2001 Timothy McVeigh executed for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed at least 168
1998 Karla Faye Tucker, murderer, executed at 38
1998 Ricky Sanderson, stabbed 16-year old girl in NC, executed at 38
1997 Gary Burris, murderer (Kenneth Chambers), executed in Indiana
1997 Durlyn Eddmonds, murderer, executed at 45
1997 Walter Stewart, murderer, executed at 42
1997 William Lyle Woratzeck, convicted killer, executed in Ariz at 51
1997 Eric Schneider, murderer of 2 teachers, executed in MO at 35
1997 Randy Greenawalt, convicted killer, executed by injection at 47
1996 Najibullah, President of Afghanistan Democratic Party (1986-90), executed
1994 David Lawson, executed in North Carolina (wanted execution shown on Donahue)
1994 John Wayne Gacy, mass murderer, executed in Illinois at 52
1994 Andrei Tsjikatilo, [Rostov Ripper], Russian mass murdered, executed
1992 Billy Wayne White, murderer, executed in Texas at 34
1992 Robert Harris, murderer, executed in California's gas chamber at 39
1989 Elena Ceausescu, wife of Romania's dictator Nicolea, executed
1989 Nicolea Ceausescu, dictator of Romania, executed
1989 Romania's dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's final speech (executed 12/25)
1989 Elena Ceaucescu, wife of Romanian dictator Nicolae, executed
1989 Nicolae Ceaucescu, Romanian dictator (1945-89), executed
1989 Arnaldo Ochoa Sanchez, Cubans general, executed
1989 Ted Bundy, serial killer of up to 100 women, executed in Florida at 42
1988 Dmitri F Polyakov, Russian secret-general/top spy for U.S., executed
1986 Paulo Correia, Guinee-Bissaus colonel/putschist, executed
1985 Mohammed Munir, Indonesian worker's union leader, executed
1982 Charlie Brooks Jr, convicted murderer became 1st U.S. prisoner to be executed by lethal injection, at a prison in Huntsville, Texas
1982 Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, Iran's former foreign minister, executed in Iran
1982 5 murderers, of Egyptian President Sadat, executed
1982 Wilfred Hawker, Suriname sgt-major, executed
1979 Nematullah Nassiri, Iran general/head of Savak, executed
1979 Mehdi Rahimi, Iran general/milt governor of Teheran, executed
1978 Rabbaji, president of South-Yemen, executed
1977 Gary Gilmore, executed in Utah, 1st U.S. execution since 1967
1974 60 Ethiopia government officials executed
1969 9 Jews publically executed in Damascus Syria
1968 Pierre Mulele, Congolese rebel leader, executed
1967 Ernesto "Che" Guevara, Argentinian-born guerrilla, executed in Bolivia
1966 Sumokil, president of Republic South Moluccas, executed
1963 Joseph Self, murderer, executed; last Washington state execution in 25 yrs
1960 Opponents of Fidel Castro executed in Cuba
1960 Caryl Chessman, rapist executed after 12 years of appeals at 39
1959 Charles Starkwether, murderer, executed
1958 Ahmed Mukhtar Baban, premier of Iraq, executed
1958 Barhanuddin Bashajan, Iraqi minister of Foreign affairs, executed
1958 Rafiq Aref, Iraqi chief-staff Arabs Statenbond, executed
1956 T Kostov, Bulgarian vice-premier, executed
1955 Ruth Ellis, last English woman (murderess), executed by hanging
1954 Hussein Fatemi, Iran Foreign minister, executed
1953 Lavrenti P Beria, soviet minister of internal security, executed
1953 Ethel Rosenberg, executed at Sing Sing, in 5 tries
1953 Julius Rosenberg, New York City, 1st U.S. civilian executed for espionage at 37
1952 A J Pieters, SS-Untersturmfuhrer, executed
1952 Wilhelm Albrecht, German SD-chief, executed
1951 Jurgen Stroop, Nazi commander of Warsaw Ghetto, executed
1950 Robert W. Lehnhoff, [Executioner of Groningen], SS fuhrer, executed
1949 Traitsjo Kostov, Bulgarian communist vice-premier, executed
1949 Antun Sa'ada, Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon
1949 Koci Xoxe, Albanian vice-premier, executed
1949 Sutan Ibrahim gelor Datuk Tan Malaka, Indon communist, executed at 54
1949 Hanns A Rauter, German SS-commandant in Netherland, executed at 54
1948 43 communist rebels, executed in Athens
1948 Anna "Ans" van Dike, Dutch Jewish Nazi-collaborator, executed at 42
1947 Sanner, leader of Norger blood bath, executed
1947 J Boogaard, nazi collaborator, executed
1947 Ganzefles, Dutch nazi spy/Jews hunter, executed
1946 J E Feenstra, Nazi military police commandant, executed
1946 Andrei Vlasov, Russian general (Red Army, Wehrmacht) executed at 45
1946 Dragoljub "Draza" Mihailovic, Yugoslav gen (Nazi), executed at 53
1946 Ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Romania, executed
1946 Anton A Mussert, engineer/NSB leader, executed
1946 August Borms, Flemish nazi collaborator, executed at 67
1946 Masaharu Homma, Lieutenant General (responsible for Bataan Death March), executed
1946 Marius HLW "Max" Blokzijl, Dutch Nazi propagandist, executed at 61
1945 Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian Min of Defense/PM (1942-45), executed at 58
1945 Pierre Laval, former premier of Vichy France, executed at 62
1945 Memorial for executed unveiled in Terbregge
1945 Irma Laplasse, Flemish farmer/nazi collaborator, executed
1945 Claretta Petacci, mistress of Mussolini, executed
1945 J P Heyboer, resistance fighter, executed
1945 Hannie Schaft, "Girl with red hair," executed
1945 Hendrik N Werkman, resistance/painter (Blue Boat), executed at 63
1945 Nazi occupiers executed, Nazi general Christiansen flees Netherlands
1945 Fritz Fromm, German supreme commander of Reserve army, executed
1945 30 Amsterdammers executed by nazi occupiers
1945 53 Amsterdammers executed by nazi occupiers
1945 Jan Beekes, resistance fighter, executed at 26
1945 117 SD-prisoners executed at Savage Farm
1945 Jan Thijssen, Dutch resistance fighter, executed at Savage Farm
1945 Wim Speelman, Dutch resistance fighter, executed at 26
1945 ... de Jong, Dutch vicar/resistance fighter, executed
1945 Walraven [Wally] van Hall, Dutch banker/resisted Nazis, executed at 39
1945 Jan Bakker, resistance fighter, executed at 26
1945 Jan Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1945 Paul Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1945 Eddie Slovik, 1st U.S. executed for desertion since Civil War at 25
1945 Helmuth J Moltke, German politician ("July 20th Plot"), executed at 37
1944 In reprisal 40 Dutch men are executed by Nazis
1944 Joop Brouwer de Koning, youngest Dutch radio operator, executed at 25
1944 Maarten Reuchlin, resistance fighter, executed
1944 Hannah Senesh, Jewish poet, executed by Nazis in Budapest
1944 Segundo "Boy" Ecury, Aruba, WW II resistance fighter, executed at 22
1944 Philip Mechanicus, journalist, executed in Auschwitz-Birkenau
1944 5 resistance fighter executed in Terneuzen
1944 Willem M Groenewegen, resistance fighter, executed
1944 Izaak van der Horst, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1944 12 workers of Dutch illegal paper "Trouw," executed at Camp Vught
1944 Jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49
1944 Helmuth J von Moltke, German earl (July 20th plotter), executed
1944 Friedrich Olbricht, German general (July 20th plotter), executed
1944 Mertz, German colonel (July 20th plotter), executed
1944 Werner von Haeffen, German lieutenant (July 20th plotter), executed
1944 John Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter (passage fight), executed
1944 French Duwaer, Dutch printer/resistance fighter, executed
1944 Gerrit Jan van der Veen, [Wolffensperger], resister, executed at 41
1944 Johan Limpers, sculptor/resistance fighter, executed at 28
1944 Nazi troops executed 96 prisoners by firing squad
1944 Gerrit John van de Peat, artist/resistance fighter, executed at 41
1944 Henk Hos, resistance fighter, executed at 37
1944 ... Pucheu, French Internal minister to Vichy, executed
1944 J Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1943 Marcel Verhamme, Belgian resistance fighter, executed
1943 H van Zanten, guerrilla leader on North Sumatra, executed
1943 Jan Dieters, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN), executed
1943 Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN), executed
1943 Antoine T Broekman, resistance fighter, executed at 32
1943 Anton JT Koreman, resistance fighter, executed at 27
1943 Antoon Pleyte, resistance fighter, executed at 26
1943 Dionysius Remiens, resistance fighter, executed at 24
1943 Earnest Klijzing, resistance fighter, executed
1943 Gideon Boissevain, resistance fighter, executed at 22
1943 Hans Katan, resistance fighter, executed at 24
1943 Henri H Geul, resistance fighter, executed at 27
1943 Johan Kalshoven, resistance fighter, executed at 20
1943 Johan Roemer, resistance fighter, executed at 22
1943 Johan van Mierlo, resistance fighter, executed at 35
1943 John Charles Boissevain, resistance fighter, executed at 23
1943 Leo Frijda, resistance fighter, executed at 20
1943 Louis Boissevain, resistance fighter, executed at 21
1943 Maarten van/of Gilse, resistance fighter, executed at 27
1943 Olaf T Thomsen, resistance fighter, executed at 23
1943 Peter "Pam" Pooters, resistance fighter, executed at 32
1943 Sape Kuiper, resistance fighter, executed at 19
1943 Victor van Swieten, resistance fighter, executed at 36
1943 Walter Brandligt, literature/resistance fighter, executed at 42
1943 Jean "Max" Moulin, French resistance fighter, executed
1943 Auguste Reitsma, Dutch resistance fighter (census director), executed
1943 C Bakker, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 C L Barentsen, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 Coos Hartogh, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 Cor Roos, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 Henri Halberstadt, Dutch resistance fighter (census dir), executed
1943 Johan Brouwer, hispanist/writer/Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1943 Karl Groger, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 Koen Limperg, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 Sam Bloemgarten, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 Willem Arondeus, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 Willem Brouwer, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 Paul Colin, Belgian journalist/collaborator, executed
1942 Bosinier de la Chapelle, Fren murderer of adm Darlan, executed at 24
1942 12, Dutch Communist Party-resistance fighter/3 NVV-hostages, executed
1942 Dirk Bannink, nurse/local counciller Deventer, executed
1942 116 hostages executed by Nazis in Paris
1942 5 hostages executed by Nazis in St-Michielsgestel
1942 6 convicted Nazi saboteurs who landed in U.S. executed in Washington D.C.
1942 Nikola J Vaptsarov, Bulgaria poet/communist, executed at 32
1942 5,000 Jews of Rovno Polish Ukraine, executed by nazis
1942 Arnoldus J H Aerts, Dutch bishop of New-Guinea, executed at 62
1942 Vladislav Vancura, Czech physician/resistance fighter, executed at 50
1942 Nazi decree orders all Jewish pregnant women of Kovno Ghetto executed
1942 Johan H Westerveld, Lt-colonel/leader Order Service, executed
1942 Henk Sneevliet, leader of Dutch RSAP/Spartacus, executed at 58
1941 Juanita Spellini, first women executed in California
1941 Henri Louis, French officer/resistance fighter, executed at 40
1941 Jan L G "Yvan" Doornik, Dutch resist fighter in France, executed at 36
1941 Maurice Charles Emile Barlier, Fren resistance fighter, executed at 35
1941 Josef Jakobs, German spy, executed in Tower of London
1941 Nazis executed 5,000 Jews in Kovono, Lithuania
1941 Isaak Emmanuilovich Babel, Rus writer (Crvena Konjica), executed at 46
1941 A Coenradi, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1941 Bernard Ijzerdraat, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1941 E Hellendoorn, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1941 Isaak E Babel, Russian writer (Zakat, Marija), executed at 46
1941 J Eyl, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1941 Leen Schijvenschuurder, Dutch February strike leader, executed
1941 Ernst Cahn, owner of Amsterdam Koco ice cream parlor, executed
1939 Albert Fish, mass murderer, executed
1938 Vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright, executed at 35
1936 Jose A Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, Spanish Falange, executed
1936 Bruno Hauptmann, convicted Lindbergh baby killer, executed
1936 Peter H J "Piet" van Doorne, director BOVA Red Peppers, executed at 52
1934 Ernst Rohm, German staff member, executed at 46
1927 Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass
1924 Gee John, U.S. mobster (1st executed in gas chamber-Nevada), dies
1922 6 old minsters in Greece, executed
1920 Alexander Koltsjak, adm/leader Russian counter-revolutionary, executed
1918 Aleksei N Romanov, son of tsar Nicolas II, executed at 13
1918 Anastasia N Romanova, daughter of tsar Nicholas, executed at 17
1918 Nicolas II Aleksandrovitch, last tsar of Russia, executed at 50
1917 William Smith, British deserter in France, executed at 20
1917 Mata Hari, Dutch dancer/German spy, executed by firing squad in Paris
1917 Herbert Morris, Jamaican deserter in France, executed at 17
1917 Fanya Kaplan, Russian who shot at Lenin on Aug 30th, executed
1916 Roger Casement, Irish nationalist (Easter uprising 1916), executed 51
1916 Charles Fryatt, British capt of SS Brussels, executed by Germans, dies
1916 Padraic Pearse, Irishg nationalist, executed by British firing squad
1916 Gabrielle Petit, Belgian resistance fighter, executed
1915 Joe Hill, Labor leader/songwriter, executed for murder
1915 Edith L Cavell, British nurse, executed by Germans in Belgium (WW II)
1915 Julius Rosenberg, New York City, 1st U.S. civilian executed for espionage
1914 Eugene Odene, French mayor of Senlis, executed
1914 Felix Fivet, Belgian baby, executed by German troops at 3 weeks
1914 German army executed 150 Belgians by firing squad
1912 Gen Zeledon, Nicaraguan opponent of U.S. occupation, is executed
1910 Hawley H Crippen, doctor/murderer, executed
1909 Francisco Ferrer, Spanish anarchist, executed
1906 Johann Hoch, U.S. murderer, executed
1902 Gideon Scheepers, South Africa Boer leader, executed
1890 John Hart or William Kemmler, U.S., 1st executed in electric chair (NY)
1885 Louis Riel, French rebel who fought against Canada, executed at 41
1885 Charles George Gordon, British Governor-General (Sudan), executed at 51
1865 Henry Wards, Confederate prison supt, executed for excessive cruelty
1858 French Emperor Napoleon III escapes attempt on his life by Felice Orsini, an Italian patriot who was later executed
1850 Bab, [Baha'i prophet] executed in Tabriz Iran
1848 Robert Blum, German MP (Liberal), executed
1829 William Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh
1815 Jose Maria Morelos, Mexican revolutionary priest executed by Spaniards
1815 Joachim Murat, marshal of France/King of Naples (1808-15), executed
1811 Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish
1811 Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, Mexican priest/freedom fighter, executed
1810 Andreas Hofer, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France), executed at 42
1803 Robert Emmet, Irish nationalist, executed
1799 Baroness van Dorth, orangist, executed
1795 Tula, leader Curacaose slave uprising, executed
1794 Robespierre, and 22 other terrorists executed to thunderous cheers
1793 Jean-Sylvain, French historian (Napoleon), executed at 53
1776 Thomas Hickey, plan to hand George Washington to British, executed
1775 Yemelyan Pugachov, Don Cossack rebel, executed by tsarist Russia
1760 Laurence, 4th Earl Ferrers, executed for murder of his steward
1759 Marquis and Marquess of Tavora, Portugese nobles, executed
1757 John Byng, English Admiral (Minorca), executed at 52
1751 Thomas Colley executed in England for drowning supposed witch
1739 Dick Turpin executed in England for horse stealing
1738 Alexander Voznitsyn, Rus Naval officer converted to Judaism, executed
1738 Baruch Leibov, converted Russian Naval officer to Judaism, executed
1732 Pieter Vuyst, Dutch Governor-General of Ceylon, executed
1722 19 VOC "komplotteurs" in Batavia executed
1721 Nathaniel Hawes, tortured and executed in England for robbery
1719 Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/lord of the manor, executed at 59
1699 350 rebellious Streltsi executed in Moscow
1692 5 women executed for witchcraft in Salem Mass
1685 James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of Charles 2, executed
1683 Kara Mustapha, Turkish grand-vizier (1676-83), executed
1674 Franciscus van Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker, executed at 72
1671 Stenka Razin, Cossack rebel leader, tortured and executed in Moscow
1661 Andres Malong, Philippines rebel leader, executed
1647 Achsah Young, 1st woman known to be a witch, executed in Salem Mass
1642 Cinq Mars, French plotter, executed
1632 Nicolas Antoine, French cath pastor who converted to Judaism, executed
1606 Guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35
1601 Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth
1600 Charles I, king of England, 1625-49, ; executed by Parliament
1596 Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico
1594 Michel Renichon, priest, executed
1593 John Penry, English congressionalist, executed
1587 Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed
1587 Michael Lauterbeck, assassinated Fries viceroy Willem Louis, executed
1586 Anthony Babington, page/conspirator to Mary Stuart, executed at 24
1580 Willem Van Hoorn, baron of Heze, governor of Brussels, executed
1572 Thomas Howard 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl, executed at 36
1570 Ivan Viskovati, chancellor of Russia, executed
1570 Antonio Paleario, Italian humanist, executed by inquisition at 67
1559 Jacques d'Auchy, Walloon baptist merchant, executed
1554 Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, Lady Jane Grey's father, executed
1547 Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, executed for treason
1540 Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's chief minister, executed
1538 Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk; executed by Queen Elizabeth, 1572
1536 Anne Boleyns 4 "lovers" executed
1535 Thomas More, philosopher (Utopia), executed for treason at 57
1535 John Houghton, English, executed
1525 Thomas Munzer, German vicar/boer leader, executed
1505 John IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed
1495 William Stanley, Engl lord chamberlain, executed for conspiracy
1481 2 Latvian monarchs executed for conspiracy to Polish king Kazimierz IV
1456 Though she had already been executed, Joan of Arc is acquitted
1440 Bluebeard, pirate, executed
1419 Anti-Catholic Hussites, followers of executed reformer Jan Hus, stormtown hall in Prague and throw Catholic councillors out the windows
1141 Yue Fei, Chinese general, executed
468 Huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita
388 Magnus Maximus, Spanish West Roman Emperor (383-88), executed
31 Sejanus, Roman head of praetorisch guard, executed
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