what happened on this date in criminal history | what happened on this date in criminal history
Sep.21.2012
On this date in 1780, American General Benedict Arnold meets with British Major John Andre to discuss handing over West Point to the British, in return for the promise of a large sum of money and a high position in the British army.
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Sep.18.2012
On this date in 1959, serial killer Harvey Glatman is executed in the California gas chamber for murdering three young women in Los Angeles.
Resisting all appeals to save his life, Glatman even wrote to the appeals board to say, "I only want to die." Glatman had been a smart kid. As a Boy...
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Sep.15.2012
On this date in 1963, a bomb explodes during Sunday morning services at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls.
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Sep.13.2012
On this date in 1971, a four-day riot at Attica Prison comes to a violent end as law enforcement officials open fire, killing 29 inmates and 10 hostages and injuring many more.
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Sep.11.2012
On this date in 1857, Mormon guerillas, stoked by religious zeal and a deep resentment of decades of public abuse and federal interference, murder 120 emigrants at Mountain Meadows, Utah.
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Sep.10.2012
On this date in 1897, a 25-year-old London taxi driver named George Smith becomes the first person ever arrested for drunk driving after slamming his cab into a building. Smith later pled guilty and was fined 25 shillings.
On this date in 1931, crime boss Salvatore Maranzano is shot and stabbed to...
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Sep.08.2012
On this date in 1935, Senator Huey Long is shot in the Louisiana state capitol building.
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Sep.07.2012
On this date in 1876, while attempting a bold daytime robbery of the Northfield Minnesota bank, the James-Younger gang suddenly finds itself surrounded by angry townspeople and is nearly wiped out.
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Sep.06.2012
On this date in 1901, President William McKinley is shot at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
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Sep.05.2012
On this date in 1877, Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is fatally bayoneted by a U.S. soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson, Nebraska.
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