Parallel Timelines: Ruth Bader-Ginsburg vs Historical Events

By hpridmore

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt's Presidential Inauguration

    Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats incumbent republican President, Herbert Hoover. FDR won with 472 electoral votes, popular for his plan to reform the American economy during the Great Depression.

  • Ruth Joan Bader Born

    Second daughter of Nathan and Cecelia Bader, born in Brooklyn, New York.

  • Elizabeth II becomes Queen of England

    Elizabeth II becomes Queen of England after the death of her father, King George VI on February 2, 1952. She was the longest reigning British Monarch, totaling 70 years and 7 months.

  • RBG graduates Cornell University, marries Martin D. Ginsburg

    Both graduates of Cornell University 1954, they marry shortly after.

  • Sputnik 1 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere

    First satellite ever, launched by the Soviet Union in October of 1957.

  • RBG graduates from Columbia University Law School

    Graduates first in her class and elected to the school's Law Review.

  • The Beatles perform their very last show

    Beatles perform impromptu rooftop concert, their last as a band.

  • RBG becomes director of the American Civil Liberties Union

    Began the ACLU's Women's Rights project in 1972, and argued 6 landmark cases before the U.S. Supreme Court during her time with the Union.

  • The U.S. Capitol building bombed

    A bombing that the group Weather Underground took credit for caused $300,000 in damages but did not hurt anyone. It was supposedly done in protest of the United States support of the Laos Invasion.

  • RBG becomes first female tenured professor at Columbia University

    She accepted the position of 'Tenured Professor of Law'.

  • Apple Computers, Inc. is created

    Founded by Steve Jobs, Apple is now worth over $2 trillion in market value.

  • RBG to the U.S. Court of Appeals of D.C.

    President Jimmy Carter appointed RBG in 1980

  • The USSR dissolved

    After 74 years of reign, the Soviet Union is dissolved due to several republics divorce the Union. Many of these were in fear of another coup.

  • RBG appointed to the United States Supreme Court

    Ginsburg is the second woman to ever be appointed to SCOTUS, and the first Jewish woman.

  • The Oklahoma City Bombing

    168 people die when a man parked a truck with a bomb at the Alfred P. Murrah building.

  • RBG writes landmark decision on United States vs Virginia

    She writes the decision that the Virginia Military Institute is not allowed to refuse women, on the basis of sex discrimination.

  • Princess Diana of England dies

    Princess Diana killed in a motor vehicle accident, shortly after her 'Revenge Dress' debut.

  • RBG awarded ABA's Thurgood Marshall Award

    Ginburg receives the American Bar Association's Thurgood Marshall Award for her contribution to gender equality and civil rights.

  • Pres. Barack Obama Inaugaration

    President Obama becomes the first-ever African American President, after defeating Republican John McCain.

  • Ruth Bader-Ginsburg Dies

    After 27 years on the United States Supreme Court, RBG dies of Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer.