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Events on Wednesday 12 October 1864 1
1777 – 1864Roger Taney (1777-1864)Died 12 October 1864, aged 87Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, author of the 1857 Dred Scott decision denying citizenship to Black Americans. He died in Washington, D.C., still serving on the Court.