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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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