2015 Event Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei emphasizes that the country's recent nuclear agreement with the West does not change its opposition to the U.S. and to American policies in the Middle East 2015 Event The U.S. Supreme Court upholds key provisions of Obamacare, including premium subsidies for about 6.4 million people enrolled in the federal health insurance exchange 2014 Event Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko dissolves the country's Supreme Council, which has been stymied by pro-separatist members; new elections will be held on October 26th 2014 Event Obamacare renders confusion as two appeals courts issue conflicting rulings regarding the legality of subsidies offered through federal versus state-run insurance exchanges; the ruling will likely to to the U.S. Supreme Court 2014 Event The U.S. Supreme Court agrees with a lower court ruling that Google's Street View data collection violated anti-wiretapping laws by capturing personal data from wi-fi networks 2014 Event The U.S. Supreme Court rules that whistleblower protection under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act extends to private employees working for public companies under contract 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 famous final New Year's Eve countdown in Times Square will be lead by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor; she will have the honor of pushing he ceremonial countdown button to start the descent of the Times Square New Year's Eve ball 2013 Event Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, President of Mongolia, becomes the first head of state to visit with Kim Jong-un in North Korea since he became Supreme Leader 2013 Event A portion of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which protects minority voting rights, is struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, ruling that Congress has not taken into account the nation's racial progress when singling out certain states for federal oversight 2013 Event The U.S. Supreme Court invalides gene patents held by Myriad Genetics when it rules that isolated human genes are not patentable 2013 Event U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer breaks his shoulder on a fall from his bicycle and is taken to the hospital by ambulance 2013 Event Uhuru Kenyatta is declared the rightful winner of Kenya's Presidential election by the Supreme Court of Kenya 2013 Event Venezuela's Supreme Tribunal of Justice determines they can defer the latest inauguration of President Hugo Chavez while his cancer operation recovery continues 2012 Event In the U.S., President Obama nominates John R. Allen as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), with General Joseph Dunford positioned to succeed Allen in his previous post of commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan 2012 Event King Jong-un, son of King Jong-il, is announced the official Supreme Leader of North Korea; he also now holds the rank of Marshal in the Korean People's Army 2012 Event The U.S. Supreme Court rules that minor's cannot be automatically be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole 2012 Event A law banning Palestinians who marry Israeli's from gaining citizenship is upheld by Israel's Supreme Court 2011 Event In North Korea, Kim Jong-un is given the tile of Supreme Commander of North Korea's armed forces 2011 Event North Korea's Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-il, dies; Kim Jong-un is announced as his father's successor 2011 Event In Brazil, the Supreme Federal Court rules that same-sex couples receive the same rights of existing civil unions 2011 Event Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, commented that the 2011 Egyptian protests and Tunisian uprising are a result of 'Islamic awareness' 2010 Event Solicitor General Elena Kagan is the youngest Justice and third woman nominated for the Supreme Court of the United States 2010 Event Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calls for the US to be expelled from the international nuclear system because religion prohibits the use of nuclear weapons 2010 Event After being delayed by the Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine, Victor Yanukovych is sworn in as the 4th President of Ukraine 2010 Event The declaration of Victor Yanukovych as President of Ukraine is suspended by the Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine 2006 Event Samuel Alito sworn in as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court 2005 Event Samuel Alito is nominated for the Supreme Court by George W. Bush 2005 Event John G. Roberts is confirmed as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 2005 Event John G. Roberts is nominated for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 2005 Event John G. Roberts, Jr. is nominated to the United States Supreme Court 2005 Event The Supreme Court rules the death penalty unconstitutional for people who committed crimes before age 18 2000 Event Supreme Court halts Florida vote recount 1998 Death Lewis Powell, Supreme Court Justice, dies at 90 1998 Event 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 Event Supreme Court lets Megan's Law stand 1997 Death William J. Brennan, jurist, served on the Supreme Court for 34 years (1956-90), dies at 91 1997 Event Supreme Court strikes down Internet indecency law 1997 Event Supreme Court upholds doctor-assisted suicide ban 1997 Event Supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments 1996 Death Alexander Harman, judge, United States Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia 1969 - 1979, dies 1995 Death Warren Earl Burger, Supreme Court Justice, dies of heart failure at 78 1994 Death Sjlomo Goren, Polish/Israeli supreme rabbi, dies 1994 Event Stephen G. Breyer, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1994 Event New York Supreme Court refuses Howard Stern's non financial disclosure 1994 Event Nomination hearings for Steven Breyer for supreme court justice begins 1994 Event Ruth Bader Ginsburg, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1994 Event Supreme Court outlaws excluding people from juries because of gender 1994 Event Liberal Supreme Court Justice Blackmun (Roe vs. Wade) resigns 1993 Death Rouaz Lakhdar, Algerian supreme court justice, murdered 1993 Event Supreme Soviet dismisses president Boris Yeltsin 1993 Death John/Eoin Higgins, N Ire supreme court justice (1984-93), dies at 66 1993 Event Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White announced plans to retire 1993 Death Thurgood Marshall, 1st black supreme court justice (1967-91), dies 84 1992 Death G Harold Carswell, supreme court justice candidate 1970, dies at 72 1992 Event Supreme Court rules fund soliciting can be banned at airports 1992 Event Supreme Court rules hate crime laws violated free-speech rights 1992 Event Supreme Court rules states could not force mentally unstable criminal defendants to take anti-psychotic drugs 1992 Event Supreme Court rules 5-3 that Joseph Doherty isn't entitled to asylum 1991 Event Clarence Thomas, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1991 Event U.S. Supreme Court begins to hear Joseph Doherty case 1991 Event Clarence Thomas is confirmed as Supreme Court Justice 1991 Event Law Professor Anita Hill accuses Supreme nominee Clarence Thomas of making sexually inappropriat comments to her 1991 Event Supreme Court rules prosecutors can be sued for legal advice they give police and can be held accountable 1991 Event U.S. Supreme Court bars subsidized clinics from discussing abortion 1991 Event Supreme Court rules jurors can't be barred from serving due to race 1991 Event Supreme Court rules unanimously employers can't exclude women from jobs where exposure to toxic chemicals could potentially damage fetus 1991 Event U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Joseph Doherty case 1990 Event David Hackett Souter, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1990 Event U.S. Senate votes 90-9 to confirm David Souter to Supreme Court 1990 Event Senate Judiciary committee approves Souter's Supreme Court 1990 Event Supreme Soviet gives approval to switch to free market 1990 Event Justice William Brennan resigns from Supreme Court after 36 years 1990 Event Supreme Court rules family members cannot end lives of comatose relatives unless those relatives previously made their wishes known 1990 Event Supreme Court rules police check for drunk drivers constitutional 1990 Event Supreme Court says law prohibiting desecration of U.S. flag unconstitutional 1990 Death Vasily V Kuznetsov, President of U.S.S.R. supreme soviet (1982-83, 85), dies 1990 Event Supreme Court rejects appeal from retarded man, Dalton Prejean, condemned to death for murdering a Louisiana state trooper in 1977 1990 Event Supreme Court strikes down Dallas' ordinance imposing strict zoning on sexually oriented businesses 1989 Event Penn is 1st to restrict abortions after Supreme Court gave states the right to do so 1989 Event Appeals court restores America's Cup to U.S. after New York Supreme Court gave it to New Zealand (New Zealand protested US's use of a catamaran) 1989 Event Supreme Court rules states do not have to provide funds for abortions 1989 Event Supreme Court rules ok to burn U.S. flag as a political expression 1989 Event U.S. Supreme Court rules employees have legal burden to prove non- discriminatory reasons for not hiring or promoting 1989 Event 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 Event U.S. Supreme Court upholds 1 person 1 vote rule of New York City Board of Estimate 1989 Event Challenge to "who is a Jew" law filed in Israeli Supreme Court 1988 Event Robert Bork's supreme court nomination rejected by U.S. Senate 1988 Event Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor OK after breast cancer surgery 1988 Event Israel's supreme court uphold's ban on Kahane's Kach Party as racist 1988 Event Pakistan's Supreme Court orders free elections 1988 Event Supreme Court upholds a law that made it illegal for private clubs to discriminate against women and minorities 1988 Event U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear Yonkers argument they aren't racist 1988 Event U.S. Supreme Court rules trash may be searched without a warrant 1988 Event Anthony M. Kennedy, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1988 Event Anthony M. Kennedy appointed to Supreme Court 1988 Death G Mennen Williams, Supreme Court justice, dies at 76 in Detroit 1988 Event Canada's Supreme court declares anti-abortion law unconstitutional 1988 Event Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves nomination of Judge Anthony M Kennedy to U.S. Supreme Court 1988 Event Supreme Court rules (5-3) public school officials have broad powers to censor school newspapers, plays and other expressive activities 1987 Event Judge Anthony M. Kennedy nominated to Supreme Court 1987 Event Supreme Court nominee Douglas H. Ginsburg admitted using marijuana 1987 Event Senate debate begins rejecting Robert Bork's Supreme Court nomination 1987 Event Bork nominated to Supreme Court, rejected in October by senate 1987 Event Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. announces his retirement 1987 Event Supreme Court rules school teaching evolution need not teach creation 1987 Event Supreme Court ruled dangerous defendants could be held without bail 1987 Event Supreme Court rules women/minorities may get jobs if less qualified 1987 Event U.S. Supreme Court upholds affirmative action, 5-4 1986 Event William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court 1986 Event Antonin Scalia appointed to Supreme Court 1986 Event Supreme Court struck down Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction law 1986 Event Supreme Court upholds affirmative action in 2 rulings 1986 Event Georgia sodomy law upheld by Supreme Court (5-4) 1986 Event Supreme Court rules Air Force could ban wearing of yarmulkes 1985 Death Potter Stewart, 94th Supreme Court Justice 1958 - 1981, dies in New Hampshire at 70 1985 Event Supreme Court strikes down Alabama "moment of silence" law 1984 Event Supreme Court weakens 70-year-old "exclusionary rule"-evidence seized with defective court warrants can now be used in criminal trials 1984 Event Supreme Court rules Jaycees may be forced to admit women as members 1984 Event Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts 1984 Event Supreme Court declares illegally obtained evidence may be admitted at trial if it could be proved that it would have been discovered legally 1984 Event Supreme Court (5-4): city may use public money for Nativity scene 1984 Event California Supreme Court rejects quadriplegic Elizabeth Bouvia, who wants to starve herself to death in a public hospital 1984 Event 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 Event Supreme Court reinstated $10M award to Karen Silkwood's family 1983 Event Supreme Court rules retirement plans can't pay women less 1983 Event U.S. Supreme Court ruled Congress could not veto presidential decisions 1983 Event Supreme Court struck down state and local restrictions on abortion 1983 Event Li Xiannian becomes president/Deng Xiaoping supreme commander of China PR 1983 Event Supreme Court rules government can deny tax breaks to schools that racially discriminated against students 1983 Event China's supreme court commutes Chiang Ch'ing's death sentence to life 1983 Event NY Supreme Court issues a preliminary injunction barring New York Yankees from playing season-opening series against Tigers in Denver 1982 Event Supreme Court rules President can't be sued for actions in office 1982 Event Supreme Court rules all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to a public education 1982 Death Abe Fortas, Supreme court justice, dies at 71 1981 Event Sandra Day O'Conner becomes 1st female Supreme Court Justice 1981 Event Senate confirms Sandra Day O'Conner to Supreme Court (99-0) 1981 Event Sandra Day O'Connor nominated for the Supreme Court 1981 Event Supreme Court upholds male-only draft registration, constitutional 1981 Event Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart retires, replaced by Sandra Day O'Connor, 1st woman on high court 1981 Event Supreme Court rules states could require, with some exceptions, parental notification when teen-age girls sought abortions 1980 Event President nominee Ronald Reagan promises to name a woman to Supreme Court 1980 Event Supreme Court rules new forms of life created in labs could be patented 1980 Death William O Douglas, member U.S. Supreme court (1939-75), dies at 81 1979 Event Supreme Court rules employers may use quotas to help minorities 1979 Event Supreme Court rules, 8-1, police can't randomly stop cars 1979 Event Supreme court of Lahore affirms death sentence against premier Bhutto 1979 Event Pope John Paul II's 1st overseas trip as supreme pontiff 1979 Event Supreme Court strikes down (6-3) Pennsylvania law requiring doctors performing an abortion to try to preserve lives of potentially viable fetuses 1978 Event Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla elected supreme pontiff-John Paul II 1978 Event Pope John Paul I officially installed as 264th supreme pontiff 1978 Event Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand New York radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's "Filthy Words" 1978 Event Supreme Court orders California medical school to admit Allan Bakke a white man claiming reverse discrimination when application was rejected 1978 Event David Berkowitz sentenced in New York Supreme Court to 25 years to life 1978 Event Supreme Court rules pension plans can't require women to pay more 1977 Event Supreme Court allows Federal control of Nixon tapes papers 1977 Event 5-4 Supreme Court decision allows lawyers to advertise 1977 Death Tom C Clark, former Supreme Court Justice (1949-67), dies in New York at 77 1977 Event Supreme Court tosses out automatic death penalty laws 1977 Event Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman and John Mitchell 1977 Event Supreme Court rules "Live Free or Die" may be covered on New Hampshire licenses 1977 Event Supreme Court says people may refuse to display state motto on license 1976 Event Utah Supreme Court OKs execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore 1976 Event Supreme Court lifts 1972 ban on death penalty for convicted murderers 1976 Event Supreme Court rules death penalty not inherently cruel or unusual 1975 Event John Paul Stevens becomes a Supreme Court Justice 1975 Event Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas retired after 36 years 1975 Event Supreme Court rules teachers could spank their pupils after warning 1975 Event Supreme Court rules uniform minimum legal fees are a violation 1974 Event Supreme Court unanimously rules Nixon must turn over Watergate tapes 1974 Death Earl Warren, Governor of California/Supreme court justice (1953-68), dies at 83 1973 Event U.S. Supreme Court approves equal rights to females in military 1973 Event Roe vs Wade: U.S. Supreme Court legalizes some abortions 1972 Event Supreme Court rules (5-4) that Death Penalty is cruel and unusual 1972 Event U.S. Supreme Court, 5-3, confirms lower court rulings in Curt Flood case, upholding baseball's exemption from antitrust laws 1972 Event U.S. Supreme Court rules states can't require 1-yr residency to vote 1972 Event California Supreme Court abolishes death penalty 1972 Event Lewis F. Powell, Jr. becomes a Supreme Court Justice 1972 Event William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1971 Event William H Rehnquist confirmed as Supreme Court justice 1971 Event Lewis F Powell, Jr. appointed to Supreme Court 1971 Event Lewis Franklin Powell confirmed as Supreme Court justice 1971 Event 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 Event Supreme Court (8-0) overturns draft evasion conviction of Muhammad Ali 1971 Event U.S. Supreme Court upholds use of busing to achieve racial desegregation 1971 Event Supreme Court upheld busing as means of achieving racial desegregation 1970 Death Rene Schneider, Chilean general/supreme commander, murdered 1970 Event Supreme Court ruled juries of less than 12 are constitutional 1970 Event Harry A. Blackmun, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1970 Event Harry A Blackmun appointed to Supreme Court 1970 Event Harry A Blackmun is confirmed as a justice on Supreme Court 1970 Event Senate rejects Nixon's nomination of Carswell to Supreme Court 1970 Event Supreme Court ruled draft evaders can not be penalized after 5 years 1970 Event Nixon nominates G Harold Carswell to Supreme Court (fails) 1969 Event Diana Ross final TV appearance as a Supreme on theEd Sullivan Show 1969 Event Warren E. Burger sworn in as Supreme Court Chief Justice 1969 Event Supreme Court rules suspension of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. from House 1969 Event Associate Justice Abe Fortas resigns from Supreme Court 1969 Event Supreme Court strikes down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material 1969 Event U.S. Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas resigns 1968 Event Supreme Court declares Arkansas law banning teaching evolution in public schools unconstitutional 1968 Event Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren resigns 1968 Event Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale and rental of housing 1967 Event Thurgood Marshall sworn in as 1st black Supreme Court Justice 1967 Event Thurgood Marshall nominated as 1st black Supreme Court justice 1967 Event Supreme Court unanimously ends laws against interracial marriages 1966 Event U.S. Supreme Courts votes 4-3 allowing Braves to move to Atlanta 1966 Event Supreme Court's Miranda decision; suspect must be informed of rights 1966 Event U.S. Supreme Court rules the poll tax unconstitutional 1966 Event Supreme Court reverses Mass ruling that "Fanny Hill" is obscene 1965 Event Supreme appear on Ed Sullivan Show 1965 Event Elizabeth Lane becomes 1st female British supreme court justice 1965 Event Supreme Court rules 1879 Connecticut law ban of contraceptives unconstitutional 1965 Event Supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional 1964 Event Supreme's "Where Did Our Love Go," reaches #1 1964 Event Supreme Court rules closing schools to avoid desegregation unconstitut 1964 Event Supreme Court rules unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years 1964 Event Supreme Court issues New York Times vs. Sullivan decision, public officials must prove malice to claim libel and recover damages 1964 Event U.S. Supreme Court rules - 1 man 1 vote (Westberry vs. Sanders) 1963 Event Supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools 1963 Event Supreme Court's Miranda Decision; defendants must have lawyers 1962 Event Byron R. White becomes a Supreme Court Justice 1962 Event Byron R White appointed to Supreme Court 1962 Event Supreme Court rules New York school prayer unconstitutional 1962 Event Supreme Court backs 1-man-1-vote apportionment of seats in state legislature 1962 Event Dmitri Shostakovich becomes member of Supreme Soviet of U.S.S.R. 1962 Event U.S. Supreme Court disallows race separation on public transportation 1961 Event Otis M Smith appointed to Michigan Supreme Court 1961 Event U.S. Supreme Court struck down a provision in Md's constitution requiring state office holders to believe in God 1961 Event Supreme Court rules cities and states have right to censor films 1959 Event Supreme court rules La prohibiting black-white boxing unconstitutional 1958 Event Potter Stewart appointed to U.S. Supreme Court 1958 Event U.S. Supreme Court orders Little Rock Arkansas high school to integrate 1957 Event Supreme Court decides 6-3, baseball is only antitrust exempt pro sport 1956 Event Supreme Court strikes down segregation of races on public buses 1956 Event William J. Brennan, Jr. becomes a Supreme Court Justice 1956 Event William J Brennan, Jr. appointed to Supreme Court 1956 Event U.S. Supreme Court ends race segregation on buses 1955 Event Supreme Court orders school integration "with all deliberate speed" 1954 Birthday Sonia Sotomayor, born in the Bronx, New York City, first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, third female Supreme Court justice 1954 Event Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education reversed 1896 "separate but equal" Plessy Vs Ferguson decision 1953 Event U.S. Supreme Court rules (7-2) baseball is a sport not a business 1953 Event Supreme Court rules Major League baseball exempt from anti-trust laws 1953 Event Earl Warren appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 1953 Event Supreme Court Justice Wm O Douglas stays executions of spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg scheduled for next day their 14th anniversary 1953 Event Segregated lunch counters in DC forbidden by Supreme Court 1953 Event 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 Death Henri G Winkelman, Dutch supreme commander army/navy 1940, dies at 76 1951 Event Supreme Court rule "clear and present danger" of incitement to riot is not protected speech and can be a cause for arrest 1950 Event U.S. General Eisenhower becomes supreme commander of NATO-Europe 1950 Event U.S. Supreme Court undermines legal foundations of segregation 1948 Event California Supreme Court voids state statue banning interracial marriages 1948 Birthday Clarence Thomas, born in Savannah, Georgia, 108th U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1991- 1948 Event Supreme Court rules relg instructions in pub schools unconstitutional 1948 Event U.S. Supreme Court decision (Sipuel vs. Oklahoma State Board of Regents) 1946 Event U.S. Supreme Court bans discrimination in interstate travel 1946 Event U.S. Supreme Court rules race separation on buses, unconstitutional 1946 Death Michail I Kalinin, President (Supreme Soviet), dies at 60 1946 Event Field Marshal Montgomery appointed British supreme commander 1946 Death Harlan Fiske Stone, Chief Justice Supreme Court (1941-46), dies at 73 1945 Event Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Lawrence opens trial of Neurenberg 1945 Event General MacArthur named Supreme Commander of Allied Powers in Japan 1945 Event U.S., U.K., U.S.S.R., France declare supreme authority over Germany 1945 Death Fritz Fromm, German supreme commander of Reserve army, executed 1944 Event Prince Bernhard appointed supreme commander of Netherlands Domestic Arm Force 1944 Event Supreme Court (Smith vs. Allwright) "white primaries" unconstitutional 1944 Event Supreme Soviet enlarges soviet republics' autonomy 1943 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt appoints General Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces 1943 Event Lord Mountbatten appointed Supreme Allied Commander in SE Asia 1942 Event U.S. Supreme Court declares Nevada separation legal 1942 Event General Doug MacArthur arrives in Australia to become supreme commander 1942 Event Italian supreme command demands dismissal of German marshal Rommel 1941 Death GJ Berenschot, general/supreme commander Dutch East Indies army, dies 1941 Death Louis D Brandeis, 1st Jewish Supreme Court Judge (1916-39), dies at 84 1941 Event Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage and Hour law, sets minimum wages and max hours 1940 Event General Winckelman replaces General Reijnders as Dutch supreme commander 1939 Birthday David H Souter, Weir, New Hampshire, 107th Supreme Court Justice, 1990- 1939 Event General Reijnders appointed supreme commander of Dutch army 1939 Event Isoroku Yamamoto appointed supreme commander of Japanese fleet 1939 Event New York supreme court justice J F Crater legally declared dead 1939 Death Cornelis J Cutters, supreme commander of Navy (1910-18), dies 1939 Event Supreme Court outlaws sit-down strikes 1938 Birthday Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court justice 1938 Birthday Andreas J "Cat" Liebenberg, supreme commander, South Africa army 1938 Event Supreme Soviet elects Michail Kalinin as presidium chairman 1937 Event Senate rejects Franklin D.. Roosevelt proposal to enlarge Supreme Court 1937 Birthday Peter M. Harris, Official Solicitor, Supreme Court 1937 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes enlarging Supreme Court, "court packing" plan failed 1936 Birthday Rose Elizabeth Bird, California Supreme Court Justice 1936 Event Spanish fascist junta names Franco to generalissimo/supreme commander 1936 Birthday Anthony Kennedy, born in California, 106th Supreme Court justice, 1988- 1936 Birthday Antonin Scalia, born in Trenton, New Jersey, 105th Supreme Court Justice, 1986- 1935 Event Supreme Court declares FDR's National Recovery Act unconstitutional 1935 Birthday John J "Jannie" Geldenhuys, supreme commander South Africa army 1980- 1934 Birthday Brian Kenny, deputy supreme allied commander, Europe 1933 Birthday Ruth Bader Ginsberg, justice, U.S. Supreme Court 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 1930 Event NY World reports disappearance of supreme court justice Joseph Crater 1930 Event Supreme Court Justice John Force Crater disappears in New York City 1930 Event Supreme Court rules buying liquor does not violate the Constitution 1930 Birthday Sandra Day O'Connor, born in Texas, 1st woman Supreme Court Justice, 1981- 1928 Birthday Brooklyn Supreme, born in Belgium, stallion, heaviest known horse, 1450 kg 1927 Birthday Elvin Jones, born Pontiac, Michigan, musician, jazz drummer, played hard bop, avant-garde jazz, post-bop, member of John Coltrane quartet, appearing in A Love Supreme 1927 Event Supreme Court ruled bootleggers must pay income tax 1926 Event Chiang Kai-shek appointed to national-revolutionary supreme commander 1926 Event Chiang Kai-shek is made supreme war lord in Canton 1925 Birthday John Knox, British supreme court justice 1925 Event 1st all-female U.S. state supreme court appointed, Texas 1924 Birthday William Rehnquist, Supreme Court, 1972-86, chief justice, 1987- 1924 Birthday David Loram, British Vice-Admiral, Supreme Allied Commander 1923 Event German Supreme Court prohibits NSDAP 1922 Event U.S. Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport and not a business and thus not subject to antitrust laws 1922 Event Supreme Court unanimously upheld 19th amend woman's right to vote 1921 Event Supreme Court rules labor injunctions and picketing unconstitutional 1921 Birthday Bernard Rogers, supreme Allied commander Europe 1921 Birthday Alexander Harman, born in Athens, West Virginia, judge, United States Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia 1969 - 1979 1920 Birthday John Paul Stevens, born in Illinois, 103rd Supreme Court Justice, 1975- 1920 Birthday John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court Justice 1918 Event Pro-German supreme commander general Cutters lay-offs 1918 Event Supreme commander of the army General Cutters resigns 1918 Event Supreme Court rules child labor laws unconstitutional 1917 Event Supreme Court decision (Buchanan vs. Warley) strikes down Lousiville Kentucky ordiance requiring blacks and whites to live in separate areas 1917 Birthday Byron R. Whizzer White, born in Ft. Collins, NFLer/Supreme Court Just, 1962-93 1917 Event U.S. Supreme Court upheld 8-hour work day for railroad employees 1916 Event 1st Jewish Supreme Court justice, Louis Brandeis, appointed by Wilson 1915 Birthday Andrew J Goodpaster, U.S., general/supreme commander, NATO-Europe 1915 Birthday Potter Stewart, Michigan, 94th Supreme Court justice, 1958-81 1914 Event King Albert I becomes supreme commander of Belgian army 1914 Event John French appointed British supreme commander 1911 Event Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil with the Sherman Antitrust Act 1911 Birthday G Mennen Williams, Detroit, Supreme Court Justice, Gov-D-Michigan, 1949-60 1908 Birthday Harry A Blackmun, Illinois, 100th Supreme Court justice, 1970-94 1908 Birthday Arthur J. Goldberg, born in Illinois, United Nations ambassador and Supreme Court justice, 1962 - 1965 1908 Birthday Thurgood Marshall, born in Maryland, 1st black Supreme Court justice, 1967-91 1908 Birthday Jack Jacob, senior master, British Supreme Court 1908 Event Supreme Court rules a union boycott violates Sherman Antitrust Act 1907 Birthday Lewis F Powell, Jr., Virginia, Supreme Court justice, 1972-87 1907 Birthday Warren E. Burger, born in Minnesota, Supreme Court chief justice, 1969-86 1905 Birthday Elizabeth Lane, 1st female British supreme court justice 1905 Event U.S. Supreme Court judges maximum work day unconstitutional 1904 Event Supreme Court rules Puerto Ricans cannot be denied admission to US 1902 Event Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. became Associate Justice on Supreme Court 1901 Birthday Charles E Whittaker, Kansas, U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1957-62 1900 Event Lord Kitchener succeeds lord Roberts up as supreme commander in South Africa 1899 Event Field Marshal Lord Roberts appointed British supreme commander in South Africa 1899 Birthday John M Harlan, Chicago, 91st Supreme Court justice, 1955-71 1898 Birthday William O Douglas, Maine, 81st Supreme Court justice, 1939-75 1897 Birthday Iwan S. Konew, Russian marshal/supreme commander pact of Warsaw 1896 Event U.S. Supreme Court affirms race separation (Plessy vs. Ferguson) 1895 Birthday Anastas I Mikoyan, Armenia, member of Supreme Soviet 1894 Event Congress passes Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, which includes a graduated income tax later struck down by the Supreme Court 1892 Birthday Robert Houghwout Jackson, 84th Supreme Court justice, 1941-54 1891 Birthday Earl Warren, California, Gov-R-Ca, 14th supreme court chief justice, 1953 - 1969 1890 Birthday Fred M Vinson, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1946-53 1890 Birthday Fred M Vinson, Kentucky, 13th Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1946-53 1886 Birthday Hugo L. Black, born in Alabama, Senator-D-Alabama, 78th Supreme Court justice, 1937 - 1971 1884 Birthday Isoroku Yamamoto, admiral and supreme commander of Japanese fleet 1883 Birthday Alexander Papagos, Greek Field Marshal/supreme commander 1883 Event U.S. Supreme Court decides Native Americans can't be Americans 1883 Event Supreme Court declares Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional 1882 Birthday Felix Frankfurter, born in Vienna, Austria, 80th Supreme Court Justice, 1939-62 1879 Event 1st female lawyer heard by Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood) 1879 Event Congress authorizes women lawyers to practice before Supreme Court 1876 Birthday Frank L Gillespie, Arkansas, founded Supreme Life Insurance Company 1876 Birthday Henri G Winkelman, Dutch general/supreme commander/navy 1940 1876 Event A G Bell and Elisha Gray apply separately for telephone patents Supreme Court eventually rules Bell rightful inventor 1875 Event Congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Court, 1883 1872 Birthday Harlan Fiske Stone, New Hampshire, Supreme Court, 1925 - 1941, Chief Justice, 1941 - 1946 1869 Event Congress increases number of Supreme Court judges from 7 to 9 1865 Event J. S. Rock, 1st black lawyer to practice in Supreme Court, admitted to bar 1864 Death Roger Taney, 5th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1836-64), dies at 87 1862 Birthday Charles Evans Hughs, 11th Chief Justice of Supreme Court, 1930-41 1861 Event John Merryman is arrested under suspension of writ of habeas corpus it later sparks a supreme court decision protecting writ 1858 Death Dred Scott, U.S. slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies 1857 Event Dred Scott Decision: Supreme Court rules slaves cannot be citizens 1856 Birthday Louis D. Brandeis, Massachusetts, 68th Supreme Court Justice, 1916-39 1855 Event Wisconsin Supreme Court declares U.S. Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional 1852 Birthday Cornelis J Snijders, supreme commander of Dutch Navy, 1910-18 1846 Death Cornelis F van Maanen, Dutch supreme court justice, dies at 76 1841 Birthday Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., born in Massachusetts, 59th Supreme Court justice, 1902 - 1932 1837 Event Congress increases Supreme Court membership from 7 to 9 1830 Birthday Belva Bennett Lockwood, attorney, 1st lady to argue in Supreme Court 1827 Event Duke of Wellington appointed British supreme commander 1821 Death Luis (Philippus) Brion, Curaeaos admiral/supreme commander, dies at 39 1816 Event U.S. Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions 1809 Event Supreme Court rules federal government power greater than any state 1804 Event Impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase begins 1803 Event Supreme Court 1st rules a law unconstitutional (Marbury vs. Madison) 1795 Event John Rutledge becomes 2nd chief justice of Supreme Court 1790 Event Supreme Court convenes for 1st time (New York City) 1789 Event Federal Judiciary Act is passed and creates a six-person Supreme Court 1779 Birthday Joseph Story, Massachusetts, 19th Supreme Court justice, 1812-45 1775 Event 2nd Continental Congress names George Washington, supreme commander 1765 Death William August duke of Cumberland, English supreme commander, dies at 44 1755 Birthday John Marshall, Virginia, 4th Supreme Court Chief Justice, 1801-35 1745 Birthday Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court, 1796-1800 1645 Event Robert Devereux resigns as parliament supreme commander 1632 Event Albrecht von Wallenstein appointed supreme commander 1630 Event Ferdinand II fires supreme commander Albrecht von Wallenstein 1625 Event Albrecht von Wallenstein appointed German supreme commander 1531 Event Henry VIII recognized as supreme head of Church in England 1530 Event 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 Death Gautier de Brienne, duke of Athens/French supreme commander, dies
