At the age of 59

• 31-October-2005 : U.S. President George W. Bush nominates Federal Appeals Court Judge Samuel Alito to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
• 03-October-2005 : U.S. President George W. Bush nominates Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court of the United States.
• 19-July-2005 : U.S. president George W. Bush nominates Appeals Court Judge John G. Roberts, Jr. to the United States Supreme Court, following the retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor.
• 05-October-2000 : President Slobodan Milosevic leaves office after widespread demonstrations throughout Serbia.
• 20-February-1998 : Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein negotiates a deal with U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, allowing weapons inspectors to return to Baghdad, preventing military action by the United States and Britain.
• 25-October-1993 : Canadian federal election, 1993: Jean Chretien and his Liberal Party defeat the governing Progressive Conservative Party, which falls to an historic low of 2 seats.
• 04-April-1991 : William Kennedy Smith, a nephew of U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy, is identified as a suspect in an alleged Palm Beach, Florida sexual assault.
• 20-March-1989 : Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke weeps on national television as he admits marital infidelity.
• 28-February-1986 : Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is assassinated on his way home from the cinema.
• 27-October-1978 : Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin win the Nobel Peace Prize for their progress toward achieving a Middle East accord.