1999 Elliot Richardson, honest US 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/sect-gen (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 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
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
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
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, /Sec 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/lt-governor (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/Confederate gen-mjr, shot at 40
1865 Marcellus Monroe Crocker, U.S. attorney/Union brig-general, dies at 35
1864 Dirk Dark Curtius, attorney/liberal minister of Justice, dies at 71
1864 James Barbour Terrill, U.S. attorney/Confederate brig-gen, dies at 26
1864 Thomas Dixon, U.S. attorney/playwright, Flaming Sword
1863 Benjamin Hardin Helm, U.S. attorney/Confederate brig-general, dies at 33
1863 James Johnston Pettigrew, U.S. attorney/Confederate, dies at 35
1863 Isham W. Garrott, U.S. attorney/Confederate brig-general, dies in battle
1863 James Cooper, U.S. attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52
1862 James Streshley Jackson, attorney/Union-brig-gen, 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, 1881-82
1834 Edouard Pailleron, French attorney/stage writer
1832 Walter Scott, Scottish attorney/poet/writer (Ivanhoe), dies
1830 Belva Bennett Lockwood, attorney, 1st lady to argue in Supreme Court
1820 William Ellery, U.S. attorney signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 92
1817 Thomas McKean, U.S. attorney/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 83
1813 Alexander Freiherr von Bach, Austria attorney/premier, 1852-59
1809 Peter P van Bosse, Dutch attorney/liberal minister of Finance
1806 James Smith, Irish/US attorney/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 87
1806 George Wythe, U.S. attorney (signed Decl of Indep), 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 Decl of Indep), dies at 50
1793 Thomas Mckean, U.S. attorney/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 72
1792 Dirk Donker Curtius, Dutch attorney/minister of Justice, liberal
1790 William Hooper, U.S. attorney/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 48
1789 US Attorney General Office is created
1788 John Penn, U.S. attorney, signed (Decl 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 Decl of Ind), dies at 50
1763 Pierre P Royer-Collard, French attorney/philosopher
1749 Edward Rutledge, Gov-SC, /attorney/signer, Decl 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, Decl of Independence
1727 William Ellery, U.S. attorney/signer, Declar 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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