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Upon convening in May, the congress elected Boris Yeltsin, a onetime Gorbachev protégé who had been exiled from the top party echelon because of his radical reform proposals and erratic personality, as president of the congress's permanent working body, the Supreme Soviet.
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Upon his return from Kashmir in May 1964, Nehru suffered a stroke and later a heart attack.
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Upon leaving an Ashkenazic shiva house, visitors recite a traditional blessing: " May God comfort you among the other mourners of Zion and Jerusalem " ( המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבלי ציון וירושלים, transliterated HaMakom yenachem etchem betoch sha ' ar aveylei Tziyon viYerushalayim ).
* May 8 – Upon the death of his maternal grandfather, King Haakon V, three-year-old Magnus Eriksson becomes King of Norway.
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By May 1970 Capitol released a single ( Capitol 2766 ) with both songs from Upon This Rock: " Sweet Sweet Song Of Salvation " backed with " Walking Backwards Down The Stairs ".
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Upon that union, each House of the Parliament of Ireland passed a congratulatory address to Queen Anne, praying that, " May God put it in your royal heart to add greater strength and lustre to your crown, by a still more comprehensive Union ".
Upon hearing of the loss of Burma by Japan, he suffered a stroke on 10 May 1945.
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Upon and congress
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Upon and elected
Upon the death of the previous king, Tullus Hostilius, the Roman Senate appointed an interrex, who in turn called a session of the assembly of the people who elected the new king.
Upon the death of Gregory, the cardinals elected a new pope, Victor III.
Upon Jutta's death in 1136, Hildegard was unanimously elected as " magistra " of the community by her fellow nuns.
Upon the death of Ancus Marcius, Tarquinius Priscus addressed the Comitia Curiata and convinced them that he should be elected king over Marcius ' natural sons, who were still only in their teenage years.
Upon being elected pope he was also formally the Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, prefect of the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches and prefect of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation.
Upon the abdication of Pope John XVIII in 1009. he was elected pope and adopted the name Sergius IV.
Upon Hensley's death, his wife Lida was elected president of the Church.
Upon Hutton's 1606 death, Tobias Matthew was elected as his replacement.
Upon Rudolph's death they elected Count Adolf of Nassau.
Upon Lincoln's assassination in April 1865, Andrew Johnson of Tennessee, who had been elected with Lincoln in 1864 as the latter's vice president, became president.
Upon his return to Italy in 1771, Zuccarelli was soon afterward elected President of the Venetian Academy.
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Upon his defeat, Tilden said, " I can retire to public life with the consciousness that I shall receive from posterity the credit of having been elected to the highest position in the gift of the people, without any of the cares and responsibilities of the office.
Upon being told by his physician ( Dr. Edward Cattow ) that he could undergo surgery immediately or in two to three weeks, Reagan elected to have it removed immediately.
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Upon being elected pope he was also formally the Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, prefect of the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches and prefect of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation.
Upon Congo's independence from Belgium, he was elected president by the Congo's new national assembly, taking office on June 30, 1960.
Upon hearing the news that Salvador Allende had been elected president of Chile, he proclaimed that " not a nut or bolt shall reach Chile under Allende.
Upon his death, the Theosophical Society elected her to take over as President and leader of the movement.
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Upon being elected governor of Mississippi, he resigned his seat to assume his duties.
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