2005 John G. Roberts is confirmed as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
2005 John G. Roberts is nominated for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
2003 United Nations chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said there is no evidence that Iraq has any weapons of mass destruction
2002 Daniel Pearl, journalist, Wall Street Journal bureau chief kidnapped and murdered by terrorists, dies at 38
1997 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Countess Diana, Elmhurst, Ajina, Spinning World, Favorite Trick, Chief Bearhart, Skip Away
1997 Republic of Texas security chief Robert Scheidt surrenders
1995 Charles Warrell, big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher, dies at 106
1995 Edward LeBone Molotlegi, chief of the Bafokeng, dies at 66
1995 Warren E Burger, chief justice of U.S. (1969-86), dies
1994 Said Mekbel, Algerian editor in chief (Le Matin), murdered at 57
1994 MPAA chief Jack Valenti holds meeting to determine new movie ratings
1994 Moses Rosen, Romania's chief rabbi, dies at 81
1994 ANC chief Nelson Mandela rejects demand by white right-wingers for separate homeland in South Africa
1994 35-foot-tall Chief Wahoo, trademark of Indians on top of Stadium since 1962, is taken down, to be moved to Jacob's Field
1993 Harry R "Rob" Haldeman, White House chief of staff (Nixon), dies at 67
1993 Matthew B Ridgway, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1953-55), dies at 98
1993 Vladimir Pavlovich Barmin, Chief designer of Soviet launch pads, dies
1993 Richard Jacobs announces Chief Wahoo will go to Jacobs Field
1993 Rene Bousquet, French Vichy-police chief deports jews, dies at 84
1992 LH Ruitenberg, vicar/editor in chief (Reform Netherlands), dies at 87
1992 Intercity-train derailed at Village chief, 5 die
1992 Daryl Gates retires as Los Angeles police chief
1992 C Meijer, Dutch editor in chief (Typhoon), dies
1991 White House Chief of Staff John Sununu resigns
1991 Klaus Barbie, Gestapo chief of Lyon, dies of cancer at 77
1991 Paulo Muwanga, chief of Uganda (1980), dies
1990 Saddam fires his army chief and threatens to destroy Arabian peninsula
1988 Polish Communist Party picks propaganda chief Rakowski as new PM
1987 Donald Regan resigned as White House chief of staff
1986 William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court
1986 U.S. Senate confirms William Rehnquist as 16th chief justice
1986 Chief Justice Warren Earl Burger resigns Antonin Scalia nominated
1986 112th Preakness: Alex Solis aboard Snow Chief wins in 1:54.8
1986 Pope John Paul II met Rome's Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff at Rome synagogue
1985 Paul Castellano, Organized-crime chief, shot dead at a New York City restaurant
1985 Philipine Chief staff Gen Fabian speaks of B Aquino's murder
1984 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Chief's Crown, Eillo, Lashkari, Outstandingly, Princess Rooney, Royal Heroine, Wild Again at Hollywood
1984 1st live TV appearance by Chief Justice Warren Burger, Nightline
1984 Gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut
1983 Klaus Barbie, SS chief of Lyon in Nazi-France, arrested in Bolivia
1982 Atlanta Braves remove Chief Noc-A-Homa to make room for more seats
1982 PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline"
1981 Frank DeKova, actor (Chief Wild Eagle-F Troop), dies
1981 Chief Dan George, actor (Harry and Tonto, Little Big Man), dies at 82
1981 Russell Hayden, actor (Hidden Gold, Apache Chief, Justice), dies
1978 H R Haldeman, Nixon's White House chief of staff released from jail
1977 SS chief Kappler escapes from prison hospital in Rome
1977 Former White House chief of staff HR Haldeman enters prison
1977 Taliesin Jaffe, Venice California, actor, Willy-Hail to the Chief
1976 Andrew Young named Ambassador and Chief U.S. Delegate to UN
1975 Richard S Welch, CIA station chief in Athens, shot dead
1975 Hendrik Kruls, Dutch gen/chief milt authority (1944-46), dies at 73
1974 Stafford Repp, actor (Chief O'Hara-Batman), dies at 56
1974 Creighton W. Abrams, Jr., U.S. general/army staff chief (Vietnam), dies at 59
1974 Carl A Spaats, 1st chief of staff of USAF, dies at 83
1973 Ted de Corsia, actor (Police Chief Hegedorn-Steve Canyon), dies at 69
1972 John A H J S Bruins Slot, co-founder/editor in chief (illegal), dies
1971 Aleksandr T Tvardovski, Russ editor in chief (Novyj Mir), dies at 61
1970 In Atlanta, Chief-No-ka-homa is joined by cousin Chief Round-the-Horn
1969 Warren E. Burger sworn in as Supreme Court Chief Justice
1969 Warren Burger confirmed as U.S. Chief Justice
1969 Riad, chief of staff (Egyptian army), dies
1969 Vito Genovese, U.S. mafia chief, dies at 71
1968 Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren resigns
1968 Famous photo: Saigon police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to head
1967 Chief Thundercloud, actor (Ambush, Colt 45, Typhoon), dies at 100
1967 Ricky Paull Goldin, SF, actor, Doug-Hail to the Chief, Another World
1966 Chief Nipo Strongheart, Native Amer actor (Pony Soldier), dies at 75
1966 Nigerians chief of staff Jakubu Gowon makes coup
1966 Henk [Hendrik M] of Randwijk, poet/editor in chief (illegal), dies
1964 Kansas City Chief Len Dawson passes for 6 touchdowns vs Denver (49-39)
1964 Gilroy Roberts becomes 1st U.S. chief engraver to retire (than die)
1963 Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes chief of Western Samoa
1961 Learned Hand, Chief judge of U.S. court of Appeals, dies at 89
1961 Walter Bedell Smith, U.S. general/WW II chief of staff, dies at 75
1959 Charles Lotsy, Dutch insurance director/chief d'equipe, dies at 66
1959 Isaac Halevi Herzog, chief rabbi of Israel (1936-59), dies at 71
1959 A Cecil Snyder, Chief Justice of Puerto Rico, dies at 51
1956 Ernest J King, U.S. fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, dies at 77
1954 Ferry Hoogendijk, Dutch editor in chief, Elsevier Magazine
1953 Earl Warren sworn in as 14th chief justice of U.S.
1953 Earl Warren appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
1953 U.S. Gen Omar Bradley's becomes chief of staff
1953 Dizzy Dean, Al Simmons Chief Bender, Bobby Wallace, Harry Wright, Ed Barrow, and Bill Klem and Tom Connolly are inducted into Hall of Fame
1951 Richard B. Shull, U.S. actor, Hail to the Chief, Big Bus
1949 SS police chief Rauter request for a pardon, denied
1949 Dutch court affirms death sentence against SS chief Hanns Rauter
1948 John Browne, group chief executive, British Petroleum Company
1948 Omar Bradley succeeds Dwight Eisenhower as Army Chief of Staff
1947 Pauline Clare, Chief Constable, Lancashire
1947 John Ray Sinnock, U.S. chief engraver (1925-47), dies at 59
1946 Alfred G Jodl, Col-Gen/German staff chief weather authority, hanged
1946 Harlan Fiske Stone, Chief Justice Supreme Court (1941-46), dies at 73
1946 Anthony Mayer, chief executive, Housing Corporation
1945 Lt-adm Marc Mitscher named chief of U.S. Navy staff
1945 Heinrich Himmler, German Nazi leader and Chief of Police, committed suicide
1944 Chief of staff Kruls names De Quay chairman of Universal Commission
1944 Brandt, col/German staff chief, dies in bombing
1944 Ludwig Beck, gen/chief Germany general staff (July 20th plot), dies
1943 William Garth Morrison, Chief scout
1943 SS police chief Rauter threatens to kill half Jewish children
1942 Keith Hellawell, Chief Constable, West Yorkshire
1942 George Esson, Chief Constable, Dumfries and Galloway
1942 David O'Dowd, Chief Constable, Northamptonshire
1942 Margaret Wright, chief commissioner, Guide Assn
1942 Yves Paringaux, French chief of staff, murdered
1941 Dan Crompton, Nottinghamshire, Chief Constable
1941 Russian general Zhukov appointed chief of general staff
1940 Gen George Marshall sworn in as chief of staff of U.S. army
1940 Richard Wells, Chief Constable, South Yorkshire
1939 Ronald Hadfield, chief constable, West Midlands England
1938 Michael Hirst, chief constable, Leicestershire England
1936 John Poindexter, U.S. Chief of Staff
1936 Barry Wilson, deputy chief, British Defense Staff
1936 Benjamin Bathurst, vice chief of British Defense Staff
1936 Anthony Mullens, British Lt-Gen, Deputy chief of defense
1936 Neville Purvis, British vice Admiral, Chief of Fleet Support
1934 Margaret Douglas, chief political adviser, BBC
1934 Dame Anne Poole, chief nursing officer, Department of Health
1933 Frank Taylor, Chief Constable, Durham
1932 Michael Knight, air chief marshall/British leader, NATO
1932 James Anderton, Chief constable, Manchester England
1931 Richard Vincent, British chief of Defense
1931 John Chapple, British chief of General Staff
1931 William Utting, chief inspector, British Social Services
1931 Andrew Sloan, Chief Constable, Strathcourt
1931 Jack Bowman, Chief Constable, Tayside
1930 Roger Birch, Chief Constable, Sussex
1930 John Watts, chief of defense, Omani Armed Forces
1930 Charles Kelly, chief constable, Staffordshire England
1930 President and Chief Justice William Taft buried in Arlington
1930 William Howard Taft, 27th U.S. President (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 72
1930 C F Payne, Cleveland, British chief constable
1930 William Howard Taft, resigns as chief justice for health reasons
1928 Edward LeBone Molotlegi, chief of the Bafokeng
1928 Anthony Tippett, British chief of Fleet Support
1928 Richard Barratt, former Chief Inspector of Constabulary
1928 William R. Boggs, born in Georgia, Brig Gen/chief of engineers under Bragg
1927 Charles Boissevain, editor in chief (General Trade 1885-1908), dies
1926 H R Haldeman, former White House Chief of Staff, Watergate figure
1926 Donald Acheson, England's chief medical officer
1926 Joshua Hassan, chief minister, Gibralter
1926 Belgian chief of staff Gen Maglinse quits
1925 John Balcombe, Lord Chief Justice of Appeal
1925 Lawrence Byford, HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary
1925 Francois J [Frank] le Roux, chief whip, South Afr Conserv Party
1925 Lord Graham of Edmonton, House of Lords, chief opposition whip
1925 William J Crowe, Jr., Kentucky, chairman joint chief of staff
1924 William Rehnquist, Ws, Supreme Court, 1972-86, /chief justice, 1987-
1924 Althea T L Simmons, human rights activist/chief lobbyist, NAACP
1922 Polish state chief marshal Jozef Pilsudski, resigns
1922 Phyllis Friend, chief nursing officer, DHSS
1922 Moses Rosen, chief Rabbi of Romania
1922 John Alderson, chief constable, Devon and Cornwall UK
1921 George Terry, chief constable, Sussex England
1920 Gen Amos Fries appointed 1st U.S. Army chemical warfare chief
1920 Ruthven Wade, British Air Chief marshal
1920 John Junor, British editor in chief, Sunday Express
1918 President Wilson sails for Versailles Peace Conference in France, 1st chief executive to travel outside U.S. while in office
1918 Denis Smallwood, British air chief marshal
1918 Stafford Repp, born in California, actor, Chief O'Hara-Batman, Plunder Road
1917 Charles E Barber, U.S. chief engraver (1879-1917), dies
1916 French chief of staff Joffre replaced by Nivelle
1916 Gen Von Hindenburg becomes German Chief of Staff
1916 Von Hindenburg replaces Von Falkenhayn as German chief of staff
1916 Helmuth J L von Moltke, German chief general of staff, dies at 67
1914 Connie Mack asks waivers on Jack Coombs, Eddie Plank and Chief Colby
1914 Joseph M "Joop" Lucker, Dutch journalist/editor in chief, Volkskrant
1914 German chief of staff/gen von Moltke states ultimatum on Belgium
1914 Yuri Andropov, Russian KGB chief/1st secretary
1913 Klaus Barbie, gestapo chief, Lyon
1912 Pirates Owen "Chief" Wilson hits record 36th triple of season
1912 Pauline Parsons, matron in chief, PMRAFNS
1910 Charles Spry, Australian security chief
1910 Phil A's Chief Bender no-hits Cleveland Indians, 4-0
1909 Red Cloud, Sioux indian chief, dies
1909 Frank Gasparro, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, U.S. chief engraver, 1965-81
1908 Lady Jean Swaythling, chief controller, ATS
1908 Geronimo, Apache chief, dies at about 79
1907 A Cecil Snyder, Chief Justice of Puerto Rico
1907 Charles Cawley, British chief scientist/minister of power
1906 Jan Vercammen, Flemish author/chief inspector LO, Primary Education
1906 Philadelphia A's pitcher Chief Benders plays outfield and hits 2 HRs
1906 Denis Barnett, British air chief marshal
1905 L H Ruitenberg, vicar/editor in chief, Reformed of Netherlands
1905 Hottentot chief Hendrik Witbooi fataly injured
1905 Gilroy Roberts, U.S. chief engraver, 1948-64
1904 Chief Joseph, U.S. indian chief (Nez Perces), dies
1903 Ted de Corsia, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Police Chief Hegedorn-Steve Canyon
1902 President Teddy Roosevelt became 1st U.S. chief executive to ride in a car
1902 Hendrik J Kruls, Neth, general/chief military authority, 1944-46
1902 Walter Dawson, British Air Chief marshall
1901 Willy Lages, German chief of Sicherheitsdienst in Amsterdam
1901 Gen Maxwell D Taylor, former U.S. Army chief of staff
1899 Chief Dan George, actor, Little Big Man
1899 Chief Dan George, actor, Harry and Tonto, Little Big Man. Smith!
1899 Lavrenti Beria, chief of Soviet secret police under Stalin
1895 Hanns [Johann] Rauter, German SS-lt-general/SS police chief in Neth
1891 Harriet Maxwell Converse is 1st white woman to become an Indian chief
1891 Robert W. P. Peereboom, Dutch editor in chief, Haarlem Newspaper
1891 Chief Nipo T Strongheart, Yakima, Washington, U.S. indian actor, Pony Soldier
1891 Earl Warren, California, Gov-R-Ca, /14th supreme court chief justice, 1953-69
1890 Big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee
1890 Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa-Sioux chief (Little Big Horn), killed by US
1890 Fred M Vinson, Kentucky, 13th Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1946-53
1890 Alfred G Jodl, German Wehrmacht general/chief of staff
1889 Charles Warrell, big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher
1886 Apache Chief Geronimo surrenders ending last major US-Indian war
1882 Queen Victoria recieves Zulu chief Cetewayo
1881 Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull, surrenders to federal troops
1880 Victorio, Apache chief/murderer, killed by Mexican army
1879 Big Snake, brother of Ponca chief Standing Bear, dies
1879 William Barber, 6th U.S. chief engraver (1844-79), dies
1878 Ernest J King, U.S. fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, WW II
1877 Chief Joseph surrenders, ending Nez Perce War
1877 Crazy Horse, [Tashunka Witko], last great Sioux war chief, dies at 27
1877 Prairie Flower, daughter of Ponca and chief Standing Bear, dies
1876 American Horse, Sioux chief, dies in battle
1875 William Daniel Leahy, Iowa, 5 star admiral/chief of staff, 1949
1873 Kintpuash, "Captain Jack", chief of Modoc-indians, dies
1872 Ten Bears (Parra-Wa-Samen), U.S. poet/Comanche chief, dies
1872 Harlan Fiske Stone, NH, Supreme Court, 1925-41, Chief Justice, 41-46
1872 Learned Hand, born in Albany, New York, Chief judge, U.S. Court of Appeals
1871 Trial against Kiowa chief Satanta (White Bear) and Big Tree, begins
1871 Satank, Kiowa indian chief, shot to death
1870 Washington: President Grant meets with Sioux chief Red Cloud
1868 Black Kettle, [Motavato], Cheyenne chief, dies
1866 Last Navaho chief Manuelito, turns self in at Fort Wingate
1866 Chief Thundercloud, [Scott T Williams], MT, actor, Lone Ranger
1866 Chief Seattle, American
1865 Robert E. Lee appointed Confederate General in Chief
1864 Roger Taney, 5th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1836-64), dies at 87
1864 Lean Bear, Cheyenne chief, murdered
1863 Little Crow, [Ta-oya-te-duta], Santee Sioux indian chief, dies
1862 Charles Evans Hughs, 11th Chief Justice of Supreme Court, 1930-41
1861 Gen George B. McClellan made general in chief of Union armies
1861 Navaho indians elect Herrero Grande as chief
1857 William Howard Taft, Cin, R, 27th President, 1909-13, chief justice
1856 Yang Hsiu-ch'ing, commander in chief of Taiping Rebellion
1848 Helmuth J L von Moltke, German general/chief of staff, WW I
1844 Christian Gobrecht, 4th U.S. chief engraver (1840-44), dies in office
1840 William Kneass, 3rd U.S. chief engraver (1824-40), dies in office
1838 Osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail
1833 Melville Weston Fuller, 8th chief justice
1824 William Kneass becomes 3rd U.S. chief engraver (1824-40)
1818 Jeremy F Gilmer, Maj Gen/Chief Engineer Confederate War Dept
1808 Salmon P Chase, Sen-R, cabinet member, 6th chief justice, 1864-73
1803 Arthur Wolfe, 1st viscount Kilwarden/Chief Justice of Ireld, murdered
1801 John Marshall appointed U.S. chief justice
1795 John Rutledge becomes 2nd chief justice of Supreme Court
1789 Jefferson appointed 1st Sec of State; John Jay 1st chief justice;
1789 President George Washington appointed John Jay the 1st Chief Justice
1785 Pieter Kintsius, VOC-supercarga/chief on Macau, dies at 53
1777 Roger Brooke Taney, Calvert, Maryland, 5th Chief Justice, Dred Scott dec
1776 John Walter II, London, chief proprietor, The Times, 1812-47
1769 Pontiac, indian chief to Ottawa, murdered
1764 Native Americans surrender to British in Indian War of Chief Pontiac
1755 John Marshall, Virginia, 4th Supreme Court Chief Justice, 1801-35
1755 Transylvania Land Co. buys Kentucky for $50,000 from a Cherokee chief
1745 Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court, 1796-1800
1730 Robert Walpole becomes England 1st prime minister (was: chief min)
1696 John Salomonsz elected chief of Saint-Eustatius
1690 John Carteret, Earl Granville, C, English chief minister, 1722-42
1661 Jules "Cardinal" Mazarin, chief minister of France, dies at 58
1651 John Baron Somers, Whig, William III's chief minister, 1696-1700
1634 Edward Coke, English Chief Justice/politician, dies
1624 Cardinal Richelieu appointed Chief Minister of France by Louis XIII
1621 Native American chief visits colony of Plymouth Mass
1614 Hieronymus van Beverningk, chief Dutch treasurer/maecenas
1614 Pocahontas, daughter of chief Powhatan, marries planter John Rolfe
1586 Johan van Oldenbarnevelt becomes Dutch chief legal advisor
1580 Gaspar Schetz, South Neth, minster of chief treasurer, dies at 67
1540 Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's chief minister, executed
1322 Emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery. chief monastery of Soto Sect
624 Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle
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