At the age of 51

• 02-December-2006 : Stephane Dion is elected the new Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, on the fourth ballot.
• 18-September-2005 : Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union and Gerhard Schroder of the Social Democratic Party both claim victory in the German federal election.
• 14-March-2004 : Russian presidential election, 2004: Vladimir Putin easily wins a second term.
• 05-December-2003 : A suicide bombing on a commuter train in southern Russia kills 44 people. President Vladimir Putin condemns the attack as a bid to destabilize the country 2 days before parliamentary elections.
• 07-March-2000 : George W. Bush and Al Gore emerge victorious in the Republican and Democratic caucuses and primaries of the United States presidential election.
• 19-June-1999 : Horror author Stephen King is hit in a car accident on Route 5 in North Lovell, Maine by Bryan Smith.
• 28-July-1998 : Monica Lewinsky scandal: ExExWhite House intern Monica Lewinsky receives transactional immunity, in exchange for her grand jury testimony concerning her relationship with U.S. President Bill Clinton.
• 26-January-1998 : Lewinsky scandal: On American television, President Bill Clinton denies he had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
• 17-January-1998 : Paula Jones accuses U.S. President Bill Clinton of sexual harassment.
• 30-January-1995 : John Howard becomes leader of the Liberal Party of Australia to challenge Paul Keating for the 1996 Federal Election and the position of Prime Minister of Australia.