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2005 John G. Roberts is confirmed as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

1994 Nelson Mandela and his ANC, finally confirmed winners in South Africa

1991 Clarence Thomas is confirmed as Supreme Court Justice

1989 NASA confirmed Voyager 2's discovery of 3 more moons of Neptune designated temporarily 1989 N2, 1989 N3 and 1989 N24

1985 Spokeswoman for Rock Hudson confirmed he had AIDS

1977 Mabel Murphy Smythe confirmed as ambassador to Rep of Cameroon

1976 Clifford Alexander, Jr. confirmed as 1st black secretary of Army

1975 Lowell W. Perry confirmed as chairman of Equal Opportunity Comm

1971 William H Rehnquist confirmed as Supreme Court justice

1971 Lewis Franklin Powell confirmed as Supreme Court justice

1970 Harry A Blackmun is confirmed as a justice on Supreme Court

1969 Warren Burger confirmed as U.S. Chief Justice

1966 Robert C Weaver, confirmed as 1st black cabinet member (HUD)

1958 Clifton R. Wharton confirmed as 1st U.S. black foreign minister (Romania)

1948 Ralph J. Bunche confirmed as acting United Nations mediator in Palestine

1947 Atomic Energy Commission confirmed

1919 Einstein's light-bending prediction confirmed by Arthur Eddington


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