2014 Event Loretta Lynch, U.S. attorney for Eastern New York, is nominated U.S. Attorney General to replace Eric Holder; Lynch must be confirmed before taking the position 2014 Event U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announces his resignation after six years of service in the Obama Administration; Holder's resignation will take effect upon selection and confirmation of a successor 2014 Event U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder flies to Ferguson, MO to inform residents that the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown will be investigated by the federal government; a separate county-appointed grand jury has already begun reviewing the case 2014 Event Texas Governor Rick Perry has been convicted of felony for threatening to block state funds from the office of District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg unless she resigned; the threat stemmed from Lehmberg's arrest for drunk driving 2014 Event George Clooney and his girlfriend, British attorney Amal Alamuddin, are reportedly engaged 2014 Event U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder authorizes federal prosecutors to pursue the death penalty for Boston Marathon bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev 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 1999 Death Elliot Richardson, honest U.S. attorney general, fired by Nixon after he refused to fire Archibald Cox, dies at 79 1996 Death Melvin Mouron Belli, attorney/actor (Star Trek), dies at 88 1995 Event Attorney General Janet Reno announces she has Parkinson disease 1995 Death William Moses Kunstler, UCLA attorney (Chicago 7), dies at 78 1995 Death Joe Slovo, Latvian/South African attorney/secretary-general (SACR), dies at 68 1994 Death Horace "Stephen" McNally, attorney/actor (Johnny Belinda), dies at 80 1994 Event Singer Wayne Newton (52) weds attorney Kathleen McCrone (30) 1993 Death Max Tripels, Dutch attorney/MP, dies at 72 1993 Event Janet Reno selected by Clinton as U.S. Attorney General 1991 Event John F. Kennedy, Jr. wins his 1st battle as an attorney 1990 Death William French Smith, attorney general (1980), dies at 73 of cancer 1989 Death Anton Lubowski, Namibian attorney/SWAPO, murdered at 37 1989 Event Attorney General Thornburgh orders Joseph Doherty deported to UK 1988 Event Richard Thornburgh becomes U.S. Attorney General 1988 Event Attorney General Meese orders Joseph Doherty deported to U.K. 1985 Event South African attorney/UDF leader "Dulah" Omar arrested 1985 Death Vicki Vola, actress (Miss Miller-Mr District Attorney) 1985 Event Edwin Meese III becomes U.S. Attorney General 1985 Event U.S. Senate confirms Edwin Meese III as attorney general 1983 Event Attorney General Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "because food is free and that's easier than paying for it" 1983 Death Miguel Aleman Valdes, attorney/president of Mexico (1946-52), dies at 80 1982 Death Harald Riedewald, Suriname attorney, murdered 1977 Death Benno Stokvis, Dutch attorney/politician, dies at 75 1976 Death Martha Mitchell wife of former Attorney General John Mitchell, dies in New York at 57 1975 Death Ali Sastroamidjojo, Indonesian attorney/minister/premier, dies at 71 1974 Event Red Brigade kidnaps Italian attorney general Mario Sossi 1973 Event President Nixon's attorney, J Fred Buzhardt, reveals presence of 18 minute gap in a White House tape recording related to Watergate 1973 Event Solicitor General Bork, Attorney General Richardson and Deputy Attorney General Ruckelshaus resigned 1964 Event U.S. attorney general Robert Kennedy resigns 1963 Birthday Mark Pryor, born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, politician, Democrat, U.S. Senator from Arkansas, voted to confirm Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General 1962 Event Edward W Brooke (R) elected attorney general of Massachusetts 1962 Birthday Star Jones, attorney/TV hostess, NBC, Inside Edition 1959 Death Len Doyle, actor (Harrington-Mr District Attorney), dies at 66 1957 Birthday Caroline Kennedy-Schlossberg, attorney, John F. Kennedy and Jackie's daughter 1954 Birthday Bulelani T Ngcuka, South African attorney/leader, UDF 1954 Birthday Robert F Kennedy, Jr., attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council 1950 Birthday Yunus I Mahomed, South African attorney/leader, UDF 1949 Birthday Dumisa B Ntsebeza, South African attorney/anti-apartheid activist 1945 Birthday Domonic Barber, attorney, Howard Stern, Jessica Hahn, Joe Buttafucco 1945 Birthday Alton Maddox, New York black activist/attorney, Tawana Brawley case 1944 Death Bernard M Cohen, attorney, killed at Belsen concentration camp 1942 Birthday William Bradford Reynolds, U.S. asst attorney general 1941 Birthday Gloria Allred, feminist attorney 1938 Birthday Alan Dershowitz, born in New York City, attorney, Claus Von Bulow, OJ Simpson 1938 Birthday Janet Reno, U.S. attorney general, 1993- 1938 Death Clarence S Darrow, Scopes Monkey Trial attorney, dies in Chicago at 80 1937 Birthday Stephen Rubin, English attorney/shoe manufacturer, Reebok, Adidas 1937 Birthday Jacobus H "Koos" van de Merwe, South Africa attorney/CP parliament leader 1936 Birthday Johnnie Cochran, attorney, O. J. Simpson defense attorney 1936 Birthday Floyd Abrams, born in America, attorney, constitutional law expert, argued for famous cases, including the New York Times in the Judith Miller in CIA leak grand jury investigation 1934 Birthday Vincent Bugliosi, attorney/author, Helter-Skelter 1934 Birthday Abdulah M "Dulah" Omar, South African attorney/UDF-leader 1933 Birthday F Lee Bailey, born in Waltham, Massachusetts, attorney, Sam Shepard case, OJ case 1932 Birthday [Dick] Richard L Thornburgh, U.S. Attorney General, 1988-93 1931 Birthday Edwin Meese III, prude, U.S. attorney General, 1985-88 1929 Birthday Pieter A H Bos, Dutch lawyer/attorney general on Aruba 1928 Birthday Marvin Mitchelson, attorney 1927 Birthday Ramsey Clark, U.S. attorney General, 1967-69 1923 Birthday Charles Keating, district attorney, Los Angeles, California 1923 Birthday Richard Kleindienst, attorney general, 1972 1923 Event Attorney General says it is legal for women to wear trousers anywhere 1920 Birthday Max Tripels, attorney/Dutch MP 1920 Birthday Elliot L. Richardson, Attorney General, 1973, Secretary of Defense, 1973 1920 Birthday Frans van der Elst, Flemish attorney/MP, Volksunie 1919 Birthday William Kunstler, American Activist,defense attorney, Chicago 8 1919 Birthday Lord Rawlinson, British attorney general, Ewell 1918 Birthday Martha Mitchell, wife of Attorney General John Mitchell 1918 Event Annette Adams sworn in as 1st woman district attorney of U.S., California 1918 Birthday Rowley I Arenstein, South African attorney/communist/ANC'er 1918 Birthday Wilhelmus M J Russell, Dutch attorney/Member of 1st chamber, KVP/CDA 1917 Birthday William French Smith, Attorney General, 1981-85 1915 Birthday Arthur Gilson, Belgian attorney/minister of Defense, 1958-.. 1913 Birthday John Mitchell, Nixon's attorney general who went to jail 1910 Event William H. Lewis appointed asst attorney general of U.S. 1908 Birthday Helen Twelvetrees, actress, State's Attorney, Painted Desert 1903 Birthday Ali Sastroamidjojo, Indonesian attorney/minister/premier, 1953..7 1902 Birthday Miguel Aleman Valdes, Mexican attorney/president, 1946-52 1901 Birthday Benno Stokvis, Dutch attorney/politician 1901 Death Ignatius Donnelly, U.S. attorney/lieutenant governor of Minnesota, dies at 69 1899 Birthday Eunice Hunton Carter, 1st black female district attorney, NY 1899 Death Edouard Pailleron, French attorney/comedian, dies at 64 1898 Death Edward Noyes Westcott, U.S. attorney/writer (David Harum), dies 1895 Birthday Liaquat Al Khan, attorney/premier of Pakistan, 1947-51 1894 Birthday Edmond Rubbens, Belgian attorney/minister of colonization 1888 Birthday Francois Pauwels, Dutch writer/attorney 1882 Death Leon Michel Gambetta, French attorney/premier (1881-82), dies at 44 1877 Death Willem Sassen, Dutch attorney general on Curaeao (Affair-S), dies 1868 Death Thomas Carmichael Hindman, attorney and Confederate general-major, shot at 40 1865 Death Marcellus Monroe Crocker, U.S. attorney/Union Brigadier-General, dies at 35 1864 Death Dirk Dark Curtius, attorney/liberal minister of Justice, dies at 71 1864 Death James Barbour Terrill, U.S. attorney/Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at 26 1864 Birthday Thomas Dixon, U.S. attorney/playwright, Flaming Sword 1863 Death Benjamin Hardin Helm, U.S. attorney/Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at 33 1863 Death James Johnston Pettigrew, U.S. attorney/Confederate, dies at 35 1863 Death Isham W. Garrott, U.S. attorney/Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1863 Death James Cooper, U.S. attorney/senator/Union-Brigadier-General, dies at 52 1862 Death James Streshley Jackson, attorney and Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 39 1861 Death Edward Dickinson Baker, U.S. attorney/senator, dies in battle at 50 1860 Birthday Charles Gordon Curtis, U.S. attorney/inventor, Curtis Turbine 1857 Birthday Clarence Darrow, defense attorney at Scopes monkey trial 1845 Death Pierre P Royer-Collard, French attorney/philosopher, dies at 82 1838 Birthday Leon Michel Gambetta, French attorney/premier, 1881 - 1882 1834 Birthday Edouard Pailleron, French attorney/stage writer 1833 Birthday Robert Green Ingersoll, New York, author/politician/agnostic, Attorney General-R-Illinois 1832 Death Walter Scott, Scottish attorney/poet/writer (Ivanhoe), dies 1830 Birthday Belva Bennett Lockwood, attorney, 1st lady to argue in Supreme Court 1820 Birthday George Davis, Attorney General Confederacy 1820 Death William Ellery, U.S. attorney signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 92 1818 Birthday John Henninger Reagan, Attorney General, Confederacy 1817 Death Thomas McKean, U.S. attorney/signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 83 1813 Birthday Alexander Freiherr von Bach, Austria attorney/premier, 1852-59 1812 Birthday James Speed, Attorney General Union 1810 Birthday Thomas Bragg, Attorney General, Confederacy 1809 Birthday Peter P van Bosse, Dutch attorney/liberal minister of Finance 1806 Death James Smith, Irish / U.S. attorney and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 87 1806 Death George Wythe, U.S. attorney, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at about 79 1803 Death Hieronymus van Alphen, Dutch attorney/poet (church hymns), dies at 56 1802 Birthday Jacob van Lennep, attorney/Dutch MP 1800 Death Edward Rutledge, U.S. attorney, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 50 1793 Birthday Edward Bates, Attorney General, Union 1793 Death Thomas Mckean, U.S. attorney/signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 72 1792 Birthday Dirk Donker Curtius, Dutch attorney/minister of Justice, liberal 1790 Death William Hooper, U.S. attorney and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 48 1789 Event U.S. Attorney General Office is created 1788 Death John Penn, U.S. attorney, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 47 1787 Death Thomas Stone, U.S. attorney/signer (Dec of Ind), dies at about 44 1785 Death Carlo Bonaparte, Corsican attorney, dies at 39 1781 Death Richard Stockton, U.S. attorney, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 50 1763 Birthday Pierre P Royer-Collard, French attorney/philosopher 1749 Birthday Edward Rutledge, Gov-SC, attorney/signer Declaration of Independence 1746 Birthday Hieronymus van Alphen, Dutch attorney/poet, church songs 1746 Birthday Carlo Bonaparte, Corsican attorney/father of emperor Napoleon 1742 Birthday William Hooper, U.S. attorney signed Declaration of Independence 1741 Birthday John Penn, U.S. attorney, signed Declaration of Independence 1741 Death Peter Burmannus, Peter Burman, Dutch attorney/classicist, dies at 72 1730 Birthday Richard Stockton, U.S. attorney/signer Declaration of Independence 1727 Birthday William Ellery, U.S. attorney/signer Declaration of Independence 1668 Birthday Peter Burmannus, Pieter Burman, Dutch attorney/classicist 1588 Birthday John Winthrop, English attorney/puritan/1st Governor of Mass 1483 Birthday Francesco Guicciardini, Italian attorney and president of Romagna
