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2005 John G. Roberts is confirmed as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

2005 John G. Roberts is nominated for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

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

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

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

1997 Republic of Texas security chief Robert Scheidt surrenders

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

1996 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 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 Charles Warrell, big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher, dies at 106

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

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

1995 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 Said Mekbel, Algerian editor in chief (Le Matin), murdered at 57

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

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

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

1994 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 Harry R "Rob" Haldeman, White House chief of staff (Nixon), dies at 67

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

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

1993 Richard Jacobs announces Chief Wahoo will go to Jacobs Field

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

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

1992 Intercity-train derailed at Village chief, 5 die

1992 Daryl Gates retires as Los Angeles police chief

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

1991 White House Chief of Staff John Sununu resigns

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

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

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

1988 Polish Communist Party picks propaganda chief Rakowski as new PM

1987 Donald Regan resigned as White House chief of staff

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

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

1986 Chief Justice Warren Earl Burger resigns Antonin Scalia nominated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1984 Gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut

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

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

1982 PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline"

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

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

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

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

1977 SS chief Kappler escapes from prison hospital in Rome

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1969 Warren Burger confirmed as U.S. Chief Justice

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

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

1968 Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren resigns

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

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

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

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

1966 Nigerians chief of staff Jakubu Gowon makes coup

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

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

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

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

1963 Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes chief of Western Samoa

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1954 Ferry Hoogendijk, Dutch editor in chief, Elsevier Magazine

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

1953 Earl Warren appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

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

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

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

1949 SS police chief Rauter request for a pardon, denied

1949 Dutch court affirms death sentence against SS chief Hanns Rauter

1948 John Browne, group chief executive, British Petroleum Company

1948 Omar Bradley succeeds Dwight Eisenhower as Army Chief of Staff

1947 Pauline Clare, Chief Constable, Lancashire

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

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

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

1946 Anthony Mayer, chief executive, Housing Corporation

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

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

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

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

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

1943 William Garth Morrison, Chief scout

1943 SS police chief Rauter threatens to kill half Jewish children

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

1942 Keith Hellawell, Chief Constable, West Yorkshire

1942 George Esson, Chief Constable, Dumfries and Galloway

1942 David O'Dowd, Chief Constable, Northamptonshire

1942 Margaret Wright, chief commissioner, Guide Association

1942 Yves Paringaux, French chief of staff, murdered

1941 Dan Crompton, Nottinghamshire, Chief Constable

1941 Russian general Zhukov appointed chief of general staff

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

1940 Richard Wells, Chief Constable, South Yorkshire

1939 Ronald Hadfield, chief constable, West Midlands England

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

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

1938 Michael Hirst, chief constable, Leicestershire England

1936 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 John Poindexter, U.S. Chief of Staff

1936 Barry Wilson, deputy chief, British Defense Staff

1936 Benjamin Bathurst, vice chief of British Defense Staff

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

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

1934 Margaret Douglas, chief political adviser, BBC

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

1933 Frank Taylor, Chief Constable, Durham

1933 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 Michael Knight, air chief marshall/British leader, NATO

1932 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 James Anderton, Chief constable, Manchester England

1931 Richard Vincent, British chief of Defense

1931 John Chapple, British chief of General Staff

1931 William Utting, chief inspector, British Social Services

1931 Andrew Sloan, Chief Constable, Strathcourt

1931 Jack Bowman, Chief Constable, Tayside

1930 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 Roger Birch, Chief Constable, Sussex

1930 John Watts, chief of defense, Omani Armed Forces

1930 Charles Kelly, chief constable, Staffordshire England

1930 President and Chief Justice William Taft buried in Arlington

1930 William Howard Taft, 27th U.S. President (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 72

1930 C F Payne, Cleveland, British chief constable

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

1928 Edward LeBone Molotlegi, chief of the Bafokeng

1928 Anthony Tippett, British chief of Fleet Support

1928 Richard Barratt, former Chief Inspector of Constabulary

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

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

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

1926 Donald Acheson, England's chief medical officer

1926 Joshua Hassan, chief minister, Gibralter

1926 Rayner Goddard, born in England, Lord Goddard, Baron Goddard, judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, known for his strict conservative rulings

1926 Belgian chief of staff General Maglinse quits

1925 John Balcombe, Lord Chief Justice of Appeal

1925 Lawrence Byford, HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary

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

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

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

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

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

1922 Polish state chief marshal Jozef Pilsudski, resigns

1922 Phyllis Friend, chief nursing officer, DHSS

1922 Moses Rosen, chief Rabbi of Romania

1922 John Alderson, chief constable, Devon and Cornwall UK

1921 George Terry, chief constable, Sussex England

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

1920 Ruthven Wade, British Air Chief marshal

1920 John Junor, British editor in chief, Sunday Express

1919 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 President Wilson sails for Versailles Peace Conference in France, 1st chief executive to travel outside U.S. while in office

1918 Denis Smallwood, British air chief marshal

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

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

1916 French chief of staff Joffre replaced by Nivelle

1916 General Von Hindenburg becomes German Chief of Staff

1916 Von Hindenburg replaces Von Falkenhayn as German chief of staff

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

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

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

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

1914 Yuri Andropov, Russian KGB chief/1st secretary

1913 Klaus Barbie, gestapo chief, Lyon

1913 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 Pirates Owen "Chief" Wilson hits record 36th triple of season

1912 Pauline Parsons, matron in chief, PMRAFNS

1910 Charles Spry, Australian security chief

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

1909 Red Cloud, Sioux indian chief, dies

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

1908 Lady Jean Swaythling, chief controller, ATS

1908 Geronimo, Apache chief, dies at about 79

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

1907 A Cecil Snyder, Chief Justice of Puerto Rico

1907 Charles Cawley, British chief scientist/minister of power

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

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

1906 Denis Barnett, British air chief marshal

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

1905 Hottentot chief Hendrik Witbooi fataly injured

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

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

1904 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 Ted de Corsia, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Police Chief Hegedorn-Steve Canyon

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

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

1902 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 Walter Dawson, British Air Chief marshall

1901 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 Willy Lages, German chief of Sicherheitsdienst in Amsterdam

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

1899 Chief Dan George, actor, Little Big Man

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

1899 Lavrenti Beria, chief of Soviet secret police under Stalin

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1882 Queen Victoria recieves Zulu chief Cetewayo

1881 Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull, surrenders to federal troops

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

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

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

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

1877 Chief Joseph surrenders, ending Nez Perce War

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

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

1876 American Horse, Sioux chief, dies in battle

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

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

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

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

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

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

1871 Satank, Kiowa indian chief, shot to death

1870 Washington: President Grant meets with Sioux chief Red Cloud

1868 Black Kettle, Motavato, Cheyenne chief, dies

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

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

1866 Chief Seattle, American

1865 Robert E. Lee appointed Confederate General in Chief

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

1864 Lean Bear, Cheyenne chief, murdered

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

1863 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 Charles Evans Hughs, 11th Chief Justice of Supreme Court, 1930-41

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

1861 Navaho indians elect Herrero Grande as chief

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

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

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

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

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

1838 Osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail

1833 Melville Weston Fuller, 8th chief justice

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

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

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

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

1801 John Marshall appointed U.S. chief justice

1795 John Rutledge becomes 2nd chief justice of Supreme Court

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

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

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

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

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

1769 Pontiac, indian chief to Ottawa, murdered

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

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

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

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

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

1696 John Salomonsz elected chief of Saint-Eustatius

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

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

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

1634 Edward Coke, English Chief Justice/politician, dies

1624 Cardinal Richelieu appointed Chief Minister of France by Louis XIII

1621 Native American chief visits colony of Plymouth Mass

1614 Hieronymus van Beverningk, chief Dutch treasurer/maecenas

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

1586 Johan van Oldenbarnevelt becomes Dutch chief legal advisor

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

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

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

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


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