidential administrations. She also served as a United States Senator for North Carolina from 2003 to 2009.

A graduate of Duke University and Harvard Law School, Dole served as Secretary of Transportation under Ronald Reagan and Secretary of Labor under George H. W. Bush before becoming head of the American Red Cross. She next served as North Carolina's first female U.S. Senator (2003–09). She is a member of the Republican Party and former chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. She is the widow of former U.S. Senate Majority Leader, 1976 Republican vice presidential nominee, and 1996 Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole.

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Events on 1936

  • 7Mar

    Treaty of Versailles

    Prelude to World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
  • 29Mar

    Remilitarization of the Rhineland

    In Germany, Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in a referendum to ratify Germany's illegal remilitarization and reoccupation of the Rhineland, receiving 44.5 million votes out of 45.5 million registered voters.
  • 9May

    Addis Ababa

    Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
  • 26Jul

    Spanish Civil War

    The Axis powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War.
  • 7Sep

    Benjamin the thylacine

    The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial named Benjamin, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.