2015 Event Swiss criminal investigators charge FIFA President Sepp Blatter with suspected fraud; 14 FIFA officials have already been arrested in the corruption scandal, but Blatter has stated that he has no knowledge of or involvement in wrongdoing 2015 Event The Cairo Criminal Court convicts Egyptian ex-President Mohammed Morsi for his role in illegal detentions and violent responses to protests against him three years ago; he and other Muslim Brotherhood defendants will serve a 20-year prison term 2014 Event North Korea threatens nuclear tests, and activity has been detected at one of the nation's nuclear facilities; the threat was made after the U.N. recommended trying North Korean officials in the International Criminal Court for human rights crimes 2014 Event Credit Suisse has pled guilty to criminal charges of assisting U.S. customers in tax fraud and evasion; however, the Swiss government will not allow the bank to cooperate with the U.S. government's request for the names of those customers 2013 Event A corruption investigation continues after a Cairo criminal court releases former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak from Tora prison 2013 Event Miguel Trevino Morales, the leader of a criminal gang called Los Zetas is captured by the Mexican Army 2013 Event Charged with bribing public officials in Argentina between 2005 and 2009, clothing retailer Ralph Lauren agrees to pay $1.6 million to resolve U.S. regulatory and criminal claims 2011 Event Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Muammar Gaddafi, is captured in Libya; he will be tried for crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court 2010 Event Israel requests that Germany arrest Klaas Carel Faber, a Nazi war criminal who killed 20 Jews at Westerbork concentration camp 2002 Death Aileen Wuornos, American Criminal 2002 Death John Gotti, American Criminal 2001 Death Henry Lee Lucas, American Criminal 2000 Death Zeljko Raznatovic, Serbian Criminal 1999 Death Theodore Hall, American Criminal 1996 Death Paul Touvier, French WW II criminal, dies at 81 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 Death James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke, criminal, dies at 64 1995 Death Edward Sutcliffe, judge (British Central Criminal Court), dies at 77 1994 Death Patrick Meehan, petty Criminal, dies at 67 1993 Death Patrick Haemers, Belgian criminal, commits suicide at 40 1993 Event Israel recognizes PLO as no longer criminal 1993 Death June Clayworth, actress (Bodyguard, Criminal Court), dies of lymphoma 1992 Event Supreme Court rules states could not force mentally unstable criminal defendants to take anti-psychotic drugs 1992 Death Robert Alton Harris, American Criminal 1991 Death Klas Bruinsma, leader criminal organization, murdered 1990 Event Exxon Corp and Exxon Shipping are indicted on 5 criminal counts (Valdez) 1989 Event French war criminal Paul Touvier arrested in monastery in Nice 1987 Death Pieter Menten, Dutch war criminal, dies at 88 1986 Death Jean Genet, French criminal/novelist/dramatist, dies at 75 1985 Event Body of Nazi criminal, Dr. Josef Mengele located and exhumed 1984 Event Supreme Court weakens 70-year-old "exclusionary rule"-evidence seized with defective court warrants can now be used in criminal trials 1983 Event Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie arrested in Bolivia 1981 Birthday John Walker Lindh, American Criminal 1980 Event Dutch war criminal Pieter Menten sentenced to 10 years 1979 Death Joseph Kotalla, German war criminal (4 of Breda), dies at 71 1978 Event Dutch War criminal Pieter Menten freed 1978 Event War criminal Pieter Menten freed 1978 Event High Council destroys judgment against war criminal Pieter Menten 1977 Event War criminal Pieter Menten sentenced in Amsterdam to 15 years 1977 Birthday Fiona Apple, born in Manhattan, New York, singer, songwriter, alt-rock, pop, early jazz influences, Grammy-Award winning single, 'Criminal' 1976 Event War criminal Pieter Menten arrested in Zurich 1976 Event War criminal Pieter Menten captured 1 day after fleeing 1974 Event WW II war criminal JP Philippa arrested 1969 Event Der Spiegel reveals Munich's Bishop Defregger is a war criminal 1964 Birthday Ned Vaughn, born in Huntsville, Alabama, actor, television and films include 'Apollo 13', 'Frost Nixon', '24' and 'Criminal Minds' 1962 Death Adolf Eichmann, German Criminal 1962 Death Adolf Eichmann, war criminal, hanged at Ramie Prison in Israel at 56 1961 Event Adolf Eichmann tried as a war criminal in Israel 1959 Birthday Veronica Guerin,, nicknamed 'Ronnie', journalist, crime reporter, used pseudonyms, street names, exposing underworld figures in the Sunday Independent newspaper, helped found Criminal Assets Bureau 1959 Birthday Anthony LaPlagia, actor, Criminal Justice, Betsy's Wedding 1958 Birthday Gary Oldman, actor, Sid and Nancy, Criminal Law, State of Grace 1958 Birthday Jack Abramoff, American Criminal 1956 Death Vincent (Moro-)Giafferi, French criminal (Caillaux/Landru), dies 1952 Event Dutch minister Dark sentences war criminal W Lages to death 1950 Birthday Daniel Auteuil, Algeria, actor, Elegant Criminal, Manon of Spring 1948 Event Bijz Criminal division sentences war criminal Jacob Folks to life 1946 Death Alfred Rosenberg, German war criminal, hanged 1946 Death Fritz Sauckel, German war criminal, hanged 1946 Death Hans Franc, German war criminal, hanged 1946 Death Joachim von Ribbentrop, German war criminal, hanged 1946 Death Wilhelm Frick, German war criminal, hanged 1945 Event German war criminal Heinrich Himmler captured 1944 Birthday Sirhan Sirhan, American Criminal 1940 Birthday John Gotti, American Criminal 1938 Birthday Salvatore Michael Caruana, Massachusetts, criminal, FBI Most Wanted List 1934 Birthday Charles Manson, No Name Maddox, Cin, Ohio, criminal, Tate-Labianco 1933 Birthday Tony Mullett, dir-general, National Criminal Intelligence Service 1933 Death Giuseppe Zangara, Italian Criminal 1930 Event Police Bureau of Criminal Alien Investigation started in New York City 1916 Death Cole Younger, American Criminal 1915 Death George Joseph Smith, British Criminal 1915 Death Frank James, American Criminal 1910 Birthday Jean Genet, born in Paris, France, criminal/novelist/dramatist, The Blacks 1909 Birthday Ferdinand H Aus der Funten, German war criminal, Breda 4 1908 Birthday Joseph Kotalla, German war criminal, 4 of Breda 1904 Birthday Charlie "Pretty Boy" Floyd, FBI Most Wanted criminal 1900 Birthday Heinrich Himmler, head of Gestapo, war criminal 1899 Birthday Pieter Menten, Dutch war criminal 1897 Birthday Joseph Goebbels, Criminal 1892 Birthday Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian chancellor, 1930s, war criminal 1886 Event Netherlands New Code of Criminal law enforced 1872 Birthday George Joseph Smith, British Criminal 1865 Death William Clarke Quantrill, criminal/Confederate bushwhacker, dies at 27 1859 Birthday Billy the Kid, William H Bonney, New York City, criminal 1844 Birthday Cole Younger, American Criminal 1843 Birthday Frank James, American Criminal 1838 Birthday John Wilkes Booth, American Criminal 1811 Event French Civil Code of Criminal law accepted by Netherlands Mamelukes in Cairo's Citadel
