American lawyer and politician, 52nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Patricia Pelosi is an American politician who was the 52nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2019 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the first female elected speaker and the first woman to lead a major political party in either chamber of Congress, heading the House Democrats from 2003 to 2023. Her 20 years as a House party leader are tied with Joe Martin's as the second-longest after Sam Rayburn. Pelosi is in her 20th term, having served in the House since 1987, representing California's 11th congressional district, which includes most of San Francisco.

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1940

March 26

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1940 Born

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590 Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
624 First Eid al-Fitr celebration.
752 Election of Pope Stephen II following the death of Pope Zachary.
1021 The death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret for six weeks, is announced, along with the succession of his son, al-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah.

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The world in 1940

When Nancy arrived

april 14 World War II: Royal Marines land in Namsos, Norway, preceding a larger force which will arrive two days later.
april 23 The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
april 7 Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
april 8 The Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party elects Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal as General Secretary, marking the beginning of his 44-year-long tenure as de facto leader of Mongolia.

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Same-day contemporaries

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A. E. Housman 1859–1936 English poet and scholar (born 1859) Anthony James Leggett 1938– English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2026) Charles of Lorraine 1554– duke of Mayenne (died 1611) Choi Woo-shik 1990– South Korean actor Conrad Gessner 1516–1565 Swiss botanist and physician (born 1516) Erick Morillo 1971–2020 Colombian-American disc jockey, record label owner, and music producer (died 2020) Jennifer Grey 1960– American actress and dancer Jon English 1949– English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor (died 2016) Leeza Gibbons 1957– American talk show host and television personality

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Abbas Kiarostami 1940–2016 Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, and photographer (born 1940) Abdurrahman Wahid 1940–2009 Indonesian journalist and politician, fourth President of Indonesia (born 1940) Bruce Chatwin 1940–1989 English-French author (born 1940) Bruce Lee 1940–1973 American actor and martial artist (born 1940) David Jason 1940– English actor, director, and producer Edmund White 1940–2025 American novelist, memoirist, and essayist (died 2025) Fabrizio De André 1940–1999 Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1999) Fran Tarkenton 1940– American football player and sportscaster Frank Zappa 1940–1993 American singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer and producer (died 1993)

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