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2006 Samuel Alito sworn in as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
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 2004 Donald Justice, American Poet 1999 Senate acquits President Clinton of lying under oath and obstruction of justice in the Lewinski case 1999 Senate begins to try President Clinton on lying under oath and obstruction of justice in the Lewisnky case 1998 House of Representatives approves two articles of impeachment, charging President Clinton with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice 1998 Lewis Powell, Supreme Court Justice, dies at 90 1997 Indians trade Lofton and Embree to Braves for Grissom and Justice 1996 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Lit de Justice, Storm Song, Jewel Princess, Da Hass, Boston Harbor, Pilsudski, Alphabet Soup at Woodbine 1996 Actress Halle Berry files for divorce from David Justice 1995 Warren Earl Burger, Supreme Court Justice, dies of heart failure at 78 1995 Warren E Burger, chief justice of U.S. (1969-86), dies 1994 Rossano Brazzi, It resistance fight/actor (Final Justice), dies at 78 1994 Mehmet Topac, Turkish minister of Justice, murdered 1994 Stephen G. Breyer, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1994 Nomination hearings for Steven Breyer for supreme court justice begins 1994 Ruth Bader Ginsburg, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1994 Liberal Supreme Court Justice Blackmun (Roe vs. Wade) resigns 1993 Rouaz Lakhdar, Algerian supreme court justice, murdered 1993 Guy Malary, Haitian lawyer/minister of Justice, murdered at 50 1993 John/Eoin Higgins, N Ire supreme court justice (1984-93), dies at 66 1993 Fred McGriff and David Justice are 6th to hit back-to-back home runs twice in same game 1993 Robert W. Kempner, German officer of justice in Prussia, dies at 93 1993 Jerry Strivelli, actor (Out for Justice, Lock Up), dies at 61 1993 Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White announced plans to retire 1993 Thurgood Marshall, 1st black supreme court justice (1967-91), dies 84 1993 Manfred Lachs, Polish lawyer (International Court of Justice), dies 1993 Klaas Wiersma, Dutch Secretary of Justice (VVD), dies 1992 Orton Chirwa, Malawi's lawyer/Justice minister, dies in captivity 1992 Osamu Inaba, Japanese Minister of justice, dies 1992 G Harold Carswell, supreme court justice candidate 1970, dies at 72 1992 Wrestlemania VIII, 62,167 at Hoosier Dome, Hulk Hogan DQs Sid Justice 1991 Clarence Thomas, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1991 Clarence Thomas is confirmed as Supreme Court Justice 1991 Irene Campbell, British actress/dancer (Wicker Man, St. Justice), dies 1990 Braves Dave Justice wins NL Rookie of Year 1990 David Hackett Souter, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1990 Justice William Brennan resigns from Supreme Court after 36 years 1988 Bill Cody, actor (Blazing Justice, Ghost City), dies at 75 1988 Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor OK after breast cancer surgery 1988 Anthony M. Kennedy, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1988 G Mennen Williams, Supreme Court justice, dies at 76 in Detroit 1987 Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. announces his retirement 1987 U.S. Justice Department bars Austrian Chancellor Kurt Waldheim from entering U.S., due to his aid of Nazi Germany during WW II 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 1985 Potter Stewart, 94th Supreme Court Justice 1958 - 1981, dies in New Hampshire at 70 1985 Colombian troops end 27-hour siege of Bogota's Palace of Justice 1985 M-19 guerrilla's occupies Palace of Justice Bogota Colombia 1984 1st live TV appearance by Chief Justice Warren Burger, Nightline 1984 International Court of Justice rules on U.S. blockade of Nicaragua 1982 Abe Fortas, Supreme court justice, dies at 71 1982 Lee Strasberg, acting coach/actor (And Justice for All), dies at 81 1982 Justice Department withdraws antitrust suit against IBM 1981 Sandra Day O'Conner becomes 1st female Supreme Court Justice 1981 Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart retires, replaced by Sandra Day O'Connor, 1st woman on high court 1981 Russell Hayden, actor (Hidden Gold, Apache Chief, Justice), dies 1980 U.S. Justice Department sues Yonkers siting racial discrimination 1977 Tom C Clark, former Supreme Court Justice (1949-67), dies in New York at 77 1975 John Paul Stevens becomes a Supreme Court Justice 1975 Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas retired after 36 years 1975 James Robertson Justice, actor (DR at Large, Dr. om Love), dies at 70 1974 Earl Warren, Governor of California/Supreme court justice (1953-68), dies at 83 1973 Max Terhune, actor (Range Justice, Night Riders), dies at 82 1972 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. becomes a Supreme Court Justice 1972 William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1971 William H Rehnquist confirmed as Supreme Court justice 1971 Lewis Franklin Powell confirmed as Supreme Court justice 1971 International Court of Justice asks South Africa to pull out of Namibia 1970 Harry A. Blackmun, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1970 Harry A Blackmun is confirmed as a justice on Supreme Court 1969 Warren E. Burger sworn in as Supreme Court Chief Justice 1969 Warren Burger confirmed as U.S. Chief Justice 1969 Associate Justice Abe Fortas resigns from Supreme Court 1969 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas resigns 1968 Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren resigns 1968 San Francisco's Old Hall of Justice demolished 1967 Thurgood Marshall sworn in as 1st black Supreme Court Justice 1967 U.S. Senate confirm Thurgood Marshall as 1st black justice 1967 Thurgood Marshall nominated as 1st black Supreme Court justice 1967 Bryan Genesse, actor, Rocco-Bold and Beautiful, Grady-Street Justice 1966 David Justice, baseball player, Atlanta Braves, husband of Halle Barry 1965 Elizabeth Lane becomes 1st female British supreme court justice 1964 Palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Italian Party)/Minister of Justice, dies 1963 John XXIII encyclical On peace in truth, justice, charity and liberty 1962 Byron R. White becomes a Supreme Court Justice 1962 Justice Department files 1st suit to end segregation in public schools 1961 Former nazi leader Johannes Vorster becomes South Africa's minister of justice (if the shoe fits...) 1961 New San Francisco Hall of Justice opens 1959 A Cecil Snyder, Chief Justice of Puerto Rico, dies at 51 1959 Anthony LaPlagia, actor, Criminal Justice, Betsy's Wedding 1956 William J. Brennan, Jr. becomes a Supreme Court Justice 1956 Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Dutch Minister of Justice (Nobel 54), dies 1956 Leendert A Donker, Dutch soc dem party-minister of Justice, dies at 56 1954 Sonia Sotomayor, born in the Bronx, New York City, first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, third female Supreme Court justice 1953 Earl Warren sworn in as 14th chief justice of U.S. 1953 Earl Warren appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 1953 Supreme Court Justice Wm O Douglas stays executions of spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg scheduled for next day their 14th anniversary 1953 Lynn Whitfield, Baton Rouge, actress, Josephine Baker, Equal Justice 1951 John H Van Maarseveen, Dutch minister of Justice, dies at 57 1950 Ernst Hirsch Ballin, Dutch minister of Justice, 198?-94 1949 Gustav Radbruch, German Minister of Justice, dies 1949 U.N. International Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel and awards Britain damages 1948 Clarence Thomas, born in Savannah, Georgia, 108th U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1991- 1948 The Hague Court of Justice convicts Hans Rauter (SS) to the death 1948 Christos Ladas, Greek minister of Justice, murdered 1948 International Court of Justice opens at Hague Netherlands 1947 Jameson Parker, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, American Justice, Simon and Simon 1947 Daniel P. A. "Danie" Schutte, South African underminister of Justice 1946 Harlan Fiske Stone, Chief Justice Supreme Court (1941-46), dies at 73 1945 Special Court of justice convicts NSB-leader Mussert to death 1945 Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Lawrence opens trial of Neurenberg 1941 Justice Brandeis, American Lawyer 1940 Al Pacino, born in New York City, actor, And Justice For All, Godfather, Scorpio 1939 David H Souter, Weir, New Hampshire, 107th Supreme Court Justice, 1990- 1939 New York supreme court justice J F Crater legally declared dead 1938 Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court justice 1938 Dutch Minister of Justice Goseling calls fugitives of nazi-Germany "undesired strangers" 1938 Lord Justice Ward, British judge 1938 Aad Kosto, Dutch theologist, actor, Assistant Secretary of Justice 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 1936 Rose Elizabeth Bird, California Supreme Court Justice 1936 Anthony Kennedy, born in California, 106th Supreme Court justice, 1988- 1936 Antonin Scalia, born in Trenton, New Jersey, 105th Supreme Court Justice, 1986- 1934 Department of Justice offers $25,000 reward for Dillinger, dead or alive 1933 Butler-Sloss, British Lady Justice 1933 Christopher Staughton, British Lord Justice of Appeal 1933 Ruth Bader Ginsberg, justice, U.S. Supreme Court 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 Nourse, British lord justice 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 F Korthals Altes, Dutch minister of Justice, VVD 1931 Lord Michael Mustill, of Pateley Bridge, Lord Justice of Appeal 1931 Hendrick J "Kobie" Coetsee, South Africa minister of Defense/Justice 1930 NY World reports disappearance of supreme court justice Joseph Crater 1930 Supreme Court Justice John Force Crater disappears in New York City 1930 Lord Morton, of Shauna, senator, College of Justice, Scotland 1930 Sandra Day O'Connor, born in Texas, 1st woman Supreme Court Justice, 1981- 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 William Howard Taft, resigns as chief justice for health reasons 1929 V N M Korte-van Hemel, Dutch Secretary of Justice, CDA 1928 Norma Donaldson, singer and actress, Poetic Justice, 5 Heartbeats 1927 Brian Neill, British Lord Justice of Appeal 1927 John McDermott, Lord Justice of Appeal, Northern Ireland 1926 Norman Jewison, director, Moonstruck, ...and Justice For All 1926 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 German Special Court of Justice for state security disbands 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 Brian Dilton, British lord justice of appeal 1925 John Balcombe, Lord Chief Justice of Appeal 1925 Donald Justice, American Poet 1925 John Knox, British supreme court justice 1924 William Rehnquist, Supreme Court, 1972-86, chief justice, 1987- 1924 Glidewell, Lord Justice 1923 Brian Neill, Lord Justice of Appeal 1923 U.S. Senate rejects membership in International Court of Justice, The Hague 1923 Roger Parker, Lord Justice of Appeal 1923 Justice Drake, British justice 1922 Charles F A Woeste, Belgian count/Minister of Justice, dies at 85 1920 League of nations establishes International Court of Justice in The Hague 1920 Dave Brubeck, Concord California, jazz pianist/composer, Gates of Justice 1920 League of Nations places International head of Justice in Hague 1920 Basil Kelly, Lord Justice of Appeals, Northern Ireland 1920 John Paul Stevens, born in Illinois, 103rd Supreme Court Justice, 1975- 1920 John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court Justice 1919 Lord Maxwell, senator and professor, college of Justice Scotland 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 1917 J. Edgar Hoover gets job on ministry of Justice 1916 1st Jewish Supreme Court justice, Louis Brandeis, appointed by Wilson 1915 Potter Stewart, Michigan, 94th Supreme Court justice, 1958-81 1912 Izaak Samkalden, Dutch Minister of Justice, PvdA, mayor of Amsterdam 1912 Edward Jones, North Ireland lord justice of appeals 1911 G Mennen Williams, Detroit, Supreme Court Justice, Gov-D-Michigan, 1949-60 1910 John Galsworthy's "Justice," premieres in London 1909 John Megaw, British Lord Justice of Appeal 1908 Harry A Blackmun, Illinois, 100th Supreme Court justice, 1970-94 1908 Arthur J Goldberg, Illinois, United Nations ambassador/Supreme Court justice, 1962-65 1908 Predecessor of the FBI is created by the Department of Justice 1908 Thurgood Marshall, born in Maryland, 1st black Supreme Court justice, 1967-91 1907 Lewis F Powell, Jr., Virginia, Supreme Court justice, 1972-87 1907 Warren E. Burger, born in Minnesota, Supreme Court chief justice, 1969-86 1907 A Cecil Snyder, Chief Justice of Puerto Rico 1907 Patrick Browne, British Lord justice of appeal 1906 Anton AM Struyken, minister of justice/governor Dutch Antilles 1906 Edgar Unsworth, Justice of Appeals, Gibralter 1905 Elizabeth Lane, 1st female British supreme court justice 1905 James Robertson Justice, born in Scotland, actor, Above Us the Waves 1902 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. became Associate Justice on Supreme Court 1902 Lee Strasberg, Austria, acting coach/actor, And Justice for All 1901 Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Dutch Minister of Justice, Nobel 1954 1901 Charles E Whittaker, Kansas, U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1957-62 1899 Leendert A Donker, Dutch Minister of Justice, PvdA 1899 John M Harlan, Chicago, 91st Supreme Court justice, 1955-71 1898 William O Douglas, Maine, 81st Supreme Court justice, 1939-75 1896 Frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68 1895 Ahmed Djevdet Pasja, Turkish minister of Justice, dies at 73 1894 John H van Maarseveen, Dutch minister of Justice/Internal minister 1892 Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/Minister of Justice, dies at 80 1892 Robert Houghwout Jackson, 84th Supreme Court justice, 1941-54 1892 Barend ter Haar, Dutch lawyer, Indonesian adat justice 1891 Earl Warren, California, Gov-R-Ca, 14th supreme court chief justice, 1953 - 1969 1891 Jan Donner, Dutch minister of Justice and president High Council 1891 Max Terhune, actor, Arizona Stagecoach, Hit the Saddle, Range Justice 1891 Jan Donner, Dutch minister of Justice, 1926-33 1890 Fred M Vinson, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1946-53 1890 Fred M Vinson, Kentucky, 13th Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1946-53 1888 Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian Minister of Justice, dies 1886 Hugo L. Black, born in Alabama, Senator-D-Alabama, 78th Supreme Court justice, 1937 - 1971 1885 Antony EJ Modderman, Dutch minister of Justice (1879-83), dies at 46 1884 Bastiaan de Gaay Fortman, Dutch historian/Justice of Curacao 1882 Felix Frankfurter, born in Vienna, Austria, 80th Supreme Court Justice, 1939-62 1880 Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Italian minister of Justice, dies at 76 1880 Isaac M "Isaac A" Cremieux, French minister of Justice, dies at 83 1878 Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer/minister of Justice 1877 Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice, dies at 48 1872 Harlan Fiske Stone, New Hampshire, Supreme Court, 1925 - 1941, Chief Justice, 1941 - 1946 1872 Benito Juarez, Cuban justice/general (battle of Acapulco), dies at 66 1870 Vladimir D Nabokov, Russian jurist/minister of Justice, 1918-19 1870 Congress creates Department of Justice 1867 Jose de Diego, Puerto Rico, patriot and Puerto Rico Secretary of Justice 1864 Roger Taney, 5th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1836-64), dies at 87 1864 Dirk Dark Curtius, attorney/liberal minister of Justice, dies at 71 1863 Justinus van de Brugghen, lawyer/minister of Justice, dies 1862 Charles Evans Hughs, 11th Chief Justice of Supreme Court, 1930-41 1859 Willem J T Kloos, Dutch poet, Act of Simple Justice 1857 William Howard Taft, Cin, R, 27th President, 1909-13, chief justice 1856 Louis D. Brandeis, Massachusetts, 68th Supreme Court Justice, 1916-39 1856 Justice Brandeis, American Lawyer 1846 Cornelis F van Maanen, Dutch supreme court justice, dies at 76 1841 Oliver Wendell Holmes, born in Massachusetts, 59th Supreme Court justice, 1902-32 1838 Antony E J Modderman, Dutch minister of Justice, 1879-83 1837 Charles Woeste, Belgian count/Minister of Justice 1833 Melville Weston Fuller, 8th chief justice 1829 Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice 1822 Ahmed Djevdet Pasha, Turkish minister of Education/Justice 1812 Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/Minister of Justice 1808 Salmon P Chase, Sen-R, cabinet member, 6th chief justice, 1864-73 1804 Impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase begins 1804 Justinus van der Brugghen, Dutch lawyer/minister of Justice, 1856-58 1803 Arthur Wolfe, 1st viscount Kilwarden/Chief Justice of Ireld, murdered 1803 Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice 1801 John Marshall appointed U.S. chief justice 1796 Isaac M "Isaac A" Cremieux, French lawyer/minister of Justice 1795 John Rutledge becomes 2nd chief justice of Supreme Court 1792 Dirk Donker Curtius, Dutch attorney/minister of Justice, liberal 1791 Baron Floris A van Hall, Dutch minister of Justice/Finance 1789 Jefferson appointed 1st Secretary of State; John Jay 1st chief justice; 1789 President George Washington appointed John Jay the 1st Chief Justice 1779 Joseph Story, Massachusetts, 19th Supreme Court justice, 1812-45 1777 Roger Brooke Taney, Calvert, Maryland, 5th Chief Justice, Dred Scott dec 1769 Cornelis F van Maanen, Dutch minister of Justice, 1807..42 1759 Georges Danton, France, revolutionary leader/Minister of Justice 1755 John Marshall, Virginia, 4th Supreme Court Chief Justice, 1801-35 1753 Jean J R de Cambacere, French lawyer/minister of justice 1745 Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court, 1796-1800 1639 Martinus de Porres, Peru saint (patron of social justice), dies at 69 1634 Edward Coke, English Chief Justice/politician, dies 1569 Martinus de Porres, Peru, saint, patron of social justice 1540 Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating 1510 Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies 1233 Earl Otto II van Gelre grants Arnhem state justice 1230 Utrecht bishop Willebrand grants Swells state justice |
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