|
History Home Events Birthdays Deaths Years |
|
Add "Today in History" or "Today's Birthdays" to Your Site - it's Easy! |
|
|
|
History Home Events Birthdays Deaths Years |
|
Add "Today in History" or "Today's Birthdays" to Your Site - it's Easy! |
|
Murder
|
|
|
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, New Hampshire 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 General 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 1935 Bruno Hauptmann trial begins for kidnap and murder of Lindbergh baby 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, actress, Faraday and Co, Dumplings, Act of Murder 1924 Leopold and Loeb found guilty of murder 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 1807 John Opie, born at Trevellas, England, teacher, artist, portraitist, historical works include, the Assassination of James I, Murder of Rizzio, dies at 45 in Berners Street, London 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 1761 John Opie, born at Trevellas, England, teacher, artist, portraitist, historical works include, the Assassination of James I, Murder of Rizzio 1760 Laurence, 4th Earl Ferrers, executed for murder of his steward 1740 Netherlands Governor-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: General 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 |
|
|
|
|
| History Home Copyright 2009 BrainyMedia.com | |