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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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