Yesterday In History, 1984: Mondale Selects Geraldine Ferraro As Running Mate - Updated

Somehow I went through the entire day yesterday without seeing any of these tweets, so this is a "This Day In History" post, one day late. Representative Ferraro was an historic pick in 1984; within a few days we should have another woman running to be Vice President.

36 years ago today: Presumptive Democratic nominee Walter Mondale announces that he has selected New York Rep. Geraldine Ferraro to be his running mate, which would make her the first woman ever on a major party’s national ticket: pic.twitter.com/lOFScXMmcO

— Steve Kornacki (@SteveKornacki) July 12, 2020

OTD: (1984) Geraldine Ferraro became the first woman nominated for vice-president by a major U.S. political party, chosen by Walter Mondale of the Democratic Party. pic.twitter.com/a9L8uadZt9

— Travis Akers (@travisakers) July 12, 2020

On July 12, 1985, Representative Geraldine Ferraro, D-New York, was chosen as the first female to run for vice president of the United States on the Democratic Party ticket with Walter Mondale, D-Minnesota. #todayinhistory #womenmakinghistory #womeninhistory pic.twitter.com/buAHemP9lF

— WV Federation of Democratic Women (@WVFDW) July 12, 2020

Note: In the tweet above, the date is wrong. It should be 1984.

Update: Here's a political moment that did take place on this day in history:

JFK was nominated for President 60 years ago tonight: pic.twitter.com/LgsvqGg0Jk

— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) July 13, 2020