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2013 Event - In Sri Lanka, an impeachment motion against Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake is passed by the Parliament

2012 Event - After being convicted of corruption, Jordan's former spy chief, Mohammad al-Dahabi, is sentenced to 13 years of imprisonment

2012 Event - Andrew Mitchell, the Chief Whip of the British Conservative Party, resigns over remarks he made to police officers in Downing Street

2012 Event - An Egyptian lawyer, Mohamed Salem, files a lawsuit over the country's President Morsi removing Hussein Tantawi, former commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces, and Sami Anan, former Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces

2012 Event - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announces it will end talks with Iran; chief inspector Herman Nackaerts says there has been no progress

2012 Event - Security chief Zhou Yongkang is asked to be removed by a group of Chinese Communist Party veterans

2012 Event - Co-founder of Yahoo!, Jerry Yang, resigns from the position of chief executive officer

2012 Event - According to Israel's military chief, the country is preparing for a increase of Syrian refugees into Golan Heights

2011 Event - Pakistan's government announces the arrest of Younis al-Mauritani, the senior Al-Qaeda chief

2011 Event - Chief executive of News International, Rebekah Brooks, resigns as a result of the News International phone hacking scandal

2010 Event - In one of Spain's biggest corruption trials, 95 people, including two former mayors and a planning chief, appear in court in Malaga

2010 Event - South Africa's top police officer, Jackie Selebi, former chief of Interpol, is sentenced to 15 years in prison for corruption

2010 Event - Jean Leonard Rugambage, a Rwandan journalist, is shot dead in front of his home in Kigali; the exiled chief editor of Umuvugizi believes the government is responsible

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

2003 Event - United Nations chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said there is no evidence that Iraq has any weapons of mass destruction

2002 Death - Daniel Pearl, journalist, Wall Street Journal bureau chief kidnapped and murdered by terrorists, dies at 38

1997 Event - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Countess Diana, Elmhurst, Ajina, Spinning World, Favorite Trick, Chief Bearhart, Skip Away

1997 Event - Republic of Texas security chief Robert Scheidt surrenders

1996 Death - Amschel Mayor James Rothschild, banker, joined family banking firm N M Rothschild & Sons, chief executive of Rothschild Asset Management dies

1996 Death - Jeremy Boorda, admiral, U.S. Navy, 25th Chief of Naval Operations, dies of suicide from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, in Washington, D.C.

1996 Death - Arleigh Burke, admiral, U.S. Navy, Chief of Naval Operations during President Eisenhower administration, served admirably in World War II and the Korean War, dies at 94

1995 Death - Charles Warrell, big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher, dies at 106

1995 Death - Edward LeBone Molotlegi, chief of the Bafokeng, dies at 66

1995 Death - Warren E Burger, chief justice of U.S. (1969-86), dies

1995 Death - Yahya Ayyash, nicknamed 'the Engineer,' chief bomb maker for Hamas, most wanted man in Israel, caused deaths of 90 Israelis, assassinated by Isreal's Shin Bet with a booby trapped cellular phone

1994 Death - Said Mekbel, Algerian editor in chief (Le Matin), murdered at 57

1994 Event - MPAA chief Jack Valenti holds meeting to determine new movie ratings

1994 Death - Moses Rosen, Romania's chief rabbi, dies at 81

1994 Event - ANC chief Nelson Mandela rejects demand by white right-wingers for separate homeland in South Africa

1994 Event - 35-foot-tall Chief Wahoo, trademark of Indians on top of Stadium since 1962, is taken down, to be moved to Jacob's Field

1993 Death - Harry R "Rob" Haldeman, White House chief of staff (Nixon), dies at 67

1993 Death - Matthew B Ridgway, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1953-55), dies at 98

1993 Death - Vladimir Pavlovich Barmin, Chief designer of Soviet launch pads, dies

1993 Event - Richard Jacobs announces Chief Wahoo will go to Jacobs Field

1993 Death - Rene Bousquet, French Vichy-police chief deports jews, dies at 84

1992 Death - LH Ruitenberg, vicar/editor in chief (Reform Netherlands), dies at 87

1992 Event - Intercity-train derailed at Village chief, 5 die

1992 Event - Daryl Gates retires as Los Angeles police chief

1992 Death - C Meijer, Dutch editor in chief (Typhoon), dies

1991 Event - White House Chief of Staff John Sununu resigns

1991 Death - Klaus Barbie, Gestapo chief of Lyon, dies of cancer at 77

1991 Death - Paulo Muwanga, chief of Uganda (1980), dies

1990 Event - Saddam fires his army chief and threatens to destroy Arabian peninsula

1988 Event - Polish Communist Party picks propaganda chief Rakowski as new PM

1987 Event - Donald Regan resigned as White House chief of staff

1986 Event - William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court

1986 Event - U.S. Senate confirms William Rehnquist as 16th chief justice

1986 Event - Chief Justice Warren Earl Burger resigns Antonin Scalia nominated

1986 Event - 112th Preakness: Alex Solis aboard Snow Chief wins in 1:54.8

1986 Event - Pope John Paul II met Rome's Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff at Rome synagogue

1985 Death - Paul Castellano, Organized-crime chief, shot dead at a New York City restaurant

1985 Event - Philipine Chief staff General Fabian speaks of B Aquino's murder

1985 Event - Shite Moslems claim to have killed hostage William Buckley - CIA station chief in Beirut

1984 Event - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Chief's Crown, Eillo, Lashkari, Outstandingly, Princess Rooney, Royal Heroine, Wild Again at Hollywood

1984 Event - 1st live TV appearance by Chief Justice Warren Burger, Nightline

1984 Event - Gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut

1983 Event - Klaus Barbie, SS chief of Lyon in Nazi-France, arrested in Bolivia

1982 Event - Atlanta Braves remove Chief Noc-A-Homa to make room for more seats

1982 Event - PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline"

1981 Death - Frank DeKova, actor (Chief Wild Eagle-F Troop), dies

1981 Death - Chief Dan George, actor (Harry and Tonto, Little Big Man), dies at 82

1981 Death - Russell Hayden, actor (Hidden Gold, Apache Chief, Justice), dies

1978 Event - H R Haldeman, Nixon's White House chief of staff released from jail

1977 Event - SS chief Kappler escapes from prison hospital in Rome

1977 Event - Former White House chief of staff home run Haldeman enters prison

1977 Birthday - Taliesin Jaffe, Venice California, actor, Willy-Hail to the Chief

1976 Event - Andrew Young named Ambassador and Chief U.S. Delegate to UN

1975 Death - Richard S Welch, CIA station chief in Athens, shot dead

1975 Death - Hendrik Kruls, Dutch general/chief military authority 1944 - 1946, dies at 73

1974 Death - Stafford Repp, actor (Chief O'Hara-Batman), dies at 56

1974 Death - Creighton W. Abrams, Jr., U.S. general/army staff chief (Vietnam), dies at 59

1974 Death - Carl A Spaats, 1st chief of staff of USAF, dies at 83

1973 Death - Ted de Corsia, actor (Police Chief Hegedorn-Steve Canyon), dies at 69

1972 Death - John A H J S Bruins Slot, co-founder/editor in chief (illegal), dies

1971 Death - Aleksandr T. Tvardovski, Russian editor in chief (Novyj Mir), dies at 61

1970 Event - In Atlanta, Chief-No-ka-homa is joined by cousin Chief Round-the-Horn

1969 Event - Warren E. Burger sworn in as Supreme Court Chief Justice

1969 Event - Warren Burger confirmed as U.S. Chief Justice

1969 Death - Riad, chief of staff (Egyptian army), dies

1969 Death - Vito Genovese, U.S. mafia chief, dies at 71

1968 Event - Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren resigns

1968 Event - Famous photo: Saigon police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to head

1967 Death - Chief Thundercloud, actor (Ambush, Colt 45, Typhoon), dies at 100

1967 Birthday - Ricky Paull Goldin, SF, actor, Doug-Hail to the Chief, Another World

1966 Death - Chief Nipo Strongheart, Native Amer actor (Pony Soldier), dies at 75

1966 Event - Nigerians chief of staff Jakubu Gowon makes coup

1966 Death - Henk [Hendrik M] of Randwijk, poet/editor in chief (illegal), dies

1966 Birthday - Yahya Ayyash, born in Palestine, nicknamed 'the Engineer,' chief bomb maker for Hamas, most wanted man in Israel, caused deaths of 90 Israelis

1964 Event - Kansas City Chief Len Dawson passes for 6 touchdowns vs Denver (49-39)

1964 Event - Gilroy Roberts becomes 1st U.S. chief engraver to retire (than die)

1963 Event - Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes chief of Western Samoa

1961 Death - Learned Hand, Chief judge of U.S. court of Appeals, dies at 89

1961 Death - Walter Bedell Smith, U.S. general/WW II chief of staff, dies at 75

1959 Death - Charles Lotsy, Dutch insurance director/chief d'equipe, dies at 66

1959 Death - Isaac Halevi Herzog, chief rabbi of Israel (1936-59), dies at 71

1959 Death - A Cecil Snyder, Chief Justice of Puerto Rico, dies at 51

1958 Birthday - Steve Case, born in McLean, Virginia, co-founder and chief executive officer of America Online, AOL, founder of Revolution LLC holding, chairman of the Case Foundation

1956 Death - Ernest J King, U.S. fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, dies at 77

1955 Birthday - Amschel Mayor James Rothschild, born in Paris, France, banker, joined family banking firm N M Rothschild & Sons, chief executive of Rothschild Asset Management

1954 Birthday - Ferry Hoogendijk, Dutch editor in chief, Elsevier Magazine

1953 Event - Earl Warren sworn in as 14th chief justice of U.S.

1953 Event - Earl Warren appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

1953 Event - U.S. General Omar Bradley's becomes chief of staff

1953 Event - Dizzy Dean, Al Simmons Chief Bender, Bobby Wallace, Harry Wright, Ed Barrow, and Bill Klem and Tom Connolly are inducted into Hall of Fame

1953 Birthday - David Moorcroft, born in Coventry, England, British athlete, long distance runner, 5,000 meters record holder, Chief Executive of UK Athletics from 1997 to 2007

1951 Birthday - Richard B. Shull, U.S. actor, Hail to the Chief, Big Bus

1950 Birthday - Karl Rove, born in Denver, Colorado, Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush, author, 'Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight'

1949 Event - SS police chief Rauter request for a pardon, denied

1949 Event - Dutch court affirms death sentence against SS chief Hanns Rauter

1948 Birthday - John Browne, group chief executive, British Petroleum Company

1948 Event - Omar Bradley succeeds Dwight Eisenhower as Army Chief of Staff

1947 Birthday - Pauline Clare, Chief Constable, Lancashire

1947 Death - John Ray Sinnock, U.S. chief engraver (1925-47), dies at 59

1946 Death - Alfred G Jodl, Colonel General/German staff chief weather authority, hanged

1946 Death - Harlan Fiske Stone, Chief Justice Supreme Court (1941-46), dies at 73

1946 Birthday - Anthony Mayer, chief executive, Housing Corporation

1945 Event - Lieutenant Admiral Marc Mitscher named chief of U.S. Navy staff

1944 Event - Chief of staff Kruls names De Quay chairman of Universal Commission

1944 Death - Brandt, col/German staff chief, dies in bombing

1944 Death - Ludwig Beck, gen/chief Germany general staff (July 20th plot), dies

1944 Birthday - Leif Segerstam, born in Vaasa, Finland, composer, chief conductor, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra 1995 - 2007, professor Sibelius Academy

1943 Birthday - William Garth Morrison, Chief scout

1943 Event - SS police chief Rauter threatens to kill half Jewish children

1943 Birthday - James Wallace Beaton, born in Britain, Chief Superintendent, The Queen's Police Officer 1983 - 1992, saved Princess Anne from kidnapper 1974

1942 Birthday - Keith Hellawell, Chief Constable, West Yorkshire

1942 Birthday - George Esson, Chief Constable, Dumfries and Galloway

1942 Birthday - David O'Dowd, Chief Constable, Northamptonshire

1942 Birthday - Margaret Wright, chief commissioner, Guide Association

1942 Death - Yves Paringaux, French chief of staff, murdered

1941 Birthday - Dan Crompton, Nottinghamshire, Chief Constable

1941 Event - Russian general Zhukov appointed chief of general staff

1940 Event - General George Marshall sworn in as chief of staff of U.S. army

1940 Birthday - Richard Wells, Chief Constable, South Yorkshire

1939 Birthday - Ronald Hadfield, chief constable, West Midlands England

1939 Birthday - Bryan Gould, born in New Zealand, politician, Rhodes Scholar, Labor Member of Parliament for Southampton Test, served as Shadow Chief Secretary

1938 Birthday - Jeremy Boorda, born in South Bend, Indiana, admiral, U.S. Navy, 25th Chief of Naval Operations

1938 Birthday - Michael Hirst, chief constable, Leicestershire England

1936 Birthday - Hans Zender, born in Wiesbaden, Germany, composer, conductor, music professor, Conductor in Chief of the Chamber Orchestra of Radio Netherlands in Hilversum, Southwest German Radio guest conductor

1936 Birthday - John Poindexter, U.S. Chief of Staff

1936 Birthday - Barry Wilson, deputy chief, British Defense Staff

1936 Birthday - Benjamin Bathurst, vice chief of British Defense Staff

1936 Birthday - Anthony Mullens, British Lieutenant-General, Deputy chief of defense

1936 Birthday - Neville Purvis, British vice Admiral, Chief of Fleet Support

1934 Birthday - Margaret Douglas, chief political adviser, BBC

1934 Birthday - Dame Anne Poole, chief nursing officer, Department of Health

1933 Birthday - Frank Taylor, Chief Constable, Durham

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 - Michael Knight, air chief marshall/British leader, NATO

1932 Birthday - Timothy Renton, born in England, born Ronald Timothy Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry, politician, Conservative Party, Minister of State, Margaret Thatcher's Chief Whip, Member of Parliament for Mid-Sussex

1932 Birthday - James Anderton, Chief constable, Manchester England

1931 Birthday - Richard Vincent, British chief of Defense

1931 Birthday - John Chapple, British chief of General Staff

1931 Birthday - William Utting, chief inspector, British Social Services

1931 Birthday - Andrew Sloan, Chief Constable, Strathcourt

1931 Birthday - Jack Bowman, Chief Constable, Tayside

1930 Birthday - Colin Dexter, born in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, author, crime writer of 13 detective novels and 33 episode television series featuring fictional character Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse, portrayed by John Thaw

1930 Birthday - Roger Birch, Chief Constable, Sussex

1930 Birthday - John Watts, chief of defense, Omani Armed Forces

1930 Birthday - Charles Kelly, chief constable, Staffordshire England

1930 Event - President and Chief Justice William Taft buried in Arlington

1930 Death - William H. Taft, 27th U.S. President 1909 - 1913, Chief Justice, dies at 72

1930 Birthday - C F Payne, Cleveland, British chief constable

1930 Event - William Howard Taft, resigns as chief justice for health reasons

1928 Birthday - Edward LeBone Molotlegi, chief of the Bafokeng

1928 Birthday - Anthony Tippett, British chief of Fleet Support

1928 Birthday - Richard Barratt, former Chief Inspector of Constabulary

1928 Birthday - William R. Boggs, born in Georgia, Brigadier General and chief of engineers under Bragg

1927 Death - Charles Boissevain, editor in chief (General Trade 1885-1908), dies

1926 Birthday - H R Haldeman, former White House Chief of Staff, Watergate figure

1926 Birthday - Donald Acheson, England's chief medical officer

1926 Birthday - Joshua Hassan, chief minister, Gibralter

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

1926 Event - Belgian chief of staff General Maglinse quits

1925 Birthday - John Balcombe, Lord Chief Justice of Appeal

1925 Birthday - Lawrence Byford, HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary

1925 Birthday - Francois J [Frank] le Roux, chief whip, South Afr Conserv Party

1925 Birthday - Lord Graham of Edmonton, House of Lords, chief opposition whip

1925 Birthday - William J Crowe, Jr., Kentucky, chairman joint chief of staff

1924 Birthday - William Rehnquist, Supreme Court, 1972-86, chief justice, 1987-

1924 Birthday - Althea T L Simmons, human rights activist/chief lobbyist, NAACP

1922 Event - Polish state chief marshal Jozef Pilsudski, resigns

1922 Birthday - Phyllis Friend, chief nursing officer, DHSS

1922 Birthday - Moses Rosen, chief Rabbi of Romania

1922 Birthday - John Alderson, chief constable, Devon and Cornwall UK

1921 Birthday - George Terry, chief constable, Sussex England

1920 Event - General Amos Fries appointed 1st U.S. Army chemical warfare chief

1920 Birthday - Ruthven Wade, British Air Chief marshal

1920 Birthday - John Junor, British editor in chief, Sunday Express

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

1918 Event - President Wilson sails for Versailles Peace Conference in France, 1st chief executive to travel outside U.S. while in office

1918 Birthday - Denis Smallwood, British air chief marshal

1918 Birthday - Stafford Repp, born in California, actor, Chief O'Hara-Batman, Plunder Road

1917 Death - Charles E Barber, U.S. chief engraver (1879-1917), dies

1916 Event - French chief of staff Joffre replaced by Nivelle

1916 Event - General Von Hindenburg becomes German Chief of Staff

1916 Event - Von Hindenburg replaces Von Falkenhayn as German chief of staff

1916 Death - Helmuth J L von Moltke, German chief general of staff, dies at 67

1914 Event - Connie Mack asks waivers on Jack Coombs, Eddie Plank and Chief Colby

1914 Birthday - Joseph M "Joop" Lucker, Dutch journalist/editor in chief, Volkskrant

1914 Event - German chief of staff/General von Moltke states ultimatum on Belgium

1914 Birthday - Yuri Andropov, Russian KGB chief/1st secretary

1913 Birthday - Klaus Barbie, gestapo chief, Lyon

1913 Birthday - Oskar Danon, born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, composer, conductor, earned Ph.D. musicology in Prague, Czechoslovakia, conductor, director for Belgrade Opera, chief conductor Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra

1912 Event - Pirates Owen "Chief" Wilson hits record 36th triple of season

1912 Birthday - Pauline Parsons, matron in chief, PMRAFNS

1910 Birthday - Charles Spry, Australian security chief

1910 Event - Phil A's Chief Bender no-hits Cleveland Indians, 4-0

1909 Death - Red Cloud, Sioux indian chief, dies

1909 Birthday - Frank Gasparro, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, U.S. chief engraver, 1965-81

1908 Birthday - Lady Jean Swaythling, chief controller, ATS

1908 Death - Geronimo, Apache chief, dies at about 79

1907 Birthday - Warren E. Burger, born in Minnesota, Supreme Court chief justice, 1969-86

1907 Birthday - A Cecil Snyder, Chief Justice of Puerto Rico

1907 Birthday - Charles Cawley, British chief scientist/minister of power

1906 Birthday - Jan Vercammen, Flemish author/chief inspector LO, Primary Education

1906 Event - Philadelphia A's pitcher Chief Benders plays outfield and hits 2 home runs

1906 Birthday - Denis Barnett, British air chief marshal

1905 Birthday - L H Ruitenberg, vicar/editor in chief, Reformed of Netherlands

1905 Event - Hottentot chief Hendrik Witbooi fataly injured

1905 Birthday - Gilroy Roberts, U.S. chief engraver, 1948-64

1904 Death - Chief Joseph, U.S. indian chief (Nez Perces), dies

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 - Ted de Corsia, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Police Chief Hegedorn-Steve Canyon

1902 Event - President Teddy Roosevelt became 1st U.S. chief executive to ride in a car

1902 Birthday - Hendrik J Kruls, Netherlands, general/chief military authority, 1944-46

1902 Death - Swami Vivekananda, founder of Ramakrishna Mission, chief disciple of Ramakrishna, responsible for bringing Vedanta and Yoga to Europe, America, introduced Hinduism at Parliament of World Religions at Chicago, 1893, dies at age 39, suffered form Asthma, diabetes, and other physical ailments

1902 Birthday - Walter Dawson, British Air Chief marshall

1901 Birthday - Arleigh Burke, born in Boulder, Colorado, admiral, U.S. Navy, Chief of Naval Operations during President Eisenhower administration, served admirably in World War II and the Korean War

1901 Birthday - Willy Lages, German chief of Sicherheitsdienst in Amsterdam

1901 Birthday - General Maxwell D Taylor, former U.S. Army chief of staff

1899 Birthday - Chief Dan George, actor, Harry and Tonto, Little Big Man. Smith!

1899 Birthday - Lavrenti Beria, chief of Soviet secret police under Stalin

1891 Event - Harriet Maxwell Converse is 1st white woman to become an Indian chief

1891 Birthday - Robert W. P. Peereboom, Dutch editor in chief, Haarlem Newspaper

1891 Birthday - Chief Nipo T Strongheart, Yakima, Washington, U.S. indian actor, Pony Soldier

1891 Birthday - Earl Warren, California, Gov-R-Ca, 14th supreme court chief justice, 1953 - 1969

1890 Death - Big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee

1890 Death - Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa-Sioux chief (Little Big Horn), killed by US

1890 Birthday - Fred M Vinson, Kentucky, 13th Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1946-53

1890 Birthday - Alfred G Jodl, German Wehrmacht general/chief of staff

1889 Birthday - Charles Warrell, big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher

1886 Event - Apache Chief Geronimo surrenders ending last major US-Indian war

1882 Event - Queen Victoria recieves Zulu chief Cetewayo

1881 Event - Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull, surrenders to federal troops

1880 Death - Victorio, Apache chief/murderer, killed by Mexican army

1879 Death - Big Snake, brother of Ponca chief Standing Bear, dies

1879 Death - William Barber, 6th U.S. chief engraver (1844-79), dies

1878 Birthday - Ernest J King, U.S. fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, WW II

1877 Event - Chief Joseph surrenders, ending Nez Perce War

1877 Death - Crazy Horse, Tashunka Witko, last great Sioux war chief, dies at 27

1877 Death - Prairie Flower, daughter of Ponca and chief Standing Bear, dies

1876 Death - American Horse, Sioux chief, dies in battle

1875 Birthday - William Daniel Leahy, Iowa, 5 star admiral/chief of staff, 1949

1873 Death - Kintpuash, "Captain Jack", chief of Modoc-indians, dies

1872 Death - Ten Bears (Parra-Wa-Samen), U.S. poet/Comanche chief, dies

1872 Birthday - Harlan Fiske Stone, New Hampshire, Supreme Court, 1925 - 1941, Chief Justice, 1941 - 1946

1872 Birthday - Learned Hand, born in Albany, New York, Chief judge, U.S. Court of Appeals

1871 Event - Trial against Kiowa chief Satanta (White Bear) and Big Tree, begins

1871 Death - Satank, Kiowa indian chief, shot to death

1870 Event - Washington: President Grant meets with Sioux chief Red Cloud

1868 Death - Black Kettle, Motavato, Cheyenne chief, dies

1866 Event - Last Navaho chief Manuelito, turns self in at Fort Wingate

1866 Birthday - Chief Thundercloud, Scott T Williams, MT, actor, Lone Ranger

1866 Death - Chief Seattle, American

1865 Event - Robert E. Lee appointed Confederate General in Chief

1864 Death - Roger Taney, 5th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1836-64), dies at 87

1864 Death - Lean Bear, Cheyenne chief, murdered

1863 Death - Little Crow, Ta-oya-te-duta, Santee Sioux indian chief, dies

1863 Birthday - Swami Vivekananda, born in Calcutta, India, founder of Ramakrishna Mission, chief disciple of Ramakrishna, responsible for bringing Vedanta and Yoga to Europe, America, introduced Hinduism at Parliament of World Religions at Chicago, 1893

1862 Birthday - Charles Evans Hughs, 11th Chief Justice of Supreme Court, 1930-41

1861 Event - General George B. McClellan made general in chief of Union armies

1861 Event - Navaho indians elect Herrero Grande as chief

1857 Birthday - William Howard Taft, Cin, R, 27th President, 1909-13, chief justice

1856 Birthday - Yang Hsiu-ch'ing, commander in chief of Taiping Rebellion

1848 Birthday - Helmuth J L von Moltke, German general/chief of staff, WW I

1844 Death - Christian Gobrecht, 4th U.S. chief engraver (1840-44), dies in office

1840 Death - William Kneass, 3rd U.S. chief engraver (1824-40), dies in office

1838 Death - Osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail

1833 Birthday - Melville Weston Fuller, 8th chief justice

1824 Event - William Kneass becomes 3rd U.S. chief engraver (1824-40)

1818 Birthday - Jeremy F Gilmer, Major Gen/Chief Engineer Confederate War Dept

1808 Birthday - Salmon P Chase, Sen-R, cabinet member, 6th chief justice, 1864-73

1803 Death - Arthur Wolfe, 1st viscount Kilwarden/Chief Justice of Ireld, murdered

1801 Event - John Marshall appointed U.S. chief justice

1795 Event - John Rutledge becomes 2nd chief justice of Supreme Court

1789 Event - Jefferson appointed 1st Secretary of State; John Jay 1st chief justice;

1789 Event - President George Washington appointed John Jay the 1st Chief Justice

1785 Death - Pieter Kintsius, VOC-supercarga/chief on Macau, dies at 53

1777 Birthday - Roger Brooke Taney, Calvert, Maryland, 5th Chief Justice, Dred Scott dec

1776 Birthday - John Walter II, London, chief proprietor, The Times, 1812-47

1769 Death - Pontiac, indian chief to Ottawa, murdered

1764 Event - Native Americans surrender to British in Indian War of Chief Pontiac

1755 Birthday - John Marshall, Virginia, 4th Supreme Court Chief Justice, 1801-35

1755 Event - Transylvania Land Co. buys Kentucky for $50,000 from a Cherokee chief

1745 Birthday - Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court, 1796-1800

1730 Event - Robert Walpole becomes England 1st prime minister (was: chief min)

1696 Event - John Salomonsz elected chief of Saint-Eustatius

1690 Birthday - John Carteret, Earl Granville, C, English chief minister, 1722-42

1661 Death - Jules "Cardinal" Mazarin, chief minister of France, dies at 58

1651 Birthday - John Baron Somers, Whig, William III's chief minister, 1696-1700

1634 Death - Edward Coke, English Chief Justice/politician, dies

1624 Event - Cardinal Richelieu appointed Chief Minister of France by Louis XIII

1621 Event - Native American chief visits colony of Plymouth Mass

1614 Birthday - Hieronymus van Beverningk, chief Dutch treasurer/maecenas

1614 Event - Pocahontas, daughter of chief Powhatan, marries planter John Rolfe

1586 Event - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt becomes Dutch chief legal advisor

1580 Death - Gaspar Schetz, South Netherlands, minster of chief treasurer, dies at 67

1540 Death - Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's chief minister, executed

1322 Event - Emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery. chief monastery of Soto Sect

624 Death - Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle













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