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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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James Wilson Marshall
(October 8, 1810 – August 10, 1885)

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The caption with this photo at the Library of Congress
claims that this was Marshall in front of the mill in 1850.

On January 24, 1848, gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill on
the American River in Northern California. After James W.
Marshall, who’d been overseeing the sawmill’s construction,
found the gold nuggets he and his boss, John Sutter,
attempted to keep

the discovery a secret. However, word soon spread and by
1849 thousands of prospectors, who became known as 49ers,
were flocking to Coloma, California, site of Sutter’s Mill, and
the surrounding region, hoping to strike it rich.

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James Marshall’s cabin.

   

 History | West Coast Placer   
    
    
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John Augustus Sutter
(February 23, 1803 – June 18, 1880)

    
    
   
James W. Marshall - Gold Discovered 1848 California Mining Postcard

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The spot where Marshall first discovered the gold that
started the California Gold Rush.

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FIRST FEMALE JUSTICE HAS DIED AT AGE 93

Sandra Day O Connor Photos – Pictures of Sandra Day O Connor | Getty Images

Sandra Day O’Connor, born in El Paso, remains point of civic pride

(FOX NEWS) – Retired Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor,
the first woman to sit on
the U.S. Supreme Court, has died. 

The high court said O’Connor died Friday morning in Phoenix
of complications related to advanced dementia, probably
Alzheimer’s, and a respiratory illness.

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor: Legacy of the First Female U.S. Supreme ...
O’Connor is sworn in by Chief Justice Warren Burger as
her husband John O’Connor looks on.

World Justice Project Statement on the Passing of Sandra Day O'Connor ...

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THE FIRST CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE U.S.

New 8x10 Photo: John Jay, First Supreme Court Justice of the United States
John Jay (December 23, 1745 – May 17, 1829)

(FOX NEWS) – Founding Father John Jay, a towering figure
among the intellectual giants who forged the nation, was
sworn in as first chief justice of the
Supreme Court of the
United States
on this day in history, Oct. 19, 1789. 

The New York native held the title until resigning in 1795,
among the shortest tenures for the prestigious lifetime
appointment.


Only 16 other people have held the title of Supreme Court
chief justice in the 227 years since.

On the night of May 14, 1829, Jay was stricken with palsy,
probably caused by a stroke. He lived for three more days,
dying in
Bedford, New York.

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Jay’s childhood home in Rye, New York is a New York
State Historic Site
and Westchester County Park.

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Jay’s retirement home near Katonah, New York.

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FIRST BLACK SUPREME COURT JISTICE

Thurgood Marshall Becomes The First Black Judge On The United States Supreme Court - African ...

On September 2, 1967, Chief Justice Earl Warren swore
in
Thurgood Marshall, the first Black justice of the U.S.
Supreme Court.

As chief counsel for the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (
NAACP) in the 1940s 
and ’50s, Marshall was the architect and executor of
legal strategy that ended the era of official racial
segregation 


                                        MR. HALL'S AMERICAN HISTORY CLASS: Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 - January 24, 1993)
                                         
Thurgood Marshall (1908 – 1993)       
      
                                                                                                                                      

                                                                                                                                     


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BOXING CHAMP SAYS NO TO U.S. MILITARY

The Shadow League | Ali Refuses Induction Into The U.S. Army

Muhammad Ali, the reigning world heavyweight boxing champion, entered the combative ring of politics and culture by refusing to
serve in the
United States military at the height of the Vietnam
War on this day in 1967.

"I ain’t got no quarrel with those Vietcong," Ali famously said the
year before, the exact quote the source of some dispute, in a
battle that made it all the way to the
United States Supreme Court. 

He later wrote, "I refuse to be inducted into the Armed Forces
of the United States because I claim to be exempt as a minister
of the religion of Islam."

Muhammad Ali refuses Army induction (1967) - Click Americana

B A N C O: Death of Activist and Inspiration, Muhammad Ali

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