At the age of 76

• 26-February-2005 : Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak asks Parliament to amend the constitution to allow multimulticandidate presidential elections before September 2005.
• 15-March-2003 : Hu Jintao becomes President of the People's Republic of China, replacing Jiang Zemin.
• 05-June-1993 : The National Assembly of Venezuela designates Ramon Jose Velasquez as successor of suspended President Carlos Andres Perez.
• 02-April-1992 : In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of the murder of mob boss Paul Castellano and of racketeering, and is later sentenced to life in prison.
• 28-March-1990 : U.S. President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
• 03-February-1989 : A military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay since 1954.
• 01-February-1979 : Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran, Iran after nearly 15 years of exile.
• 27-October-1967 : Charles De Gaulle vetoes British entry into the European Economic Community again.
• 24-July-1967 : During an official state visit to Canada, French President Charles de Gaulle declares to a crowd of over 100,000 in Montreal: ''Vive le Quebec libre!'' (Long live free Quebec!). The statement, interpreted as support for Quebec independence, delights many Quebecers but angers the Canadian government and many English Canadians.
• 28-October-1958 : Pope John XXIII succeeds Pope Pius XII as the 261st pope.