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4 [1860 June] Caleb Cushing resigned as permanent chair. 5 [1860 June] Douglas and Johnson were chosen as the candidates of the Front Street Theater convention after most of the Southern delegations walked out. The convention bolters soon formed their own convention, located at the Maryland Institute, also in Baltimore, on June 28, 1860.
1968 – May 12 – June 19 Solidarity Day June 19, part of the Poor People's Campaign: SCLC campaign to push for a Federal $30 billion anti-poverty package. Several thousand demonstrators built and camped in Resurrection City, while they lobbied Congress for the program until heavy rain and mud ended the encampment. 50,000–100,000 estimated ...
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The 2012 Democratic National Convention was a gathering, held from September 4–6, 2012, [5] [6] at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina, in which delegates of the Democratic Party nominated President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden for reelection, in the 2012 United States national election.
Since 2012, the number of pledged delegates allocated to each of the 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. is based on two main factors: (1) the proportion of votes each state gave to the Democratic candidate in the last three presidential elections, and (2) the number of electoral votes each state has in the Electoral College. [4] [5]
Polls show that while Kamala Harris fares better than President Biden against Donald Trump, it's still a very close race that will hinge on votes in a few states.
Business and economics Vassilis Rapanos, chairman of Greece's largest private bank, is named finance minister. (RTE) Air France announces its decision to cut just under 10% of the total workforce (more than 5,000 jobs) by the end of next year in an attempt to restore profitability. (BBC) Moody's downgrades the credit rating of 15 major world banks: UK (The Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays and ...
Washington, D.C. The 1987 convention endorsed Jesse Jackson for president. [6] Jackson requested DSA not endorse him. [7] November 10–12, 1989 Baltimore, Maryland: This convention was the first convention to be held after the death of Michael Harrington, founder of DSOC and DSA. [6] [8] November 8–11, 1991 Chicago, Illinois [9] November 11 ...