2012 Event China announces its plan to phase-out the practice of taking and selling organs from executed prisoners 2001 Event Timothy McVeigh executed for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed at least 168 1998 Death Karla Faye Tucker, murderer, executed at 38 1998 Death Ricky Sanderson, stabbed 16-year old girl in NC, executed at 38 1997 Death Gary Burris, murderer (Kenneth Chambers), executed in Indiana 1997 Death Durlyn Eddmonds, murderer, executed at 45 1997 Death Walter Stewart, murderer, executed at 42 1997 Death William Lyle Woratzeck, convicted killer, executed in Ariz at 51 1997 Death Eric Schneider, murderer of 2 teachers, executed in MO at 35 1997 Death Randy Greenawalt, convicted killer, executed by injection at 47 1996 Death Najibullah, President of Afghanistan Democratic Party 1986 - 1990, executed 1994 Death David Lawson, executed in North Carolina (wanted execution shown on Donahue) 1994 Death John Wayne Gacy, mass murderer, executed in Illinois at 52 1994 Death Andrei Tsjikatilo, Rostov Ripper, Russian mass murdered, executed 1992 Death Billy Wayne White, murderer, executed in Texas at 34 1992 Death Robert Harris, murderer, executed in California's gas chamber at 39 1989 Death Elena Ceausescu, wife of Romania's dictator Nicolea, executed 1989 Death Nicolea Ceausescu, dictator of Romania, executed 1989 Event Romania's dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's final speech (executed 12/25) 1989 Death Elena Ceaucescu, wife of Romanian dictator Nicolae, executed 1989 Death Nicolae Ceaucescu, Romanian dictator (1945-89), executed 1989 Death Arnaldo Ochoa Sanchez, Cubans general, executed 1989 Death Ted Bundy, serial killer of up to 100 women, executed in Florida at 42 1988 Death Dmitri F Polyakov, Russian secret-general/top spy for U.S., executed 1986 Death Paulo Correia, Guinee-Bissaus colonel/putschist, executed 1985 Death Mohammed Munir, Indonesian worker's union leader, executed 1982 Death Charlie Brooks, Jr., convicted murderer became 1st U.S. prisoner to be executed by lethal injection, at a prison in Huntsville, Texas 1982 Death Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, Iran's former foreign minister, executed in Iran 1982 Death 5 murderers, of Egyptian President Sadat, executed 1982 Death Wilfred Hawker, Suriname Sergeant-major, executed 1979 Death Nematullah Nassiri, Iran general/head of Savak, executed 1979 Death Mehdi Rahimi, Iran general/military governor of Teheran, executed 1978 Death Rabbaji, president of South-Yemen, executed 1977 Death Gary Gilmore, executed in Utah, 1st U.S. execution since 1967 1974 Event 60 Ethiopia government officials executed 1969 Event 9 Jews publically executed in Damascus Syria 1968 Death Pierre Mulele, Congolese rebel leader, executed 1967 Death Ernesto "Che" Guevara, Argentinian-born guerrilla, executed in Bolivia 1966 Death Sumokil, president of Republic South Moluccas, executed 1963 Death Joseph Self, murderer, executed; last Washington state execution in 25 yrs 1960 Event Opponents of Fidel Castro executed in Cuba 1959 Death Charles Starkwether, murderer, executed 1958 Death Ahmed Mukhtar Baban, premier of Iraq, executed 1958 Death Barhanuddin Bashajan, Iraqi minister of Foreign affairs, executed 1958 Death Rafiq Aref, Iraqi chief-staff Arabs Statenbond, executed 1956 Death T Kostov, Bulgarian vice-premier, executed 1955 Death Ruth Ellis, last English woman (murderess), executed by hanging 1954 Death Hussein Fatemi, Iran Foreign minister, executed 1953 Death Lavrenti P Beria, soviet minister of internal security, executed 1953 Death Ethel Rosenberg, executed at Sing Sing, in 5 tries 1953 Death Julius Rosenberg, New York City, 1st U.S. civilian executed for espionage at 37 1952 Death A J Pieters, SS-Untersturmfuhrer, executed 1952 Death Wilhelm Albrecht, German SD-chief, executed 1951 Death Jurgen Stroop, Nazi commander of Warsaw Ghetto, executed 1950 Death Robert W. Lehnhoff, Executioner of Groningen, SS fuhrer, executed 1949 Death Traitsjo Kostov, Bulgarian communist vice-premier, executed 1949 Death Antun Sa'ada, Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon 1949 Death Koci Xoxe, Albanian vice-premier, executed 1949 Death Sutan Ibrahim gelor Datuk Tan Malaka, Indon communist, executed at 54 1949 Death Hanns A Rauter, German SS-commandant in Netherland, executed at 54 1948 Death 43 communist rebels, executed in Athens 1948 Death Anna "Ans" van Dike, Dutch Jewish Nazi-collaborator, executed at 42 1947 Death Sanner, leader of Norger blood bath, executed 1947 Death J Boogaard, nazi collaborator, executed 1947 Death Ganzefles, Dutch nazi spy/Jews hunter, executed 1946 Death J E Feenstra, Nazi military police commandant, executed 1946 Death Andrei Vlasov, Russian general (Red Army, Wehrmacht) executed at 45 1946 Death Ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Romania, executed 1946 Death Anton A Mussert, engineer/NSB leader, executed 1946 Death August Borms, Flemish nazi collaborator, executed at 67 1946 Death Masaharu Homma, Lieutenant General (responsible for Bataan Death March), executed 1946 Death Marius HLW "Max" Blokzijl, Dutch Nazi propagandist, executed at 61 1945 Death Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian Minister of Defense/Prime Minister 1942 - 1945, executed at 58 1945 Death Pierre Laval, former premier of Vichy France, executed at 62 1945 Event Memorial for executed unveiled in Terbregge 1945 Death Irma Laplasse, Flemish farmer/nazi collaborator, executed 1945 Death Claretta Petacci, mistress of Mussolini, executed 1945 Death Benito Mussolini, Italian Politician executed 1945 Death J P Heyboer, resistance fighter, executed 1945 Death Hannie Schaft, "Girl with red hair," executed 1945 Death Hendrik N Werkman, resistance/painter (Blue Boat), executed at 63 1945 Event Nazi occupiers executed, Nazi general Christiansen flees Netherlands 1945 Death Fritz Fromm, German supreme commander of Reserve army, executed 1945 Event 30 Amsterdammers executed by nazi occupiers 1945 Event 53 Amsterdammers executed by nazi occupiers 1945 Death Jan Beekes, resistance fighter, executed at 26 1945 Event 117 SD-prisoners executed at Savage Farm 1945 Death Jan Thijssen, Dutch resistance fighter, executed at Savage Farm 1945 Death Wim Speelman, Dutch resistance fighter, executed at 26 1945 Death ... de Jong, Dutch vicar/resistance fighter, executed 1945 Death Walraven [Wally] van Hall, Dutch banker/resisted Nazis, executed at 39 1945 Death Jan Bakker, resistance fighter, executed at 26 1945 Death Jan Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed 1945 Death Paul Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed 1945 Death Eddie Slovik, 1st U.S. executed for desertion since Civil War at 25 1945 Death Helmuth J Moltke, German politician ("July 20th Plot"), executed at 37 1944 Event In reprisal 40 Dutch men are executed by Nazis 1944 Death Joop Brouwer de Koning, youngest Dutch radio operator, executed at 25 1944 Death Maarten Reuchlin, resistance fighter, executed 1944 Death Hannah Senesh, Jewish poet, executed by Nazis in Budapest 1944 Death Segundo "Boy" Ecury, Aruba, WW II resistance fighter, executed at 22 1944 Death Philip Mechanicus, journalist, executed in Auschwitz-Birkenau 1944 Event 5 resistance fighter executed in Terneuzen 1944 Death Willem M Groenewegen, resistance fighter, executed 1944 Death Izaak van der Horst, Dutch resistance fighter, executed 1944 Event 12 workers of Dutch illegal paper "Trouw," executed at Camp Vught 1944 Death Jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49 1944 Death Helmuth J von Moltke, German earl (July 20th plotter), executed 1944 Death Friedrich Olbricht, German general (July 20th plotter), executed 1944 Death Mertz, German colonel (July 20th plotter), executed 1944 Death Werner von Haeffen, German lieutenant (July 20th plotter), executed 1944 Death John Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter (passage fight), executed 1944 Death French Duwaer, Dutch printer/resistance fighter, executed 1944 Death Gerrit Jan van der Veen, Wolffensperger, resister, executed at 41 1944 Death Johan Limpers, sculptor/resistance fighter, executed at 28 1944 Event Nazi troops executed 96 prisoners by firing squad 1944 Death Gerrit John van de Peat, artist/resistance fighter, executed at 41 1944 Death Henk Hos, resistance fighter, executed at 37 1944 Death ... Pucheu, French Internal minister to Vichy, executed 1944 Death J Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed 1943 Death Marcel Verhamme, Belgian resistance fighter, executed 1943 Death H van Zanten, guerrilla leader on North Sumatra, executed 1943 Death Jan Dieters, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN), executed 1943 Death Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN), executed 1943 Death Antoine T Broekman, resistance fighter, executed at 32 1943 Death Anton JT Koreman, resistance fighter, executed at 27 1943 Death Antoon Pleyte, resistance fighter, executed at 26 1943 Death Dionysius Remiens, resistance fighter, executed at 24 1943 Death Earnest Klijzing, resistance fighter, executed 1943 Death Gideon Boissevain, resistance fighter, executed at 22 1943 Death Hans Katan, resistance fighter, executed at 24 1943 Death Henri H Geul, resistance fighter, executed at 27 1943 Death Johan Kalshoven, resistance fighter, executed at 20 1943 Death Johan Roemer, resistance fighter, executed at 22 1943 Death Johan van Mierlo, resistance fighter, executed at 35 1943 Death John Charles Boissevain, resistance fighter, executed at 23 1943 Death Leo Frijda, resistance fighter, executed at 20 1943 Death Louis Boissevain, resistance fighter, executed at 21 1943 Death Maarten van/of Gilse, resistance fighter, executed at 27 1943 Death Olaf T Thomsen, resistance fighter, executed at 23 1943 Death Peter "Pam" Pooters, resistance fighter, executed at 32 1943 Death Sape Kuiper, resistance fighter, executed at 19 1943 Death Victor van Swieten, resistance fighter, executed at 36 1943 Death Walter Brandligt, literature/resistance fighter, executed at 42 1943 Death Jean "Max" Moulin, French resistance fighter, executed 1943 Death Auguste Reitsma, Dutch resistance fighter (census director), executed 1943 Death C Bakker, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed 1943 Death C L Barentsen, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed 1943 Death Coos Hartogh, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed 1943 Death Cor Roos, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed 1943 Death Henri Halberstadt, Dutch resistance fighter (census dir), executed 1943 Death Johan Brouwer, hispanist/writer/Dutch resistance fighter, executed 1943 Death Karl Groger, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed 1943 Death Koen Limperg, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed 1943 Death Sam Bloemgarten, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed 1943 Death Willem Arondeus, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed 1943 Death Willem Brouwer, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed 1943 Death Paul Colin, Belgian journalist/collaborator, executed 1942 Death Bosinier de la Chapelle, French murderer of Admiral Darlan, executed at 24 1942 Death 12, Dutch Communist Party-resistance fighter/3 NVV-hostages, executed 1942 Death Dirk Bannink, nurse/local counciller Deventer, executed 1942 Event 116 hostages executed by Nazis in Paris 1942 Event 5 hostages executed by Nazis in St-Michielsgestel 1942 Event 6 convicted Nazi saboteurs who landed in U.S. executed in Washington D.C. 1942 Death Nikola J Vaptsarov, Bulgaria poet/communist, executed at 32 1942 Event 5,000 Jews of Rovno Polish Ukraine, executed by nazis 1942 Death Arnoldus J H Aerts, Dutch bishop of New-Guinea, executed at 62 1942 Death Vladislav Vancura, Czechoslovakian physician/resistance fighter, executed at 50 1942 Event Nazi decree orders all Jewish pregnant women of Kovno Ghetto executed 1942 Death Johan H Westerveld, Lt-colonel/leader Order Service, executed 1942 Death Henk Sneevliet, leader of Dutch RSAP/Spartacus, executed at 58 1941 Death Juanita Spellini, first women executed in California 1941 Death Henri Louis, French officer/resistance fighter, executed at 40 1941 Death Jan L G "Yvan" Doornik, Dutch resist fighter in France, executed at 36 1941 Death Maurice Charles Emile Barlier, French resistance fighter, executed at 35 1941 Death Josef Jakobs, German spy, executed in Tower of London 1941 Event Nazis executed 5,000 Jews in Kovono, Lithuania 1941 Death Isaak Emmanuilovich Babel, Rus writer (Crvena Konjica), executed at 46 1941 Death A Coenradi, Dutch resistance fighter, executed 1941 Death Bernard Ijzerdraat, Dutch resistance fighter, executed 1941 Death E Hellendoorn, Dutch resistance fighter, executed 1941 Death Isaak E Babel, Russian writer (Zakat, Marija), executed at 46 1941 Death J Eyl, Dutch resistance fighter, executed 1941 Death Leen Schijvenschuurder, Dutch February strike leader, executed 1941 Death Ernst Cahn, owner of Amsterdam Koco ice cream parlor, executed 1939 Death Albert Fish, mass murderer, executed 1938 Death Vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright, executed at 35 1936 Death Jose A Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, Spanish Falange, executed 1936 Death Bruno Hauptmann, convicted Lindbergh baby killer, executed 1936 Death Peter H J "Piet" van Doorne, director BOVA Red Peppers, executed at 52 1934 Death Ernst Rohm, German staff member, executed at 46 1927 Death Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass 1924 Death Gee John, U.S. mobster (1st executed in gas chamber-Nevada), dies 1922 Event 6 old minsters in Greece, executed 1920 Death Alexander Koltsjak, Admiral/leader Russian counter-revolutionary, executed 1918 Death Aleksei N Romanov, son of tsar Nicolas II, executed at 13 1918 Death Anastasia N Romanova, daughter of tsar Nicholas, executed at 17 1918 Death Nicolas II Aleksandrovitch, last tsar of Russia, executed at 50 1917 Death William Smith, British deserter in France, executed at 20 1917 Death Mata Hari, Dutch dancer/German spy, executed by firing squad in Paris 1917 Death Herbert Morris, Jamaican deserter in France, executed at 17 1917 Death Fanya Kaplan, Russian who shot at Lenin on Aug 30th, executed 1916 Death Roger Casement, Irish nationalist (Easter uprising 1916), executed 51 1916 Death Charles Fryatt, British Captain of SS Brussels, executed by Germans, dies 1916 Death Padraic Pearse, Irishg nationalist, executed by British firing squad 1916 Death Gabrielle Petit, Belgian resistance fighter, executed 1915 Death Joe Hill, Labor leader/songwriter, executed for murder 1915 Death Edith L Cavell, British nurse, executed by Germans in Belgium (WW II) 1915 Birthday Julius Rosenberg, New York City, 1st U.S. civilian executed for espionage 1914 Death Eugene Odene, French mayor of Senlis, executed 1914 Death Felix Fivet, Belgian baby, executed by German troops at 3 weeks 1914 Event German army executed 150 Belgians by firing squad 1912 Death General Zeledon, Nicaraguan opponent of U.S. occupation, is executed 1910 Death Hawley H Crippen, doctor/murderer, executed 1909 Death Francisco Ferrer, Spanish anarchist, executed 1906 Death Johann Hoch, U.S. murderer, executed 1902 Death Gideon Scheepers, South Africa Boer leader, executed 1890 Death John Hart or William Kemmler, U.S., 1st executed in electric chair (NY) 1885 Death Louis Riel, French rebel who fought against Canada, executed at 41 1885 Death Charles George Gordon, British Governor-General of Sudan, executed at 51 1865 Death Henry Wards, Confederate prison supt, executed for excessive cruelty 1858 Event French Emperor Napoleon III escapes attempt on his life by Felice Orsini, an Italian patriot who was later executed 1850 Death Bab, Baha'i prophet, executed in Tabriz Iran 1829 Death William Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh 1815 Death Jose Maria Morelos, Mexican revolutionary priest executed by Spaniards 1815 Death Joachim Murat, marshal of France/King of Naples (1808-15), executed 1811 Death Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish 1811 Death Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, Mexican priest/freedom fighter, executed 1810 Death Andreas Hofer, military leader (fought Napoleon's France), executed at 42 1803 Death Robert Emmet, Irish nationalist, executed 1799 Death Baroness van Dorth, orangist, executed 1795 Death Tula, leader Curacaose slave uprising, executed 1794 Death Robespierre, and 22 other terrorists executed to thunderous cheers 1793 Death Jean-Sylvain, French historian (Napoleon), executed at 53 1776 Death Thomas Hickey, plan to hand George Washington to British, executed 1775 Death Yemelyan Pugachov, Don Cossack rebel, executed by tsarist Russia 1760 Death Laurence, 4th Earl Ferrers, executed for murder of his steward 1759 Death Marquis and Marquess of Tavora, Portugese nobles, executed 1757 Death John Byng, English Admiral (Minorca), executed at 52 1751 Event Thomas Colley executed in England for drowning supposed witch 1739 Event Dick Turpin executed in England for horse stealing 1738 Death Alexander Voznitsyn, Rus Naval officer converted to Judaism, executed 1738 Death Baruch Leibov, converted Russian Naval officer to Judaism, executed 1732 Death Pieter Vuyst, Dutch Governor-General of Ceylon, executed 1722 Event 19 VOC "komplotteurs" in Batavia executed 1721 Death Nathaniel Hawes, tortured and executed in England for robbery 1719 Death Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/lord of the manor, executed at 59 1699 Event 350 rebellious Streltsi executed in Moscow 1692 Event 5 women executed for witchcraft in Salem Mass 1685 Death James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of Charles 2, executed 1683 Death Kara Mustapha, Turkish grand-vizier (1676-83), executed 1674 Death Franciscus van Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker, executed at 72 1671 Death Stenka Razin, Cossack rebel leader, tortured and executed in Moscow 1661 Death Andres Malong, Philippines rebel leader, executed 1647 Death Achsah Young, 1st woman known to be a witch, executed in Salem Mass 1642 Death Cinq Mars, French plotter, executed 1632 Death Nicolas Antoine, French cath pastor who converted to Judaism, executed 1606 Death Guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35 1601 Death Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth 1600 Birthday Charles I, king of England, 1625-49, ; executed by Parliament 1596 Death Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico 1594 Death Michel Renichon, priest, executed 1593 Death John Penry, English congressionalist, executed 1587 Death Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed 1587 Death Michael Lauterbeck, assassinated Fries viceroy Willem Louis, executed 1586 Death Anthony Babington, page/conspirator to Mary Stuart, executed at 24 1580 Death Willem Van Hoorn, baron of Heze, governor of Brussels, executed 1572 Death Thomas Howard 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl, executed at 36 1570 Death Ivan Viskovati, chancellor of Russia, executed 1570 Death Antonio Paleario, Italian humanist, executed by inquisition at 67 1559 Death Jacques d'Auchy, Walloon baptist merchant, executed 1554 Death Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, Lady Jane Grey's father, executed 1547 Death Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, executed for treason 1540 Death Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's chief minister, executed 1538 Birthday Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk; executed by Queen Elizabeth, 1572 1536 Event Anne Boleyns 4 "lovers" executed 1535 Death Thomas More, philosopher (Utopia), executed for treason at 57 1535 Death John Houghton, English, executed 1525 Death Thomas Munzer, German vicar/boer leader, executed 1505 Death John IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed 1495 Death William Stanley, English lord chamberlain, executed for conspiracy 1481 Event 2 Latvian monarchs executed for conspiracy to Polish king Kazimierz IV 1456 Event Though she had already been executed, Joan of Arc is acquitted 1440 Death Bluebeard, pirate, executed 1419 Event Anti-Catholic Hussites, followers of executed reformer Jan Hus, stormtown hall in Prague and throw Catholic councillors out the windows 1141 Death Yue Fei, Chinese general, executed 468 Death Huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita 388 Death Magnus Maximus, Spanish West Roman Emperor (383-88), executed 31 Death Sejanus, Roman head of praetorisch guard, executed
