Harry Blackmun

Harry Andrew Blackmun was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1970 to 1994. Appointed by President Richard Nixon, Blackmun ultimately became one of the most liberal justices on the Court. He is best known as the author of the Court's opinion in Roe v. Wade.

12 November 1908

Born on the same birth day (12 November): Benjamin Mkapa • Charles Manson • Delano Lewis • Denis DeJordy • Ivan Šuker • Jo Stafford • Louis Antoine de Bougainville • Paolo Banchero • Sammy Sosa • Toshihiko Sahashi • Trey Burke • Tudor Davies • Wang Kuang-hui • Yutaka Taniyama

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