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2004 Yemeni judge sentences two Islamists death for the 2000 attack on the USS Cole, that killed 17 sailors
1999 John Minor Wisdom, American Judge 1998 U.S. district judge T. Hogan declares line-item veto law unconstitutional 1997 Federal judge sentences Autumn Jackson, who claims to be Bill Cosby's daughter, to 26 months for trying to extort $40 million from him 1997 Federal judge orders Microsoft not to bundle IE4 in Windows 1997 British au pair Louise Woodward, 19, sentenced to life in death of Matthew Eappen 8 months (judge changes to time served)00690901 1997 Judge finds Pamela Lee not guilty of breaking a contract 1996 Basil Nield, judge/politician, dies at 83 1996 Alexander Harman, judge, United States Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia 1969 - 1979, dies 1996 Elbert Parr Tuttle, lawyer/judge, dies at 98 1996 Fernand Schokweiler, judge, dies at 60 1995 Warren E. Burger, American Judge 1995 Bernard Benjamin Gillis, judge, dies at 89 1995 Federal judge orders injunction to end baseball strike 1995 Federal judge allows lawsuit claiming U.S. tobacco makers knew nicotine was addictive and manipulated its levels to keep customers hooked 1995 Edward Sutcliffe, judge (British Central Criminal Court), dies at 77 1994 Bernard Caulfield, judge, dies at 80 1993 Bentri Seddik, Algerian court judge, murdered at 46 1993 Gerhard Gesell, judge (Pentagon Papers), dies of liver cancer at 82 1993 NY Judge Sol Wachtler indicted for harassing Joy Silverman 1992 John J Sirica, U.S., judge (Watergate), dies at 88 1992 Patrick A Devlin, England, judge/lead house of Lords, dies 1992 Paolo Borsellino, Italian anti-mafia judge, murdered by mafia 1992 Giovanni Falcone, anti-mafia judge (Palermo), murdered 1992 Winand J Borgerhoff Mulder, court judge Amster (squaters), dies at 78 1992 Irving R Kaufman, federal judge (Rosenberg Case), dies at 81 1992 Irving R. Kaufman, American Judge 1991 Concetto Lo Bello, Italian International soccer judge, dies 1990 Federal judge sentenced former national security adviser John M Poindexter to 6 months for making false statements to Congress 1990 Tom Brown, actor (Judge Priest, Hello Sucker, Ex-Champ), dies at 77 1989 U.S. Senate impeaches U.S. District Judge Alcee L Hastings 1988 J Skelly Wright, U.S. judge (anti-segregationist), dies at 77 1988 Judge orders NASA to release unedited tape from Challenger cockpit 1988 Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves nomination of Judge Anthony M Kennedy to U.S. Supreme Court 1987 Judge Anthony M. Kennedy nominated to Supreme Court 1987 Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials 1987 Federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North 1986 Senate convicted U.S. District Judge Harry E Claiborne making him 5th federal official to be removed from office through impeachment 1986 House of Representatives impeaches Judge Harry E. Claiborne on tax evasion 1982 Arkansas judge rules against obligatory teaching of creation 1981 Judge Wapner and People's Court premier on TV 1981 Russell "Lucky" Hayden, actor (Judge Roy Bean), dies at 68 1980 Fabian von Schlabendorff, German resistance fighter/judge, dies at 73 1980 William O. Douglas, American Judge 1979 Steven Lachs, appointed California's 1st admittedly gay judge 1978 NY District Court Judge Constance Baker Motley rules that women sportswriters cannot be banned from locker rooms 1978 NFL permanently adds 7th official (side judge) 1978 Judge William H Webster appointed head of FBI 1977 Judge rules Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released 1976 Judge Oliver upholds Seitz's decision on Andy Messersmith free agency 1975 Darwin Judge, USMC-corporal, 1 of last U.S. soldiers killed in Viet 1975 Judge Sirica orders release of Watergate's John W Dean III, Herbert W Kalmbach and Jeb Stuart Magruder from prison 1974 Earl Warren, American Judge 1974 Arline Judge, actress (Age of Consent), dies at 61 1973 Nixon agrees to turn over White House tape recordings to Judge Sirica 1971 Hugo Black, American Judge 1970 4, including presiding judge, killed in courthouse shootout in San Rafael, California (Police charge Angela Davis provided weapons) 1970 ... Haley, U.S. judge, shot dead 1969 Shorty Long, soul singer/pianist (Here Comes the Judge), dies at 29 1968 "Here Come Da Judge" by The Buena Vistas peaks at #88 1967 Robert H van Gulik, diplomat/writer (Judge Tie), dies 1966 Wisc State Circuit Court Judge Elmer W. Roller rules either the Braves stay in Milwaukee or NL must promise Wisconsin an expansion team for 1966 1965 Felix Frankfurter, American Judge 1964 Calvin Thomas, actor (Judge Hunter-One Man's Family), dies at 79 1962 Edith Spurlock Sampson sworn-in as 1st U.S. black female judge 1962 Mike Judge, American Producer 1962 "You Can't Judge A Book By Cover" by Bo Diddley peaks at #48 1961 Federal judge rules that Birmingham, Alabama, laws against integrated playing fields are illegal 1961 J B Parsons is 1st African American judge of a U.S. District Court 1961 Learned Hand, Chief judge of U.S. court of Appeals, dies at 89 1961 Learned Hand, American Judge 1961 Judge Irving Kaufman orders Board of Ed of New Rochelle, to integrate 1958 Federal judge rules race separation must end in 2 years in Little Rock 1958 Judge Jackson, composer, dies at 75 1957 Judge Reinhold, Wilmington, Delaware, actor, Fast Times at Ridgemont High 1955 Josephine Kroesen appointed as 1st Dutch female judge 1955 Joannes A Veraart, Dut judge/MP, (Jews in Netherlands), dies at 68 1954 Catherine Crier, born in Dallas, Texas, former district court judge, television personality, writer, anchor Court TV program 1953 U.S. district Judge Grim, rules NFL can black out TV home games 1953 Frederick M. Vinson, American Judge 1952 Harry Anderson, Newport, Rhode Island, actor, Judge Harry Stone-Night Court 1950 Lance Ito, judge, O. J. Simpson trial 1948 Charles Evans Hughes, American Judge 1947 Roy Moore, American Judge 1947 NFL adds 5th official (back judge) and allows sudden death in playoffs 1946 Federal judge rules Seattle club doesn't have to play returning serviceman 1945 Henry van Goudoever, Dutch lawyer/judge, dies on his 69th birthday 1945 Linda Davies, British Judge 1945 President Truman appoints Irwin C. Mollison judge of U.S. Customs Court 1945 Roland Freisler, German Nazi judge (July 20th plotter case), dies 1944 Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/baseball commisioner, dies at 78 1944 David Pearl, British judge 1943 Ben Lindsey, American Judge 1942 Federal judge upholds detention of Japanese-Americans 1942 George Sutherland, English Judge 1942 Ian Dury, Upminster Essex, rocker, Blockheads, actor, Judge Dredd 1941 Louis D Brandeis, 1st Jewish Supreme Court Judge (1916-39), dies at 84 1940 Heather Steel, British judge 1940 Shorty Long, soul singer/pianist, Here Comes the Judge 1939 David H. Souter, American Judge 1939 1st black woman judge, Jane Matilda Bolin, New York City 1939 Giovanni Falcone, Italian Judge 1939 Roger Buckley, British High Court Judge 1938 Stuart McKinnon, high court judge 1938 John Sheil, Northern Irish High Court judge 1938 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis frees 74 St. L Cardinals minor leaguers 1938 Lord Justice Ward, British judge 1937 Mark Potter, British court judge 1937 Charles W. Pickering, American Judge 1937 Simon Brown, British high court judge 1937 William H. Hastie becomes 1st black federal judge (Virgin Islands) 1937 Mark Saville, QC, British high court judge 1937 Christopher Rose, born in England, Lord Justice Rose, Sir Christopher Rose, judge, member, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, served Court of Appeal of England and Wales 1937 Frederick Pollock, English Judge 1936 Anne Downey, British circuit judge 1936 Edward Cazalet, British High Court Judge 1936 James Rand, British judge, Advocate General 1936 Joshua Willis Alexander, American Judge 1935 Judge Landis fines ump George Moriarty, Cubs manager Charlie Grimm and Chicago players W English, B Jurges and B Herman for actions in World Series 1935 Fernand Schokweiler, British judge 1935 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., American Judge 1934 Richard Scott, British high court judge 1934 Judge Landis sells World Series broadcast rights to Ford for $100,000 1934 Anthony Evans, British high court judge 1934 Paul Gibson, British high court judge 1934 Leonard Hoffmann, high court judge 1934 John Roch, high court judge 1933 Desmond Fennell, British high court judge 1933 German judge Vogt signs deed of accusation against Van der Lubbe 1933 Philip Otton, high court judge 1933 Helen Paling, British circuit judge 1933 Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American Judge 1933 Terry J. Hatter, Jr., U.S. judge in California 1933 Charles Johnson, born in Tacoma, Washington, born Charles W. Johnson, Justice Johnson, judge, Associate Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court of the State of Washington 1932 James Clyde, born in England, Baron Clyde, son of James Latham Clyde, Lord Clyde, British judge, Chancellor to the Bishop of Argyll, Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland 1931 Denis Henry, British high court judge 1931 John Atkinson, Irish Judge 1931 Inge Bernstein, British judge 1930 Joseph Force Crater, American Judge 1930 Ivor Richardson, Judge, New Zealand Court of Appeals 1929 Michael Morland, High court judge 1927 Judge Landis begins 3-day public hearing on charges that 4 games played between Chicago and Detroit in 1917 had been thrown to White Sox 1926 David Ogilvy, born in London, England, David George Coke Patrick Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie, The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, judge, served as Lord Chamberlain 1926 Ronald Waterhouse, high court judge 1926 Rayner Goddard, born in England, Lord Goddard, Baron Goddard, judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, known for his strict conservative rulings 1925 James Pickles, judge 1924 Edward I Koch, New York City, Mayor-D-NYC, 1977 - 1989, judge, People's Court 1924 Michel Galabru, Safi Morocco, actor, Judge and the Assassin 1924 Jean-Pierre Warner, British high court judge 1924 William H. Webster, U.S., judge and head FBI/CIA 1924 Peter Webster, British High Court Judge 1924 Robert Gatehouse, former High Court judge 1922 Kitty Kallen, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, singer, Judge For Yourself 1922 Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel, suspended on October 16, 1921, by Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis, return to the New York lineup and go hitless 1921 AL votes to return to best-of-7 World Series, while NL votes best-of-9 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis casts deciding vote for best-of-7 1921 Sanderson Temple, circuit judge 1921 Florence Allen is 1st woman judge to sentence a man to death 1921 Alexander Harman, born in Athens, West Virginia, judge, United States Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia 1969 - 1979 1920 Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis elected 1st baseball commissioner 1920 Michael Eastham, high court judge 1920 Haydn Tudor Evans, British high court judge 1919 Joseph Albert Wapner, Louisiana, judge, People's Court 1919 Robert Lowry, born in Ireland, judge, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, Baron Lowry of Crossgar in the County of Down 1919 John McGraw, Charles A Stoneham, and Judge McQuade buy New York Giants 1917 Derek Hodgson, British high court judge 1917 Jean Graham Hall, circuit court judge, England 1916 Charles E Manning, Australian judge/major, dies in battle at 36 1915 John Arnold, British high court judge 1914 Bernard Caulfield, judge 1914 Winand J Borgerhoff Mulder, court judge of Amsterdam 1913 Henry Billings Brown, American Judge 1912 Russell "Lucky" Hayden, born in Chico, California, actor, Judge Roy Bean 1912 Arline Judge, actress, Girls in Chains, Mad Wednesday, Age of Consent 1911 Lord Brightman, British judge of appeals 1910 Robert H van Gulik, Dutch diplomat/writer, Judge Ti 1910 Irving R. Kaufman, American Judge 1910 Abe Fortas, American Judge 1910 Arthur Hazlerigg, born in England, Lord Hazlerigg, 2nd Baron Hazlerigg, awarded Military Cross, judge, Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire, soldier, served during World War II, life peer 1909 Joseph Force Crater, American Judge 1909 August William Derleth, Sauk City Wisconsin, writer, Judge Peck Mysteries 1908 Laurence Naismith, Surrey England, actor, Judge Fulton-Persuaders 1908 Harry A. Blackmun, American Judge 1908 Arthur J. Goldberg, American Judge 1908 Neil Lawson, British high court judge 1907 Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Judge 1907 Mollie Doreen Phillips, British figure skater/judge, Olympics 1932,36 1906 William J. Brennan, Jr., Judge 1905 Bernard Benjamin Gillis, British judge 1905 John Minor Wisdom, American Judge 1905 Lord Carew, born in Ireland, judge, dressage 1904 John J Sirica, U.S. federal judge, Watergate hearings 1904 John J. Sirica, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, John Joseph Sirica, judge, Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, presided over Watergate scandal, Time magazine Person of the Year, 1973 1903 Basil Nield, judge/politician 1903 29th Kentucky Derby: Hal Booker aboard Judge Himes wins in 2:09 1902 Horace Gray, American Judge 1901 Anne Russell's "Girl and the judge," premieres in New York City 1899 William Hornby Steer, barrister and judge 1898 William O. Douglas, American Judge 1897 Elbert Parr Tuttle, lawyer/judge 1894 Charles Bowen, English Judge 1891 Helena Blavatsky, founder of the Theosophical Society, with William Quan Judge, Henry Steel Olcott, believed all inner religious teachings are true, dies, date of death celebrated by Theosophists, who call it, Whilte Lotus Day 1890 Frederick M. Vinson, American Judge 1888 Theodor Storm, German judge/author (Schimmelreiter), dies at 70 1886 Robert Collier, Robert Porrett Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell, politician, judge, educated at Oxford, successfully defended Brazilian pirates, dies 1886 Hugo Black, American Judge 1883 Lord Birkett, England, judge, Nuremburg Trials 1883 Judge Jackson, composer 1876 Irvin S Cobb, Kentucky, writer/humorist, Old Judge Priest 1872 Learned Hand, born in Albany, New York, Chief judge, U.S. Court of Appeals 1870 Esther Morris appointed 1st female judge 1869 Ben Lindsey, American Judge 1866 Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/1st commissioner of baseball 1864 John Gregg, U.S. judge/Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 36 1864 Hamilton Rowan Gamble, U.S. judge/governor of Missouri (1861-64), dies 1862 Charles Evans Hughes, American Judge 1862 George Sutherland, English Judge 1853 Simon Greenleaf, American Judge 1852 Joshua Willis Alexander, American Judge 1850 Francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies 1845 Frederick Pollock, English Judge 1844 John Atkinson, Irish Judge 1842 Gustav Ratzenhofer, Austria, sociologist/judge/Field Marshal 1836 Edward Livingston, American Judge 1836 Henry Billings Brown, American Judge 1835 John Marshall, American Judge 1835 Charles Bowen, English Judge 1831 Helena Blavatsky, born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, founder of the Theosophical Society, with William Quan Judge, Henry Steel Olcott, believed all inner religious teachings are true 1828 Horace Gray, American Judge 1824 George Jessel, English Judge 1822 Ernst T Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer, dies at 46 1817 Theodor Storm, German judge/author, Imense China 1817 Robert Collier, born in England, Robert Porrett Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell, politician, judge, educated at Oxford, successfully defended Brazilian pirates 1814 Robert Treat Paine, U.S. judge, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 83 1811 Samuel Chase, U.S. judge signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 70 1805 Pieter J Elout van Soeterwoude, Dutch judge/member of parliament 1804 Caesar Rodney, U.S. judge signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 62 1803 1st impeachment trial of a federal judge, John Pickering, begins 1799 William Paca, U.S. judge/signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 58 1798 George Read, U.S. judge/signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 65 1798 James Wilson, Scottish lawyer, U.S. judge, signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies at 55 1797 Oliver Wolcott, U.S. judge/signer of Declaration of Independence, dies at 71 1796 Samuel Huntington, U.S. judge signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 64 1795 Josiah Bartlett, U.S. physician and judge, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 65 1786 Louis C Luzac, judge/Dutch Internal minister 1785 William Whipple, merchant, judge, and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 55 1785 Stephen Hopkins, U.S. judge/signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 78 1784 Caesar Rodney, U.S. judge/singer Declaration of Independence, dies at 55 1783 Simon Greenleaf, American Judge 1779 George Ross, U.S. judge/signer (Declaration of Independence), dies at 49 1776 Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer, Undine 1764 Edward Livingston, American Judge 1756 Joannes van der Linden, lawyer/judge, Ware Pleiter 1748 Edmund Gibson, English Judge 1742 James Wilson, Scottish lawyer, U.S. judge, signer of the Declaration of Independence 1741 Samuel Chase, judge, signed Declaration of Independence 1740 William Paca, U.S. judge/signer, Declaration of Independence 1733 George Read, U.S. judge/signer, Declaration of Independence 1731 Robert Treat Paine, judge, signer, Declaration of Independence 1730 George Ross, U.S. judge, signed Declaration of Independence 1730 William Whipple, merchant/judge, Declaration of Independence signer 1729 Josiah Bartlett, U.S. physician/judge/signer Declaration of Independence 1728 Caesar Rodney, Delaware, judge/signer, Declaration of Independence 1726 Oliver Wolcott, U.S. judge/signer Declaration of Independence 1689 George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem/infamous judge, dies 1624 Judge directs U.S. colony Virginia to English crown |
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