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2005 The Supreme Court rules the death penalty unconstitutional for people who committed crimes before age 18

1995 New York City reinstates the death penalty

1995 New York becomes 38th state to have the death penalty

1994 Tengis Abuladze, Georgia SSR MP (Penalty), dies at 71

1988 New Jersey Devils set all time playoff mark for penalty minutes

1986 SEC imposes a record $100 million penalty against Ivan Boesky

1985 Bob Carpenter is unsuccessful on Washington Caps 1st playoff penalty shot

1985 Blackhawk Doug Wilson failed on 12th penalty shot against Islanders

1985 Bryan Trottier failed on 9th Islander penalty shot

1984 New Jersey Devils 1st penalty shot-Rocky Trottier scores against Edmonton

1984 Flyers' Ron Sutter fails on 11th penalty shot against Islanders

1984 Blackhawk Bill Gardner scores on 10th penalty shot against Islanders

1984 Oiler's Wayne Gretzky is 3rd to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot

1984 Nordiques' Michel Goulet scored on 9th penalty shot against Islanders

1983 Caps 2-Isles 6 -Patrick Semis-Denis Potvin fails on penalty shot

1983 Bob Bourne fails on 8th Islander penalty shot

1982 Clark Gilles fails in 7th Islander penalty shot

1982 Randy Holt sets Washington Capitals record of 34 penalty minutes

1981 Ranger's Anders Hedberg is 2nd to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot

1981 Philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes

1980 Anders Kailur scores on 6th Islander penalty shot

1979 Kings' Charley Simmer fails on 8th penalty shot against Islanders

1978 Islanders took 28 shots in 1 period vs Penguins Penguins' Ross Lonsberry failed on 7th penalty shot against Islanders

1978 Flyers' Rick MacLeash scores on 6th penalty shot against Islanders

1978 Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 5th penalty shot against Islanders

1978 Ranger's Don Murdoch failed on 4th penalty shot against Islanders

1977 Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 3rd penalty shot against Islanders

1977 25th Islander shut-out Resch 6-0 Gilles scores on 5th penalty shot

1977 Supreme Court rules out death penalty for rapists of adults

1977 Supreme Court tosses out automatic death penalty laws

1977 Cap's H Monahan scored on 2nd penalty shot against Islanders

1976 Supreme Court lifts 1972 ban on death penalty for convicted murderers

1976 Supreme Court rules death penalty not inherently cruel or unusual

1976 Bryan Trottier failed in 4th Islander penalty shot

1975 1st successful Washington Capitals penalty shot, Ken Lockett vs Vancouver Canucks

1975 Lorne Henning scores on 3rd Islander penalty shot

1974 1st Washington Capitals penalty shot, Tom Williams unsuccessful vs Buff Sabres

1974 Tom Williams is unsuccessful on Washington Capitals 1st NHL penalty shot

1974 Ralph Stewart failed in 2nd Islander penalty shot

1973 Islanders and Sabres had a penalty free game

1972 Billy Harris failed in 1st Islander penalty shot

1972 Supreme Court rules (5-4) that Death Penalty is cruel and unusual

1972 California Supreme Court abolishes death penalty

1971 Bolivia passes death penalty for political kidnapping

1969 Britain abolishes death penalty

1969 Brit House of Commons votes 343-185 abolishing the death penalty

1968 Bruin Ted Green sets NHL penalty record of 3 minors, 2 majors and 2 game misconducts in a game against New York Rangers in New York's MSG

1968 Jim Dorey sets Toronto Maple Leaf penalty records (48 mins on 9 penalties in a game and 44 minutes on 7 penalties in a period)

1968 Wayne Connelly is 1st to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot

1965 NFL changes penalty flag from white to bright gold

1962 South Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes

1961 Gideon Hausner in Jerusalem demands death penalty for Adolf Eichmann

1961 President Kennedy signs law against hijacking (death penalty)

1956 Death penalty against KPM-director Leon Jungschlaeger

1956 Britain abolishes death penalty

1953 Mont Canadiens (106) and Toronto Maple Leafs (98) get 204 penalty mins

1950 U.S.S.R. re-introduces death penalty for treason, espionage and sabotage

1940 Pittsburgh and Philadelphia play a penalty free NFL game

1940 NFL cuts clipping penalty from 25 yards to 15 yards

1938 Cleveland Browns and Chicago Bears play a penalty free NFL game

1937 Lionel Conacher misses on 1st Stanley Cup penalty shot

1936 Brooklyn and Boston play a penalty free NFL game

1936 1st successful Toronto Maple Leaf penalty shot, Conacher vs Rangers

1934 1st Toronto Maple Leaf penalty shot, Conacher unsuccessful vs Rangers

1934 1st penalty shot vs Toronto Maple Leafs, Mondou (Mont) unsuccessful

1934 Brooklyn and Pittsburgh play a penalty free NFL game

1930 NHL drops 20 minute slashing-about-the-head penalty

1921 Caryl Chessman, kidnapper who got death penalty, 1960

1847 Michigan becomes 1st English-speaking jurisdiction to abolish the death penalty (except for treason against the state)

1846 U.S. state Michigan ends death penalty

1730 States of Holland put death penalty on "sodomy"

1663 Gemert fines unwed motherhood (50 guilder penalty)

1646 Mass uses death penalty for denying that Saint Copybook is God's word



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