2010 Event Mexican Naval Infantry discover 72 corpses near the U.S. Texas border, believed to be migrants from Central America and South America murdered by a drug cartel 2004 Death Margaret Hassan, humanitarian, director of Care in Iraq who was murdered by terrorists, dies at 59 2004 Death Theo van Gogh, controversial Dutch director murdered by terrorists, Submission 2004 Death Theo van Gogh, director, Dutch filmmaker murdered by a terrorist, dies at 47 2004 Death Paul Klebnikov, journalist, Forbes writer murdered in Russia after writing about corruption, dies at 41 2003 Death Anna Lindh, Swedish politician, Swedish foreign minister, dies in Stockholm, Sweden, at age 46, murdered by a knife attack while shopping 2002 Event Nearly 200 tourists murdered by Islamist terrorist bombs in Bali 2002 Death Daniel Pearl, journalist, Wall Street Journal bureau chief kidnapped and murdered by terrorists, dies at 38 1999 Event Two disaffected students brought guns to their high school in Columbine, Colorado and murdered twelve students, one teacher and then killed themselves 1998 Event Twenty nine murdered by Irish terrorists in Omagh, Northern Ireland 1997 Death Innis Cosby, son of Bill Cosby, murdered on LA highway at 29 1996 Death Jack Nance, actor (Meatballs 4, Whore, Voodoo), murdered at 53 1996 Death Jon Benet Ramsey, Colorado child beauty queen, murdered at 6 1996 Death Veronica Guerin, born in Ireland, nicknamed 'Ronnie', journalist, crime reporter, used pseudonyms, street names, exposing underworld figures in the Sunday Independent newspaper, helped found Criminal Assets Bureau, received death threats, murdered, by drug dealers, dies at 36 1996 Birthday Matthew Eappen, born in Boston, Massachusetts, baby murdered by nanny Louise Woodward 1995 Death Selena, born Selena Quintanilla-Perez, Mexican American singer, dies in Corpus Christi, Texas, murdered by Yolanda Saldivar at age 23 1995 Death Rachida Hammadi, Algerian TV journalist, murdered at 32 1995 Death Ernest Kabushemeye, Burundese minister of Mijnbouw, murdered 1995 Death Vladislav Listyev, Russian TV-journalist, murdered at 38 1995 Death Nabila Diahnine, Algerian architect/feminist, murdered at 33 1995 Death Abdelhafid Said, Algerian student leader, murdered 1995 Death Azeddine Medjoubi, head Algerian nationally theater, murdered at 49 1995 Death Onat Kutlar, Turkish screenplay/producer (Hazal), murdered at 59 1994 Death Said Mekbel, Algerian editor in chief (Le Matin), murdered at 57 1994 Death Gamini Dissanayake, Sri Lankain presidential candidate, murdered 1994 Death Dmitri Cholodov, Russian journalist, murdered at 27 1994 Event 52 members of Zonnetempel, murdered 1994 Death Cheb Hasni, Algerian singer, murdered at 26 1994 Death Mehmet Topac, Turkish minister of Justice, murdered 1994 Death Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu, Mexican PRI-politician, murdered at 48 1994 Death John Newman, Australian parlement member (Lab), murdered at 47 1994 Death Jean-Marie Vincent, Haitian pater, murdered 1994 Death Ramdas Nayak, Indies hindu leader/politician, murdered at about 52 1994 Death Rabah Stambouli, Algerian sociologist/politician, murdered at 65 1994 Death Leendert-John Schalm, Dutch banker on Curaeao, murdered at 58 1994 Death Francisco Veguillas, Spanish general, murdered at 68 1994 Death Nicole Brown Simpson, ex-wife of O. J., murdered at 35 1994 Death Ron Goldman, waiter, murdered with wife of OJ Simpson at 27 1994 Death Joseph Ruzindana, Rwandian bishop of Bjumba, murdered 1994 Death Thadde Nsengiyumva, Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda, murdered during the Rwandan genocide 1994 Death Juan J H Rovira, Spanish general, murdered 1994 Death Frederik baron van Pallandt, Danish singer (Nina and F), murdered at 61 1994 Death Cassidy Clinton Cremer, author (John Cremer), murdered at 30 1994 Death Selometsi Baholo, vice-premier of Lesotho, murdered 1994 Death Taleb Ali al-Suheil, Iran sheik, murdered in Lebanon at 64 1994 Death Raouf Khayrat, Egyptian general-major, murdered 1994 Death Constantine Koukouchkine, Russian diplomat. murdered in Algeria at 41 1994 Death Giuseppe Diana, Italian anti-mafia priest, murdered 1994 Death Abdelkader Alloula, Algerian playwright, murdered 1994 Death Yann Piat, French MP (FN/PR), murdered at 44 1994 Death Andrei Tsjikatilo, Rostov Ripper, Russian mass murdered, executed 1994 Death Michalis Vranopoulos, head of Greek state bank, murdered at 48 1993 Death Youssef Sebti, Algerian scholar/poet, murdered at 50 1993 Death Bentri Seddik, Algerian court judge, murdered at 46 1993 Death Rouaz Lakhdar, Algerian supreme court justice, murdered 1993 Event Winnie Mandela's driver/bodyguard murdered in Johannesburg 1993 Death Mouin Shabaita, Palestinian al-Fatah commandant, murdered 1993 Death Basuki Abdullah, Indonesian painter, murdered at 78 1993 Death Hernan Heleno Castro, El Salvadorian guerilla leader, murdered 1993 Death Francisco Velis, El Salvador guerilla leader (FMLN), murdered 1993 Death Ben Scholtens, historian (Gaama Duumi), murdered at 39 1993 Death Assad Saftawi, Palestinian co-founder of al-Fatah, murdered at 58 1993 Death Dionisio Herrero, Spanish air force general, murdered 1993 Death Dionisio Herrero, Spanish air force general, murdered at 63 1993 Death Smail Yefsah, Algerian TV journalist, murdered at 31 1993 Death Guy Malary, Haitian lawyer/minister of Justice, murdered at 50 1993 Death Mustafa Abada, Algerian TV director, murdered 1993 Death Djillali Belkhenchir, Algerian doctor, murdered at 52 1993 Death Ghuslam Wyne, premier of Lahore Pakistan, murdered at 60 1993 Death Antoine Izmery, Haitian businessman/advisor to President Aristide, murdered 1993 Death Mehmet Sincar, Turkish/Kurd MP, murdered 1993 Death Amy Biehl, U.S. activist in South Africa, murdered at 26 1993 Death Anatoli Koretski, Russian major general, murdered 1993 Death Viktor Polyanitshko, governor of Kaukasus, murdered 1993 Death Jordan, father of Michael Jordan, murdered 1993 Death M'hammed Boukhozba, Algerian sociologist, murdered at 52 1993 Death Mahfoud Boucebi, Algerian psychiatrist, murdered 1993 Death Lalith Athulathmudali, Sri Lankan minister, murdered at 59 1993 Death Mohammed el-Himi, brigade-general of Egyptian police, murdered 1993 Death Laadi Flici, Algerian MP, murdered 1993 Death Djilalli Lyabes, Algerian minister of Higher Education, murdered 1993 Death Mohammed Hussein Nagdi, Iran diplomat/resistance fighter, murdered 1993 Death Hakija Turajlic, Bosnian vice-premier, murdered 1993 Death Nyamuisi Muvingi, Zaire minister of Culture, murdered 1992 Death Andre de Villiers, South African, murdered 1992 Death Tavio Amorin, Togolese politician, murdered 1992 Death Khaled Mahmoud Saeed, asst to Palestine terrorist Abu Nidal, murdered 1992 Death Paolo Borsellino, Italian anti-mafia judge, murdered by mafia 1992 Death Farag Foeda, Egyptian writer/publicist, murdered 1992 Death Giovanni Falcone, anti-mafia judge (Palermo), murdered 1992 Death Salvo Lima, mayor (Palermo)/MP (chr-dem), murdered 1992 Death Manuel De Dios Unanue, U.S. anti-drug journalist, murdered at 48 1991 Death Sam Ntuli, South African ANC-writer, murdered 1991 Death Andre Cools, Belgian budget minister, murdered at 63 1991 Death Hitoshi Igarashi, Japanese interpreter (Satanic Verses), murdered 1991 Death Klas Bruinsma, leader criminal organization, murdered 1991 Death Robert-Jan Akkerman, Dutch diplomat (to Tunis), murdered 1990 Death Rifaat El-Maghub, Egyptian MP leader, murdered 1990 Death Rifaat Maghub, president Egyptian MP, murdered 1990 Death George Adamson, British conservationist (Born Free), murdered in Kenya 1990 Birthday Jon Benet Ramsey, little beauty queen, murdered in 1996 1990 Death Ian Gow, British Conservative parliament leader, murdered 1990 Death Moelvi Mohammed Farouk, Indian spiritual leader, murdered 1990 Death Mari Mejia, Guatemalian feminist, murdered 1990 Event 10 Israeli tourists murdered near Cairo 1989 Death Alfred Herrhausen, German CEO (Deutsche Bank), murdered at 59 1989 Death Barry Sadler, singer (Green Berets), murdered at 49 in Murfreesboro Tn 1989 Death Joseph Wybran, Belgian physician/Jews foreman, murdered 1989 Death Pavlos Bakoyannis, Greek parliament leader, murdered in Rome 1989 Death Anton Lubowski, Namibian attorney/SWAPO, murdered at 37 1989 Death Luis Carlos Galan, Colombian presidential candidate, murdered 1989 Death Abdul Rahman Qassemlu, Iran Kurds leader, murdered 1989 Death Hassan Khaled, sheik of Lebanon, murdered 1989 Death David Webster, South African white anti-apartheids activist, murdered 1989 Death Stephane Steinier, Belgian journalist, kidnapped and murdered 1988 Death Abu Jihad, Khalil al-Wazzir, PLO-leader, murdered 1987 Death Gerrit John Heijn, senior executive (Ahold), kidnapped/murdered 1987 Death Ben Linder, development worker, murdered by Contras in Nicaragua 1986 Death Georges Besse, French president-director of Renault, murdered 1986 Death Rolando Olalia, Philippines worker's union leader, murdered 1986 Death Karl-Heinz Beckurts, West german Siemens manager, murdered 1986 Death Harold Arlen, Hyman Arluck, U.S. composer, murdered at 81 1986 Death Zafer Masri, mayor of Nablus, murdered 1986 Death Abdel Fattah Ismail, president of South-Yemen (19??-80), murdered 1985 Death Dian Fossey, zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist), murdered at 53 1985 Death Fernando Pereira, military activist, murdered 1984 Death Jerzy Popieluszko, Polish priest/dissident, kidnapped and murdered 1983 Death Maurice Bishop, premier of Grenada (1979-83), murdered in coup 1983 Death Sun Suk Joon, South Korean vice premier, murdered 1983 Death Kerwin Duinmeijer, Antillean boy, murdered by racist at 15 1983 Death Vicki Morgan, mistress (Beautiful Bad Girl), murdered at 30 1983 Death Issam Sartawi, PLO ambassador to Portugal, murdered 1983 Death Ana Maria, Salvador guerilla leader, murdered 1982 Death Andre Kamperveen, Suriname minister, murdered 1982 Death Bram Behr, Suriname revolutionary, murdered 1982 Death Cyrill Daal, Suriname worker's union leader, murdered 1982 Death Frank Wijngaarde, Suriname journalist, murdered 1982 Death Harald Riedewald, Suriname attorney, murdered 1982 Death John Baboeram, Suriname lawyer, murdered 1982 Death Jozef Slagveer, Suriname journalist, murdered 1982 Death Kenneth Goncalves, Deacon of Surinamese order of advocate, murdered 1982 Death Leckie, Suriname scholar, murdered 1982 Death Leslie Rahman, Suriname journalist, murdered 1982 Death Surendre Rambocus, Suriname army lieutenant, murdered 1982 Death Dominique Dunne, actress (Poltergeist), murdered by boyfriend at 23 1982 Death Della Chiesa, Italian general/mafia fighter, murdered 1982 Death Hans ter Laag, Dutch sound technician, murdered in El Salvador 1982 Death Jan Kuiper, Dutch news editor (IKON), murdered in El Salvador 1982 Death Joop Willemsen, Dutch cameraman, murdered in El Salvador 1982 Death Koos Koster, Dutch newscaster (IKON), murdered in El Salvador 1981 Death Griffiths Mxenge, South Afr's anti-apartheid advocate, murdered 1981 Death Robert Peci, Italian brother of Red Brigade leader, murdered 1981 Death Mohammed Hussein Beheshti, Iran ayatollah/politician, murdered 1981 Death Humphrey Keervelt, director (Suriname Planning Bureau), murdered 1981 Death Naim Chadir, PLO-representative in Brussels, murdered 1981 Event Peter Sutcliffe admits he is the Yorkshire Ripper (murdered 13 women) 1981 Death Munabi, assistant to Uganda president Obote, murdered 1980 Death Oscar Romero, archbishop of El Salvador, murdered 1980 Death Dick Kallman, actor (Hank Dearborn-Hank), murdered at 47 1980 Death Dorothy Stratten, Playmate, murdered by boyfriend Paul Snider 1980 Death Oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, murdered during mass 1979 Death Hafizullah Amin, president of Afghanistan (1979), murdered 1979 Death Prince Chahryar Shafik, Shah of Iran's nephew, murdered in Paris 1979 Death Nicholas Mountbatten, Lord Mountbatten's grandson, murdered at 14 1979 Death ... Sykes, British ambassador in The Hague, murdered 1979 Death Adolph Dubs, U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, murdered 1978 Death Lyman Bostock, professional baseball player, outfielder, Minnesota Twins and California Angels Major League Baseball teams, dies in Gary, Indiana, at age 27, murdered by Leonard Smith 1978 Death Ezzedin Kalak, Palestinian PLO representative in Paris, murdered 1978 Death Abdul Razak al-Naif, premier of Iraq, murdered 1978 Death Bob Crane, actor (Hogan's Heroes), murdered at 59 1978 Death Hussein al-Ghasjmi, president of North-Yemen, murdered 1978 Death Mohammed Daud, premier/president of Afghanistan, murdered 1977 Death Jurgen Ponto, West German banker, murdered 1977 Death Mohammed al-Zahaby, Egyptian minister, murdered 1977 Death Siegfried Buback, West German procureur-general, murdered attorney-general 1977 Death Marien Ngouabi, president of Congo-Brazzaville, murdered 1977 Death Kamal Joemblat, Lebanese politician, murdered 1977 Event 5 lawyers murdered by fascist in Madrid 1976 Death John Roselli, hired by CIA to kill Castro, found murdered 1976 Death J Anaya, Bolivian military/ambassador to France, murdered 1975 Death Ross McWhirter, Guinness Book of Records keeper, murdered 1975 Death Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian poet/author/director, murdered at 53 1975 Death Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arabia (1964-75), murdered at 68 1974 Death ... Davies, U.S. ambassador on Cyprus, murdered 1974 Death Mrs Park Chung Hi, wife of South Korean president, murdered 1973 Death Arabi El Goni, Vice President/Chad parliament, murdered 1973 Death Amilcar L Cabral, fought for Guinea Bissau independence, murdered 51 1972 Death Josef Romano, Israeli olympian, murdered 1972 Death Mosje Weinberg, Israeli olympic wrestling coach, murdered 1972 Death Ntare V, king of Burundi, murdered 1972 Death Abeid Karume, Tanzanian sheik/president, murdered 1971 Death King Curtis, Curtis Ousley, U.S. musician, murdered at 37 1970 Death Rene Schneider, Chilean general/supreme commander, murdered 1970 Death Anna Casati, Italian marchesa, murdered at 41 1970 Death Joseph A. Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers president, murdered 1969 Death Fred Hampton, U.S. Black-Panther leader, murdered 1969 Death Shermake, president of (Somalia), murdered 1969 Death Abigail Folger, U.S., coffee magnate (Folgers), murdered 1969 Death Voyteck Freykowski, U.S. director, murdered 1969 Death Sharon Tate, murdered by the Manson family at 26 1969 Death Eduardo C Mondlane, president of Mozambique, murdered 1967 Death Joe Orton, English actor and playwright (Leaf, Murdered), dies at 34 1965 Death Mehdi Am Barka, Moroccan socialist leader, murdered in Paris 1965 Death Ben Barka, Moroccan opposition leader, kidnapped and murdered in Paris 1965 Death Dipa Nusantara Aidit, Indonesian leader (PKI 1951-65), murdered at 42 1965 Death Viola Gregg Liuzzo, U.S. civil rights activist, murdered 1965 Death James Reeb, U.S. vicar/civil rights activist, murdered 1965 Death Ali Mansoer, premier of Persia, murdered 1965 Death Pierre Ngendandumwe, premier of Burundi, murdered 1964 Death Andrew Goodman, U.S. civil rights activist, murdered at 20 1964 Death James Chaney, U.S. civil rights activist, murdered at 21 1963 Death Karyn Kupcinet, actress (Carol-Gertrude Berg Show), murdered at 23 1963 Death Ngo Dinh Diem, president of South Vietnam (1955-63), murdered at 62 1963 Death Lambrakis, Greek EDA-parliament leader, murdered 1961 Death Rafael L Trujillo Molina, dictator Dom Rep (1930-61), murdered at 69 1961 Death Patrice Lumumba, 1st premier Congo, murdered at 34 1961 Death Patrice Lumumba, African revolutionary, murdered at 36 1960 Death Inejiro Asanuma, leader Japanese Socialist Party, murdered at 61 1960 Death Friedrich Adler, Austria soc-dem, murdered Prime Minister Sturgkh, dies at 80 1959 Birthday Nicole Brown Simpson, Frankford Germany, Mrs. O. J. Simpson, murdered 1959 Death Abdel Wahab Shawwaf, Iraqi colonel/putschist, murdered 1958 Death Abdoel Illah, crown prince of Iraq, murdered 1958 Death Noeri el-Said, premier of Iraq, murdered 1958 Death Nasni Matni, Lebanese journalist, murdered 1957 Death Carlos Castillo Armas, president of Guatemala, murdered 1955 Death Jacques Lemaigre-Dubreuil, French industrialist, murdered 1954 Event Dr. Sam Sheppard's wife Marilyn is murdered (he is accused of crime) 1953 Death Azzedine Bey, Tunisian heir to the throne, murdered 1951 Death De Raymond, French High Director of Cambodia, murdered 1950 Death Julien Lahaut, chairman Belgian Communist Party, murdered 1948 Death Christos Ladas, Greek minister of Justice, murdered 1948 Death Jorge Elecier Gaitan, Colombian politician, murdered 1948 Death Jan Masaryk, Czechoslovakian Foreign minister, commits suicide or is murdered 1948 Death Mahatma Ghandi, murdered by Hindu extremists in India 1946 Death Fawzi Husseini, Arabic High Director for Palestine, murdered 1945 Event 289 anti-fascists murdered by nazis in Rombergpark Dortmund 1944 Death Lord Moyne, British prefect (Middle-East), murdered 1944 Death Jaap P Musch, Dutch resistance fighter, murdered by Nazis 1944 Death Robert Lejour, Belgian lawyer/resistance fighter, murdered 1944 Event 2,000 Jews are murdered in Kaunas Lithuania 1943 Birthday Andrew Goodman, civil rights worker, murdered in 1964 1943 Birthday Michael Schwerner, civil rights worker, murdered in 1964 1943 Death Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's youth), murdered at 55 1943 Death Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's youth), murdered 1943 Death Harry Oakes, Canadian ruler of Bahamas, murdered 1943 Death Frieda Reiss, French 11 month old baby, murdered in Auschwitz 1943 Death Carlo Tresca, New York's Italian newspaper editor/anti-fascist, murdered 1942 Death Jean LXF Darlan, French admiral, murdered by gaullists 1942 Event 1,800 Czechoslovakians murdered by Nazis during attack on Heydrich 1942 Event Hitler orders 10,000 Czechoslovakians murdered 1942 Death Yves Paringaux, French chief of staff, murdered 1941 Death Joseph Schmidlin, German church historian, murdered at 67 1940 Death Nicolae Iorga, author/president of Romania, murdered by fascist 1940 Death Samuel H Chang, U.S. newspaper magnate, murdered in Shanghai 1939 Death Armand Calinescu, premier of Romania, murdered 1938 Death Earnest von Rath, German antifascist/diplomat, murdered 1936 Death Baron De Borchgrave, Belgian ambassador, murdered in Madrid 1936 Death Federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish poet/composer, murdered at 37 or 38 1936 Death Jose Calvo Sotelo, Spanish minister of Finance, murdered at 43 1935 Death Abe Landau, U.S. gangster, murdered 1935 Death Dutch Schultz [Arthur Flegenheimer], U.S. gangster, murdered at 33 1935 Death Otto "Aba Daba" Berman, U.S. gangster, murdered 1934 Death J-Louis-F Barthou, French writer/premier/foreign minister, murdered 1934 Death Gregor Strasser, German pharmacist/NSDAP-leader, murdered at 42 1934 Death Karl Ernst, German SA-leader, murdered 1934 Death Kurt von Schleiger, German chancellor (1932-33), murdered at 52 1933 Death Joh Georghe Duca, premier of Romania, murdered 1933 Death Jan Erik/Eric Jan Hanussen, Berlin astrologist/illusionist, murdered 1933 Death Anton J Cermak, U.S. mayor of Chicago, murdered 1932 Death Ki Imukai, premier of Japan (1931-32), murdered 1932 Death Ki Inukai, premier Japan (1931-32), murdered 1932 Death Takuma Dan, Japanese baron/financier/industrial, murdered 1932 Death Junnosuke Inouye, Japanese minister of Finance, murdered 1931 Death John T "Legs" Diamond, U.S. gangster, murdered at 35 1929 Death Albert Anselmi, U.S. gangster, murdered by Al Capone 1929 Death John Scalise, U.S. gangster, murdered by Al Capone 1929 Death Joseph "Top Toad" Giunta, U.S. gangster, murdered by Al Capone 1929 Death Julio Antonio Mella, Cuban revolutionary, murdered at about 28 1928 Death Chiang Tsolin, Chinese warlord of North-China, murdered 1927 Death Voikov, Soviet ambassador to Warsaw, murdered 1926 Death Symon Petljoera, President Ukraine (pogroms), murdered in Paris 1924 Death Lee Stack, British sirdar in Egypt, governer-general of Sudan, murdered 1923 Death Pancho Villa, Doroteo Arango, Mexican rebel, murdered at 55 1922 Death Djemal Pasha, dictator of Turkey, murdered 1922 Death Henry H Wilson, Field Marshal, murdered in London 1921 Death Takasji Hara, premier of Japan, murdered 1921 Death Antonio Granjo, premier (Portugal), murdered 1921 Death Matthias Erzberger, German Minister of Finance, murdered at 45 1921 Death "Big Jim" Colisimo, U.S. gangster, murdered by Al Capone 1920 Death Essad Pasja, Albanian military man/minister, murdered at peace confer 1920 Death Venustiano Carranza, president Mexico (1915-20), murdered at 60 1920 Death Matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered 1919 Death Hugo Haase, German MP (SPD), murdered at 56 1919 Death Emiliano Zapata, Mexican leader, murdered at 39 1919 Death Habib Ullah Chan, emir of Afghanistam (1901-19), murdered at 46 1919 Death Kurt Eisner, premier Bayern (soc), murdered at 51 1919 Death Karl Liebknecht, Marxist revolutionary, murdered at 47 1919 Death Rosa Luxemburg, Marxist revolutionary, murdered 1918 Death Sidonio Pais, prince of Portugal, murdered 1918 Death Michail V Alekseyev, Russian general (WW I), murdered at 60 1916 Death Grigori J Rasputin, Russian faith healer/intriguer, murdered at 45 1916 Death Grigori Rasputin, a powerful Russian monk, murdered 1914 Death A J Jean Jaures, French socialist (L'Humanite/Les Preuves), murdered= 1914 Death Delmira Augustini, Uruguayan poet, murdered at 27 1913 Death Machmud Shevket Pasha, Turks grand vizier, murdered 1912 Death Jose Canalejas bon Mendez, premier of Spain (1910-12), murdered at 58 1912 Death Jose Canalejas Y Mendez, premier Spain, murdered 1911 Death Ramon Caceres, President (Dominican Republic), murdered 1911 Death Pjotr A Stolypin, premier Russia (1906-11), murdered at 49 1910 Death Boyd Alexander, English explorer (Niger to the Nile), murdered at 37 1910 Death Boetros Ghali, Egyptian premier, murdered 1907 Death Manuel Estrada Vabrera, president Guatemala, murdered 1907 Death Nikola Petkow, premier (Bulgaria), murdered 1905 Death Theodoros Delyannis, premier Greece, murdered 1905 Death Serge Alexandrovich, Governor-General Moscow, murdered 1903 Death Draga Masin, wife of Serbian king Aleksandar I, murdered at 35 1900 Death Ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59 1897 Death Antonio Canovas del Castillo, Prime Minister of Spain, murdered at 69 1897 Death Antonio Canovas del Castillo, premier of Spain, murdered at 69 1896 Death Nasr-ed-Din, shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65 1894 Death M F Sadi Carnot, president of France (1887-94), murdered at about 56 1892 Death ? de Bruyne, Belgian sergeant in Congo, murdered 1892 Death Joseph Lippens, Belgian lieutenant in Congo, murdered 1892 Death Mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer, murdered at 52 1892 Death Arthur Hodister, British ivory seller (Heart of Darkness), murdered 1889 Death Belle Starr, U.S. female gangster, murdered at 40 1888 Death Catherine Eddowes, English, murdered by Jack the Ripper at 45 1888 Death Elizabeth Stride, Long Liz, English, murdered by Jack the Ripper at 45 1885 Death James Hannington, English missionary, murdered in Uganda 1882 Death Jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer, murdered at 35 1879 Birthday Joseph Stalin, Russian dictator; murdered 11,000,000 1879 Death Nathan C. Meeker, U.S., poet and writer, murdered 1876 Event Black landowner murdered in Hamburg, South Carolina 1875 Death JWW Birch, 1st British resident of Perak Malakka, murdered 1872 Death Helena Beeloo, Hague's maid, murdered by Henry Jut 1872 Death W T van der Kouwen-ten Cate, Hague's Dame, murdered by Henry Jut 1870 Death ... Prim, Spanish general, murdered 1870 Death William F Brantly, Confederate, murdered at about 40 1869 Death Alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer/photographer, murdered at 30+ 1868 Death Michael Obrenovic, ruler of Sweden, murdered 1864 Death Lean Bear, Cheyenne chief, murdered 1862 Death William "Bull" Nelson, Union general-major, murdered at 38 1853 Death Joaquin Murietta, Chilian/U.S. military man, murdered 1848 Death P Rossi, Italian, murdered 1838 Death Pieter L Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull), murdered at 40 1837 Death Elijah P Lovejoy, publisher, murdered by pro-slavery mob at 34 1833 Death Kaspar Hauser, German son of grand duke Karel of Bathe, murdered at 21 1831 Death Joannis Capodistrias, President of Greece (1829-31), murdered 1831 Death Joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen, murdered at 55 1820 Death Charles F, Duke of Berry, murdered at 42 1815 Death Michel Ney, French marshal (Waterloo), murdered at 46 1803 Death Arthur Wolfe, 1st viscount Kilwarden/Chief Justice of Ireld, murdered 1800 Death Jean-Baptiste Kleber, French general/architect, murdered at 47 1793 Death Jean Paul Marat, French revolutionary, murdered by Charlotte Corday 1779 Death James Cook, explorer, murdered by natives in Hawaii 1769 Death Pontiac, indian chief to Ottawa, murdered 1768 Birthday Charlotte Corday d'Armont, murdered Jean-Paul Marat in bath 1764 Death Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia (1740-41), murdered at 23 1762 Death Peter III Feodorovich, tsar of Russia (1761-62), murdered at 34 1747 Death Nadir, shah of Persia (1736-47), murdered 1703 Death Kiva Yoshinaka, Japanese monarch, murdered 1692 Event MacDonald clan murdered on orders of King William III 1688 Death Cornelis van Aerssen, governor of Suriname (1683-88), murdered at 50 1686 Death Francois Tak, Dutch diplomat on Java, murdered 1682 Death Alessandro Stradella, Italian violist/composer, murdered at 37 1652 Death Adriaan W. "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary, murdered at 35 1649 Death Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered 1648 Event 10,000 Jews of Polannoe murdered in Chmielnick massacre 1647 Death Massaniello, Tommaso Aniello, Napolitan rebel, murdered 1636 Death John Oldham, trader in Massachusetts, murdered by indians 1634 Death Albrecht WE baron von Wallenstein, German duke, murdered at 50 1617 Death Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered 1610 Death Forges Dimitri 2, czar of Russia, murdered 1610 Death Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56 1606 Death Forges Dimitri #1, czar of Russia (1605-06), murdered 1606 Event 2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia 1593 Death Christopher Marlowe, British dramatist (Tamburlaine the Great), murdered 1591 Death Dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9 1588 Death Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37 1578 Death Juan de Escobedo, secretary of Spanish land guardian Don Juan, murdered 1573 Death Claude II, of Lotharingen, duke of Aumale/murdered Admiral Coligny, dies 1572 Death Cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72 1572 Death Charles de Feligny, French officer/huguenot, murdered 1571 Death Earl of Lennox, regent of Scotland, murdered 1570 Death Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered 1567 Death Lord Darnley Stuart, husband of English queen Mary, murdered 1567 Death Henry Stuart, earl of Darnley/Consort of Mary Queen of Scots, murdered 1566 Death David Riccio, Italian singer/secretary of Mary Stuart, murdered 1547 Death Pierlugi Faraese, Italian son of Pope Paul III, murdered 1546 Death Cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St. Andrews, murdered 1546 Death Cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St. Andrews, murdered 1541 Death Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima 1536 Death Ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45 1533 Death Atahualpa, last Inca King of Peru, murdered by Spanish conquerors 1490 Death Adriaan Vilain II of Rassegem, peace of Tours, murdered at about 39 1484 Death Diogo, duke of Viseu, murdered 1483 Death Edward V, king of England (Apr 9-Jun 25, 1483), murdered 1478 Death Giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24 1476 Death Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered 1419 Death Jan zonder Vrees, duke of Burgundy/count of Flanders, murdered 1419 Death John the Fearless, Burgundy/French warrior, murdered at 48 1407 Death Louis, duke of Orleans, murdered 1400 Death Richard II, British King (1377-99), murdered at Pontefract Castle 1400 Death Richard II, king of England (1377-99), murdered at 33 1392 Death Aleid van Poelgeest, lover of earl Albrecht of Bavaria, murdered at 22 1392 Death Willem Cuser, earl Albrecht of Beierens, murdered 1389 Death Everhard Tserclaes, sheriff of Brussels, murdered 1387 Death French Ackerman, Ghent rebel/leader of Reisers, murdered at about 57 1369 Death Pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile and Leon, murdered 1349 Event 60 Jews murdered in Breslau Silesia 1345 Death Jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered 1308 Death Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered 1306 Death Vaclav III, last Premysliden-king of Bohemia (1305-06), murdered 1298 Event Rindfleish-140 Jews of Heilbron Germany are murdered 1286 Death Erik V Klipping, king of Denmark, murdered 1260 Death Koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered 1250 Death Erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered 1250 Death Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered 1225 Death Engelbert I, the Saint, archbishop of Cologne, murdered at 40 1208 Death Peter of Castelnau, French nobleman, murdered 1204 Death Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered 1204 Death Alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered 1146 Death Imad ad-Din Zengi, Governor of Basra, murdered 1137 Death Erik II Eimune, Onvergetelijke, king of Denmark (1134-37), murdered 1136 Death Harald IV, "Gylle Krist", king of Norway, murdered 1132 Death Floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered 1127 Death Charles, the Good, Count of Vlanderen, murdered 1124 Death Balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered 1086 Death Knut IV, the Saint, king of Denmark (1080-86), murdered 1079 Death Stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered 1076 Death Godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Netherlands-Lutherian, murdered 1072 Death Sancho II, king of Castilie (1065-72), murdered 1072 Death Sancho II, king of Castilie/bro of Alfonso VI, murdered at about 35 978 Death Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15 969 Death Nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered 965 Death Aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered 929 Death Wenceslaus I, duke of Bohemia, murdered 924 Death Berengarius I, Emperor of Italy, murdered 820 Death Leo V, the Armenian, Byzantine gen/Emperor (813-20), murdered 813 Death al-Amin, Arabic kalief of Islam (809-813), murdered 754 Death Eoda, English speaking bishop of Utrecht, murdered 695 Death "Black Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered 695 Death "White Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered 679 Death Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered 661 Death Ali ibn Abu Talib, kalief of Islam (656-61), murdered 656 Death Osman ibn Affan, 3rd kalief of Islam (644-56) murdered 644 Death Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered 644 Death Omar I, Arabic 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered 628 Death Chosroes II, emperor of Persia (579..628), murdered by his son 535 Death Amalaswintha, queen of Ostrogoten, murdered 404 Death Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered 392 Death Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21 383 Death Flavius Gratianus, Emperor of Rome (375-383), murdered at 25 276 Death Mark Annius Florianus, emperor of Rome (276), murdered 238 Death Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered 235 Death Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered 222 Death Varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18? 217 Death Caracalla, Marcus Antoniius, Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29 193 Death Didius Julianus, ship owner/emperor of Rome (193), murdered at 61 192 Death Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31 96 Death Titus Flavius Domitianus, emperor of Rome (81-96), murdered at 45 69 Death Aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine and 7th emperor, murdered 69 Death Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered
