2015 Event The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has banned 11 people after an ethics investigation; the banned officials have recently or previously been indicted for corruption by the U.S. Justice Department 2014 Event The International Court of Justice at the U.N. agrees that Japanese whaling is conducted for commercial purposes, not scientific research; Japan accepts the order to cease all whaling activities in the Antarctic 2013 Event The famous final New Year's Eve countdown in Times Square will be lead by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor; she will have the honor of pushing he ceremonial countdown button to start the descent of the Times Square New Year's Eve ball 2013 Event Angola's Ministry of Justice and Human Rights deny the country has banned Islam and is dismantling mosques in an effort to stop the spread of Muslim extremism; they claim mosques are closed because Islam has not gone through the process of approval or legalization 2013 Event JPMorgan Chase tentatively settles on paying $13 billion to the U.S. Department of Justice for its role in selling bad mortgage loans to investors, which added to the Suprime mortgage crisis 2013 Event An antitrust lawsuit brought on by the U.S. Department of Justice and six states is filed to block the proposed merger of American Airlines and US Airways 2013 Event U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer breaks his shoulder on a fall from his bicycle and is taken to the hospital by ambulance 2013 Event The President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, asserts he will have the International Court of Justice in The Hague solve the border dispute between Bolivia and Chile 2013 Event In Sri Lanka, an impeachment motion against Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake is passed by the Parliament 2013 Event Venezuela's Supreme Tribunal of Justice determines they can defer the latest inauguration of President Hugo Chavez while his cancer operation recovery continues 2012 Event Venezuelans go to the polls to vote in the country's presidential election; President Hugo Chavez competes against Henrique Capriles Radonski of the opposing Justice First party 2012 Event The U.S. Justice Department's inspector general reports that Operation Fast and Furious created a 'significant danger to public safety''; the investigation states Attorney General Eric Holder had no prior knowledge of the operation 2011 Event The Justice and Development party of Morocco claims victory after Moroccans vote in a parliamentary election 2011 Event The U.S. Department of Justice admits and defends it has probed WikiLeaks-related Twitter accounts, dismissing privacy and freedom of speech concerns 2010 Event The U.S. Department of Justice plans to appeal the decision to block President Obama's executive order to expand embryonic stem cell research 2010 Event Over 150 members of the Justice and Equality Movement are killed by Sudanese forces in their effort to gain control of a rebel held area in Darfur 2010 Event Solicitor General Elena Kagan is the youngest Justice and third woman nominated for the Supreme Court of the United States 2006 Event Samuel Alito sworn in as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court 2005 Event John G. Roberts is confirmed as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 2005 Event John G. Roberts is nominated for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 2004 Death Donald Justice, American Poet 1999 Event Senate acquits President Clinton of lying under oath and obstruction of justice in the Lewinski case 1999 Event Senate begins to try President Clinton on lying under oath and obstruction of justice in the Lewisnky case 1998 Event House of Representatives approves two articles of impeachment, charging President Clinton with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice 1998 Death Lewis Powell, Supreme Court Justice, dies at 90 1997 Event Indians trade Lofton and Embree to Braves for Grissom and Justice 1996 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Lit de Justice, Storm Song, Jewel Princess, Da Hass, Boston Harbor, Pilsudski, Alphabet Soup at Woodbine 1996 Event Actress Halle Berry files for divorce from David Justice 1995 Death Warren Earl Burger, Supreme Court Justice, dies of heart failure at 78 1995 Death Warren E Burger, chief justice of U.S. (1969-86), dies 1994 Death Rossano Brazzi, It resistance fight/actor (Final Justice), dies at 78 1994 Death Mehmet Topac, Turkish minister of Justice, murdered 1994 Event Stephen G. Breyer, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1994 Event Nomination hearings for Steven Breyer for supreme court justice begins 1994 Event Ruth Bader Ginsburg, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1994 Event Liberal Supreme Court Justice Blackmun (Roe vs. Wade) resigns 1993 Death Rouaz Lakhdar, Algerian supreme court justice, murdered 1993 Death Guy Malary, Haitian lawyer/minister of Justice, murdered at 50 1993 Death John/Eoin Higgins, N Ire supreme court justice (1984-93), dies at 66 1993 Event Fred McGriff and David Justice are 6th to hit back-to-back home runs twice in same game 1993 Death Robert W. Kempner, German officer of justice in Prussia, dies at 93 1993 Death Jerry Strivelli, actor (Out for Justice, Lock Up), dies at 61 1993 Event Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White announced plans to retire 1993 Death Thurgood Marshall, 1st black supreme court justice (1967-91), dies 84 1993 Death Manfred Lachs, Polish lawyer (International Court of Justice), dies 1993 Death Klaas Wiersma, Dutch Secretary of Justice (VVD), dies 1992 Death Orton Chirwa, Malawi's lawyer/Justice minister, dies in captivity 1992 Death Osamu Inaba, Japanese Minister of justice, dies 1992 Death G Harold Carswell, supreme court justice candidate 1970, dies at 72 1992 Event Wrestlemania VIII, 62,167 at Hoosier Dome, Hulk Hogan DQs Sid Justice 1991 Event Clarence Thomas, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1991 Event Clarence Thomas is confirmed as Supreme Court Justice 1991 Death Irene Campbell, British actress/dancer (Wicker Man, St. Justice), dies 1990 Event Braves Dave Justice wins NL Rookie of Year 1990 Event David Hackett Souter, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1990 Event Justice William Brennan resigns from Supreme Court after 36 years 1988 Death Bill Cody, actor (Blazing Justice, Ghost City), dies at 75 1988 Event Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor OK after breast cancer surgery 1988 Event Anthony M. Kennedy, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1988 Death G Mennen Williams, Supreme Court justice, dies at 76 in Detroit 1987 Event Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. announces his retirement 1987 Event U.S. Justice Department bars Austrian Chancellor Kurt Waldheim from entering U.S., due to his aid of Nazi Germany during WW II 1986 Event William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court 1986 Event U.S. Senate confirms William Rehnquist as 16th chief justice 1986 Event Chief Justice Warren Earl Burger resigns Antonin Scalia nominated 1985 Death Potter Stewart, 94th Supreme Court Justice 1958 - 1981, dies in New Hampshire at 70 1985 Event Colombian troops end 27-hour siege of Bogota's Palace of Justice 1985 Event M-19 guerrilla's occupies Palace of Justice Bogota Colombia 1984 Event 1st live TV appearance by Chief Justice Warren Burger, Nightline 1984 Event International Court of Justice rules on U.S. blockade of Nicaragua 1982 Death Abe Fortas, Supreme court justice, dies at 71 1982 Death Lee Strasberg, acting coach/actor (And Justice for All), dies at 81 1982 Event Justice Department withdraws antitrust suit against IBM 1981 Event Sandra Day O'Conner becomes 1st female Supreme Court Justice 1981 Event Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart retires, replaced by Sandra Day O'Connor, 1st woman on high court 1981 Death Russell Hayden, actor (Hidden Gold, Apache Chief, Justice), dies 1980 Event U.S. Justice Department sues Yonkers siting racial discrimination 1977 Death Tom C Clark, former Supreme Court Justice (1949-67), dies in New York at 77 1975 Event John Paul Stevens becomes a Supreme Court Justice 1975 Event Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas retired after 36 years 1975 Death James Robertson Justice, actor (DR at Large, Dr. om Love), dies at 70 1974 Death Earl Warren, Governor of California/Supreme court justice (1953-68), dies at 83 1973 Death Max Terhune, actor (Range Justice, Night Riders), dies at 82 1972 Event Lewis F. Powell, Jr. becomes a Supreme Court Justice 1972 Event William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1971 Event William H Rehnquist confirmed as Supreme Court justice 1971 Event Lewis Franklin Powell confirmed as Supreme Court justice 1971 Event International Court of Justice asks South Africa to pull out of Namibia 1970 Event Harry A. Blackmun, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1970 Event Harry A Blackmun is confirmed as a justice on Supreme Court 1969 Event Warren E. Burger sworn in as Supreme Court Chief Justice 1969 Event Warren Burger confirmed as U.S. Chief Justice 1969 Event Associate Justice Abe Fortas resigns from Supreme Court 1969 Event U.S. Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas resigns 1968 Event Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren resigns 1968 Event San Francisco's Old Hall of Justice demolished 1967 Event Thurgood Marshall sworn in as 1st black Supreme Court Justice 1967 Event U.S. Senate confirm Thurgood Marshall as 1st black justice 1967 Event Thurgood Marshall nominated as 1st black Supreme Court justice 1967 Birthday Bryan Genesse, actor, Rocco-Bold and Beautiful, Grady-Street Justice 1966 Birthday Michael Franti, born in San Francisco, California, poet, musician, head of Michael Franti & Spearhead band, supports peace and social justice issues 1966 Birthday David Justice, baseball player, Atlanta Braves, husband of Halle Barry 1965 Event Elizabeth Lane becomes 1st female British supreme court justice 1964 Death Palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Italian Party)/Minister of Justice, dies 1963 Event John XXIII encyclical On peace in truth, justice, charity and liberty 1962 Event Byron R. White becomes a Supreme Court Justice 1962 Event Justice Department files 1st suit to end segregation in public schools 1961 Event Former nazi leader Johannes Vorster becomes South Africa's minister of justice (if the shoe fits...) 1961 Event New San Francisco Hall of Justice opens 1959 Death A Cecil Snyder, Chief Justice of Puerto Rico, dies at 51 1959 Birthday Anthony LaPlagia, actor, Criminal Justice, Betsy's Wedding 1956 Event William J. Brennan, Jr. becomes a Supreme Court Justice 1956 Death Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Dutch Minister of Justice (Nobel 54), dies 1956 Death Leendert A Donker, Dutch soc dem party-minister of Justice, dies at 56 1954 Birthday Sonia Sotomayor, born in the Bronx, New York City, first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, third female Supreme Court justice 1953 Event Earl Warren sworn in as 14th chief justice of U.S. 1953 Event Earl Warren appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 1953 Event Supreme Court Justice Wm O Douglas stays executions of spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg scheduled for next day their 14th anniversary 1953 Birthday Lynn Whitfield, Baton Rouge, actress, Josephine Baker, Equal Justice 1951 Death John H Van Maarseveen, Dutch minister of Justice, dies at 57 1950 Birthday Ernst Hirsch Ballin, Dutch minister of Justice, 198?-94 1949 Death Gustav Radbruch, German Minister of Justice, dies 1949 Event U.N. International Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel and awards Britain damages 1948 Birthday Clarence Thomas, born in Savannah, Georgia, 108th U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1991- 1948 Event The Hague Court of Justice convicts Hans Rauter (SS) to the death 1948 Death Christos Ladas, Greek minister of Justice, murdered 1948 Event International Court of Justice opens at Hague Netherlands 1947 Birthday Jameson Parker, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, American Justice, Simon and Simon 1947 Birthday Daniel P. A. "Danie" Schutte, South African underminister of Justice 1946 Death Harlan Fiske Stone, Chief Justice Supreme Court (1941-46), dies at 73 1945 Event Special Court of justice convicts NSB-leader Mussert to death 1945 Event Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Lawrence opens trial of Neurenberg 1941 Death Justice Brandeis, American Lawyer 1940 Birthday Al Pacino, born in New York City, actor, And Justice For All, Godfather, Scorpio 1939 Birthday David H Souter, Weir, New Hampshire, 107th Supreme Court Justice, 1990- 1939 Event New York supreme court justice J F Crater legally declared dead 1938 Birthday Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court justice 1938 Event Dutch Minister of Justice Goseling calls fugitives of nazi-Germany "undesired strangers" 1938 Birthday Lord Justice Ward, British judge 1938 Birthday Aad Kosto, Dutch theologist, actor, Assistant Secretary of Justice 1937 Birthday 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 1936 Birthday Rose Elizabeth Bird, California Supreme Court Justice 1936 Birthday Anthony Kennedy, born in California, 106th Supreme Court justice, 1988- 1936 Birthday Antonin Scalia, born in Trenton, New Jersey, 105th Supreme Court Justice, 1986- 1934 Event Department of Justice offers $25,000 reward for Dillinger, dead or alive 1933 Birthday Butler-Sloss, British Lady Justice 1933 Birthday Christopher Staughton, British Lord Justice of Appeal 1933 Birthday Ruth Bader Ginsberg, justice, U.S. Supreme Court 1933 Birthday 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 Birthday Nourse, British lord justice 1932 Birthday 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 Birthday F Korthals Altes, Dutch minister of Justice, VVD 1931 Birthday Lord Michael Mustill, of Pateley Bridge, Lord Justice of Appeal 1931 Birthday Hendrick J "Kobie" Coetsee, South Africa minister of Defense/Justice 1930 Event NY World reports disappearance of supreme court justice Joseph Crater 1930 Event Supreme Court Justice John Force Crater disappears in New York City 1930 Birthday Lord Morton, of Shauna, senator, College of Justice, Scotland 1930 Birthday Sandra Day O'Connor, born in Texas, 1st woman Supreme Court Justice, 1981- 1930 Event President and Chief Justice William Taft buried in Arlington 1930 Death William H. Taft, 27th U.S. President 1909 - 1913, Chief Justice, dies at 72 1930 Event William Howard Taft, resigns as chief justice for health reasons 1929 Birthday V N M Korte-van Hemel, Dutch Secretary of Justice, CDA 1928 Birthday Norma Donaldson, singer and actress, Poetic Justice, 5 Heartbeats 1927 Birthday Brian Neill, British Lord Justice of Appeal 1927 Birthday John McDermott, Lord Justice of Appeal, Northern Ireland 1926 Birthday Norman Jewison, director, Moonstruck, ...and Justice For All 1926 Birthday John George Vanderbilt Henry Spencer-Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, born in England, 11th Duke of Marlborough, justice of the peace, cousin of Sir Winston Churchill 1926 Event German Special Court of Justice for state security disbands 1926 Birthday Rayner Goddard, born in England, Lord Goddard, Baron Goddard, judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, known for his strict conservative rulings 1925 Birthday Brian Dilton, British lord justice of appeal 1925 Birthday John Balcombe, Lord Chief Justice of Appeal 1925 Birthday Donald Justice, American Poet 1925 Birthday John Knox, British supreme court justice 1924 Birthday William Rehnquist, Supreme Court, 1972-86, chief justice, 1987- 1924 Birthday Glidewell, Lord Justice 1923 Birthday Brian Neill, Lord Justice of Appeal 1923 Event U.S. Senate rejects membership in International Court of Justice, The Hague 1923 Birthday Roger Parker, Lord Justice of Appeal 1923 Birthday Justice Drake, British justice 1922 Death Charles F A Woeste, Belgian count/Minister of Justice, dies at 85 1920 Event League of nations establishes International Court of Justice in The Hague 1920 Birthday Dave Brubeck, Concord California, jazz pianist/composer, Gates of Justice 1920 Event League of Nations places International head of Justice in Hague 1920 Birthday Basil Kelly, Lord Justice of Appeals, Northern Ireland 1920 Birthday John Paul Stevens, born in Illinois, 103rd Supreme Court Justice, 1975- 1920 Birthday John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court Justice 1919 Birthday Lord Maxwell, senator and professor, college of Justice Scotland 1919 Birthday 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 1917 Event J. Edgar Hoover gets job on ministry of Justice 1916 Event 1st Jewish Supreme Court justice, Louis Brandeis, appointed by Wilson 1915 Birthday Potter Stewart, Michigan, 94th Supreme Court justice, 1958-81 1912 Birthday Izaak Samkalden, Dutch Minister of Justice, PvdA, mayor of Amsterdam 1912 Birthday Edward Jones, North Ireland lord justice of appeals 1911 Birthday G Mennen Williams, Detroit, Supreme Court Justice, Gov-D-Michigan, 1949-60 1910 Event John Galsworthy's "Justice," premieres in London 1909 Birthday John Megaw, British Lord Justice of Appeal 1908 Birthday Harry A Blackmun, Illinois, 100th Supreme Court justice, 1970-94 1908 Birthday Arthur J. Goldberg, born in Illinois, United Nations ambassador and Supreme Court justice, 1962 - 1965 1908 Event Predecessor of the FBI is created by the Department of Justice 1908 Birthday Thurgood Marshall, born in Maryland, 1st black Supreme Court justice, 1967-91 1907 Birthday Lewis F Powell, Jr., Virginia, Supreme Court justice, 1972-87 1907 Birthday Warren E. Burger, born in Minnesota, Supreme Court chief justice, 1969-86 1907 Birthday A Cecil Snyder, Chief Justice of Puerto Rico 1907 Birthday Patrick Browne, British Lord justice of appeal 1906 Birthday Anton AM Struyken, minister of justice/governor Dutch Antilles 1906 Birthday Edgar Unsworth, Justice of Appeals, Gibralter 1905 Birthday Elizabeth Lane, 1st female British supreme court justice 1905 Birthday James Robertson Justice, born in Scotland, actor, Above Us the Waves 1902 Event Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. became Associate Justice on Supreme Court 1902 Birthday Lee Strasberg, Austria, acting coach/actor, And Justice for All 1901 Birthday Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Dutch Minister of Justice, Nobel 1954 1901 Birthday Charles E Whittaker, Kansas, U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1957-62 1899 Birthday Leendert A Donker, Dutch Minister of Justice, PvdA 1899 Birthday John M Harlan, Chicago, 91st Supreme Court justice, 1955-71 1898 Birthday William O Douglas, Maine, 81st Supreme Court justice, 1939-75 1896 Death Frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68 1895 Death Ahmed Djevdet Pasja, Turkish minister of Justice, dies at 73 1894 Birthday John H van Maarseveen, Dutch minister of Justice/Internal minister 1892 Death Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/Minister of Justice, dies at 80 1892 Birthday Robert Houghwout Jackson, 84th Supreme Court justice, 1941-54 1892 Birthday Barend ter Haar, Dutch lawyer, Indonesian adat justice 1891 Birthday Earl Warren, California, Gov-R-Ca, 14th supreme court chief justice, 1953 - 1969 1891 Birthday Jan Donner, Dutch minister of Justice and president High Council 1891 Birthday Max Terhune, actor, Arizona Stagecoach, Hit the Saddle, Range Justice 1891 Birthday Jan Donner, Dutch minister of Justice, 1926-33 1890 Birthday Fred M Vinson, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1946-53 1890 Birthday Fred M Vinson, Kentucky, 13th Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1946-53 1888 Death Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian Minister of Justice, dies 1886 Birthday Hugo L. Black, born in Alabama, Senator-D-Alabama, 78th Supreme Court justice, 1937 - 1971 1885 Death Antony EJ Modderman, Dutch minister of Justice (1879-83), dies at 46 1884 Birthday Bastiaan de Gaay Fortman, Dutch historian/Justice of Curacao 1882 Birthday Felix Frankfurter, born in Vienna, Austria, 80th Supreme Court Justice, 1939-62 1880 Death Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Italian minister of Justice, dies at 76 1880 Death Isaac M "Isaac A" Cremieux, French minister of Justice, dies at 83 1878 Birthday Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer/minister of Justice 1877 Death Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice, dies at 48 1872 Birthday Harlan Fiske Stone, New Hampshire, Supreme Court, 1925 - 1941, Chief Justice, 1941 - 1946 1872 Death Benito Juarez, Cuban justice/general (battle of Acapulco), dies at 66 1870 Birthday Vladimir D Nabokov, Russian jurist/minister of Justice, 1918-19 1870 Event Congress creates Department of Justice 1867 Birthday Jose de Diego, Puerto Rico, patriot and Puerto Rico Secretary of Justice 1864 Death Roger Taney, 5th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1836-64), dies at 87 1864 Death Dirk Dark Curtius, attorney/liberal minister of Justice, dies at 71 1863 Death Justinus van de Brugghen, lawyer/minister of Justice, dies 1862 Birthday Charles Evans Hughs, 11th Chief Justice of Supreme Court, 1930-41 1859 Birthday Willem J T Kloos, Dutch poet, Act of Simple Justice 1857 Birthday William Howard Taft, Cin, R, 27th President, 1909-13, chief justice 1856 Birthday Louis D. Brandeis, Massachusetts, 68th Supreme Court Justice, 1916-39 1856 Birthday Justice Brandeis, American Lawyer 1846 Death Cornelis F van Maanen, Dutch supreme court justice, dies at 76 1841 Birthday Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., born in Massachusetts, 59th Supreme Court justice, 1902 - 1932 1838 Birthday Antony E J Modderman, Dutch minister of Justice, 1879-83 1837 Birthday Charles Woeste, Belgian count/Minister of Justice 1833 Birthday Melville Weston Fuller, 8th chief justice 1829 Birthday Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice 1822 Birthday Ahmed Djevdet Pasha, Turkish minister of Education/Justice 1812 Birthday Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/Minister of Justice 1808 Birthday Salmon P Chase, Sen-R, cabinet member, 6th chief justice, 1864-73 1804 Event Impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase begins 1804 Birthday Justinus van der Brugghen, Dutch lawyer/minister of Justice, 1856-58 1803 Death Arthur Wolfe, 1st viscount Kilwarden/Chief Justice of Ireld, murdered 1803 Birthday Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice 1801 Event John Marshall appointed U.S. chief justice 1796 Birthday Isaac M "Isaac A" Cremieux, French lawyer/minister of Justice 1795 Event John Rutledge becomes 2nd chief justice of Supreme Court 1792 Birthday Dirk Donker Curtius, Dutch attorney/minister of Justice, liberal 1791 Birthday Baron Floris A van Hall, Dutch minister of Justice/Finance 1789 Event Jefferson appointed 1st Secretary of State; John Jay 1st chief justice; 1789 Event President George Washington appointed John Jay the 1st Chief Justice 1779 Birthday Joseph Story, Massachusetts, 19th Supreme Court justice, 1812-45 1777 Birthday Roger Brooke Taney, Calvert, Maryland, 5th Chief Justice, Dred Scott dec 1769 Birthday Cornelis F van Maanen, Dutch minister of Justice, 1807..42 1759 Birthday Georges Danton, France, revolutionary leader/Minister of Justice 1755 Birthday John Marshall, Virginia, 4th Supreme Court Chief Justice, 1801-35 1753 Birthday Jean J R de Cambacere, French lawyer/minister of justice 1745 Birthday Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court, 1796-1800 1639 Death Martinus de Porres, Peru saint (patron of social justice), dies at 69 1634 Death Edward Coke, English Chief Justice/politician, dies 1569 Birthday Martinus de Porres, Peru, saint, patron of social justice 1540 Birthday Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating 1510 Death Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies 1233 Event Earl Otto II van Gelre grants Arnhem state justice 1230 Event Utrecht bishop Willebrand grants Swells state justice
