2010 Event Philip Markoff, accused Craigslist killer, commits suicide and is found dead in Nashua Street jail prison 2005 Event Dennis Rader, the BTK killer, receives 10 consecutive life sentences 1998 Event FBI arrests 10 most wanted suspected serial killer Tony Ray Amati 1997 Death Andrew Cunanan, serial killer (Gianni Versage), commits suicide 1997 Death William Lyle Woratzeck, convicted killer, executed in Ariz at 51 1997 Death Randy Greenawalt, convicted killer, executed by injection at 47 1995 Death Marcus Chenault, killer of Martin Luther King Jr's mother, dies at 54 1995 Death Frederick West, English contractor/serial killer, commits suicide at 53 1994 Death Jeffrey Dahmer, Butcher of Milwaukee, killer, killed in prison at 34 1992 Event Governor Cuomo grants Jean Harris (Scarsdale Diet Dr. killer) clemency 1992 Death Stephen Burks, actor (Kiss of a Killer), dies at 36 1992 Death Ray Danton, U.S. actor and director (Psychic Killer), dies at 60 1992 Death Baruch Lumet, actor (Killer Shrews), dies at 93 1992 Event U.S. serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer pleads guilty but insane 1989 Death Ted Bundy, serial killer of up to 100 women, executed in Florida at 42 1984 Death Walter Burke, actor (Jack the Giant Killer), dies at 75 of emphysema 1983 Event 1980 movie "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes," released in Germany 1981 Death Margaret Lindsay, actress (G Men, Lady Killer, Jezebel), dies 1977 Event Postal employee David Berkowitz arrested in Yonkers, New York, accused of being "Son of Sam" 44 caliber killer 1977 Event James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King's killer) escapes from prison 1977 Event 1st killer whale born in captivity (Marineland, Los Angeles California) 1977 Death Donald Kerr, actor (Devil Bat, Killer Bats), dies at 85 1975 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Shaara (Killer Angels) 1969 Birthday Andrew Phillip Cunanan, serial killer, Gianni Versache 1966 Event 400 die of respiratory failure and heart attack in killer New York City smog 1963 Birthday Seal, English vocalist/songwriter, Killer, Crazy, Kiss by a Rose 1961 Death Henry O'Neill, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies 1959 Birthday Joel Rifkind, New York serial killer 1956 Birthday Matt Craven, Port Colborne Ontario, actor, Juror, Killer, K2 1955 Birthday Chow Yun-Fat, born in Lamma Island, China, actor, appeared in 'The Killer', 'A Better Tomorrow', 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' 1953 Death Cliff Clark, actor (Golden Hoofs, Kid Glove Killer), dies at 63 1952 Event Killer fogs begin in London England, "Smog" becomes a word 1952 Birthday Rudolf Schenker, German rock guitarist, Scorpions-Virgin Killer 1946 Birthday Brian Cox, actor, Killer Party, Manhunter 1942 Birthday John Wayne Gacy, born in Chicago, Illinois, serial killer, 32 boys 1941 Death Hugh S Walpole, British writer (Killer and the Slain), dies 1939 Birthday James Caan, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Brian's Song, Killer Elite, Godfather 1936 Death Bruno Hauptmann, convicted Lindbergh baby killer, executed 1931 Birthday Ray Danton, New York City, actor and director, Longest Day, Psychic Killer 1905 Birthday Nestor Paiva, born in Fresno, California, actor, Comanche, Fear, Tarantula, Killer Ape 1899 Birthday Gloria Swanson, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Sadie Thompson, Killer Bees 1891 Birthday Henry O'Neill, Orange, New Jersey, actor, Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble 1889 Birthday Cliff Clark, actor, Kid Glove Killer, Golden Hoofs, Vigilante Hideout 1887 Birthday Raymond Hatton, born in Red Oak, Iowa, actor, Girls in Prison, Lady Killer 1440 Death Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged
