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McCartney honored by Amnesty International 10 years ago tonight (2002)

January 28, 20122000s, Popular Music 2000s, Television 2000s, The Beatles 2000sadmin

(Monday, January 28, 2002) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney, honored at Amnesty International USA’s Annual Media Spotlight Awards in New York, was videotaped tonight for tomorrow’s Access Hollywood.

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1984: Ronald Reagan-George H.W. Bush
1974: #Gerald Ford-(@Nelson Rockefeller)
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1954: Dwight D. Eisenhower-Richard Nixon
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt-Henry A. Wallace
1934: Franklin D. Roosevelt-John N. Garner
1924: >Calvin Coolidge-(vacant)
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@ nominated VP under the 25th Amendment but not yet confirmed
* Owned slaves while in office

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