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2009 Internet traffic reaches unprecedented levels after entertainer Michael Jackson's death triggers an outpouring of worldwide grief
2006 Saddam Hussein sentenced to death by hanging by an Iraqi court 2005 The Supreme Court rules the death penalty unconstitutional for people who committed crimes before age 18 2004 Yemeni judge sentences two Islamists death for the 2000 attack on the USS Cole, that killed 17 sailors 2004 Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, writer/physician, On Death and Dying, dies at 78 2004 At least 250 Muslim pilgrims crushed to death during the annual stoning of Satan ritual in the Mena Valley, Saudi Arabia 2003 Charles Bronson, tough actor, Death Wish, dies at 81 2003 An Islamist terrorist is sentenced to death for his part in the Bali bombings that kill nearly 200 in 2002 2000 Wladyslaw Szpilman, pianist/writer, ", write Death of a City, later filmed as The Pianist, ", dies at 78 2000 "Gordon ""Tex"" Beneke", band leader/saxophonist, led the Glenn Miller Orchestra after Miller's death, dies at 86 1998 Tony Awards, Side Man, Death of a Salesman revival, Annie Get Your Gun revival and You're a Good Man Charlie Brown revival won major awards 1998 At least 119 Muslim pilgrims crushed to death during the annual stoning of Satan ritual in the Mena Valley, Saudi Arabia 1997 British au pair Louise Woodward, 19, sentenced to life in death of Matthew Eappen 8 months (judge changes to time served)00690901 1997 Convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh formally sentenced to death 1997 Oklahoma Court of Appeals upholds death sentence of Timothy McVeigh 1997 Gianni Versace, fashion designer, shot to death by Andrew Cunanan at 50 1997 Jurors in Oklahoma City bombing trial sentence Timothy McVeigh to death 1996 O. J. Simpson takes stand as hostile witness in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against him, saying it is "absolutely not true" 1996 Veronica Guerin, born in Ireland, nicknamed 'Ronnie', journalist, crime reporter, used pseudonyms, street names, exposing underworld figures in the Sunday Independent newspaper, helped found Criminal Assets Bureau, received death threats, murdered, by drug dealers, dies at 36 1995 New York City reinstates the death penalty 1995 "Chronicles of a Death Foretold" closes at Plymouth New York City after 55 performances 1995 "Chronicles of a Death Foretold" opens at Plymouth New York City for 55 performances 1995 Abdul Ali Mazari, Afghan shite leader, shot to death 1995 New York becomes 38th state to have the death penalty 1995 Mahmoud Sayed Selim, Egyptian moslim leader, shot to death at 29 1994 Dedrick Gobert, U.S. actor (Boyz 'n the Hood), shot to death at 22 1994 Julian Symons, Br detective writer (Death's Darkest Face), dies at 82 1994 200,000 Moslems demand death to feminist Taslima Nasrin 1994 126 degrees F (52.2 degrees C) in Death Valley California 1994 6 white racists sentenced to death in South Africa 1994 Steven Keats, actor (Death Wish), dies of apparent suicide at 48 1994 Army shoots to death 23-40 fishermen in Gonaives Haiti 1994 Danny Harold Rolling, sentenced to death in Florida, for killing 5 1994 President guard at Kigali Rwanda, chops 1,200 church members to death 1993 Gertrude "Trudi" Duby Blom, actress, shot to death at about 92 1993 Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Colombian drug baron, shot to death at 44 1993 Khaled Moustapha Zir, Palestinian Hamas leader, shot to death at 25 1993 Imad Aqal, Palestinian Izz-Danish al-Qassem-leader, shot to death 1993 Herve Villechaize, actor (Fantasy Island), shoots self to death at 50 1993 Kelly Ahrendt, 1st death by rabies in New York since 1954, dies 1993 Wolfgang Grams, German RAF-terrorist, shot to death at 40 1993 Sam Ntombani, ANC-secretary in Soweto South Africa, shot to death 1993 Dino Bravo, wrestler (WWF), shot to death at 44 1993 James Bulger, English child beaten to death at 2, by 10 yr old boys 1993 Noorjahan Begum, "adulterous" wife in Bangladesh, stoned to death 1992 New York City Subway motorman Robert Ray convicted of manslaughter in death of 5 riders, when he fell asleep drunk while in control of train 1992 "Death and the Maiden" closes at Brooks Atkinson New York City after 159 performances 1992 John Gotti found guilty in death of Paul Castallanos 1992 "Death and the Maiden" opens at Brooks Atkinson New York City for 159 performances 1992 Wim Ramaker, Dutch director/writer (On Death Track), dies 1991 8 are crushed to death at a RAP basketball game at City College, New York City 1991 Lori Rae Matthews, crushed to death by an artist's 485 lb umbrella 1991 Christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies 1991 Eleanor Berry, actress (Death Valley Days), dies 1991 Bob Leslie, actor (Cinderella, Mako: Jaws of Death), dies at 64 1990 Salman Rushdie, author, ordered to death by Iran for blasphemy, appears in public for 1st time in 2 years 1990 Bo Diaz, catcher, crushed to death by a satellite dish at 37 1990 Robert Alex, shot to death by robber at 31 1990 Panic in tunnel of Mecca, 1,426 pilgrims trampled to death 1990 1st sudden death U.S. Open Golf Championship is won by Hale Irwin 1990 Supreme Court rejects appeal from retarded man, Dalton Prejean, condemned to death for murdering a Louisiana state trooper in 1977 1990 Michael Powell, English director (Life and Death of Col Blimp), dies at 84 1989 Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (Death in Venice), dies at 59 1989 95 crushed to death at Sheffield Soccer Stadium in England 1989 Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers $1M-$3M bounty on Salman Rushdie's death due to his novel, "Satanic Verses" 1989 U.S. authors demonstrate against Iranian death treats against Salman Rushdee, author of "Satanic Rituals" 1988 China confirms earthquake death toll will rise above current 938 1988 Bruiser Brody, wrestler, stabbed to death 1988 Chet Baker, jazz trumpeter, fell to death out of a hotel window at 59 1988 John Demjanjuk (Ivan the Terrible), sentenced to death in Jerusalem 1987 3 white New York teens convicted of manslaughter in death of a black man 1987 3 satanist Missouri teenagers bludgeon comrade to death for "fun" 1987 Head of Salvadoran Human Rights Commission assassinated by death squads 1987 Central Afr Rep ex-emperor Jean-Bedel Bokassa sentenced to death 1987 "Twilight Zone" director John Landis found innocent in death of actor 1987 R Budd Dwyer, Penns State Treasurer, facing prison for conspiracy and perjury, shot himself to death at a televised news conference 1986 Bobby (Patrick Duffy) returns to Dallas, his death is attributed to his wife Pam's bad dream (erases all of last season) 1986 Cathy Evelyn Smith sentenced to 3 years for death of John Belushi 1986 Peter Pears, English tenor (Death in Venice), dies at 75 1986 L[aFayette] Ron[ald] Hubbard, author (Death Quest), dies at 74 1985 Wanda Perry, actress (Roberta, Death of a Salesman), dies at 67 1984 Nemesis, death star of dinosaurs 1st appears in Nature magazine 1984 Marvin Gaye, shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in LA at 44 1984 California Supreme Court rejects quadriplegic Elizabeth Bouvia, who wants to starve herself to death in a public hospital 1983 Cops beat to death Michael Stewart for graffiting New York City subway 1983 Peter Arne, actor (Straw Dogs), bludgeoned to death in London at 62 1983 Woman gives birth to baby 84 days after brain death in Roanoke, Virginia 1983 NHL institutes a 5 minute sudden death overtime period 1983 Arthur Koestler, Hungarian/British writer (Dialogue With Death), dies at 77 1983 Reginald Denham, director/writer (Death at BC House), dies at 89 1983 China's supreme court commutes Chiang Ch'ing's death sentence to life 1982 Fritz Usinger, German writer (Song against Death), dies at 87 1982 1st reports appear of death from cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules 1982 3 CBS employees shot to death in New York City parking lot 1981 1st homicide at Disneyland, 18 year old is stabbed to death 1981 Mao's widow Jiang Qing sentenced to death 1980 U.S.S.R. formally announces death of Alexei Kosygin 1980 2 months after death of drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin breaks up 1980 4 American Maryknoll nuns killed by death squads in El Salvador 1980 South Korea opposition leader Kim Dae Jung sentenced to death 1980 Ford Motor Company found innocent in death of 3 women in a fiery Pinto 1979 Jacques Mesrine, French "enemy of the state", shot to death 1979 Dan White convicted of manslaughter death of San Francisco mayor Moscone 1979 Shah and family sentenced to death in Teheran 1979 Supreme court of Lahore affirms death sentence against premier Bhutto 1978 Karl Wallenda, falls to death walking high-wire in Puerto Rico at 73 1978 Pakistani former premier Ali Bhutto sentenced to death 1978 Nancy Spungen, stabbed to death by boyfriend Sid Vicious 1977 Stacy Moskowitz, shot to death by Son of Sam, at 20 1977 Supreme Court tosses out automatic death penalty laws 1976 Supreme Court lifts 1972 ban on death penalty for convicted murderers 1976 Supreme Court rules death penalty not inherently cruel or unusual 1975 Turkish diplomat shot to death in Vienna 1975 Papadopoulos/Pattakos/Makarezos sentenced to death in Athens 1974 Ivor Dean, British actor (Theatre of Death), dies at 57 1974 Cass Elliot, singer (Mamas and Papas), chokes to death in London at 32 1973 Houston Astro Caesar Cedino jailed in death of 19 year old woman 1973 Roberto Clemente elected to Hall of Fame, 11 weeks after his death 1972 Billy Murcia, rocker (New York Dolls), chokes to death at 21 1972 Jules Romains, French novelist (Death of Nobody), dies at 86 1972 "Ain't Supposed to Die Death" closes at Barrymore New York City after 325 performances 1972 Supreme Court rules (5-4) that Death Penalty is cruel and unusual 1972 California Supreme Court abolishes death penalty 1971 Bolivia passes death penalty for political kidnapping 1971 "Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death" opens at Barrymore for 325 per 1971 George Jackson, U.S. prisoner, shot to death at 29 1971 Mohamed Madbouh, Moroccan general/putschist, shot to death 1971 Fernandel, Contandin, French actor (Death of Champion), dies at 67 1970 1st tennis tie break at a Grand Slam (U.S. Open) (9 pt sudden death) 1970 Donald Tardy, U.S., death metal drummer, Obituary, Cause of Death 1970 James "Shep" Shepherd, rocker (Shep and Limelites), beaten to death 1969 Britain abolishes death penalty 1969 British House of Commons votes 343-185 abolishing the death penalty 1969 Paul McCartney denies rumors of his death 1969 "Clues Hint at Beatle's Death," reported in Illinois University newspaper, sparking widespread rumours of Paul McCartney's death 1969 Brian Jones, guitarist (Rolling Stones), drowns to death at 25 1969 Robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days), dies of lung cancer at 57 1969 Robert Kennedy's murderer Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death 1969 Royal Beal, actor (Death of a Salesman), dies of cancer, at 69 1969 Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death for killing Bobby Kennedy 1968 40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of Martin Luther King, Jr. 1968 Bobby Hutton, U.S. Black Panther leader, shot to death 1968 Frank Watkins, U.S. heavy metalist bass, Obituary, Cause of Death 1967 Allen West, U.S. metal guitarist, Obituary, Cause of Death 1967 Murderer Richard Speck sentenced to death in electric chair 1967 Congo sentences ex-premier Moise Tsjombe to death 1966 French and German media mistakenly report death of Roger Daltry 1965 2nd New York Knick game postponed (due to death of opponent 76ers' owner) 1964 Sam Cooke, rock vocalist, shot to death at 29 1964 Dallas jury sentences Jack Ruby to death in Lee Harvey Oswald murder 1964 Kitty Genovese, stabbed to death in Queens; 40 neighbors looked on 1963 Henrietta Kreis, 3rd of famous Wallenda aerialist to fall to death 1962 South Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes 1961 Gideon Hausner in Jerusalem demands death penalty for Adolf Eichmann 1961 John Acton, 1st Baron Acton, English historian, friends with De Tocqueville, Bluntschli, Montalembert, his extensive library was purchased after his death by Andrew Carnegie, dies 1961 President Kennedy signs law against hijacking (death penalty) 1960 Anna Blaman, Dutch writer (Life and Death), dies at 55 1959 Boughera El Quafi, marathoner, Gold Medal 1928 Olympics, shot to death at 60 1959 Leslie Graves, Silver City, New Mexico, actress, Brenda-Capitol, Death Wish 2 1959 Carl Switzer, actor (Alfalfa-Our Gang), shot to death at 31 1959 De Gaulle grants amnesty to 130 to Algerian death row convicts 1958 John Gobau, Flem/Dutch actor (Death of Business Traveller), dies at 67 1958 Pulitzer prize awarded to James Agee for (Death in the Family) 1956 Death penalty against KPM-director Leon Jungschlaeger 1956 Britain abolishes death penalty 1955 1st NFL preseason sudden death football, Rams beats Giants 23-17 1955 James Agee, U.S. critic/writer (Death in Family), dies in NY 1952 Dutch minister Dark sentences war criminal W Lages to death 1952 Stephen Lang, born in New York City, actor, Another You, Death of a Salesman 1951 Mustafa Shuqri Ashu, tailor/murderer of king Abdullah, shot to death 1951 Olivia Hussey, born in Buenos Aires, actress, Romeo and Juliet, Death on Nile 1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death 1951 Anton Roemer, Dutch actor (Gay Death), dies at 63 1951 Hermann Flake sentenced to death due to "hate campaign against GDR" 1951 "Cloud of Death" rolls down Mount Lamington, New Guinea kills 3-5,000 1950 Death penality abolished in Belgium 1950 Hague Council of Annulment convicts German war criminals W Lages, FH Van de Funten and F Fischer to death 1950 President Gottwald of Czechoslovakia confirms Milada Horakova's death sentence 1950 U.S.S.R. re-introduces death penalty for treason, espionage and sabotage 1949 Husni al-Barazi, premier of Syria, shot to death 1949 Husni el-Zaim, president/dictator of Syria, shot to death 1949 Arthur Miller wins Pulitzer Prize for "Death of a Salesman" 1949 3rd Tony Awards: Death of a Salesman and Kiss Me Kate win 1949 Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" opens at Morosco Theater, New York City 1949 Dutch court affirms death sentence against SS chief Hanns Rauter 1948 Janet Fay, hammered to death by Honeymoon Killers 1948 Japanese premier Hideki Tojo sentenced to death by war crimes tribunal 1948 Kidnapper Caryl Chessman sentenced to death 1948 Nazi collaborator V-Mann Antonius van de Waals sentence to death 1948 The Hague Court of Justice convicts Hans Rauter (SS) to the death 1948 Queen Wilhelmina signs death sentence against Ans van Dijk for treason 1947 Marisa Berenson, New York City, actress, Barry Lyndon, Death in Vienna, SOB 1947 NFL adds 5th official (back judge) and allows sudden death in playoffs 1946 Landverrader Anton Mussert to death sentenced 1946 Felton Perry, actor, Magnum Force, Sudden Death 1946 12 war criminals sentenced to death in Nuremberg 1946 Von Ribbentrop and Goering sentence to death by Nuremberg trial 1946 U.S. court martials 46 SS to death (Battle of Bulge crimes) in Dachau 1946 U.S. convicts 58 camp guard of Mauthausen concentration camp to death 1946 Masaharu Homma, Lieutenant General (responsible for Bataan Death March), executed 1945 Special Court of justice convicts NSB-leader Mussert to death 1945 Special Council of Annulment affirms death sentence of Max Blokzijl 1945 Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) sentenced to death in London 1945 Vidkun Quisling sentenced to death for collaborating with Nazis 1945 U.S. forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany 1945 Isaack Stouten, resistance fighter, shot to death at 29 1945 Flemish nazi collaborator Maria Huygens sentenced to death 1944 Belgian nazi Leon Degrelle at default to the death sentenced 1944 Hungarian death march of Jews ends 1944 Bijnen, Dutch opposition leader (LKP), shot to death in Apeldoorn 1944 Krijn van den Helm, resistance fighter (KP Leeuwarden), shot to death 1944 All 1,200 Jewish death marchers from Lipcani Moldavia have died 1944 Death March of 1,200 Jews from Lipcani Moldavia begins 1944 33 communist resistance fighter sentenced to death 1944 Dutch Communist Party-resistance fighter John Postma sentence to death 1944 Vichy Internal minister Pucheu sentenced to death 1944 5 leaders of Indonesia Communist Party sentenced to death 1943 Hanna Schygulla, Katowice Silesia, actress, Love is Colder than Death 1943 Zelo Bloch, Polish? Treblinka-rebel, shot to death 1943 SS Police in Amsterdam sentence for 12 resistance fighter to death (Jewish, communists, homosexuality) at the census bureau 1943 Bruce Weitz, Norwalk, Connecticut, actor, Hill St. Blues, Death of a Centerfold 1943 Rauter signs unofficial death sentence 1943 ... Reydons, wife of General Reydons, shot to death by resistance 1943 Hitler orders nazi troops at Stalingrad to fight to death 1942 Admiral Dalans murderer of Bosinier de la Chapelle, sentenced to death 1941 Jews caught outside Polish Ghetto walls could be put to death 1941 18 Geuzen resistance fighters sentenced to death in The Hague 1941 Jan Keizer, Zaanse February striker, shot to death 1940 Clermont-Ferrand sentences General Charles de Gaulle to death 1939 Karl Wagenfeld, Low German writer (Lucifer, Death and Devil), dies at 70 1939 John Fahey, singer, Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death 1938 Romy Schneider, Vienna Austria, actress, Bloodline, Death Watch 1937 Merle Haggard, Bakersfield, California, country singer, Death Valley Days 1937 2nd of Stalin's purge trials; Pyatakov and 16 others sentenced to death 1936 Lars Gustafsson, born in Vasteras, Sweden, professor, University of Texas at Austin, author, wrote 'The Death of a Beekeeper' 1935 Michael Winner, producer/director, Big Sleep, Death Wish 1934 Maggie Smith, born in Ilford, England, actress, Death on Nile, Clash of Titans 1934 Leonard Cohen, Montreal, singer and songwriter, Death of Ladies Man 1934 Gustav Theodore Holst, English composer (Ode to Death), dies at 59 1933 Marinus van der Lubbe sentenced to death 1933 Death penality for anti fascists in Germany 1932 Paul Gorgoulov, French president Doumer's assassin, sentenced to death 1932 Erv A Kelley, U.S. policeman, shot to death by Pretty Boy Floyd 1931 John Shirley-Quirk, Liverpool England, baritone, Death in Venice 1931 Perry Lopez, born in New York City, actor, Chinatown, Death Wish 4 1930 1st broadcast of "Death Valley Days" on NBC-radio 1930 Silvana Mangano, born in Rome, Italy, actress, Death in Venice, Barabbas 1930 Gregory Corso, beat poet, Happy Birthday of Death, Long Live Man 1929 Carlos Fuentes, Mexican author, Death of Artemio Cruz 1929 Cloudburst causes stampede in Yankee Stadium crushes 2 people to death 1929 James Coco, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Man of La Mancha, Murder by Death 1928 Arnold Rothstein, A R, U.S. businessman/gambler, shot to death at 46 1928 Jimmy Logan, British comedian, Mad Death 1927 Italy and U.S. anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti given death sentences 1924 Serge Golovine, French ballet choreographer, Death of Narcissus 1923 Coolidge pardons WW I German spy Lothar Witzke, sentenced to death 1923 Baseball games cancelled following the death of President Harding 1923 Dale Robertson, Harrah, Oklahoma, actor, Death Valley Days, Walter-Dynasty 1923 Louis Simpson, Jamaican and US poet, Good News of Death 1922 William Manchester, born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, historian, Death of a President 1921 Caryl Chessman, kidnapper who got death penalty, 1960 1921 Florence Allen is 1st woman judge to sentence a man to death 1921 Peter Ustinov, born in London, actor, Death on Nile, Logan's Run, Billy Budd 1920 Claude Tozer, cricketer, dashing NSW batsman, shot to death 1920 Charles Bronson, Buchinsky, Penns, actor, Death Wish, Dirty Dozen 1920 Robert Harron, actor (Intolerance), accidental shot to death at 27 1920 Dirk Bogarde, born in London, England, actor, Death in Venice, Servant 1918 Alexandra Fjodorova, wife of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death at 46 1918 Botkin, personal physician of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death 1918 Charitonov, cook of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death 1918 Demidova, lady in waiting of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death 1918 Maria Romanova, daughter of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death 1918 Olga Romanova, daughter of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death 1918 Tatyana Romanova, daughter of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death 1918 Trupp, lackey of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death 1918 Joseph Allen, Jr., born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Death of a Champion 1917 Jessica Mitford, author, American Way of Death 1916 Arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57 1915 Arthur Miller, New York City, playwright, Death of a Salesman, Crucible 1915 Mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Georgia after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life 1915 Lars G Ahlin, Swedish writer, Death of Me 1913 Emily Wilding Davidson, suffragette, trampled to death by a horse 1911 Robert Taylor, Filley, Nebraska, actor, Death Valley Days 1911 Gustav Mahler, Austr composer (Children's Death Songs), dies at 50 1910 Clement of Maasdijk, 1st Dutch aircraft death 1910 Peter Pears, Farnham England, tenor, Death in Venice 1909 James Agee, American author, African Queen, Death in Family 1907 Adrienne Ames, Fort Worth, Texas, actress, Death Kiss, Panama Patrol 1906 Luchino Visconti, born in Milan, Italy, director, Damned, Death in Venice 1906 Roger Livesey, born in Barry, Wales, actor, Drums, Life and Death of Col Blimp 1905 Charles P Snow, England, novelist/scientist, Death Under Sail 1902 Edward VII of England crowned after death of his mother Victoria 1901 Jo Mielziner, born in Paris, set designer, Carousel, Death of a Salesman 1900 250 grave robbers shot to death 1899 Henry Bliss, 1st auto death (New York City) 1899 Elizabeth Bowen, born in Dublin, novelist, Death of the Heart, Encounters 1899 Royal Beal, Brookline, Massachusetts, actor, Death of a Salesman 1897 Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll) 1895 North Carolina Legislature, adjourns for day to mark death of Frederick Douglass 1894 Death duties 1st introduced in Britain 1892 Andrew and Abby Borden, axed to death in Mass (by Lizzie Borden?) 1891 Helena Blavatsky, founder of the Theosophical Society, with William Quan Judge, Henry Steel Olcott, believed all inner religious teachings are true, dies, date of death celebrated by Theosophists, who call it, Whilte Lotus Day 1888 Mary Ann Nicholls, a 42-year-old prostitute, was found stabbed to death in London, 1st of at least five murders by Jack the Ripper 1886 24 Christians burn to death in Namgongo Uganda 1882 Australia beat England by 7 runs "Death of English cricket" 1876 Fire at Brooklyn Theater kills 295, trampled or burned to death 1871 Satank, Kiowa indian chief, shot to death 1869 William V Moody, U.S. poet, Death of Eve, Faith Healer 1867 Fannie Thomas, became oldest known American, 113 y 273 d at death 1864 Union General O Howard orders plunderers, shot to death 1861 Elmer Ellsworth, U.S. warrior (Chicago Zouaves), shot to death at 23 1851 Earl G. Andrassy sentenced to death in Hungary 1850 Vice President Fillmore becomes President following Zachary Taylor's death 1849 Basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death" 1849 Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death's Jest-Book), suicide at 45 1848 Denis-Auguste Affre, archbsp of Paris (1840-48), shot to death at 54 1847 Michigan becomes 1st English-speaking jurisdiction to abolish the death penalty (except for treason against the state) 1846 U.S. state Michigan ends death penalty 1844 Brigham Young chosen Mormon Church head following Joseph Smith death 1837 Queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV Ruled for 63 years ending in 1901 1836 British parliament accept registration of birth/marriage/death 1834 John Acton, born in Naples, Italy, 1st Baron Acton, English historian, friends with De Tocqueville, Bluntschli, Montalembert, his extensive library was purchased after his death by Andrew Carnegie 1829 Britain abolished "suttee" in India, widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre 1826 Vilnus Lithuanian riots cause death of many Jews 1825 Jacques-Louis David, French painter (Death of Marat), dies at 77 1820 Benjamin West, British painter (Death of General Wolfe), dies at 81 1817 Janos Arany, born in Hungary, epic poet, Toldi, Death of King Buda 1815 Ex-king Joachim Murat van Naples sentenced to death 1815 Matthias Claudius, pseudonym, Asmus, writer, poet, poem, Death and the Maiden, used by Franz Schubert, dies at 74 1795 Tula (leader slave uprising) sentence to death in Curacao 1793 French King Louis XVI sentenced to death 1789 Ben Franklin writes "Nothing . . . certain but death and taxes" 1778 Rembrandt Peale, portrait/historical painter, Court of Death 1775 Patrick Henry proclaims "Give me liberty or give me death" 1770 Daniel Lambert, born in England, giant, weighed 739 lbs, 334 kg, at death 1748 Jacques-Louis David, France, Neoclassical painter, Death of Marat 1740 Matthias Claudius, born in Reinfeld, Germany, pseudonym, Asmus, writer, poet, poem, Death and the Maiden, used by Franz Schubert 1738 Benjamin West, painter, Death of General Wolfe 1736 Patrick Henry, U.S., patriot "Give me liberty or give me death" 1730 States of Holland put death penalty on "sodomy" 1717 German mob leader "Sjako" sentenced to death in Amsterdam 1702 England Queen Anne ascends throne upon death of King William III 1676 King Philip, Metacomet, leader Wampanoag-indians, shot to death 1646 Mass uses death penalty for denying that Saint Copybook is God's word 1600 Vatican convicts scholar Giordano Bruno to death 1598 Pope Clement VIII seizes duchy of Ferrara on death of Alfonso 1598 Boris Godunov seizes Russian throne on death of Feodore I 1587 English queen Elizabeth I signs Mary Stuarts death sentence 1562 Kissing in public banned in Naples (punishable by death) 1558 Elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary 1555 Oxford Bishop Nicholas Ridley sentenced to death as a heretic 1547 King Edward VI of England was enthroned following death of Henry VIII 1547 Earl Henry Howard of Surrey sentenced to death 1545 Pierre Brully, Peter Brulius, calvinist minister, burned to death 1533 Francisco Pizarro orders death of last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa 1531 Richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop 1524 Henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death 1476 400 Burgundy soldiers freeze to death during siege of Nancy 1429 Jacquemart de Bleharies, Tournay "heretic", burned to death 1349 500 Jews of Nuremberg massacre during Black Death riots 1349 Jews who survived a massacre in Constance Germany are burned to death 1349 Townspeople of Fulda Germany massacre Jews (blamed for black death) 1349 3,000 Jews killed in Black Death riots in Efurt Germany 1264 Comet said to predict death of Pope Urban IV is last seen 1099 Conrad, bishop of Utrecht, stabbed to death 399 Philosopher Socrates sentenced to death 180 Christenen Cittinus/Donatus/Natzalus/Secunda/Speratus/Vestia sentenced to death in Carthago 117 Hadrianus hears of death of emperor Trajanus of Antioch |
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