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2006 Saddam Hussein is hanged in Baghdad
1994 John van Damme, businessman, hanged in Singapore at 59 1985 Benjamin Moloisi, South African poet/Anc'er, hanged at 30 1985 Mahmoud Taha, Sudanese Moslem leader, hanged at 76 1979 Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani president, hanged in Pakistan at 51 1975 Michael X, (Abdul Malik), hanged in Trinidad, for murder 1965 Perry E Smith, U.S. murderer (In Cold Blood), hanged 1965 Robert E Hickok, U.S. murderer (In Cold Blood), hanged 1962 Adolf Eichmann, war criminal, hanged at Ramie Prison in Israel at 56 1962 Nazi Adolf Eichmann hanged in Israel for crimes against Jews in WW II 1951 Bobel, Braune, Naumann, Ohlendorf, Pohl, Schallenmair and Otto Schmidt, Nazi war criminals, hanged 1950 Milada Horakova, Czechoslovakian advocate/anti fascist, hanged 1949 Laszlo Rajk, Hungarian Secretary of State/Foreign minister, hanged 1948 Hideki Tojo, Japan Prime Minister 1941 - 1944 and 6 Japs, hanged for war crimes at 64 1948 Seishiro Itagaki, Japanese General/Minister of War, hanged 1947 Nikola Petkov, leader of Bulgaria Boer party, hanged 1946 10 Nazi leaders hanged as war criminals after Nuremberg trials 1946 Alfred G Jodl, Colonel General/German staff chief weather authority, hanged 1946 Alfred Rosenberg, German war criminal, hanged 1946 Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian chancellor (1930s), hanged at 54 1946 Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian Nazi (SS), hanged 1946 Fritz Sauckel, German war criminal, hanged 1946 Hans Franc, German war criminal, hanged 1946 Joachim von Ribbentrop, German war criminal, hanged 1946 Julius Streicher, German District Leader (Of Sturmer), hanged 1946 Wilhelm Frick, German war criminal, hanged 1946 Wilhelm Keitel, German Field Marshal, hanged 1946 William Joyce, (Lord Haw Haw), hanged in Britain for treason 1945 Josef Kramer, known as "beast of Belsen," and 10 others, hanged 1945 Hideki Tojo, Japanese Prime Minister during most of WW II, attempts suicide rather than face war crimes tribunal attempt fails, later he is hanged 1945 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologist/antifascist, hanged 1945 Hans Oster, German major-general/spy, "July 20th plot", hanged 1945 Hans von Dohnanyi, "July 20th plotter", hanged 1945 Wilhelm Canaris, Admiral/headed Germany Abwehr, hanged 1945 Karl F Goerdeler, mayor (Leipzig)/"July 20th plot", hanged at 60 1944 9 Dutch citizens hanged by nazis 1944 Richard Sorge and Ozaki, spies, hanged in Tokyo 1944 Erwin von Witzleben, German Field Marshal, hanged at 62 1944 Erwin von Witzleben, German Field Marshal, hanged at 62 1944 Erwin von Witzleben, German Field Marshal, hanged 1944 99 inhabitants of Tulle, hanged by SS 1943 Andre Bertulot, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged 1943 Arnaud/Armand Fraiteur, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged 1943 Maurice-Albert Raskin, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged 1936 Rainey Bethea, hanged, last U.S. public execution 1927 Horace Alderman, U.S., murderer, hanged 1918 5 soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot of 1917 1917 13 black soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot 1905 Kinjikitile "Bokero" Ngwale, E African prophet/rebel leader, hanged 1887 Alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar 1882 Charles J Guiteau, assassin (President Garfield), hanged 1876 Hannah Omish, at 12 is youngest ever hanged in US 1865 Mary Surratt, and 3 other Lincoln conspirators, hanged 1862 38 Santee Sioux Indians hanged in Mankato Minn, due to their uprising 1862 38 Santee Sioux indians, hanged in Mankato 1862 General B. Butler orders William Mumford hanged after he removed and destroyed U.S. flag on display over New Orleans Mint 1862 William B Mumford, 1st U.S. citizen hanged for treason, at 42 1862 Nat Gordon, last pirate, hanged in New York City for stealing 1,000 slaves 1860 Johan Nathan, murderer, hanged 1859 John Brown, U.S. abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59 1842 Philip Spencer, 1st U.S. naval officer condemned for mutiny, hanged 1831 Nat Turner, former slave, led a violent insurrection, hanged in VA 1831 Nat Turner, and 19 associates, hanged at 31 1826 Pavel I Pestel, Russian officer, hanged at 33 1822 Denmark Vesey, and 5 aides hanged at Blake's Landing, Charleston, SC 1822 House slave betrays Denmark Vesey conspiracy (37 blacks hanged) 1817 Leaders of Molukkas uprising hanged in Ambon 1800 French Bosbeeck, veterinarian/robber, hanged 1780 John Andre, British major, hanged by Americans (spied with B Arnold) 1780 John Andre, hanged as a British spy at 29 1776 Nathan Hale, U.S. captain/patriot/spy, hanged by British at 21 1776 Thomas Hickey, American sergeant convicted of treason, hanged 1772 Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged 1755 Nathan Hale, hanged patriot, had but one life to give for his country 1748 Marretje Arends, Matje of Nieuwendijk, Amsterdam plunderer, hanged 1748 Pieter van Dort, Amsterdam plunderer, hanged 1724 Jack Sheppard, English robber, hanged 1701 William Kidd, English / U.S. buccaneer, hanged 1701 William Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock 1692 Last (8) person hanged for witchcraft in U.S. (Salem Mass) 1692 Bridget Bishop, 1st Salem witch hanged 1691 Jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason 1688 Reverend James Renwick, hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian 1661 William Leddra, last Quaker, hanged in Boston 1659 Marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged 1650 James G, Marquis of Montrose, Scottish general, hanged 1630 John Billington, murderer, 1st American execution, hanged 1625 16 rebellious farmers hanged in Vocklamarkt Upper-Austria 1605 Gunpowder Plot; Catholics try to blow up English Parliament. Plot uncovered and leader Guy Fawkes hanged 1595 Robert Southwell, English poet, hanged for becoming a Catholic priest 1595 Robert Southwell, English Jesuit/poet, hanged 1593 Henry Barrow, English puritian/Congressionalist, hanged 1593 John Greenwood, English Congressionalist, hanged 1580 Edmund Campion, English jesuit, hanged at 42 1573 Alardus/Eilard de Waterlant, duke of Alva, hanged 1572 19 Catholic priests hanged in Gorcum 1572 5 clergymen of Enkhuizen, hanged 1572 Adrianus van Gouda, lay brother, hanged 1572 Cornelis van Diest, lay brother, hanged 1572 Daniel van Arendonck, clergyman, hanged 1572 Joannes van Naarden, priest, hanged 1572 Ludovicus Voets, priest, hanged 1517 Tuman Bey, last Mamelukken sultan of Egypt, hanged 1499 Perkin Warbeck, Flemish sailor, hanged 1498 Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 1440 Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged 1417 John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, English nobleman, hanged and burned 1381 John Ball, English priest/ideologist of Boer uprising, hanged 1305 William Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled and beheaded 1278 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins |
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