2004 After a 2-day standoff, Islamist terrorists murder about 340 held inside a school in Beslan, Russia
2001 Terrorists break into parliament building in New Delhi, murder at least 12
2001 Barbara Olson, "political commentator, writer", Politically Incorrect, dies at 45 - a 9/11 terrorist murder
2001 Berry Berenson, photographer/actress, dies at 53 - a 9/11 terrorist murder
2001 David Angell, producer, Frasier, dies at 55 - a 9/11 terrorist murder
1998 Diane Zamora, 20, Naval Academy cadet convicted of capital murder
1997 Islamist terrorists murder 60 tourists at Luxor in Egypt
1997 Nanny Louise Woodward, murder sentenced downgrade to manslaughter
1997 Louise Woodward's trial begins in Massachusetts, Nanny murder trial
1997 Fred Goldman says he will settle for a signed murder confession from O. J. Simpson in lieu of his $20.5 million judgement
1996 Eappens hire Louise Woodward as nanny, later she's charged with murder
1996 "Getting Away With Murder" closes at Broadhurst New York City after 17 performances
1996 "Getting Away With Murder" opens at Broadhurst New York City for 17 performances
1995 O. J. Simpson found not guilty in murder of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman
1995 Murder trial against OJ Simpson, begins in LA
1994 Susan Smith who claimed her 2 kids were carjacked arrested for murder
1994 Moslem fundamentalists in Mostaganem Algeria murder 5 children
1994 1st phase of O. J. Simpson murder trial jury selection ends (304 chosen)
1994 DNA testing links O. J. Simpson to murder of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman
1994 O. J. Simpson pleads "Absolutely 100% Not Guilty" of murder
1994 O. J. Simpson, charged with murder, gives hair samples for testing
1994 O. J. Simpson arraigned on murder of Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman
1994 O.J. Simpson doesn't turn himself in on murder charges, Los Angeles police chase his Ford Bronco for 1 hours, eventually gives up
1994 Malcolm X's daughter arrested for plotting Louis Farrakham's murder
1994 Michael Aldridge, actor (Murder in the Cathedral), dies at 73
1993 Arthur Dreifuss, director/producer (Murder in Amsterdam), dies at 85
1993 Bangladesh moslem call for murder of feminist Taslima Nasrin
1993 Moslem fundamentalists murder 12 Kroates/Bosnians in Algeria
1993 Melchior Ndadaye, banker/1st Hutu President of Burundi (1993), murder at 40
1993 John Castrios, 1st murder in Washington NH in 200 years, killed at 45
1993 Kurd guerrilla's murder 32 villagers in East Turkey
1993 Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested again on suspicion of murder
1993 Ugur Mumcu, Turkish journalist (Cumhuriyet Murder), dies
1993 Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested on suspicion of murder
1992 Lucrecia Perez, Dominicans in Spain (Racist Murder), dies at 33
1991 Sunday Wilshin, actor (Murder by Rope), dies at 86
1989 Worst Canadian mass murder: Marc Lepine kills 14 women at U Montreal
1989 Norwegian Convair 580 crashes at Jutland in sea (55 murder)
1989 Police computer accuses 41,000 Parisians of murder/prostitution
1989 Khomeini orders Moslems to murder "Satanic Verses" novelist Rushdie
1988 Women sentenced to 90 years in 1st product tampering murder case
1988 Andrew Cruickshank, actor (Body in Library, Murder Most Foul), dies
1987 Philippine troops murder 17 civilians-Lupao Massacre
1986 Otto Preminger, dir (Advise and Consent, Anatomy of Murder), dies at 79
1985 Philipine Chief staff Gen Fabian speaks of B Aquino's murder
1985 Claus von Bulow acquitted on charges he tried to murder his wife
1983 John Williams, actor (Family Affair, Dial M for Murder), dies at 80
1981 J Chodorov/N Panama's "Talent for Murder," premieres in London
1981 Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life for Lennon's murder
1981 Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicts Wayne B. William 23 year old photographers, for murder of 2 of 28 blacks killed in Atlanta
1980 Joseph Doherty and 3 other IRA men arrested for murder
1979 Sid Vicious' trial for murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen begins
1978 Police in Des Plaines Ill, arrest John Wayne Gacy, Jr. for murder
1978 Sid Vicious charged in murder of girlfriend Nancyh Spungen
1976 Phyllis Konstam, actress (Murder, Skin Game), dies at 69
1975 Joanne Little acquitted of murder charges
1975 Michael X, (Abdul Malik), hanged in Trinidad, for murder
1972 Margaret Rutherford, English actress (Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies at 80
1971 Milton Rosmer, director (Murder in the Red Barn), dies at 90
1971 Charles Manson sentenced to life (Sharon Tate murder)
1971 Charles Manson convicted of murder
1969 James Earl Ray pleads guilty in murder of Martin Luther King, Jr.
1969 Mary McCormack, actress, Murder One, Private Parts
1968 Chad Lowe, Dayton Ohio, actor, Spencer, Apprentice to Murder
1967 Sheryl Lee, born in Boulder, Colorado, actress, Twin Peaks, Love Lies and Murder
1964 Grand jury indicts Beckwith in murder of Medger Evers
1964 Beckwith arrested for murder of Medger Evers, found guilty 30 yr later
1964 Michael Schwerner, U.S. civil rights activist, murder at 21
1964 Dallas jury sentences Jack Ruby to death in Lee Harvey Oswald murder
1963 1st live murder on TV-Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald
1963 James Wilder, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Scorchers, Zombie High, Murder 1
1962 96 murder at massacre in Oran, Algeria
1961 Congolese soldiers murder 13 Italian United Nations pilots
1959 John Sykes, Irish hard rock guitarist, Thin Lizzy-Blue Murder
1959 Anthony LaPaglia, actor, Murder One
1957 Ed Gein found insane of murder
1957 Umberto "Albert" Anastasia, U.S. gangster (Murder Inc), dies at 55
1951 Barry Van Dyke, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Battlestar Galactica, Diag Murder
1950 Amos Gitai, actor, Neo-Fascist Trilogy, Golem, Arena of Murder
1948 Dutch Constellation crashes at Prestwick Scotland (40 murder)
1946 Mass murder on Jews in Kielce Poland
1946 Miles Mander, actor and director (Murder, 3 Musketeers), dies at 57
1944 Henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder
1942 Nazi's murder 16,000 Jewish in Pinsk, Soviet Union
1941 Nazi occupiers murder 500 inhabitants of Kragujevac Serbia
1941 Nazi mass murder at Babi Jar, Soviet Union
1941 Nazi mass murder in Lvov/Lemberg (7,000 dead)
1939 Nazis begin mass murder of Warsaw Jews
1935 T. S. Eliot's "Murder in the Cathedral," premieres in London
1935 Betsy von Furstenberg, Nelheim Ger, actress, Machine Calls it Murder
1935 Bruno Hauptmann found guilty of kidnap and murder of Lindbergh's infant
1934 Bruno Hauptmann is indicted for murder of Lindbergh's son
1929 James Coco, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Man of La Mancha, Murder by Death
1928 John Gavin, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Back Street, Psycho, Murder for Sale
1927 Tom Bosley, Chicago, actor, Howard-Happy Days, Murder She Wrote
1927 Patrick Allen, Malawi, actor, Roman Holiday, Dial "M" for Murder
1925 Geraldine Brooks, New York City, actr, Faraday and Co, Dumplings, Act of Murder
1924 Leopold and Loeb found guilty of murder
1924 Margaret Truman, born in Missouri, President daughter/writer, Murder at FBI, /pianist
1923 William Windom, New York City, actor, Farmer's Daughter, Murder She Wrote
1922 Ursula Howells, London, actress, Girly, Murder is Announced
1922 Turkish troops conquer Smyrna/murder Greek citizens
1920 Michael Aldridge, Glastonbury England, actor, Murder in Cathedral
1919 Vera Hruba Ralston, born in Czechoslovakia, actress, Dakota, Accused of Murder
1916 Robert Lowery, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Murder Over New York
1915 Joe Hill, Labor leader/songwriter, executed for murder
1915 Mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Georgia after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life
1915 Journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, convicted of murder in Georgia
1914 David Brian, New York City, actor, Accussed of Murder, Dawn at Sorocco
1911 Eddie Mayehoff, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Hour Glass, How to Murder Your Wife
1910 Elliot Roosevelt, son of FDR/writer, Murder in the Oval Office
1908 Robert Cummings, born in Joplin, Missouri, actor, Love that Bob, Dial M For Murder
1907 Phyllis Konstam, born in London, England, actress, Murder, Skin Game
1906 Esmond Knight, East Sheen, England, actor, Hamlet, Sleeping Murder
1903 John Williams, born in England, actor, Niles-Family Affair, Dial M for Murder
1902 Umberto "Albert" Anastasia, U.S. gangster, Murder Inc
1900 Sean O'Faolain, [John Whelan], Ire, writer, Murder at Cobbler's Hulk
1893 Carl Brisson, Copenhagen Denmark, actor, Murder at the Vanities
1893 Lizzie Borden acquitted in murder of parents in New Bedford Mass
1892 Margaret Rutherford, England, actress, Murder Most Foul
1890 Agatha Christie, mystery writer, Murder on Orient Express
1890 Herbert Marshall, London, actor, Murder, Razor's Edge, Little Foxes
1888 S S Van Dine, [William Huntingdon Wright], author, Canary Murder Case
1888 Ronald Aburthnott Knox, English priest/writer, Viaduct Murder
1885 Roof collapse kills 30 at murder trial in France
1881 Milton Rosmer, Southport England, director, Murder in the Red Barn
1879 Willem, (crown)prince of Orange, dies of bronchitis or murder at 39
1859 Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is successfully used
1811 Egyptian king Muhammad Ali Pasha oversees ceremonial murder of 500
1801 Murder attempt on Czar Paul I
1798 Jews of Pesaro Italy fast commemorating murder of Jews
1792 Murder attempt on King Gustavus III by count Ankarstrom at opera
1760 Laurence, 4th Earl Ferrers, executed for murder of his steward
1740 Netherlands gov-general Adriaen Valckenier allows murder of 8000 Chinese inhabitants of Batavia
1711 Antoin de Guiscard tries English premier Haley for murder
1599 Cornelis de Houtman, navigator (1st Dutch trip to Java), murder at 35
1589 Murder attempt by monk Jacques Clement on French King Hendrik III
1585 English secret service discovers Anthony Babingtons murder plot against queen Elizabeth I
1562 Blood bath at Vassy: Gen de Guise allows 1200 huguenots murder
1288 Jews of Yroyes France are accused of ritual murder
1176 Murder attempt by "Assassins" on Saladin near Aleppo
390 Roman emperor Theodosius admits debt on mass murder in Thessalonica
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