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 sec of Justice (VVD), dies
1992 Orton Chirwa, Malawi's lawyer/Justice minister, dies in captivity
1992 Osamu Inaba, Japanese min 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 (1958-81), dies in NH at 70
1985 Colombian troops end 27-hr 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
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 min of Justice (Nobel 54), dies
1956 Leendert A Donker, Dutch soc dem party-minister of Justice, dies at 56
1953 Earl Warren sworn in as 14th chief justice of U.S.
1953 Earl Warren appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
1953 Sup 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 Min of Justice, dies
1949 U.N. International Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel and awards Britain damages
1948 Court of justice sentences Gen Fr Christiansen to 12 years
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
1945 Justice Laws
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 NH, 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/asst secretary of Justice
1937 Lord Justice Rose
1936 Rose Elizabeth Bird, California Supreme Court Justice
1936 Anthony Kennedy, born in California, 106th Supreme Court justice, 1988-
1936 Lord Justice Aldous
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 Justice Johnson
1932 Nourse, British lord justice
1931 Justice Turner
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 Justice Harman
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 Anthony Lloyd, Lord Justice of Appeal
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 Justice Hollis
1927 John McDermott, Lord Justice of Appeal, Northern Ireland
1926 Norman Jewison, director, Moonstruck, ...and Justice For All
1926 German Special Court of Justice for state security disbands
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
1925 Lord Justice Beldam
1924 William Rehnquist, Ws, 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/min 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/prof, college of Justice Scotland
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, Sup Court Justice/, Gov-D-Mich, 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 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 Min 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/min 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, 1953-69
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, Ala, Sen-D-Ala, /78th Supreme Court justice, 1937-71
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, Vienna Aust, 80th Supreme Court Justice, 1939-62
1880 Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Ital 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, NH, Supreme Court, 1925-41, Chief Justice, 41-46
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/PR 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/min 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/min 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 Sec 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/min 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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