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2005 Dennis Rader, the BTK killer, receives 10 consecutive life sentences
1998 FBI arrests 10 most wanted suspected serial killer Tony Ray Amati 1997 Andrew Cunanan, serial killer (Gianni Versage), commits suicide 1997 William Lyle Woratzeck, convicted killer, executed in Ariz at 51 1997 Randy Greenawalt, convicted killer, executed by injection at 47 1995 Marcus Chenault, killer of Martin Luther King Jr's mother, dies at 54 1995 Frederick West, English contractor/serial killer, commits suicide at 53 1994 Jeffrey Dahmer, Butcher of Milwaukee, killer, killed in prison at 34 1992 Governor Cuomo grants Jean Harris (Scarsdale Diet Dr. killer) clemency 1992 Stephen Burks, actor (Kiss of a Killer), dies at 36 1992 Ray Danton, U.S. actor and director (Psychic Killer), dies at 60 1992 Baruch Lumet, actor (Killer Shrews), dies at 93 1992 U.S. serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer pleads guilty but insane 1989 Ted Bundy, serial killer of up to 100 women, executed in Florida at 42 1984 Walter Burke, actor (Jack the Giant Killer), dies at 75 of emphysema 1983 1980 movie "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes," released in Germany 1981 Margaret Lindsay, actress (G Men, Lady Killer, Jezebel), dies 1977 Postal employee David Berkowitz arrested in Yonkers, New York, accused of being "Son of Sam" 44 caliber killer 1977 James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King's killer) escapes from prison 1977 1st killer whale born in captivity (Marineland, Los Angeles California) 1977 Donald Kerr, actor (Devil Bat, Killer Bats), dies at 85 1975 Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Shaara (Killer Angels) 1969 Andrew Phillip Cunanan, serial killer, Gianni Versache 1966 400 die of respiratory failure and heart attack in killer New York City smog 1963 Seal, English vocalist/songwriter, Killer, Crazy, Kiss by a Rose 1961 Henry O'Neill, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies 1959 Joel Rifkind, New York serial killer 1956 Matt Craven, Port Colborne Ontario, actor, Juror, Killer, K2 1953 Cliff Clark, actor (Golden Hoofs, Kid Glove Killer), dies at 63 1952 Killer fogs begin in London England, "Smog" becomes a word 1952 Rudolf Schenker, German rock guitarist, Scorpions-Virgin Killer 1946 Brian Cox, actor, Killer Party, Manhunter 1942 John Wayne Gacy, born in Chicago, Illinois, serial killer, 32 boys 1941 Hugh S Walpole, British writer (Killer and the Slain), dies 1939 James Caan, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Brian's Song, Killer Elite, Godfather 1936 Bruno Hauptmann, convicted Lindbergh baby killer, executed 1931 Ray Danton, New York City, actor and director, Longest Day, Psychic Killer 1905 Nestor Paiva, born in Fresno, California, actor, Comanche, Fear, Tarantula, Killer Ape 1899 Gloria Swanson, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Sadie Thompson, Killer Bees 1891 Henry O'Neill, Orange, New Jersey, actor, Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble 1889 Cliff Clark, actor, Kid Glove Killer, Golden Hoofs, Vigilante Hideout 1887 Raymond Hatton, born in Red Oak, Iowa, actor, Girls in Prison, Lady Killer 1440 Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged |
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