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
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
2005 John G. Roberts, Jr. is nominated to the United States Supreme Court
2005 The Supreme Court rules the death penalty unconstitutional for people who committed crimes before age 18
2000 Supreme Court halts Florida vote recount
1998 Lewis Powell, Supreme Court Justice, dies at 90
1998 Supreme Court rules attorney-client privilege extends beyond the grave, exempting Vince Foster's conversations with his lawyers from being used as evidence by Kenneth Starr
1998 Supreme Court lets Megan's Law stand
1997 William J. Brennan, jurist, served on the Supreme Court for 34 years (1956-90), dies at 91
1997 Supreme Court strikes down Internet indecency law
1997 Supreme Court upholds doctor-assisted suicide ban
1997 Supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments
1995 Warren Earl Burger, Supreme Court Justice, dies of heart failure at 78
1994 Sjlomo Goren, Polish/Israeli supreme rabbi, dies
1994 Stephen G. Breyer, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
1994 New York Supreme Court refuses Howard Stern's non financial disclosure
1994 Nomination hearings for Steven Breyer for supreme court justice begins
1994 Ruth Bader Ginsburg, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
1994 Supreme Court outlaws excluding people from juries because of gender
1994 Liberal Supreme Court Justice Blackmun (Roe vs. Wade) resigns
1993 Rouaz Lakhdar, Algerian supreme court justice, murdered
1993 Supreme Soviet dismisses president Boris Yeltsin
1993 John/Eoin Higgins, N Ire supreme court justice (1984-93), dies at 66
1993 Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White announced plans to retire
1993 Thurgood Marshall, 1st black supreme court justice (1967-91), dies 84
1992 G Harold Carswell, supreme court justice candidate 1970, dies at 72
1992 Supreme Court rules fund soliciting can be banned at airports
1992 Supreme Court rules hate crime laws violated free-speech rights
1992 Supreme Court rules states could not force mentally unstable criminal defendants to take anti-psychotic drugs
1992 U.S. Supreme Court rules a Nebraska farmer was entrapped by postal agents into buying mail-order child pornography
1992 Supreme Court rules 5-3 that Joseph Doherty isn't entitled to asylum
1991 Clarence Thomas, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
1991 U.S. Supreme Court begins to hear Joseph Doherty case
1991 Clarence Thomas is confirmed as Supreme Court Justice
1991 Law Professor Anita Hill accuses Supreme nominee Clarence Thomas of making sexually inappropriat comments to her
1991 Supreme Court rules prosecutors can be sued for legal advice they give police and can be held accountable
1991 U.S. Supreme Court bars subsidized clinics from discussing abortion
1991 Supreme Court rules jurors can't be barred from serving due to race
1991 Supreme Court rules unanimously employers can't exclude women from jobs where exposure to toxic chemicals could potentially damage fetus
1991 U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Joseph Doherty case
1990 David Hackett Souter, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
1990 U.S. Senate votes 90-9 to confirm David Souter to Supreme Court
1990 Senate Judiciary committee approves Souter's Supreme Court
1990 Supreme Soviet gives approval to switch to free market
1990 Justice William Brennan resigns from Supreme Court after 36 years
1990 Supreme Court rules family members cannot end lives of comatose relatives unless those relatives previously made their wishes known
1990 Supreme Court rules police check for drunk drivers constitutional
1990 Supreme Court says law prohibiting desecration of U.S. flag unconstitutional
1990 Vasily V Kuznetsov, President of U.S.S.R. supreme soviet (1982-83, 85), dies
1990 Supreme Court rules states could make it a crime to possess or look at child pornography, even in one's home
1990 Supreme Court rejects appeal from retarded man, Dalton Prejean, condemned to death for murdering a Louisiana state trooper in 1977
1990 Supreme Court strikes down Dallas' ordinance imposing strict zoning on sexually oriented businesses
1989 Penn is 1st to restrict abortions after Supreme Court gave states the right to do so
1989 Appeals court restores America's Cup to U.S. after New York Supreme Court gave it to NZ (NZ protested US's use of a catamaran)
1989 Supreme Court rules states do not have to provide funds for abortions
1989 Supreme Court rules ok to burn U.S. flag as a political expression
1989 U.S. Supreme Court rules employees have legal burden to prove non- discriminatory reasons for not hiring or promoting
1989 New York Supreme Court takes America's Cup away from San Diego Yacht Club for using a catamaran against New Zealand. Appeals court eventually overrules
1989 U.S. Supreme Court upholds 1 person 1 vote rule of New York City Board of Estimate
1989 Challenge to "who is a Jew" law filed in Israeli Supreme Court
1988 Robert Bork's supreme court nomination rejected by U.S. Senate
1988 Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor OK after breast cancer surgery
1988 Israel's supreme court uphold's ban on Kahane's Kach Party as racist
1988 Pakistan's Supreme Court orders free elections
1988 Supreme Court upholds a law that made it illegal for private clubs to discriminate against women and minorities
1988 U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear Yonkers argument they aren't racist
1988 U.S. Supreme Court rules trash may be searched without a warrant
1988 Supreme Court votes 8-0 Jerry Falwell cannot collect for Hustler parody
1988 Anthony M. Kennedy, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
1988 Anthony M. Kennedy appointed to Supreme Court
1988 G Mennen Williams, Supreme Court justice, dies at 76 in Detroit
1988 Canada's Supreme court declares anti-abortion law unconstitutional
1988 Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves nomination of Judge Anthony M Kennedy to U.S. Supreme Court
1988 Supreme Court rules (5-3) public school officials have broad powers to censor school newspapers, plays and other expressive activities
1987 Judge Anthony M. Kennedy nominated to Supreme Court
1987 Supreme Court nominee Douglas H. Ginsburg admitted using marijuana
1987 Senate debate begins rejecting Robert Bork's Supreme Court nomination
1987 Bork nominated to Supreme Court, rejected in October by senate
1987 Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. announces his retirement
1987 Supreme Court rules school teaching evolution need not teach creation
1987 Supreme Court ruled dangerous defendants could be held without bail
1987 Supreme Court rules women/minorities may get jobs if less qualified
1987 U.S. Supreme Court upholds affirmative action, 5-4
1986 William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court
1986 Antonin Scalia appointed to Supreme Court
1986 Supreme Court struck down Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction law
1986 Supreme Court upholds affirmative action in 2 rulings
1986 Georgia sodomy law upheld by Supreme Court (5-4)
1986 Supreme Court rules Air Force could ban wearing of yarmulkes
1985 Potter Stewart, 94th Supreme Court Justice (1958-81), dies in NH at 70
1985 Supreme Court strikes down Alabama "moment of silence" law
1984 Supreme Court weakens 70-year-old "exclusionary rule"-evidence seized with defective court warrants can now be used in criminal trials
1984 Supreme Court rules Jaycees may be forced to admit women as members
1984 Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts
1984 Supreme Court declares illegally obtained evidence may be admitted at trial if it could be proved that it would have been discovered legally
1984 Supreme Court (5-4): city may use public money for Nativity scene
1984 California Supreme Court rejects quadriplegic Elizabeth Bouvia, who wants to starve herself to death in a public hospital
1984 Supreme Court rules (5-4) oks private use of home VCRs to tape TV programs for later viewing does not violate federal copyright laws
1984 Supreme Court reinstated $10M award to Karen Silkwood's family
1983 Supreme Court rules retirement plans can't pay women less
1983 U.S. Supreme Court ruled Congress could not veto presidential decisions
1983 Supreme Court struck down state and local restrictions on abortion
1983 Li Xiannian becomes pres/Deng Xiaoping supreme commander of China PR
1983 Supreme Court rules government can deny tax breaks to schools that racially discriminated against students
1983 China's supreme court commutes Chiang Ch'ing's death sentence to life
1983 NY Supreme Court issues a preliminary injunction barring New York Yankees from playing season-opening series against Tigers in Denver
1982 Supreme Court rules President can't be sued for actions in office
1982 Supreme Court rules all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to a public education
1982 Abe Fortas, Supreme court justice, dies at 71
1981 Sandra Day O'Conner becomes 1st female Supreme Court Justice
1981 Senate confirms Sandra Day O'Conner to Supreme Court (99-0)
1981 Sandra Day O'Connor nominated for the Supreme Court
1981 Supreme Court upholds male-only draft registration, constitutional
1981 Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart retires, replaced by Sandra Day O'Connor, 1st woman on high court
1981 Supreme Court rules states could require, with some exceptions, parental notification when teen-age girls sought abortions
1980 President nominee Ronald Reagan promises to name a woman to Supreme Court
1980 Supreme Court rules new forms of life created in labs could be patented
1980 William O Douglas, member U.S. Supreme court (1939-75), dies at 81
1979 Supreme Court rules employers may use quotas to help minorities
1979 Supreme Court rules, 8-1, police can't randomly stop cars
1979 Supreme court of Lahore affirms death sentence against premier Bhutto
1979 Pope John Paul II's 1st overseas trip as supreme pontiff
1979 Supreme Court strikes down (6-3) Pennsylvania law requiring doctors performing an abortion to try to preserve lives of potentially viable fetuses
1978 Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla elected supreme pontiff-John Paul II
1978 Pope John Paul I officially installed as 264th supreme pontiff
1978 Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand New York radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's "Filthy Words"
1978 Supreme Court orders California medical school to admit Allan Bakke a white man claiming reverse discrimination when application was rejected
1978 David Berkowitz sentenced in New York Supreme Court to 25 years to life
1978 Supreme Court rules pension plans can't require women to pay more
1977 Supreme Court rules out death penalty for rapists of adults
1977 Supreme Court allows Federal control of Nixon tapes papers
1977 5-4 Supreme Court decision allows lawyers to advertise
1977 Tom C Clark, former Supreme Court Justice (1949-67), dies in New York at 77
1977 Supreme Court tosses out automatic death penalty laws
1977 Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman and John Mitchell
1977 Supreme Court rules "Live Free or Die" may be covered on NH licenses
1977 Supreme Court says people may refuse to display state motto on license
1976 Utah Supreme Court OKs execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore
1976 Supreme Court lifts 1972 ban on death penalty for convicted murderers
1976 Supreme Court rules death penalty not inherently cruel or unusual
1975 John Paul Stevens becomes a Supreme Court Justice
1975 John Paul Stevens appointed to Supreme Court
1975 Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas retired after 36 years
1975 Supreme Court rules teachers could spank their pupils after warning
1975 Supreme Court rules uniform minimum legal fees are a violation
1974 Supreme Court unanimously rules Nixon must turn over Watergate tapes
1974 Earl Warren, Governor of California/Supreme court justice (1953-68), dies at 83
1973 U.S. Supreme Court approves equal rights to females in military
1973 Roe vs Wade: U.S. Supreme Court legalizes some abortions
1972 Supreme Court rules (5-4) that Death Penalty is cruel and unusual
1972 U.S. Supreme Court, 5-3, confirms lower court rulings in Curt Flood case, upholding baseball's exemption from antitrust laws
1972 U.S. Supreme Court rules states can't require 1-yr residency to vote
1972 California Supreme Court abolishes death penalty
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 F Powell, Jr. appointed to Supreme Court
1971 Lewis Franklin Powell confirmed as Supreme Court justice
1971 William H Rehnquist and Lewis F Powell nominated to U.S. Supreme Court by Nixon, following resignations of Justices Hugo Black and John Harlan
1971 Supreme Court (8-0) overturns draft evasion conviction of Muhammad Ali
1971 U.S. Supreme Court upholds use of busing to achieve racial desegregation
1971 Supreme Court upheld busing as means of achieving racial desegregation
1970 Rene Schneider, Chilean general/supreme commander, murdered
1970 Supreme Court ruled juries of less than 12 are constitutional
1970 Harry A. Blackmun, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
1970 Harry A Blackmun appointed to Supreme Court
1970 Harry A Blackmun is confirmed as a justice on Supreme Court
1970 Senate rejects Nixon's nomination of Carswell to Supreme Court
1970 Supreme Court ruled draft evaders can not be penalized after 5 years
1970 Nixon nominates G Harold Carswell to Supreme Court (fails)
1969 Diana Ross final TV appearance as a Supreme on theEd Sullivan Show
1969 Supreme Court orders end to all school desegregation "at once"
1969 Warren E. Burger sworn in as Supreme Court Chief Justice
1969 Supreme Court rules suspension of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. from House
1969 Associate Justice Abe Fortas resigns from Supreme Court
1969 Supreme Court strikes down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material
1969 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas resigns
1968 Supreme Court declares Arkansas law banning teaching evolution in public schools unconstitutional
1968 Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren resigns
1968 Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale and rental of housing
1967 Thurgood Marshall sworn in as 1st black Supreme Court Justice
1967 Thurgood Marshall nominated as 1st black Supreme Court justice
1967 Supreme Court unanimously ends laws against interracial marriages
1966 U.S. Supreme Courts votes 4-3 allowing Braves to move to Atlanta
1966 Supreme Court's Miranda decision; suspect must be informed of rights
1966 U.S. Supreme Court rules the poll tax unconstitutional
1966 Supreme Court reverses Mass ruling that "Fanny Hill" is obscene
1965 Supreme appear on Ed Sullivan Show
1965 Elizabeth Lane becomes 1st female British supreme court justice
1965 Supreme Court rules 1879 Connecticut law ban of contraceptives unconstitutional
1965 Supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional
1964 Supreme's "Where Did Our Love Go," reaches #1
1964 Supreme Court rules closing schools to avoid desegregation unconstitut
1964 Supreme Court rules unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years
1964 Supreme Court issues New York Times vs. Sullivan decision, public officials must prove malice to claim libel and recover damages
1964 U.S. Supreme Court rules - 1 man 1 vote (Westberry vs. Sanders)
1963 Supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools
1963 Supreme Court's Miranda Decision; defendants must have lawyers
1962 Byron R. White becomes a Supreme Court Justice
1962 Byron R White appointed to Supreme Court
1962 Supreme Court rules New York school prayer unconstitutional
1962 Supreme Court backs 1-man-1-vote apportionment of seats in state legislature
1962 Dmitri Shostakovitch becomes member of Supreme Soviet of U.S.S.R.
1962 U.S. Supreme Court disallows race separation on public transportation
1961 Otis M Smith appointed to Michigan Supreme Court
1961 U.S. Supreme Court struck down a provision in Md's constitution requiring state office holders to believe in God
1961 Supreme Court rules cities and states have right to censor films
1959 Supreme court rules La prohibiting black-white boxing unconstitutional
1958 Potter Stewart appointed to U.S. Supreme Court
1958 U.S. Supreme Court orders Little Rock Arkansas high school to integrate
1957 Supreme Court decides 6-3, baseball is only antitrust exempt pro sport
1956 Supreme Court strikes down segregation of races on public buses
1956 William J. Brennan, Jr. becomes a Supreme Court Justice
1956 William J Brennan, Jr. appointed to Supreme Court
1956 U.S. Supreme Court ends race segregation on buses
1955 Supreme Court orders school integration "with all deliberate speed"
1954 Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education reversed 1896 "separate but equal" Plessy Vs Ferguson decision
1953 U.S. Supreme Court rules (7-2) baseball is a sport not a business
1953 Supreme Court rules Major League baseball exempt from anti-trust laws
1953 Earl Warren appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
1953 Segregated lunch counters in DC forbidden by Supreme Court
1953 U.S. Court of Appeals rules that Organized Baseball is a sport and not a business, affirming the 25-year-old Supreme Court ruling
1952 Henri G Winkelman, Dutch supreme commander army/navy 1940, dies at 76
1951 Supreme Court rule "clear and present danger" of incitement to riot is not protected speech and can be a cause for arrest
1950 U.S. General Eisenhower becomes supreme commander of NATO-Europe
1950 U.S. Supreme Court undermines legal foundations of segregation
1948 California Supreme Court voids state statue banning interracial marriages
1948 Clarence Thomas, born in Savannah, Georgia, 108th U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1991-
1948 Supreme Court rules relg instructions in pub schools unconstitutional
1948 U.S. Supreme Court decision (Sipuel vs. Oklahoma State Board of Regents)
1946 U.S. Supreme Court bans discrimination in interstate travel
1946 U.S. Supreme Court rules race separation on buses, unconstitutional
1946 Michail I Kalinin, President (Supreme Soviet), dies at 60
1946 Field Marshal Montgomery appointed British supreme commander
1946 Harlan Fiske Stone, Chief Justice Supreme Court (1941-46), dies at 73
1945 Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Lawrence opens trial of Neurenberg
1945 General MacArthur named Supreme Commander of Allied Powers in Japan
1945 U.S., U.K., U.S.S.R., France declare supreme authority over Germany
1945 Fritz Fromm, German supreme commander of Reserve army, executed
1944 Prince Bernhard appointed supreme commander of Netherlands Domestic Arm Force
1944 Supreme Court (Smith vs. Allwright) "white primaries" unconstitutional
1944 Supreme Soviet enlarges soviet republics' autonomy
1943 Franklin D. Roosevelt appoints General Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces
1943 Lord Mountbatten appointed Supreme Allied Commander in SE Asia
1942 U.S. Supreme Court declares Nevada separation legal
1942 General Doug MacArthur arrives in Australia to become supreme commander
1942 Italian supreme command demands dismissal of German marshal Rommel
1941 GJ Berenschot, general/supreme commander Dutch East Indies army, dies
1941 Louis D Brandeis, 1st Jewish Supreme Court Judge (1916-39), dies at 84
1941 Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage and Hour law, sets min wages and max hrs
1940 Gen Winckelman replaces Gen Reijnders as Dutch supreme commander
1939 David H Souter, Weir NH, 107th Supreme Court Justice, 1990-
1939 General Reijnders appointed supreme commander of Dutch army
1939 Isoroku Yamamoto appointed supreme commander of Japanese fleet
1939 New York supreme court justice J F Crater legally declared dead
1939 Cornelis J Cutters, supreme commander of Navy (1910-18), dies
1939 Supreme Court outlaws sit-down strikes
1938 Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court justice
1938 Andreas J "Cat" Liebenberg, supreme commander, South Africa army
1938 Supreme Soviet elects Michail Kalinin as presidium chairman
1937 Senate rejects Franklin D.. Roosevelt proposal to enlarge Supreme Court
1937 Peter M. Harris, Official Solicitor, Supreme Court
1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes enlarging Supreme Court, "court packing" plan failed
1936 Rose Elizabeth Bird, California Supreme Court Justice
1936 Spanish fascist junta names Franco to generalissimo/supreme commander
1936 Anthony Kennedy, born in California, 106th Supreme Court justice, 1988-
1936 Antonin Scalia, born in Trenton, New Jersey, 105th Supreme Court Justice, 1986-
1935 Supreme Court declares FDR's National Recovery Act unconstitutional
1935 John J "Jannie" Geldenhuys, supreme commander South Africa army 1980-
1934 Brian Kenny, deputy supreme allied commander, Europe
1933 Ruth Bader Ginsberg, justice, U.S. Supreme Court
1930 NY World reports disappearance of supreme court justice Joseph Crater
1930 Supreme Court Justice John Force Crater disappears in New York City
1930 Supreme Court rules buying liquor does not violate the Constitution
1930 Sandra Day O'Connor, born in Texas, 1st woman Supreme Court Justice, 1981-
1928 Brooklyn Supreme, born in Belgium, stallion, heaviest known horse, 1450 kg
1927 Supreme Court ruled bootleggers must pay income tax
1926 Chiang Kai-shek appointed to national-revolutionary supreme commander
1926 Chiang Kai-shek is made supreme war lord in Canton
1925 John Knox, British supreme court justice
1925 1st all-female U.S. state supreme court appointed, Texas
1924 William Rehnquist, Ws, Supreme Court, 1972-86, /chief justice, 1987-
1924 David Loram, British vice-admiral, Supreme Allied Commander
1923 German Supreme Court prohibits NSDAP
1922 U.S. Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport and not a business and thus not subject to antitrust laws
1922 Supreme Court unanimously upheld 19th amend woman's right to vote
1921 Supreme Court rules labor injunctions and picketing unconstitutional
1921 Bernard Rogers, supreme Allied commander Europe
1920 John Paul Stevens, born in Illinois, 103rd Supreme Court Justice, 1975-
1920 John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court Justice
1918 Pro-German supreme commander general Cutters lay-offs
1918 Supreme commander of the army Gen Cutters resigns
1918 Supreme Court rules child labor laws unconstitutional
1917 Supreme Court decision (Buchanan vs. Warley) strikes down Lousiville Kentucky ordiance requiring blacks and whites to live in separate areas
1917 Byron R. Whizzer White, born in Ft. Collins, NFLer/Supreme Court Just, 1962-93
1917 U.S. Supreme Court upheld 8-hr work day for railroad employees
1916 1st Jewish Supreme Court justice, Louis Brandeis, appointed by Wilson
1915 Andrew J Goodpaster, U.S., general/supreme commander, NATO-Europe
1915 Potter Stewart, Michigan, 94th Supreme Court justice, 1958-81
1914 King Albert I becomes supreme commander of Belgian army
1914 John French appointed British supreme commander
1911 Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil with the Sherman Antitrust Act
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 Thurgood Marshall, born in Maryland, 1st black Supreme Court justice, 1967-91
1908 Jack Jacob, senior master, British Supreme Court
1908 Supreme Court rules a union boycott violates Sherman Antitrust Act
1907 Lewis F Powell, Jr., Virginia, Supreme Court justice, 1972-87
1905 Elizabeth Lane, 1st female British supreme court justice
1905 U.S. Supreme Court judges maximum work day unconstitutional
1904 Supreme Court rules Puerto Ricans cannot be denied admission to US
1902 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. became Associate Justice on Supreme Court
1901 Charles E Whittaker, Kansas, U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1957-62
1900 Lord Kitchener succeeds lord Roberts up as supreme commander in South Africa
1899 Fieldmarshal Lord Roberts appointed British supreme commander in South Africa
1899 John M Harlan, Chicago, 91st Supreme Court justice, 1955-71
1898 William O Douglas, Maine, 81st Supreme Court justice, 1939-75
1897 Iwan S Konew, Russ marshal/supreme commander pact of Warsaw
1896 U.S. Supreme Court affirms race separation (Plessy vs. Ferguson)
1895 Anastas I Mikoyan, Armenia, member of Supreme Soviet
1894 Congress passes Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, which includes a graduated income tax later struck down by the Supreme Court
1892 Robert Houghwout Jackson, 84th Supreme Court justice, 1941-54
1891 Earl Warren, California, Gov-R-Ca, /14th supreme court chief justice, 1953-69
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
1886 Hugo L. Black, Ala, Sen-D-Ala, /78th Supreme Court justice, 1937-71
1884 Isoroku Yamamoto, admiral and supreme commander of Japanese fleet
1883 Alexander Papagos, Greek fieldmarshal/supreme commander
1883 U.S. Supreme Court decides Native Americans can't be Americans
1883 Supreme Court declares Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional
1882 Felix Frankfurter, Vienna Aust, 80th Supreme Court Justice, 1939-62
1879 1st female lawyer heard by Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood)
1879 Congress authorizes women lawyers to practice before Supreme Court
1878 U.S. Supreme Court rules race separation on trains unconstitutional
1876 Frank L Gillespie, Arkansas, founded Supreme Life Insurance Company
1876 Henri G Winkelman, Dutch general/supreme commander/navy 1940
1876 A G Bell and Elisha Gray apply separately for telephone patents Supreme Court eventually rules Bell rightful inventor
1875 Congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Court, 1883
1872 Harlan Fiske Stone, NH, Supreme Court, 1925-41, Chief Justice, 41-46
1869 Congress increases number of Supreme Court judges from 7 to 9
1865 J. S. Rock, 1st black lawyer to practice in Supreme Court, admitted to bar
1864 Roger Taney, 5th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1836-64), dies at 87
1862 Charles Evans Hughs, 11th Chief Justice of Supreme Court, 1930-41
1861 John Merryman is arrested under suspension of writ of habeas corpus it later sparks a supreme court decision protecting writ
1858 Dred Scott, U.S. slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies
1857 Dred Scott Decision: Supreme Court rules slaves cannot be citizens
1856 Louis D. Brandeis, Massachusetts, 68th Supreme Court Justice, 1916-39
1855 Wisconsin Supreme Court declares U.S. Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional
1852 Cornelis J Snijders, supreme commander of Dutch Navy, 1910-18
1846 Cornelis F van Maanen, Dutch supreme court justice, dies at 76
1841 U.S. Supreme Court rules Negroes are free (Amistad Incident)
1841 Oliver Wendell Holmes, born in Massachusetts, 59th Supreme Court justice, 1902-32
1837 Congress increases Supreme Court membership from 7 to 9
1830 Belva Bennett Lockwood, attorney, 1st lady to argue in Supreme Court
1827 Duke of Wellington appointed British supreme commander
1821 Luis (Philippus) Brion, Curaeaos admiral/supreme commander, dies at 39
1816 U.S. Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions
1809 Supreme Court rules federal government power greater than any state
1804 Impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase begins
1803 Supreme Court 1st rules a law unconstitutional (Marbury vs. Madison)
1795 John Rutledge becomes 2nd chief justice of Supreme Court
1790 Supreme Court convenes for 1st time (New York City)
1789 Federal Judiciary Act is passed and creates a six-person Supreme Court
1779 Joseph Story, Massachusetts, 19th Supreme Court justice, 1812-45
1775 2nd Continental Congress names George Washington, supreme commander
1765 William August duke of Cumberland, Engl supreme commander, dies at 44
1755 John Marshall, Virginia, 4th Supreme Court Chief Justice, 1801-35
1745 Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court, 1796-1800
1645 Robert Devereux resigns as parliament supreme commander
1632 Albrecht von Wallenstein appointed supreme commander
1630 Ferdinand II fires supreme commander Albrecht von Wallenstein
1625 Albrecht von Wallenstein appointed German supreme commander
1531 Henry VIII recognized as supreme head of Church in England
1530 King Henry VIII's divorce request is denied by the Pope Henry then declares that he, not the Pope, is supreme head of England's church
1356 Gautier de Brienne, duke of Athens/French supreme commander, dies
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