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, Czech advocate/anti fascist, hanged
1949 Laszlo Rajk, Hungarian Secretary of State/Foreign minister, hanged
1948 Hideki Tojo, Japan PM (1941-44) and 6 Japs, hanged for war crimes at 64
1948 Seishiro Itagaki, Japanese General/min 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, Col-Gen/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 fieldmarshal, 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 PM 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 fieldmarshal, hanged at 62
1944 Erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal, hanged at 62
1944 Erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal, 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 Gen 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 [OS Jul 13]
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/US 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 Rev 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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