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1997 Peter Graf, father of Steffi, enters German jail for tax evasion
1996 Heidi Fleiss scheduled to begin her 7 year jail sentence 1995 Boxer Mike Tyson released from jail after serving 3 years 1995 Sahnoun Jawhari, Tunisian Annahda-leader, dies at 40 in jail 1994 PTL leader Jim Bakker released from jail 1994 Corrupt Italian ex-premier Craxi gets 8 year jail sentenced 1994 Amy Fisher's lover Joey Buttafuoco is released from jail 1994 Joey Buttafuoco, released from jail after 4 months and 9 days 1993 Junk bond king Michael Milkin is released from jail after 22 months 1992 John Gotti begins life sentence in jail 1992 Billionaire Leona Helmsly is sent to jail for tax evasion 1990 Zsa Zsa Gabor begins a 3 day jail sentence for slapping a cop 1990 Cheers' star Kelsey Grammer sentenced to jail for 30 days for DWI 1990 Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is transferred to a Miami jail 1989 Subway gunman Bernhard Goetz begins 1-year jail sentence 1987 Subway gunman Bernhard Goetz sentenced to 6 months in jail 1982 Solidarity leader Lech Walesa is let out of jail in Poland 1981 IRA's Joseph Doherty escapes from Crumlin Road Jail 1980 Paul McCartney is released from Tokyo jail and deported 1978 India's former Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, released from jail 1978 H R Haldeman, Nixon's White House chief of staff released from jail 1977 Ted Bundy escapes from jail in Colorado 1977 42 die in fire inmate causes at Maury County Jail in Columbia, Tennessee 1977 Patty Hearst let out of jail 1974 Johnson Grigsby freed after 66 years in jail 1972 Prison uprising at Washington D.C. jail 1971 President Nixon commutes Jimmy Hoffa's jail term 1971 Winnie Mandela sentenced to 1 year in jail in South Africa 1970 U.S. LSD professor Timothy Leary escapes from California jail 1970 U.S. Black Panther leader Huey Newton let out of jail 1967 Rolling Stone Mick Jagger and Keith Richards end 1 month jail sentence 1967 Keith Richards is sentenced to 1 year in jail on drugs charge 1967 Teamster President Jimmy Hoffa begins 8-year jail sentence for defrauding the union and jury tampering (commuted Dec 23, 1971) 1966 Dr. Sam Sheppard freed after 9 years in jail, by a jury 1962 Mauritius Dekker, Boris Robazki, writer (Boots in Jail), dies at 66 1962 Yugoslav ex-president Milovan Djilas returns to jail 1961 "Jail, No Bail" Jail-in movement starts in Rock Hill SC 1956 Murphy Morobe, South Afr UDF leader, spent 3 years in Robbeneiland Jail 1953 France closes jail on Devil Island 1947 Schilderijenvervalser Han of Meegeren to 1 years jail sentenced 1947 Bank robber Willie Sutton escapes jail in Philadelphia 1946 Jim Varney, born in Lexington, Kentucky, actor, Ernest Goes to Jail, "Hey Vern" 1946 NSB mayor of Rotterdam, Netherlands, FE Muller sentence to 100 years in jail 1944 KP gang surprise attack on Dome Arnhem jail 1943 German occupiers forbid flying of kites (6 month jail sentence) 1939 Al Capone freed from Alcatraz jail 1936 Neville E Alexander, South african, 10 years in Robbeneiland Jail 1934 Josip Broz (Tito) freed from jail 1934 John Dillinger breaks out of jail using a wooden pistol 1933 John Dillinger escapes from Allen County, OH, jail 1930 Bandung, Java: ir Sukarno 4 years jail sentenced 1928 Josip Broz (Tito) sentenced to 5 years in jail 1927 Josip Broz (Tito) begins 7 months jail sentence in Croatia 1926 Edgar D Ngoyi, South African ANC leader, 17 years in Robbeneiland Jail 1924 Adolf Hitler freed from jail early 1924 Mahatma Gandhi released from jail 1922 Megan Bull, British head mistress, Holloway Jail 1921 Babe Ruth arrested for speeding, fined $100, and held in jail until 4 PM 1913 John Mitchell, Nixon's attorney general who went to jail 1913 British suffragette Emily Pankhurst sentenced to 3 years in jail 1895 Bert Wheeler, actor, Nitwits, Hold 'em Jail, High Flyers, Rainmakers 1894 Percy Helton, New York, actor, Jail Busters, Harbor of Missing Men 1875 William Marcy "Boss" Tweed (NYC-Tammany Hall) escapes from jail 1838 Osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail 1798 Rabbi Shneur Zalman, author (Tanya), released from St. Peterburg jail 1773 Construction authorized for Walnut St. jail in Philadelphia 1632 John Eliot, English parliament leader/author (In Jail), dies at 40 1590 King Philip Ii's secretary Antonio Perez escapes jail 1425 Countess Jacoba of Bavaria escapes from jail |
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