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2006 Samuel Alito sworn in as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
2005 Samuel Alito is nominated for the Supreme Court by George W. Bush 2004 Samuel Dash, American Lawyer 1996 Raphael Samuel, historian, dies at 32 1994 Samuel Lipman, music critic, dies at 60 1994 Samuel Lewis Francis, painter, dies at 71 1994 Samuel Selvon, author, writer-in-residence, University of Calgary, Canada, dies at 70 1994 Samuel Bronston, Romanian/US producer (El Cid), dies at 85 1992 Samuel H Reshevsky, Polish/US chess grandmaster, dies at 80 1992 Samuel Reshevsky, Polish-born chess grandmaster, dies at 80 1992 Andrew Samuel, child actor (Our Gang), dies at 82 1990 Samuel S. Stratton, Representative-D-New York 1959 - 1989, died at age 73 1990 Samuel Kanyon Doe, president of Liberia (1980-90), assassinated 1990 Liberia president Samuel K Doe is captured by Mr. Johnson's forces 1989 Charles Taylor enters Liberia to unseat President Samuel K Doe 1989 Samuel Beckett, Irish/French writer (Molloy, Nobel 1969), dies at 83 1988 Samuel L Mendel, oldest U.S. war veteran, dies at 104 1985 Samuel Frith, English co-founder of soccer team (Bradford City), dies 1984 Phila's Juan Samuel sets record for steals by a rookie with his 72nd 1984 Samuel C Engel, poet, dies of heart failure at 79 1984 Samuel Gardner, composer, dies at 92 1982 Samuel L M Barlow, composer, dies at 90 1982 Samuel Morses "Gallery of the Louvre" sells for $3,250,000 1981 Samuel Barber, U.S. composer (School for Scandal), dies at 70 1978 Samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Netherlands/U.S. phycists, dies at 76 1977 Zero [Samuel J] Mostel, U.S. actor (Fiddler on the Roof), dies at 62 1976 Samuel Eliot Morison, U.S. historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88 1976 Samuel E. Morison, American Historian 1975 Samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross), dies at 78 1975 Leopold Samuel, composer, dies at 91 1974 Samuel Goldwyn, Polish/English/US film magnate (MGM), dies at 91 1973 Samuel N Behrman, U.S. stage/screenwriter (Quo Vardis), dies at 80 1971 Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr. becomes 1st black Admiral in U.S. Navy 1968 Samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, baseball pitcher, dies at 88 1966 Samuel West, British Actor 1962 John Samuel Inman, Greensboro, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1993 Buick South Open 1962 Samuel Gravely assumes command of destroyer escort "USS Falgout" 1961 Samuel Rayburn, Representative-D-Texas, speaker of the House, 1940 - 1957, died of pancreatic cancer at age 79 1961 Samuel Beckett's "Happy Days," premieres in New York City 1960 Juan Samuel, San Pedro de Macoris, infielder, New York Yankees, Blue Jays 1958 Samuel Stritch, U.S. cardinal and archbishop (Chicago), dies 1957 Samuel Beckett's "Endgame," premieres in London 1955 Dutch premiere of Samuel Becketts' "Waiting for Godot" 1954 Samuel Barber's "Prayers of Kierkegaard," premieres 1953 Samuel Beckett's "En Attendant Godot," premieres in Paris 1950 Rex Samuel Sellers, Auckland New Zealand, Tornado class yachter 1996 Olympics 1948 Samuel L. Jackson, actor, Amos and Andrew, White Sand, Pulp Fiction 1948 Samuel E Wright, Camden, South Carolina, actor, Enos, Ball Four 1948 Samuel S Hinds, actor (Raven, Test Pilot), dies at 73 1947 Theodore Samuel Holland, composer, dies at 69 1947 Ernest Samuel Williams, composer, dies at 65 1947 Samuel Schmid, Swiss Politician 1944 Samuel Barber's "Capricorn Concerto," premieres 1944 Samuel J de Beer, South Africa vicar/underminister of Education 1944 1st performance of corporal Samuel Barber's 2nd Symphony 1943 Samuel T Durrance, Tallahassee, Florida, PhD/astronaut, STS-35, STS-67 1942 Samuel Ray Delany, Jr., U.S., sci-fi author, Towers of Toron, Neveryona 1942 Samuel Ramey, born in Colby, Kansas, bass, La Scala 1941 Young Park (2) in the Bronx named in honor of Samuel Young 1941 NHL Chicago goalie Samuel LoPresti stops record 80 of 83 Boston shots 1940 Samuel T. Rayburn of Texas elected speaker of House 1940 Samuel H Chang, U.S. newspaper magnate, murdered in Shanghai 1938 Samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Space, time and deity), dies at 79 1937 Christopher Tugendhat, born in England, born Christopher Samuel Tugendhat, Baron Tugendhat of Widdington in the County of Essex, politician, Conservative Party, journalist, author, businessman 1937 Samuel Whitbread, English brewer/multi-millionaire 1936 Samuel Pl'h Naber, spy/librarian, dies at 71 1934 Raphael Samuel, historian 1934 Samuel Lipman, music critic 1932 Samuel Rutherford, lawyer, politician, businessman, jurist, Mayor of Forsyth, Georgia, served in Georgia House of Representatives, elected to 69th U.S. Congress, served for four terms, dies of a heart attack in Washington, D.C. 1928 Samuel Adler, composer 1927 Samuel P. Huntington, Sociologist 1927 Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens famous Roxy Theater (New York City) 1925 Samuel Dash, American Lawyer 1924 Samuel Gompers, organizer (American Federation of Labor), dies at 74 1924 Gerhard Samuel, composer 1923 Samuel Lewis Francis, painter 1923 Samuel Selvon, born in Trinidad, author, writer-in-residence, University of Calgary, Canada, wrote 'The Lonely Londoners', focusing on West Indians' immigration to Britain, cultural differences 1922 Samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist, dies 1922 Christopher Samuel Youd, UK, sci-fi author, Tripods Trilogy 1920 Harold Samuel Shapero, born in Lynn, Massachusetts, composer, 9 Minute Opera 1918 Samuel Riddle buys Man o'War for $5,000 1916 Samuel S. Stratton, born in Yonkers, New York, Representative-D-New York 1959 - 1989 1915 Samuel Prowse Warren, composer, dies at 74 1915 Zero "Samuel" Mostel, Brooklyn, actor, Fiddler on the Roof 1914 Samuel "Larry" K Parks, Olathe, Kansas, actor, Jolson-Jolson Story 1912 Samuel Coleridge Taylor, African-British composer, dies at 37 1912 Samuel Fuller, born in Worchester, Massachusetts, actor, Return to Salem's Lot 1912 Samuel Curran, vice chancellor, Strathclyde University 1911 Samuel H Reshevsky, Polish/US chess grandmaster/prodigy 1910 Mark Twain, Samuel Clemens, auther (Huckleberry Finn), dies at 74 1910 Samuel Barber, born in Westchester, Pennsylvania, composer, Pulitz, School for Scandal 1909 Samuel Yorty, Lincoln, Nebraska, Mayor-LA 1906 Samuel Beckett, French playwright, Waiting for Godot, Nobel 1969 1904 Samuel Smiles, Scottish Author 1904 Southwest-Africa uprising under Samuel Maherero against German garison 1902 Samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Dutch/US phycist 1902 Samuel Butler, British writer (Erewhom), dies at 66 1902 Samuel R Gardiner, British historian (Oliver Cromwell), dies at 72 1901 William Samuel Paley, born in Chicago, Illinois, president and CEO of CBS, 1928-90 1898 Adolphe-Abraham Samuel, composer, dies at 74 1898 Samuel Plimsoll, English MP ( Folkestone), dies at 74 1898 Wallace Ford, Samuel Jones Grundy, Batton England, actor, Deputy 1897 Aaron/Samuel Bloch carry 1st Mail Pouch 1896 Samuel Gonard, chairman, International Red Cross 1896 Tristan Tzara, Samuel Rosenfeld, French poet, Approximate Man 1895 Samuel I Newhouse, U.S. millionaire publisher, Parade, Vogue, Glamour 1893 Samuel White Baker, English explorer, dies at 72 1893 Samuel N. Behrman, U.S. screenwriter, Tale of 2 Cities, Daddy Long Legs 1893 Richard Samuel Hughes, composer, dies at 37 1892 Samuel L M Barlow, composer 1891 Samuel Gardner, composer 1890 Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, composer, dies at 71 1887 Samuel Eliot Morison, historian, Admiral of the Ocean Sea 1887 Samuel E. Morison, American Historian 1886 American Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions Samuel Gompers elected AFL president 1886 Carr Baker Neel and Samuel Neel win U.S. Lawn Tennis Association doubles 1885 Samuel David Ferguson becomes 1st U.S. black bishop 1883 Leopold Samuel, composer 1882 Samuel Goldwyn, movie producer, MGM 1882 Samuel Rayburn, born in Kingston, Tennessee, Representative-D-Texas 1913 - 1961, speaker of the House, 1940 - 1957 1881 Ernest Samuel Williams, composer 1881 Samuel Palmer, landscape painter, dies 1878 Theodore Samuel Holland, composer 1877 Rutherford B Hayes (R) declared president despite Samuel J Tilden (D) winning the popular vote, but is 1 electoral vote shy of victory 1876 President Rutherford B Hayes and Samuel J Tilden claim presidential victory Tilden (D) wins election but Electoral college selects Hayes (R) 1876 Democratic Party elects Samuel Tilden as presidential candidate 1876 Samuel Sebastian Wesley, composer, dies at 65 1875 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, London, composer, Hiawatha's Wedding Feast 1875 Samuel S. Hinds, born in Brooklyn, New York 1874 Samuel J. Tilden elected governor of New York 1874 Stephen Samuel Wise, U.S., President of Zionist Org of America 1873 Dutch socialist Samuel van Wooden demands law against child labor 1872 Samuel R. Percy patents dried milk 1872 Samuel F B Morse developer of electric telegraph, dies at 80 1871 Oliver Samuel Campbell, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1890 1871 Warner Fabian, Samuel H Adams, U.S. journalist and writer, Average Jones 1870 Samuel Rutherford, born in Culloden, Georgia, lawyer, politician, businessman, jurist, Mayor of Forsyth, Georgia, served in Georgia House of Representatives, elected to 69th U.S. Congress, served for four terms 1868 Samuel Lover, composer, dies at 71 1866 Samuel Ryan Curtis, Union general-major, dies at 49 1866 Samuel Sarphati, Amsterdam physician/social activist, dies at 53 1865 Samuel Pl'h Naber, Dutch rear-admiral/librarian 1864 Union General Samuel R Curtis defeats Confederate General Stirling Price 1864 Samuel Benton, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at about 44 1864 Samuel Allen Rice, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies of injuries at 36 1864 James Samuel Wadsworth, general-major (Union), dies in battle at 56 1863 Samuel Houston, 1st President of Rep of Texas (1836-38, 41-44), dies at 70 1863 Samuel Kosciuzko Zook, U.S. Union general-major, dies in battle at 40 1863 Samuel Butler publishes 1st part of "Erewhon," Christchurch, New Zealand 1863 Samuel Clemens becomes Mark Twain for 1st time 1862 Samuel Garland, Jr., U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1862 Samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47 1861 Samuel D. Riddle, horse owner, Man 'o War 1861 1st moving picture peep show machine is patented by Samuel Goodale 1860 Samuel Rutherford Crockett, novelist 1859 Samuel Alexander, English philosopher, Moral order and progress 1857 Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher 1857 Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn 1855 Richard Samuel Hughes, composer 1853 Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer, dies at 73 1852 18th Postmaster General: Samuel D Hubbard of Connecticut takes office 1850 Samuel Gompers, Dutch/U.S. 1st president, American Federation of Labor 1849 Samuel E "Sam" van Beem, actor, Fanfan la Tulipe 1848 Samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist, Middle Ages 1845 Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76 1844 Samuel F.B. Morse completes 1st telegraph line 1844 Samuel FB Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" (1st telegraph msg) 1844 Samuel Morse sends 1st telegraphic message 1843 Samuel Hahnemann, German physician, dies at 88 1841 Samuel Slocum patented the stapler 1841 Samuel Prowse Warren, composer 1840 Samuel Morse patents his telegraph 1838 Samuel Morse made 1st public demonstration of telegraph 1837 Samuel Wesley, composer (Exultate Deo), dies at 71 1837 Richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80 1836 Samuel Colt manufactures 1st pistol, 34-caliber "Texas" model 1836 Samuel Colt patents 1st revolving barrel multishot firearm 1835 Samuel Butler, England, author, Erewhom, Way of All Flesh 1835 Mark Twain, Samuel L Clemens, author, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn 1834 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, British poet, dies at 61 1833 Samuel A. Mudd, doctor, convicted of giving medical aid to JW Booth 1832 Samuel Sprigg Carroll, Major General Union Army 1830 , Samuel, Emerson Opdycke, Major General Union volunteers 1829 Samuel Wylie Crawford, Major General Union Army 1828 Samuel Allen Rice, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1827 Samuel Crompton, English inventor (mule-jenny), dies at 73 1826 Samuel Mory patents internal combustion engine 1825 Samuel Bell Maxey, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1824 Adolphe-Abraham Samuel, composer 1824 Samuel Plimsoll, Bristol England, inventor, Plimsoll line for ships 1823 Samuel Kosciusko Zook, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Samuel Davis Sturgis, Major General Union Army 1821 Samuel White Baker, born in London, England, explorer, Ceylon/Egypt 1820 Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer, dies at 57 1819 Samuel Jones, Major General Confederate Army 1819 William Samuel Johnson, American Politician 1819 Samuel McGowan, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1819 Samuel Powhatan Carter, Major General Union volunteers 1819 Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, composer 1818 Samuel Gibbs French, Major General Confederate Army 1817 Samuel Ryan Curtis, Major General Union volunteers 1816 Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood/admiral, dies 1814 Samuel Colt, U.S. inventor, Colt 6 shot revolver 1814 Samuel Jones Tilden, philanthropist for New York Public Library 1813 Samuel Jordan Kirkwood, Gov-Iowa, U.S. Sect of Interior, 1881-82 1813 Samuel Sarphati, Amsterdam, physician/pharmacist/social activist 1812 Samuel Smiles, born in Scotland, author, Self-Help, Character, Duty 1811 Samuel Chase, U.S. judge signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 70 1811 Samuel Story, Dutch rear Admiral (Battle of Kamperduin), dies at 58 1810 Samuel Sebastian Wesley, composer 1808 Samuel Jameson Gholson, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1807 James Samuel Wadsworth, Major General Union volunteers 1806 Samuel Horsley, English Clergyman 1805 Samuel Peter Heintzelman, Major General Union volunteers 1805 Samuel Palmer, London, painter/etcher, Valley of Vision 1804 Impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase begins 1804 Samuel Read Anderson, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1803 Samuel Hopkins, American Clergyman 1803 Samuel Adams, U.S. revolutionary (Boston Massacre-Tea Party), dies at 81 1803 Samuel Francis DuPont, Rear Admiral Union Navy 1802 Samuel Arnold, English composer, dies at 62 1801 Samuel Cousins, mezzotint engraver 1798 Samuel Cooper, Sect of War/General Confederate Army 1797 Samuel Lover, composer 1796 Samuel Huntington, U.S. judge signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 64 1793 Samuel Houston, 1st president of Texas, 1836-38, 1841-44 1791 Samuel Briggs and his son, patent nail-making machine 1791 Samuel Finley Breece Morse, U.S. painter/inventor, telegraph 1791 Samuel Mulliken, Philadelphia, is 1st to obtain more than 1 U.S. patent 1790 1st U.S. patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process 1788 Johann Samuel Schroeter, composer, dies 1787 Samuel Cunard, founder, 1st regular Atlantic steamship line 1785 Samuel Ellis advertises to sell Oyster Island (Ellis Island), no takers 1784 Samuel Johnson, English Author 1783 Samuel Prout, water-color painter 1782 1st nautical almanac in U.S. published by Samuel Stearns, Boston 1779 Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer 1772 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, England, poet, Rime of Ancient Mariner 1771 Samuel Hearne explores Copper Mine River of Canada 1769 Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer 1768 Samuel Adams letter, circulates around American colonies, opposing Townshend Act taxes 1766 Samuel Wilson, American Public Servant 1766 Samuel Wesley, Bristol England, composer/organist, Exultate Deo 1763 Samuel Rogers, English poet, Italy, a poem 1763 James Boswell's 1st meeting with Samuel Johnson 1763 Samuel Johnson meets his future biographer James Boswell in London 1762 Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer 1762 Johann Samuel Endler, composer, dies at 67 1757 Richard John Samuel Stevens, composer 1757 Samuel McIntire, woodcarver/architect, architect of Salem 1755 Samuel von Cocceji, German lawyer, dies 1755 Samuel Hahnemann, German physician and originator of homeopathy 1753 Samuel Crompton, English inventor, mule-jenny spinning machine 1752 Samuel Story, Dutch Admiral, Battle at Kamperduin 1741 Samuel Chase, judge, signed Declaration of Independence 1740 James Boswell, Scotland, Samuel Johnson's biographer 1740 Samuel Arnold, composer 1733 Samuel Horsley, English Clergyman 1731 Samuel Huntington, Gov-Ct, Continental Congress president 1729 Samuel Clarke, theologian, dies 1728 Samuel Wallis, explorer, Wallis Island 1727 William Samuel Johnson, American Politician 1722 Samuel Adams, revolutionary rabble rouser, Lieutenant Governor-Mass, 1789 - 1794 1721 Samuel Hopkins, American Clergyman 1720 Johann Samuel Welter, composer, dies at 69 1720 Samuel Foote, England, actor/dramatist, Mirror 1709 Samuel Johnson, English Author 1709 Samuel Johnson, lexicographer/writer, Boswell's Tour Guide 1703 Samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70 1699 Samuel Apostool, vicar/theologist (Zonisten), dies at 50 1694 Samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf, German lawyer, dies at 62 1694 Johann Samuel Endler, composer 1689 Samuel Richardson, English novelist, Pamela, baptized 1680 Samuel Butler, poet/satirist, dies 1679 Samuel von Cocceji, German lawyer 1679 Samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies 1667 David ben Samuel Halevi, rabbi/author (Shulchan Aruch), dies 1666 Samuel Pepys reports on 1st blood transfusion (between dogs) 1665 Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer, dies at 36 1660 1st entry in Samuel Pepys' diary 1654 Samuel Scheidt, German composer (Concertus sacri), dies at 66 1650 Johann Samuel Welter, composer 1638 Samuel Apostool, Dutch vicar/theologist, The Sun 1634 1st tavern in Boston opens (Samuel Cole) 1633 Samuel Pepys, born in London, England, Navy expert/composer, Diary, Memoirs 1632 Samuel Ampzing, vicar/poet (Biblical Treasures), dies 1632 Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist 1631 Rabbi Samuel Eliezer ben Judah ha-levi Edels, dies 1628 Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer 1627 Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter 1625 Samuel Besler, composer, dies at 50 1619 Samuel Daniel, English Poet 1612 Samuel Butler, England, poet/satirist, Hudibras, baptized 1608 Samuel de Champlain founded city of Quebec 1590 Samuel Ampzing, poet, Taelbericht der Netherlands Spellinge 1587 Samuel Scheidt, German organist/composer, baptised 1587 Samuel Scheidt, composer 1574 Samuel Besler, composer 1574 Samuel Coster, Dutch physician/playwright, Polyxena 1567 Samuel de Champlain, explorer, Lake Champlain 1199 Rambam (Maimonides) authorizes Samuel Ibn Tibbon to translate Guide of Perplexed from Arabic into Hebrew 1014 Samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies |
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