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2006 Samuel Alito sworn in as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

2005 Samuel Alito is nominated for the Supreme Court by George W. Bush

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

2005 John G. Roberts, Jr. is nominated to the United States Supreme Court

2005 The Supreme Court rules the death penalty unconstitutional for people who committed crimes before age 18

2000 Supreme Court halts Florida vote recount

1998 Lewis Powell, Supreme Court Justice, dies at 90

1998 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 Supreme Court lets Megan's Law stand

1997 William J. Brennan, jurist, served on the Supreme Court for 34 years (1956-90), dies at 91

1997 Supreme Court strikes down Internet indecency law

1997 Supreme Court upholds doctor-assisted suicide ban

1997 Supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments

1996 Alexander Harman, judge, United States Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia 1969 - 1979, dies

1995 Warren Earl Burger, Supreme Court Justice, dies of heart failure at 78

1994 Sjlomo Goren, Polish/Israeli supreme rabbi, dies

1994 Stephen G. Breyer, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice

1994 New York Supreme Court refuses Howard Stern's non financial disclosure

1994 Nomination hearings for Steven Breyer for supreme court justice begins

1994 Ruth Bader Ginsburg, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice

1994 Supreme Court outlaws excluding people from juries because of gender

1994 Liberal Supreme Court Justice Blackmun (Roe vs. Wade) resigns

1993 Rouaz Lakhdar, Algerian supreme court justice, murdered

1993 Supreme Soviet dismisses president Boris Yeltsin

1993 John/Eoin Higgins, N Ire supreme court justice (1984-93), dies at 66

1993 Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White announced plans to retire

1993 Thurgood Marshall, 1st black supreme court justice (1967-91), dies 84

1992 G Harold Carswell, supreme court justice candidate 1970, dies at 72

1992 Supreme Court rules fund soliciting can be banned at airports

1992 Supreme Court rules hate crime laws violated free-speech rights

1992 Supreme Court rules states could not force mentally unstable criminal defendants to take anti-psychotic drugs

1992 Supreme Court rules 5-3 that Joseph Doherty isn't entitled to asylum

1991 Clarence Thomas, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice

1991 U.S. Supreme Court begins to hear Joseph Doherty case

1991 Clarence Thomas is confirmed as Supreme Court Justice

1991 Law Professor Anita Hill accuses Supreme nominee Clarence Thomas of making sexually inappropriat comments to her

1991 Supreme Court rules prosecutors can be sued for legal advice they give police and can be held accountable

1991 U.S. Supreme Court bars subsidized clinics from discussing abortion

1991 Supreme Court rules jurors can't be barred from serving due to race

1991 Supreme Court rules unanimously employers can't exclude women from jobs where exposure to toxic chemicals could potentially damage fetus

1991 U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Joseph Doherty case

1990 David Hackett Souter, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice

1990 U.S. Senate votes 90-9 to confirm David Souter to Supreme Court

1990 Senate Judiciary committee approves Souter's Supreme Court

1990 Supreme Soviet gives approval to switch to free market

1990 Justice William Brennan resigns from Supreme Court after 36 years

1990 Supreme Court rules family members cannot end lives of comatose relatives unless those relatives previously made their wishes known

1990 Supreme Court rules police check for drunk drivers constitutional

1990 Supreme Court says law prohibiting desecration of U.S. flag unconstitutional

1990 Vasily V Kuznetsov, President of U.S.S.R. supreme soviet (1982-83, 85), dies

1990 Supreme Court rejects appeal from retarded man, Dalton Prejean, condemned to death for murdering a Louisiana state trooper in 1977

1990 Supreme Court strikes down Dallas' ordinance imposing strict zoning on sexually oriented businesses

1989 Penn is 1st to restrict abortions after Supreme Court gave states the right to do so

1989 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 Supreme Court rules states do not have to provide funds for abortions

1989 Supreme Court rules ok to burn U.S. flag as a political expression

1989 U.S. Supreme Court rules employees have legal burden to prove non- discriminatory reasons for not hiring or promoting

1989 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 U.S. Supreme Court upholds 1 person 1 vote rule of New York City Board of Estimate

1989 Challenge to "who is a Jew" law filed in Israeli Supreme Court

1988 Robert Bork's supreme court nomination rejected by U.S. Senate

1988 Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor OK after breast cancer surgery

1988 Israel's supreme court uphold's ban on Kahane's Kach Party as racist

1988 Pakistan's Supreme Court orders free elections

1988 Supreme Court upholds a law that made it illegal for private clubs to discriminate against women and minorities

1988 U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear Yonkers argument they aren't racist

1988 U.S. Supreme Court rules trash may be searched without a warrant

1988 Anthony M. Kennedy, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice

1988 Anthony M. Kennedy appointed to Supreme Court

1988 G Mennen Williams, Supreme Court justice, dies at 76 in Detroit

1988 Canada's Supreme court declares anti-abortion law unconstitutional

1988 Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves nomination of Judge Anthony M Kennedy to U.S. Supreme Court

1988 Supreme Court rules (5-3) public school officials have broad powers to censor school newspapers, plays and other expressive activities

1987 Judge Anthony M. Kennedy nominated to Supreme Court

1987 Supreme Court nominee Douglas H. Ginsburg admitted using marijuana

1987 Senate debate begins rejecting Robert Bork's Supreme Court nomination

1987 Bork nominated to Supreme Court, rejected in October by senate

1987 Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. announces his retirement

1987 Supreme Court rules school teaching evolution need not teach creation

1987 Supreme Court ruled dangerous defendants could be held without bail

1987 Supreme Court rules women/minorities may get jobs if less qualified

1987 U.S. Supreme Court upholds affirmative action, 5-4

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

1986 Antonin Scalia appointed to Supreme Court

1986 Supreme Court struck down Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction law

1986 Supreme Court upholds affirmative action in 2 rulings

1986 Georgia sodomy law upheld by Supreme Court (5-4)

1986 Supreme Court rules Air Force could ban wearing of yarmulkes

1985 Potter Stewart, 94th Supreme Court Justice 1958 - 1981, dies in New Hampshire at 70

1985 Supreme Court strikes down Alabama "moment of silence" law

1984 Supreme Court weakens 70-year-old "exclusionary rule"-evidence seized with defective court warrants can now be used in criminal trials

1984 Supreme Court rules Jaycees may be forced to admit women as members

1984 Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts

1984 Supreme Court declares illegally obtained evidence may be admitted at trial if it could be proved that it would have been discovered legally

1984 Supreme Court (5-4): city may use public money for Nativity scene

1984 California Supreme Court rejects quadriplegic Elizabeth Bouvia, who wants to starve herself to death in a public hospital

1984 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 Supreme Court reinstated $10M award to Karen Silkwood's family

1983 Supreme Court rules retirement plans can't pay women less

1983 U.S. Supreme Court ruled Congress could not veto presidential decisions

1983 Supreme Court struck down state and local restrictions on abortion

1983 Li Xiannian becomes president/Deng Xiaoping supreme commander of China PR

1983 Supreme Court rules government can deny tax breaks to schools that racially discriminated against students

1983 China's supreme court commutes Chiang Ch'ing's death sentence to life

1983 NY Supreme Court issues a preliminary injunction barring New York Yankees from playing season-opening series against Tigers in Denver

1982 Supreme Court rules President can't be sued for actions in office

1982 Supreme Court rules all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to a public education

1982 Abe Fortas, Supreme court justice, dies at 71

1981 Sandra Day O'Conner becomes 1st female Supreme Court Justice

1981 Senate confirms Sandra Day O'Conner to Supreme Court (99-0)

1981 Sandra Day O'Connor nominated for the Supreme Court

1981 Supreme Court upholds male-only draft registration, constitutional

1981 Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart retires, replaced by Sandra Day O'Connor, 1st woman on high court

1981 Supreme Court rules states could require, with some exceptions, parental notification when teen-age girls sought abortions

1980 President nominee Ronald Reagan promises to name a woman to Supreme Court

1980 Supreme Court rules new forms of life created in labs could be patented

1980 William O Douglas, member U.S. Supreme court (1939-75), dies at 81

1979 Supreme Court rules employers may use quotas to help minorities

1979 Supreme Court rules, 8-1, police can't randomly stop cars

1979 Supreme court of Lahore affirms death sentence against premier Bhutto

1979 Pope John Paul II's 1st overseas trip as supreme pontiff

1979 Supreme Court strikes down (6-3) Pennsylvania law requiring doctors performing an abortion to try to preserve lives of potentially viable fetuses

1978 Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla elected supreme pontiff-John Paul II

1978 Pope John Paul I officially installed as 264th supreme pontiff

1978 Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand New York radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's "Filthy Words"

1978 Supreme Court orders California medical school to admit Allan Bakke a white man claiming reverse discrimination when application was rejected

1978 David Berkowitz sentenced in New York Supreme Court to 25 years to life

1978 Supreme Court rules pension plans can't require women to pay more

1977 Supreme Court allows Federal control of Nixon tapes papers

1977 5-4 Supreme Court decision allows lawyers to advertise

1977 Tom C Clark, former Supreme Court Justice (1949-67), dies in New York at 77

1977 Supreme Court tosses out automatic death penalty laws

1977 Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman and John Mitchell

1977 Supreme Court rules "Live Free or Die" may be covered on New Hampshire licenses

1977 Supreme Court says people may refuse to display state motto on license

1976 Utah Supreme Court OKs execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore

1976 Supreme Court lifts 1972 ban on death penalty for convicted murderers

1976 Supreme Court rules death penalty not inherently cruel or unusual

1975 John Paul Stevens becomes a Supreme Court Justice

1975 Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas retired after 36 years

1975 Supreme Court rules teachers could spank their pupils after warning

1975 Supreme Court rules uniform minimum legal fees are a violation

1974 Supreme Court unanimously rules Nixon must turn over Watergate tapes

1974 Earl Warren, Governor of California/Supreme court justice (1953-68), dies at 83

1973 U.S. Supreme Court approves equal rights to females in military

1973 Roe vs Wade: U.S. Supreme Court legalizes some abortions

1972 Supreme Court rules (5-4) that Death Penalty is cruel and unusual

1972 U.S. Supreme Court, 5-3, confirms lower court rulings in Curt Flood case, upholding baseball's exemption from antitrust laws

1972 U.S. Supreme Court rules states can't require 1-yr residency to vote

1972 California Supreme Court abolishes death penalty

1972 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. becomes a Supreme Court Justice

1972 William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice

1971 William H Rehnquist confirmed as Supreme Court justice

1971 Lewis F Powell, Jr. appointed to Supreme Court

1971 Lewis Franklin Powell confirmed as Supreme Court justice

1971 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 Supreme Court (8-0) overturns draft evasion conviction of Muhammad Ali

1971 U.S. Supreme Court upholds use of busing to achieve racial desegregation

1971 Supreme Court upheld busing as means of achieving racial desegregation

1970 Rene Schneider, Chilean general/supreme commander, murdered

1970 Supreme Court ruled juries of less than 12 are constitutional

1970 Harry A. Blackmun, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice

1970 Harry A Blackmun appointed to Supreme Court

1970 Harry A Blackmun is confirmed as a justice on Supreme Court

1970 Senate rejects Nixon's nomination of Carswell to Supreme Court

1970 Supreme Court ruled draft evaders can not be penalized after 5 years

1970 Nixon nominates G Harold Carswell to Supreme Court (fails)

1969 Diana Ross final TV appearance as a Supreme on theEd Sullivan Show

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

1969 Supreme Court rules suspension of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. from House

1969 Associate Justice Abe Fortas resigns from Supreme Court

1969 Supreme Court strikes down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material

1969 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas resigns

1968 Supreme Court declares Arkansas law banning teaching evolution in public schools unconstitutional

1968 Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren resigns

1968 Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale and rental of housing

1967 Thurgood Marshall sworn in as 1st black Supreme Court Justice

1967 Thurgood Marshall nominated as 1st black Supreme Court justice

1967 Supreme Court unanimously ends laws against interracial marriages

1966 U.S. Supreme Courts votes 4-3 allowing Braves to move to Atlanta

1966 Supreme Court's Miranda decision; suspect must be informed of rights

1966 U.S. Supreme Court rules the poll tax unconstitutional

1966 Supreme Court reverses Mass ruling that "Fanny Hill" is obscene

1965 Supreme appear on Ed Sullivan Show

1965 Elizabeth Lane becomes 1st female British supreme court justice

1965 Supreme Court rules 1879 Connecticut law ban of contraceptives unconstitutional

1965 Supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional

1964 Supreme's "Where Did Our Love Go," reaches #1

1964 Supreme Court rules closing schools to avoid desegregation unconstitut

1964 Supreme Court rules unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years

1964 Supreme Court issues New York Times vs. Sullivan decision, public officials must prove malice to claim libel and recover damages

1964 U.S. Supreme Court rules - 1 man 1 vote (Westberry vs. Sanders)

1963 Supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools

1963 Supreme Court's Miranda Decision; defendants must have lawyers

1962 Byron R. White becomes a Supreme Court Justice

1962 Byron R White appointed to Supreme Court

1962 Supreme Court rules New York school prayer unconstitutional

1962 Supreme Court backs 1-man-1-vote apportionment of seats in state legislature

1962 Dmitri Shostakovich becomes member of Supreme Soviet of U.S.S.R.

1962 U.S. Supreme Court disallows race separation on public transportation

1961 Otis M Smith appointed to Michigan Supreme Court

1961 U.S. Supreme Court struck down a provision in Md's constitution requiring state office holders to believe in God

1961 Supreme Court rules cities and states have right to censor films

1959 Supreme court rules La prohibiting black-white boxing unconstitutional

1958 Potter Stewart appointed to U.S. Supreme Court

1958 U.S. Supreme Court orders Little Rock Arkansas high school to integrate

1957 Supreme Court decides 6-3, baseball is only antitrust exempt pro sport

1956 Supreme Court strikes down segregation of races on public buses

1956 William J. Brennan, Jr. becomes a Supreme Court Justice

1956 William J Brennan, Jr. appointed to Supreme Court

1956 U.S. Supreme Court ends race segregation on buses

1955 Supreme Court orders school integration "with all deliberate speed"

1954 Sonia Sotomayor, born in the Bronx, New York City, first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, third female Supreme Court justice

1954 Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education reversed 1896 "separate but equal" Plessy Vs Ferguson decision

1953 U.S. Supreme Court rules (7-2) baseball is a sport not a business

1953 Supreme Court rules Major League baseball exempt from anti-trust laws

1953 Earl Warren appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

1953 Supreme Court Justice Wm O Douglas stays executions of spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg scheduled for next day their 14th anniversary

1953 Segregated lunch counters in DC forbidden by Supreme Court

1953 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 Henri G Winkelman, Dutch supreme commander army/navy 1940, dies at 76

1951 Supreme Court rule "clear and present danger" of incitement to riot is not protected speech and can be a cause for arrest

1950 U.S. General Eisenhower becomes supreme commander of NATO-Europe

1950 U.S. Supreme Court undermines legal foundations of segregation

1948 California Supreme Court voids state statue banning interracial marriages

1948 Clarence Thomas, born in Savannah, Georgia, 108th U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1991-

1948 Supreme Court rules relg instructions in pub schools unconstitutional

1948 U.S. Supreme Court decision (Sipuel vs. Oklahoma State Board of Regents)

1946 U.S. Supreme Court bans discrimination in interstate travel

1946 U.S. Supreme Court rules race separation on buses, unconstitutional

1946 Michail I Kalinin, President (Supreme Soviet), dies at 60

1946 Field Marshal Montgomery appointed British supreme commander

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

1945 Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Lawrence opens trial of Neurenberg

1945 General MacArthur named Supreme Commander of Allied Powers in Japan

1945 U.S., U.K., U.S.S.R., France declare supreme authority over Germany

1945 Fritz Fromm, German supreme commander of Reserve army, executed

1944 Prince Bernhard appointed supreme commander of Netherlands Domestic Arm Force

1944 Supreme Court (Smith vs. Allwright) "white primaries" unconstitutional

1944 Supreme Soviet enlarges soviet republics' autonomy

1943 Franklin D. Roosevelt appoints General Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces

1943 Lord Mountbatten appointed Supreme Allied Commander in SE Asia

1942 U.S. Supreme Court declares Nevada separation legal

1942 General Doug MacArthur arrives in Australia to become supreme commander

1942 Italian supreme command demands dismissal of German marshal Rommel

1941 GJ Berenschot, general/supreme commander Dutch East Indies army, dies

1941 Louis D Brandeis, 1st Jewish Supreme Court Judge (1916-39), dies at 84

1941 Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage and Hour law, sets minimum wages and max hours

1940 General Winckelman replaces General Reijnders as Dutch supreme commander

1939 David H Souter, Weir, New Hampshire, 107th Supreme Court Justice, 1990-

1939 General Reijnders appointed supreme commander of Dutch army

1939 Isoroku Yamamoto appointed supreme commander of Japanese fleet

1939 New York supreme court justice J F Crater legally declared dead

1939 Cornelis J Cutters, supreme commander of Navy (1910-18), dies

1939 Supreme Court outlaws sit-down strikes

1938 Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court justice

1938 Andreas J "Cat" Liebenberg, supreme commander, South Africa army

1938 Supreme Soviet elects Michail Kalinin as presidium chairman

1937 Senate rejects Franklin D.. Roosevelt proposal to enlarge Supreme Court

1937 Peter M. Harris, Official Solicitor, Supreme Court

1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes enlarging Supreme Court, "court packing" plan failed

1936 Rose Elizabeth Bird, California Supreme Court Justice

1936 Spanish fascist junta names Franco to generalissimo/supreme commander

1936 Anthony Kennedy, born in California, 106th Supreme Court justice, 1988-

1936 Antonin Scalia, born in Trenton, New Jersey, 105th Supreme Court Justice, 1986-

1935 Supreme Court declares FDR's National Recovery Act unconstitutional

1935 John J "Jannie" Geldenhuys, supreme commander South Africa army 1980-

1934 Brian Kenny, deputy supreme allied commander, Europe

1933 Ruth Bader Ginsberg, justice, U.S. Supreme Court

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

1930 NY World reports disappearance of supreme court justice Joseph Crater

1930 Supreme Court Justice John Force Crater disappears in New York City

1930 Supreme Court rules buying liquor does not violate the Constitution

1930 Sandra Day O'Connor, born in Texas, 1st woman Supreme Court Justice, 1981-

1928 Brooklyn Supreme, born in Belgium, stallion, heaviest known horse, 1450 kg

1927 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 Supreme Court ruled bootleggers must pay income tax

1926 Chiang Kai-shek appointed to national-revolutionary supreme commander

1926 Chiang Kai-shek is made supreme war lord in Canton

1925 John Knox, British supreme court justice

1925 1st all-female U.S. state supreme court appointed, Texas

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

1924 David Loram, British Vice-Admiral, Supreme Allied Commander

1923 German Supreme Court prohibits NSDAP

1922 U.S. Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport and not a business and thus not subject to antitrust laws

1922 Supreme Court unanimously upheld 19th amend woman's right to vote

1921 Supreme Court rules labor injunctions and picketing unconstitutional

1921 Bernard Rogers, supreme Allied commander Europe

1921 Alexander Harman, born in Athens, West Virginia, judge, United States Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia 1969 - 1979

1920 John Paul Stevens, born in Illinois, 103rd Supreme Court Justice, 1975-

1920 John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court Justice

1918 Pro-German supreme commander general Cutters lay-offs

1918 Supreme commander of the army General Cutters resigns

1918 Supreme Court rules child labor laws unconstitutional

1917 Supreme Court decision (Buchanan vs. Warley) strikes down Lousiville Kentucky ordiance requiring blacks and whites to live in separate areas

1917 Byron R. Whizzer White, born in Ft. Collins, NFLer/Supreme Court Just, 1962-93

1917 U.S. Supreme Court upheld 8-hour work day for railroad employees

1916 1st Jewish Supreme Court justice, Louis Brandeis, appointed by Wilson

1915 Andrew J Goodpaster, U.S., general/supreme commander, NATO-Europe

1915 Potter Stewart, Michigan, 94th Supreme Court justice, 1958-81

1914 King Albert I becomes supreme commander of Belgian army

1914 John French appointed British supreme commander

1911 Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil with the Sherman Antitrust Act

1911 G Mennen Williams, Detroit, Supreme Court Justice, Gov-D-Michigan, 1949-60

1908 Harry A Blackmun, Illinois, 100th Supreme Court justice, 1970-94

1908 Arthur J Goldberg, Illinois, United Nations ambassador/Supreme Court justice, 1962-65

1908 Thurgood Marshall, born in Maryland, 1st black Supreme Court justice, 1967-91

1908 Jack Jacob, senior master, British Supreme Court

1908 Supreme Court rules a union boycott violates Sherman Antitrust Act

1907 Lewis F Powell, Jr., Virginia, Supreme Court justice, 1972-87

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

1905 Elizabeth Lane, 1st female British supreme court justice

1905 U.S. Supreme Court judges maximum work day unconstitutional

1904 Supreme Court rules Puerto Ricans cannot be denied admission to US

1902 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. became Associate Justice on Supreme Court

1901 Charles E Whittaker, Kansas, U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1957-62

1900 Lord Kitchener succeeds lord Roberts up as supreme commander in South Africa

1899 Field Marshal Lord Roberts appointed British supreme commander in South Africa

1899 John M Harlan, Chicago, 91st Supreme Court justice, 1955-71

1898 William O Douglas, Maine, 81st Supreme Court justice, 1939-75

1897 Iwan S. Konew, Russian marshal/supreme commander pact of Warsaw

1896 U.S. Supreme Court affirms race separation (Plessy vs. Ferguson)

1895 Anastas I Mikoyan, Armenia, member of Supreme Soviet

1894 Congress passes Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, which includes a graduated income tax later struck down by the Supreme Court

1892 Robert Houghwout Jackson, 84th Supreme Court justice, 1941-54

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

1890 Fred M Vinson, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1946-53

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

1886 Hugo L. Black, born in Alabama, Senator-D-Alabama, 78th Supreme Court justice, 1937 - 1971

1884 Isoroku Yamamoto, admiral and supreme commander of Japanese fleet

1883 Alexander Papagos, Greek Field Marshal/supreme commander

1883 U.S. Supreme Court decides Native Americans can't be Americans

1883 Supreme Court declares Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional

1882 Felix Frankfurter, born in Vienna, Austria, 80th Supreme Court Justice, 1939-62

1879 1st female lawyer heard by Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood)

1879 Congress authorizes women lawyers to practice before Supreme Court

1878 U.S. Supreme Court rules race separation on trains unconstitutional

1876 Frank L Gillespie, Arkansas, founded Supreme Life Insurance Company

1876 Henri G Winkelman, Dutch general/supreme commander/navy 1940

1876 A G Bell and Elisha Gray apply separately for telephone patents Supreme Court eventually rules Bell rightful inventor

1875 Congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Court, 1883

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

1869 Congress increases number of Supreme Court judges from 7 to 9

1865 J. S. Rock, 1st black lawyer to practice in Supreme Court, admitted to bar

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

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

1861 John Merryman is arrested under suspension of writ of habeas corpus it later sparks a supreme court decision protecting writ

1858 Dred Scott, U.S. slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies

1857 Dred Scott Decision: Supreme Court rules slaves cannot be citizens

1856 Louis D. Brandeis, Massachusetts, 68th Supreme Court Justice, 1916-39

1855 Wisconsin Supreme Court declares U.S. Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional

1852 Cornelis J Snijders, supreme commander of Dutch Navy, 1910-18

1846 Cornelis F van Maanen, Dutch supreme court justice, dies at 76

1841 Oliver Wendell Holmes, born in Massachusetts, 59th Supreme Court justice, 1902-32

1837 Congress increases Supreme Court membership from 7 to 9

1830 Belva Bennett Lockwood, attorney, 1st lady to argue in Supreme Court

1827 Duke of Wellington appointed British supreme commander

1821 Luis (Philippus) Brion, Curaeaos admiral/supreme commander, dies at 39

1816 U.S. Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions

1809 Supreme Court rules federal government power greater than any state

1804 Impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase begins

1803 Supreme Court 1st rules a law unconstitutional (Marbury vs. Madison)

1795 John Rutledge becomes 2nd chief justice of Supreme Court

1790 Supreme Court convenes for 1st time (New York City)

1789 Federal Judiciary Act is passed and creates a six-person Supreme Court

1779 Joseph Story, Massachusetts, 19th Supreme Court justice, 1812-45

1775 2nd Continental Congress names George Washington, supreme commander

1765 William August duke of Cumberland, English supreme commander, dies at 44

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

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

1645 Robert Devereux resigns as parliament supreme commander

1632 Albrecht von Wallenstein appointed supreme commander

1630 Ferdinand II fires supreme commander Albrecht von Wallenstein

1625 Albrecht von Wallenstein appointed German supreme commander

1531 Henry VIII recognized as supreme head of Church in England

1530 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 Gautier de Brienne, duke of Athens/French supreme commander, dies


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