Tag: Execution
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Former Japanese Prime Minister General Hideki Tojo Attempts Suicide. September 11, 1945.
Image: General Hideki Tojo lies semiconscious, limp in a chair with a gaping bullet wound just below the heart after a botched attempt to kill himself as American soldiers surround his house. September 11, 1945. On September 11, 1945, former Japanese Prime Minister General Hideki Tojo attempted suicide as American soldiers arrived at his home…
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The Execution of Canadian Private Harold Pringle. July 5, 1945.
Image: Private Harold Pringle. The last Canadian military member to be executed. The Execution of Private Harold Pringle If the Canadian public found out, there would be hell to pay. The war had been over for nearly two months, after all, and during World War II, no other Canadian soldier had been convicted of murder…
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Denmark Vesey (aka Telemaque), a Black American carpenter, is accused of planning a slave rebellion in Charleston, South Carolina. He would be tried & convicted, & 35 enslaved people would be executed by hanging. June 16, 1822.
Image: Denmark Vesey (Public Domain) On this day in history, June 16, 1822, Denmark Vesey (aka Telemaque), a Black American carpenter, is accused of planning a slave rebellion in Charleston, South Carolina, involving thousands of enslaved Black people and the subsequent murder of antebellum slave owners. He would quickly be tried and convicted, and thirty-five…
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On this day in history, Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft is arrested by Nazi Police at a military checkpoint in Haarlem, Netherlands. March 21, 1945
Image: Hannie Schaft (Public Domain) On this day in history, March 21, 1945, Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft is arrested by Nazi Police at a military checkpoint in Haarlem, Netherlands. Early in the war, Schaft became an active member of a Communist resistance cell, hiding and assisting Jews who were being rounded up for “resettlement”…
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On This Day in History, the Boston Belfry Murderer Killed His First Victim. December 5, 1873.
Image: Thomas Piper, the Boston Belfry Murderer. (Public Domain) On this day in history, December 5, 1873, the Boston Belfry murderer killed his first victim. Bridget Landregan was discovered battered and choked to death in the Boston district of Dorchester. A man in black clothes and a flowing cape was seen attempting to sexually assault…
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Edith Cavell, a British Nurse Employed in Belgium, Was Executed by the Germans After Being Found Guilty of Assisting over 200 Allied Soldiers to Escape to England. October 12, 1915.
Image: The Execution of Edith Cavell (Public Domain) On this day in history, October 12, 1915, in the early morning hours, Edith Cavell, a British nurse employed in Belgium, was executed by the Germans after being found guilty of assisting over 200 Allied soldiers to escape to England. During her trial, she admitted openly to…
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