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1999 Elliot Richardson, honest U.S. attorney general, fired by Nixon after he refused to fire Archibald Cox, dies at 79
1996 Melvin Mouron Belli, attorney/actor (Star Trek), dies at 88 1995 Attorney General Janet Reno announces she has Parkinson disease 1995 William Moses Kunstler, UCLA attorney (Chicago 7), dies at 78 1995 Joe Slovo, Latvian/South African attorney/secretary-general (SACR), dies at 68 1994 Horace "Stephen" McNally, attorney/actor (Johnny Belinda), dies at 80 1994 Singer Wayne Newton (52) weds attorney Kathleen McCrone (30) 1993 Max Tripels, Dutch attorney/MP, dies at 72 1993 Janet Reno selected by Clinton as U.S. Attorney General 1991 John F. Kennedy, Jr. wins his 1st battle as an attorney 1990 William French Smith, attorney general (1980), dies at 73 of cancer 1989 Anton Lubowski, Namibian attorney/SWAPO, murdered at 37 1989 Attorney General Thornburgh orders Joseph Doherty deported to UK 1988 Richard Thornburgh becomes U.S. Attorney General 1988 Attorney General Meese orders Joseph Doherty deported to U.K. 1985 South African attorney/UDF leader "Dulah" Omar arrested 1985 Vicki Vola, actress (Miss Miller-Mr District Attorney) 1985 Edwin Meese III becomes U.S. Attorney General 1985 U.S. Senate confirms Edwin Meese III as attorney general 1983 Attorney General Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "because food is free and that's easier than paying for it" 1983 Miguel Aleman Valdes, attorney/president of Mexico (1946-52), dies at 80 1982 Harald Riedewald, Suriname attorney, murdered 1977 Benno Stokvis, Dutch attorney/politician, dies at 75 1976 Martha Mitchell wife of former Attorney General John Mitchell, dies in New York at 57 1975 Ali Sastroamidjojo, Indonesian attorney/minister/premier, dies at 71 1974 Red Brigade kidnaps Italian attorney general Mario Sossi 1973 President Nixon's attorney, J Fred Buzhardt, reveals presence of 18 minute gap in a White House tape recording related to Watergate 1973 Solicitor General Bork, Attorney General Richardson and Deputy Attorney General Ruckelshaus resigned 1964 U.S. attorney general Robert Kennedy resigns 1962 Edward W Brooke (R) elected attorney general of Massachusetts 1962 Star Jones, attorney/TV hostess, NBC, Inside Edition 1959 Len Doyle, actor (Harrington-Mr District Attorney), dies at 66 1957 Caroline Kennedy-Schlossberg, attorney, John F. Kennedy and Jackie's daughter 1954 Bulelani T Ngcuka, South African attorney/leader, UDF 1954 Robert F Kennedy, Jr., attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council 1950 Yunus I Mahomed, South African attorney/leader, UDF 1949 Dumisa B Ntsebeza, South African attorney/anti-apartheid activist 1945 Domonic Barber, attorney, Howard Stern, Jessica Hahn, Joe Buttafucco 1945 Alton Maddox, New York black activist/attorney, Tawana Brawley case 1944 Bernard M Cohen, attorney, killed at Belsen concentration camp 1942 William Bradford Reynolds, U.S. asst attorney general 1941 Gloria Allred, feminist attorney 1938 Alan Dershowitz, born in New York City, attorney, Claus Von Bulow, OJ Simpson 1938 Janet Reno, U.S. attorney general, 1993- 1938 Clarence S Darrow, Scopes Monkey Trial attorney, dies in Chicago at 80 1937 Stephen Rubin, English attorney/shoe manufacturer, Reebok, Adidas 1937 Jacobus H "Koos" van de Merwe, South Africa attorney/CP parliament leader 1936 Johnnie Cochran, attorney, O. J. Simpson defense attorney 1936 Floyd Abrams, born in America, attorney, constitutional law expert, argued for famous cases, including the New York Times in the Judith Miller in CIA leak grand jury investigation 1934 Vincent Bugliosi, attorney/author, Helter-Skelter 1934 Abdulah M "Dulah" Omar, South African attorney/UDF-leader 1933 F Lee Bailey, born in Waltham, Massachusetts, attorney, Sam Shepard case, OJ case 1932 [Dick] Richard L Thornburgh, U.S. Attorney General, 1988-93 1931 Edwin Meese III, prude, U.S. attorney General, 1985-88 1929 Pieter A H Bos, Dutch lawyer/attorney general on Aruba 1928 Marvin Mitchelson, attorney 1927 Ramsey Clark, U.S. attorney General, 1967-69 1923 Charles Keating, district attorney, Los Angeles, California 1923 Richard Kleindienst, attorney general, 1972 1923 Attorney General says it is legal for women to wear trousers anywhere 1920 Max Tripels, attorney/Dutch MP 1920 Elliot L. Richardson, Attorney General, 1973, Secretary of Defense, 1973 1920 Frans van der Elst, Flemish attorney/MP, Volksunie 1919 William Kunstler, American Activist,defense attorney, Chicago 8 1919 Lord Rawlinson, British attorney general, Ewell 1918 Martha Mitchell, wife of Attorney General John Mitchell 1918 Annette Adams sworn in as 1st woman district attorney of U.S., California 1918 Rowley I Arenstein, South African attorney/communist/ANC'er 1918 Wilhelmus M J Russell, Dutch attorney/Member of 1st chamber, KVP/CDA 1917 William French Smith, Attorney General, 1981-85 1915 Arthur Gilson, Belgian attorney/minister of Defense, 1958-.. 1913 John Mitchell, Nixon's attorney general who went to jail 1910 William H. Lewis appointed asst attorney general of U.S. 1908 Helen Twelvetrees, actress, State's Attorney, Painted Desert 1903 Ali Sastroamidjojo, Indonesian attorney/minister/premier, 1953..7 1902 Miguel Aleman Valdes, Mexican attorney/president, 1946-52 1901 Benno Stokvis, Dutch attorney/politician 1901 Ignatius Donnelly, U.S. attorney/lieutenant governor of Minnesota, dies at 69 1899 Eunice Hunton Carter, 1st black female district attorney, NY 1899 Edouard Pailleron, French attorney/comedian, dies at 64 1898 Edward Noyes Westcott, U.S. attorney/writer (David Harum), dies 1895 Liaquat Al Khan, attorney/premier of Pakistan, 1947-51 1894 Edmond Rubbens, Belgian attorney/minister of colonization 1888 Francois Pauwels, Dutch writer/attorney 1882 Leon Michel Gambetta, French attorney/premier (1881-82), dies at 44 1877 Willem Sassen, Dutch attorney general on Curaeao (Affair-S), dies 1868 Thomas Carmichael Hindman, attorney and Confederate general-major, shot at 40 1865 Marcellus Monroe Crocker, U.S. attorney/Union Brigadier-General, dies at 35 1864 Dirk Dark Curtius, attorney/liberal minister of Justice, dies at 71 1864 James Barbour Terrill, U.S. attorney/Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at 26 1864 Thomas Dixon, U.S. attorney/playwright, Flaming Sword 1863 Benjamin Hardin Helm, U.S. attorney/Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at 33 1863 James Johnston Pettigrew, U.S. attorney/Confederate, dies at 35 1863 Isham W. Garrott, U.S. attorney/Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1863 James Cooper, U.S. attorney/senator/Union-Brigadier-General, dies at 52 1862 James Streshley Jackson, attorney and Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 39 1861 Edward Dickinson Baker, U.S. attorney/senator, dies in battle at 50 1860 Charles Gordon Curtis, U.S. attorney/inventor, Curtis Turbine 1857 Clarence Darrow, defense attorney at Scopes monkey trial 1845 Pierre P Royer-Collard, French attorney/philosopher, dies at 82 1838 Leon Michel Gambetta, French attorney/premier, 1881 - 1882 1834 Edouard Pailleron, French attorney/stage writer 1833 Robert Green Ingersoll, New York, author/politician/agnostic, Attorney General-R-Illinois 1832 Walter Scott, Scottish attorney/poet/writer (Ivanhoe), dies 1830 Belva Bennett Lockwood, attorney, 1st lady to argue in Supreme Court 1820 George Davis, Attorney General Confederacy 1820 William Ellery, U.S. attorney signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 92 1818 John Henninger Reagan, Attorney General, Confederacy 1817 Thomas McKean, U.S. attorney/signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 83 1813 Alexander Freiherr von Bach, Austria attorney/premier, 1852-59 1812 James Speed, Attorney General Union 1810 Thomas Bragg, Attorney General, Confederacy 1809 Peter P van Bosse, Dutch attorney/liberal minister of Finance 1806 James Smith, Irish / U.S. attorney and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 87 1806 George Wythe, U.S. attorney, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at about 79 1803 Hieronymus van Alphen, Dutch attorney/poet (church hymns), dies at 56 1802 Jacob van Lennep, attorney/Dutch MP 1800 Edward Rutledge, U.S. attorney, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 50 1793 Edward Bates, Attorney General, Union 1793 Thomas Mckean, U.S. attorney/signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 72 1792 Dirk Donker Curtius, Dutch attorney/minister of Justice, liberal 1790 William Hooper, U.S. attorney and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 48 1789 U.S. Attorney General Office is created 1788 John Penn, U.S. attorney, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 47 1787 Thomas Stone, U.S. attorney/signer (Dec of Ind), dies at about 44 1785 Carlo Bonaparte, Corsican attorney, dies at 39 1781 Richard Stockton, U.S. attorney, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 50 1763 Pierre P Royer-Collard, French attorney/philosopher 1749 Edward Rutledge, Gov-SC, attorney/signer Declaration of Independence 1746 Hieronymus van Alphen, Dutch attorney/poet, church songs 1746 Carlo Bonaparte, Corsican attorney/father of emperor Napoleon 1742 William Hooper, U.S. attorney signed Declaration of Independence 1741 John Penn, U.S. attorney, signed Declaration of Independence 1741 Peter Burmannus, Peter Burman, Dutch attorney/classicist, dies at 72 1730 Richard Stockton, U.S. attorney/signer Declaration of Independence 1727 William Ellery, U.S. attorney/signer Declaration of Independence 1668 Peter Burmannus, Pieter Burman, Dutch attorney/classicist 1588 John Winthrop, English attorney/puritan/1st Governor of Mass 1483 Francesco Guicciardini, Italian attorney and president of Romagna |
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