2015 Event Greek judge Vassiliki Thanou is sworn in as the nation's interim prime minister after last week's resignation of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras; new elections for the position will be held in September 2015 Event A federal U.S. judge orders a halt to an executive order issued by President Barack Obama that allows approximately 5 million illegal immigrants to remain in the country; Obama expects to overcome this hurdle to implement the order as planned 2014 Event After a federal judge ruled that Utah's same-sex ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional, the Supreme Court had to place the lower-court ruling on hold pending an appeal by the state 2013 Event The trial for ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi begin in Cairo; Morsi's behavior during the session prompts the judge to postpone the trial until January 8, 2014 2012 Event Standard & Poor's credit rating agency receives a ruling by an Australian judge that they misled investors in their rating of two-pre-crisis issues of structured debt 2011 Event U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords is shot, Judge John Roll killed, in a Tucson, Arizona shooting rampage that killed 6 people and injured 14 2010 Event A Tel Aviv judge orders safe deposit boxes at a Zurich bank opened; the boxes may contain drawings and manuscripts by writer Franz Kafka 2004 Event Yemeni judge sentences two Islamists death for the 2000 attack on the USS Cole, that killed 17 sailors 1999 Death John Minor Wisdom, American Judge 1998 Event U.S. district judge T. Hogan declares line-item veto law unconstitutional 1997 Event Federal judge sentences Autumn Jackson, who claims to be Bill Cosby's daughter, to 26 months for trying to extort $40 million from him 1997 Event Federal judge orders Microsoft not to bundle IE4 in Windows 1997 Event British au pair Louise Woodward, 19, sentenced to life in death of Matthew Eappen 8 months (judge changes to time served)00690901 1997 Event Judge finds Pamela Lee not guilty of breaking a contract 1996 Death Basil Nield, judge/politician, dies at 83 1996 Death Alexander Harman, judge, United States Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia 1969 - 1979, dies 1996 Death Elbert Parr Tuttle, lawyer/judge, dies at 98 1996 Death Fernand Schokweiler, judge, dies at 60 1995 Death Warren E. Burger, American Judge 1995 Death Bernard Benjamin Gillis, judge, dies at 89 1995 Event Federal judge orders injunction to end baseball strike 1995 Event Federal judge allows lawsuit claiming U.S. tobacco makers knew nicotine was addictive and manipulated its levels to keep customers hooked 1995 Death Edward Sutcliffe, judge (British Central Criminal Court), dies at 77 1994 Death Bernard Caulfield, judge, dies at 80 1993 Death Bentri Seddik, Algerian court judge, murdered at 46 1993 Death Gerhard Gesell, judge (Pentagon Papers), dies of liver cancer at 82 1993 Event NY Judge Sol Wachtler indicted for harassing Joy Silverman 1992 Death John J Sirica, U.S., judge (Watergate), dies at 88 1992 Death Patrick A Devlin, England, judge/lead house of Lords, dies 1992 Death Paolo Borsellino, Italian anti-mafia judge, murdered by mafia 1992 Death Giovanni Falcone, anti-mafia judge (Palermo), murdered 1992 Death Winand J Borgerhoff Mulder, court judge Amster (squaters), dies at 78 1992 Death Irving R Kaufman, federal judge (Rosenberg Case), dies at 81 1992 Death Irving R. Kaufman, American Judge 1991 Death Concetto Lo Bello, Italian International soccer judge, dies 1990 Event Federal judge sentenced former national security adviser John M Poindexter to 6 months for making false statements to Congress 1990 Death Tom Brown, actor (Judge Priest, Hello Sucker, Ex-Champ), dies at 77 1989 Event U.S. Senate impeaches U.S. District Judge Alcee L Hastings 1988 Death J Skelly Wright, U.S. judge (anti-segregationist), dies at 77 1988 Event Judge orders NASA to release unedited tape from Challenger cockpit 1988 Event Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves nomination of Judge Anthony M Kennedy to U.S. Supreme Court 1987 Event Judge Anthony M. Kennedy nominated to Supreme Court 1987 Event Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials 1987 Event Federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North 1986 Event Senate convicted U.S. District Judge Harry E Claiborne making him 5th federal official to be removed from office through impeachment 1986 Event House of Representatives impeaches Judge Harry E. Claiborne on tax evasion 1982 Event Arkansas judge rules against obligatory teaching of creation 1981 Event Judge Wapner and People's Court premier on TV 1981 Death Russell "Lucky" Hayden, actor (Judge Roy Bean), dies at 68 1980 Death Fabian von Schlabendorff, German resistance fighter/judge, dies at 73 1980 Death William O. Douglas, American Judge 1979 Event Steven Lachs, appointed California's 1st admittedly gay judge 1978 Event NY District Court Judge Constance Baker Motley rules that women sportswriters cannot be banned from locker rooms 1978 Event NFL permanently adds 7th official (side judge) 1978 Event Judge William H Webster appointed head of FBI 1977 Event Judge rules Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released 1976 Event Judge Oliver upholds Seitz's decision on Andy Messersmith free agency 1975 Death Darwin Judge, USMC-corporal, 1 of last U.S. soldiers killed in Viet 1975 Event Judge Sirica orders release of Watergate's John W Dean III, Herbert W Kalmbach and Jeb Stuart Magruder from prison 1974 Death Earl Warren, American Judge 1974 Death Arline Judge, actress (Age of Consent), dies at 61 1973 Event Nixon agrees to turn over White House tape recordings to Judge Sirica 1971 Death Hugo Black, American Judge 1971 Birthday Amanda Holden, born in Bishop's Waltham, England, actress, judge on television show, 'Britain's Got Talent' 1970 Event 4, including presiding judge, killed in courthouse shootout in San Rafael, California (Police charge Angela Davis provided weapons) 1970 Death ... Haley, U.S. judge, shot dead 1969 Death Shorty Long, soul singer/pianist (Here Comes the Judge), dies at 29 1968 Event "Here Come Da Judge" by The Buena Vistas peaks at #88 1967 Death Robert H van Gulik, diplomat/writer (Judge Tie), dies 1966 Event Wisc State Circuit Court Judge Elmer W. Roller rules either the Braves stay in Milwaukee or NL must promise Wisconsin an expansion team for 1966 1965 Birthday Piers Morgan, born in England, editor of tabloids, the Daily Mirror, News of the World, judge on television show, 'Britain's Got Talent' and 'America's Got Talent' 1965 Death Felix Frankfurter, American Judge 1964 Death Calvin Thomas, actor (Judge Hunter-One Man's Family), dies at 79 1962 Event Edith Spurlock Sampson sworn-in as 1st U.S. black female judge 1962 Birthday Mike Judge, American Producer 1962 Event "You Can't Judge A Book By Cover" by Bo Diddley peaks at #48 1961 Event Federal judge rules that Birmingham, Alabama, laws against integrated playing fields are illegal 1961 Event J B Parsons is 1st African American judge of a U.S. District Court 1961 Death Learned Hand, Chief judge of U.S. court of Appeals, dies at 89 1961 Death Learned Hand, American Judge 1961 Event Judge Irving Kaufman orders Board of Ed of New Rochelle, to integrate 1958 Event Federal judge rules race separation must end in 2 years in Little Rock 1958 Death Judge Jackson, composer, dies at 75 1957 Birthday Judge Reinhold, Wilmington, Delaware, actor, Fast Times at Ridgemont High 1955 Event Josephine Kroesen appointed as 1st Dutch female judge 1955 Death Joannes A Veraart, Dut judge/MP, (Jews in Netherlands), dies at 68 1954 Birthday Catherine Crier, born in Dallas, Texas, former district court judge, television personality, writer, anchor Court TV program 1953 Event U.S. district Judge Grim, rules NFL can black out TV home games 1953 Death Frederick M. Vinson, American Judge 1952 Birthday Harry Anderson, Newport, Rhode Island, actor, Judge Harry Stone-Night Court 1950 Birthday Lance Ito, judge, O. J. Simpson trial 1948 Death Charles Evans Hughes, American Judge 1947 Birthday Roy Moore, American Judge 1947 Event NFL adds 5th official (back judge) and allows sudden death in playoffs 1946 Event Federal judge rules Seattle club doesn't have to play returning serviceman 1945 Death Henry van Goudoever, Dutch lawyer/judge, dies on his 69th birthday 1945 Birthday Linda Davies, British Judge 1945 Event President Truman appoints Irwin C. Mollison judge of U.S. Customs Court 1945 Death Roland Freisler, German Nazi judge (July 20th plotter case), dies 1944 Death Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/baseball commisioner, dies at 78 1944 Birthday David Pearl, British judge 1943 Death Ben Lindsey, American Judge 1942 Event Federal judge upholds detention of Japanese-Americans 1942 Death George Sutherland, English Judge 1942 Birthday Ian Dury, Upminster Essex, rocker, Blockheads, actor, Judge Dredd 1941 Death Louis D Brandeis, 1st Jewish Supreme Court Judge (1916-39), dies at 84 1940 Birthday Heather Steel, British judge 1940 Birthday Shorty Long, soul singer/pianist, Here Comes the Judge 1939 Birthday David H. Souter, American Judge 1939 Event 1st black woman judge, Jane Matilda Bolin, New York City 1939 Birthday Giovanni Falcone, Italian Judge 1939 Birthday Roger Buckley, British High Court Judge 1938 Birthday Stuart McKinnon, high court judge 1938 Birthday John Sheil, Northern Irish High Court judge 1938 Event Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis frees 74 St. L Cardinals minor leaguers 1938 Birthday Lord Justice Ward, British judge 1937 Birthday Mark Potter, British court judge 1937 Birthday Charles W. Pickering, American Judge 1937 Birthday Simon Brown, British high court judge 1937 Event William H. Hastie becomes 1st black federal judge (Virgin Islands) 1937 Birthday Mark Saville, QC, British high court judge 1937 Birthday 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 1937 Death Frederick Pollock, English Judge 1936 Birthday Anne Downey, British circuit judge 1936 Birthday Edward Cazalet, British High Court Judge 1936 Birthday James Rand, British judge, Advocate General 1936 Death Joshua Willis Alexander, American Judge 1935 Event Judge Landis fines ump George Moriarty, Cubs manager Charlie Grimm and Chicago players W English, B Jurges and B Herman for actions in World Series 1935 Birthday Fernand Schokweiler, British judge 1935 Death Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., American Judge 1934 Birthday Richard Scott, British high court judge 1934 Event Judge Landis sells World Series broadcast rights to Ford for $100,000 1934 Birthday Anthony Evans, British high court judge 1934 Birthday Paul Gibson, British high court judge 1934 Birthday Leonard Hoffmann, high court judge 1934 Birthday John Roch, high court judge 1933 Birthday Desmond Fennell, British high court judge 1933 Event German judge Vogt signs deed of accusation against Van der Lubbe 1933 Birthday Philip Otton, high court judge 1933 Birthday Helen Paling, British circuit judge 1933 Birthday Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American Judge 1933 Birthday Terry J. Hatter, Jr., U.S. judge in California 1933 Birthday 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 Birthday 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 Birthday Denis Henry, British high court judge 1931 Death John Atkinson, Irish Judge 1931 Birthday Inge Bernstein, British judge 1930 Death Joseph Force Crater, American Judge 1930 Birthday Ivor Richardson, Judge, New Zealand Court of Appeals 1929 Birthday Michael Morland, High court judge 1927 Event Judge Landis begins 3-day public hearing on charges that 4 games played between Chicago and Detroit in 1917 had been thrown to White Sox 1926 Birthday David Ogilvy, born in London, England, David George Coke Patrick Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie, The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, judge, served as Lord Chamberlain 1926 Birthday Ronald Waterhouse, high court judge 1926 Birthday Rayner Goddard, born in England, Lord Goddard, Baron Goddard, judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, known for his strict conservative rulings 1925 Birthday James Pickles, judge 1924 Birthday Edward I Koch, New York City, Mayor-D-NYC, 1977 - 1989, judge, People's Court 1924 Birthday Michel Galabru, Safi Morocco, actor, Judge and the Assassin 1924 Birthday Jean-Pierre Warner, British high court judge 1924 Birthday William H. Webster, U.S., judge and head FBI/CIA 1924 Birthday Peter Webster, British High Court Judge 1924 Birthday Robert Gatehouse, former High Court judge 1922 Birthday Kitty Kallen, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, singer, Judge For Yourself 1922 Event Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel, suspended on October 16, 1921, by Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis, return to the New York lineup and go hitless 1921 Event AL votes to return to best-of-7 World Series, while NL votes best-of-9 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis casts deciding vote for best-of-7 1921 Birthday Sanderson Temple, circuit judge 1921 Event Florence Allen is 1st woman judge to sentence a man to death 1921 Birthday Alexander Harman, born in Athens, West Virginia, judge, United States Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia 1969 - 1979 1920 Event Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis elected 1st baseball commissioner 1920 Birthday Michael Eastham, high court judge 1920 Birthday Haydn Tudor Evans, British high court judge 1919 Birthday Joseph Albert Wapner, Louisiana, judge, People's Court 1919 Birthday 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 1919 Event John McGraw, Charles A Stoneham, and Judge McQuade buy New York Giants 1917 Birthday Derek Hodgson, British high court judge 1917 Birthday Jean Graham Hall, circuit court judge, England 1916 Death Charles E Manning, Australian judge/major, dies in battle at 36 1915 Birthday John Arnold, British high court judge 1914 Birthday Bernard Caulfield, judge 1914 Birthday Winand J Borgerhoff Mulder, court judge of Amsterdam 1913 Death Henry Billings Brown, American Judge 1912 Birthday Russell "Lucky" Hayden, born in Chico, California, actor, Judge Roy Bean 1912 Birthday Arline Judge, actress, Girls in Chains, Mad Wednesday, Age of Consent 1911 Birthday Lord Brightman, British judge of appeals 1910 Birthday Robert H van Gulik, Dutch diplomat/writer, Judge Ti 1910 Birthday Irving R. Kaufman, American Judge 1910 Birthday Abe Fortas, American Judge 1910 Birthday Arthur Hazlerigg, born in England, Lord Hazlerigg, 2nd Baron Hazlerigg, awarded Military Cross, judge, Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire, soldier, served during World War II, life peer 1909 Birthday Joseph Force Crater, American Judge 1909 Birthday August William Derleth, Sauk City Wisconsin, writer, Judge Peck Mysteries 1908 Birthday Laurence Naismith, Surrey England, actor, Judge Fulton-Persuaders 1908 Birthday Harry A. Blackmun, American Judge 1908 Birthday Neil Lawson, British high court judge 1907 Birthday Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Judge 1907 Birthday Mollie Doreen Phillips, British figure skater/judge, Olympics 1932,36 1906 Birthday William J. Brennan, Jr., Judge 1905 Birthday Bernard Benjamin Gillis, British judge 1905 Birthday John Minor Wisdom, American Judge 1905 Birthday Lord Carew, born in Ireland, judge, dressage 1904 Birthday John J Sirica, U.S. federal judge, Watergate hearings 1904 Birthday John J. Sirica, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, John Joseph Sirica, judge, Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, presided over Watergate scandal, Time magazine Person of the Year, 1973 1903 Birthday Basil Nield, judge/politician 1903 Event 29th Kentucky Derby: Hal Booker aboard Judge Himes wins in 2:09 1902 Death Horace Gray, American Judge 1901 Event Anne Russell's "Girl and the judge," premieres in New York City 1899 Birthday William Hornby Steer, barrister and judge 1898 Birthday William O. Douglas, American Judge 1897 Birthday Elbert Parr Tuttle, lawyer/judge 1894 Death Charles Bowen, English Judge 1891 Death Helena Blavatsky, founder of the Theosophical Society, with William Quan Judge, Henry Steel Olcott, believed all inner religious teachings are true, dies, date of death celebrated by Theosophists, who call it, Whilte Lotus Day 1890 Birthday Frederick M. Vinson, American Judge 1888 Death Theodor Storm, German judge/author (Schimmelreiter), dies at 70 1886 Death Robert Collier, Robert Porrett Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell, politician, judge, educated at Oxford, successfully defended Brazilian pirates, dies 1886 Birthday Hugo Black, American Judge 1883 Birthday Lord Birkett, England, judge, Nuremburg Trials 1883 Birthday Judge Jackson, composer 1876 Birthday Irvin S Cobb, Kentucky, writer/humorist, Old Judge Priest 1872 Birthday Learned Hand, born in Albany, New York, Chief judge, U.S. Court of Appeals 1870 Event Esther Morris appointed 1st female judge 1869 Birthday Ben Lindsey, American Judge 1866 Birthday Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/1st commissioner of baseball 1864 Death John Gregg, U.S. judge/Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 36 1864 Death Hamilton Rowan Gamble, U.S. judge/governor of Missouri (1861-64), dies 1862 Birthday Charles Evans Hughes, American Judge 1862 Birthday George Sutherland, English Judge 1853 Death Simon Greenleaf, American Judge 1852 Birthday Joshua Willis Alexander, American Judge 1850 Death Francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies 1845 Birthday Frederick Pollock, English Judge 1844 Birthday John Atkinson, Irish Judge 1842 Birthday Gustav Ratzenhofer, Austria, sociologist/judge/Field Marshal 1836 Death Edward Livingston, American Judge 1836 Birthday Henry Billings Brown, American Judge 1835 Death John Marshall, American Judge 1835 Birthday Charles Bowen, English Judge 1831 Birthday Helena Blavatsky, born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, founder of the Theosophical Society, with William Quan Judge, Henry Steel Olcott, believed all inner religious teachings are true 1828 Birthday Horace Gray, American Judge 1824 Birthday George Jessel, English Judge 1822 Death Ernst T Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer, dies at 46 1817 Birthday Theodor Storm, German judge/author, Imense China 1817 Birthday Robert Collier, born in England, Robert Porrett Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell, politician, judge, educated at Oxford, successfully defended Brazilian pirates 1814 Death Robert Treat Paine, U.S. judge, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 83 1811 Death Samuel Chase, U.S. judge signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 70 1805 Birthday Pieter J Elout van Soeterwoude, Dutch judge/member of parliament 1804 Death Caesar Rodney, U.S. judge signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 62 1803 Event 1st impeachment trial of a federal judge, John Pickering, begins 1799 Death William Paca, U.S. judge/signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 58 1798 Death George Read, U.S. judge/signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 65 1798 Death James Wilson, Scottish lawyer, U.S. judge, signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies at 55 1797 Death Oliver Wolcott, U.S. judge/signer of Declaration of Independence, dies at 71 1796 Death Samuel Huntington, U.S. judge signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 64 1795 Death Josiah Bartlett, U.S. physician and judge, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 65 1786 Birthday Louis C Luzac, judge/Dutch Internal minister 1785 Death William Whipple, merchant, judge, and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 55 1785 Death Stephen Hopkins, U.S. judge/signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 78 1784 Death Caesar Rodney, U.S. judge/singer Declaration of Independence, dies at 55 1783 Birthday Simon Greenleaf, American Judge 1779 Death George Ross, U.S. judge/signer (Declaration of Independence), dies at 49 1776 Birthday Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer, Undine 1764 Birthday Edward Livingston, American Judge 1756 Birthday Joannes van der Linden, lawyer/judge, Ware Pleiter 1748 Death Edmund Gibson, English Judge 1742 Birthday James Wilson, Scottish lawyer, U.S. judge, signer of the Declaration of Independence 1741 Birthday Samuel Chase, judge, signed Declaration of Independence 1740 Birthday William Paca, U.S. judge/signer, Declaration of Independence 1733 Birthday George Read, U.S. judge/signer, Declaration of Independence 1731 Birthday Robert Treat Paine, judge, signer, Declaration of Independence 1730 Birthday George Ross, U.S. judge, signed Declaration of Independence 1730 Birthday William Whipple, merchant/judge, Declaration of Independence signer 1729 Birthday Josiah Bartlett, U.S. physician/judge/signer Declaration of Independence 1728 Birthday Caesar Rodney, Delaware, judge/signer, Declaration of Independence 1726 Birthday Oliver Wolcott, U.S. judge/signer Declaration of Independence 1689 Death George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem/infamous judge, dies 1624 Event Judge directs U.S. colony Virginia to English crown
