William O. Douglas died on January 19, 1980 at the age of 81.
William O. Douglas was born on October 16, 1898 and died on January 19, 1980. William O. Douglas would have been 81 years old at the time of death or 116 years old today.
William O. Douglas was born on October 16, 1898.
William O. Douglas was born on October 16, 1898.
William O. Douglas Wilderness was created in 1984.
William O. Douglas died on January 19, 1980 at the age of 81.
William O. Douglas Federal Building was created in 1912.
The area of William O. Douglas Wilderness is 680.811 square kilometers.
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Justice William O. Douglas was 41 years old when President Roosevelt appointed him to the US Supreme Court in April 1939. Douglas served the longest tenure of any other justice in the Court's history, 36 years, 209 days, and was just one month past his 77th birthday when he retired.
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Douglas wrote the original quote in 1976 for a publication of the Washington State Bar Association."As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there's a twilight where everything remains seemingly unchanged, and it is in such twilight that we must be aware of change in the air, however slight, lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness."William O. Douglas, in The Douglas Letters: Selections from the Private Papers of Justice William O. Douglas (1987). 1976 Letter to Young Lawyers Section of the Washington State Bar Association
William O. Douglas was, by far, the most prolific author among the Supreme Court justices.Douglas, who served on the bench from 1939 until 1975, was an outdoorsman and ardent environmentalist. In his opinion for Sierra Club v. Morton, 405 US 727 (1972), Douglas argued that inanimate objects should have standing to sue for their own protection in court.A few of William O. Douglas' (approximately) 30 titles are still in print: Of Men and Mountains: Memoir of a Wilderness Adventurer; Go East, Young Man: The Autobiography of of William O. Douglas: The Early Years; and Nature's Justice: Writings of William O. Douglas (essays).The Library of Congress Collection includes a total of 57 books by Douglas.