Births

Kate Leigh

1881 – Kate Leigh – was an Australian underworld figure who rose to prominence as a madam, an illegal trader of alcohol and cocaine, and for running betting/gambling syndicates from her home in Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia during the first half of the twentieth century. She was known as the ‘Queen of Surry Hills’ and was a leading figure in the notorious Sydney razor gang wars. She was also a sly groger and fence for stolen property. Kate Leigh and Tilly Devine’s criminal feud was the subject of a 13-episode true crime television drama on Australia’s Nine Network, titled Underbelly: Razor, which was the fourth in the Underbelly anthology series.

1928 – James Earl Ray – was an American fugitive and convicted assassin, infamously known for his role in the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Ray’s life was marked by criminal activities, escape attempts, and a significant act of violence that left an indelible mark on American history.  Born on March 10, 1928, in Alton, Illinois, Ray’s early life was characterized by a troubled existence, involving multiple brushes with the law. His criminal record included various offenses, such as armed robbery, burglary, and prison escapes.  The turning point in Ray’s life came on April 4, 1968, when Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. Ray, a small-time criminal with a history of racism, became the primary suspect in the murder. He was arrested in London on June 8, 1968, for attempting to use a false passport.  Ray eventually confessed to assassinating King but later recanted his confession, claiming he was coerced. Despite his efforts to retract his admission of guilt, Ray was convicted in a court of law and sentenced to 99 years in prison.  Over the years, Ray attempted several escapes from prison, further complicating his criminal legacy. He managed to escape from the Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Tennessee in 1977 but was recaptured just three days later. Ray spent the remainder of his life in prison, serving his sentence.  James Earl Ray died on April 23, 1998, at the age of 70, while still incarcerated at the Lois M. DeBerry Special Needs Facility in Nashville, Tennessee. His controversial life and connection to one of the most significant events in the American civil rights movement continue to be subjects of historical scrutiny and debate. The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. remains a tragic chapter in American history, and James Earl Ray’s name is forever associated with this momentous event.

1936 – Iwao Hakamada – is a former Japanese professional boxer born on March 10, 1936. He was sentenced to death on September 11, 1968, for a 1966 mass murder that became known as the Hakamada Incident. Guinness World Records certified Hakamada as the world’s longest-held death row inmate on March 10, 2011. In March 2014, he was granted a retrial and an immediate release when the Shizuoka district court found there was reason to believe evidence against him had been falsified. Hakamada fought in 29 professional boxing matches from 1959 to 1961. He was ranked as high as sixth in his weight class. After his boxing career, he worked at a Shizuoka-based miso manufacturer.

1948 – Doug Clark – was an American serial killer and necrophile who was born on March 10, 1948, in Pennsylvania, USA. He was convicted of six murders in Los Angeles, California, and was sentenced to death in 1983. Clark and his accomplice, Carol Mary Bundy, were collectively known as the Sunset Strip Killers and were responsible for the deaths of at least seven individuals, although they are considered suspects in the deaths of several other women and young girls. Clark died on October 11, 2023, at the age of 75

1948 – James Bryant Hudson – On July 3, 2002, James Bryant Hudson, a Virginia resident, killed three of his neighbors, Patsy Ayers Cole, Thomas Wesley Cole, and Walter Stanley Cole, in a dispute that had been ongoing for years. Hudson’s father had sold a parcel of land containing the road to the Coles, and the families had been feuding ever since. On that fateful day, the two Cole brothers were driving in the driveway when they encountered Hudson’s vehicle stopped in the middle of the driveway facing them. Thomas Cole stopped and talked to Hudson. When Cole began driving away, Hudson took a 12-gauge shotgun from his vehicle and fired through the windshield of the Coles’ truck. A farm worker testified that Hudson and Thomas Cole exchanged words, and then Hudson grabbed a 12-gauge shotgun out of his truck and shot Walter Cole, who was sitting in the front seat. Thomas Cole tried to flee but tripped and fell into a ditch. Hudson shot him in the back of the head. Hudson then drove to Thomas Cole’s house next door and found his wife, Patsy, working in the garden. Patsy Cole asked Hudson, “What are you doing?‘’ Hudson then shot her and drove away. Hudson pleaded guilty to the killings of Patsy A. Cole and Thomas W. Cole, both 64, and Thomas’s brother Walter S. Cole, 56. He was sentenced to death and executed on August 18, 2004, at the age of 56, by lethal injection in the Greensville Correctional Center at Jarratt, Virginia.

1957 – Osama Bin Laden – was a Saudi-born Islamic dissident and militant leader who founded and became the first general emir of al-Qaeda in 1988. He was born on March 10, 1957, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to the aristocratic bin Laden family. He studied at local universities until 1979 when he joined the Afghan mujahidin against the Soviet Union in the wake of the Afghan–Soviet War. In 1984, he co-founded Maktab al-Khidamat which recruited foreign mujahidin into the war. He founded al-Qaeda in 1988 for worldwide jihad. Bin Laden’s views on pan-Islamism and anti-Americanism resulted in his expulsion from Saudi Arabia in 1991. He subsequently shifted his headquarters to Sudan until 1996 when he left the country to establish a new base in Afghanistan, where he was supported by the Taliban. Bin Laden declared two fatawa, the first in August 1996, and the second in February 1998, declaring holy war against the United States. He orchestrated the 1998 United States embassy bombings in East Africa. He was then listed on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists and Most Wanted Fugitives lists. Bin Laden was the mastermind behind the September 11 attacks, which killed nearly 3,000 people. This resulted in the United States invading Afghanistan and launching the war on terror. Bin Laden became the subject of nearly a decade-long international manhunt. During this period, he hid in several mountainous regions of Afghanistan and later escaped to neighboring Pakistan. He was killed on May 2, 2011, in Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, by United States Navy SEALs during a covert operation authorized by then-US President Barack Obama.

1964 – Frederick Lashley – was a convicted murderer who was executed on July 28, 1993. He was found guilty of killing his foster mother, Janie Tracy, in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, on April 9, 1981. Lashley was only 17 years old at the time of the crime. He had lived with Tracy from the age of two until he was sixteen. Tracy had heart trouble, diabetes, and a neuromuscular problem that caused her to limp and required her to use a walking cane. She had difficulty walking since she had undergone a brain operation several years ago. Lashley had been present on occasions when there had been discussions concerning the soft spot on Tracy’s head. On the night of the murder, Lashley entered Tracy’s apartment by climbing through the top of a window on the rear porch. He unscrewed the light bulb in the front room so that the light would not come on when the switch was turned on. His admitted purpose was to ambush Tracy and take her money when she returned home. Lashley, armed with a cast-iron skillet, waited in the dark in the bedroom adjacent to the front room. When Tracy returned home and entered the front door of the apartment, she attempted to turn on the light. When the light did not come on, she started into the room where Lashley was waiting. As she reached for the light switch, he struck her in the head with the cast-iron skillet, breaking it into two pieces. Lashley took fifteen dollars and car keys from Tracy’s purse locked the front door, and drove off in the victim’s car. Hospital records showed Tracy was comatose and brain-dead when she arrived at the hospital. She had a cut on her head above the right ear and a one-inch incision above her left ear where the knife entered her skull through the soft spot and penetrated her brain.

1965 – Roderick Nunley – was a convicted murderer who was executed on September 1, 2015. He was found guilty of kidnapping, raping, and murdering a 15-year-old girl named Ann Harrison in Jackson County, Missouri, USA, on March 22, 1989. Nunley and his accomplice, Michael Taylor, abducted Harrison while she was waiting for her school bus. They then took her to Nunley’s mother’s house, where Taylor raped her. After the assault, the two men forced Harrison into the trunk of a stolen car and tied her up. They then drove to a nearby neighborhood and parked the car, leaving Harrison in the trunk. Nunley and Taylor then stabbed Harrison multiple times, killing her. Nunley was sentenced to death on May 14, 1991, and was executed by lethal injection at the age of 50.

1965 – Edward Paul Morris – was a convicted murderer who committed parricide. He killed his seven-month pregnant wife, Renee, and their three children, Bryant, 10, Alexis, 8, and Jonathan, 4, on December 21, 2002, in Tillamook State Forest, Oregon, USA. Morris shot his wife and two sons at a pullout on Route 6, then drove to a deserted wooded area and stabbed his daughter more than a dozen times. The bodies of the family were found by hunters on December 21, 2002. Morris was captured on January 3, 2003, in a drug store parking lot after a two-week manhunt throughout Oregon. He was charged with seven counts of aggravated murder and was sentenced to serve four consecutive life terms in prison.

1966 – Jack Dale Walker – was a convicted murderer who was executed on September 5, 2001. He was found guilty of stabbing his estranged girlfriend, Shelly Ellison, and her uncle, Donald Epperson, to death at a mobile home in Bixby, a Tulsa suburb, on December 30, 1988. Ellison, who was only 17 years old at the time, suffered 32 stab wounds, including some from an ice pick, while Epperson was stabbed 11 times. During the attack, Ellison managed to break free and call 911, but it was too late to save her life. Walker was sentenced to death on May 14, 1991, and was executed by lethal injection at the age of 35.

1971 – Erick Virgil Hall – was a convicted murderer who was sentenced to death twice for two separate murders. He was found guilty of kidnapping, raping, and murdering a flight attendant named Lynn Henneman in Boise, Idaho, USA, on September 24, 2000. Hall kidnapped Henneman while she was on a layover in Boise, raped her, and strangled her with a sweater. Hall was also sentenced to death for the murder of Cheryl Ann Hanlon, which occurred in the Boise foothills in 2003. Hanlon’s murder went unsolved for three years until police investigating the rape and murder of Henneman questioned Hall and realized that his DNA matched swabs collected from Henneman’s body. The Idaho Supreme Court rejected Hall’s appeal in 2018, stating that he was given a fair trial and had adequate representation when he was tried and sentenced to death.

1976 – Christa Gail Pike – She is an American convicted murderer and the youngest woman to be sentenced to death in the United States during the post-Furman period. She was convicted of the torture-murder of her classmate Colleen Slemmer, which she committed at age 18. Pike was born to Carissa Hansen and Emil Glenn Pike. Her parents had a tumultuous relationship, being married for two years, divorced for a year after Hansen was found to be cheating, and remarried for another two years after Hansen attempted suicide. Both of them were frequently negligent. Pike’s living situation continued to be unstable throughout her teenage years as she was both the recipient and perpetrator, of violence. Pike’s paternal grandmother would frequently help care for her; Pike believed she was the only one who ever loved her. When her grandmother died in 1988, Pike would make her first suicide attempt at age 12, for which she received little support. Pike’s unstable home life caused her to frequently change schools, causing her performance in school to deteriorate. In tenth grade, she was sent to a juvenile facility for a year, where she became interested in the Job Corps, a government program aimed at helping low-income youth by offering vocational training and career skills. In the fall of 1994, Pike attended the now-closed Job Corps center in Knoxville, Tennessee. On January 12, 1995, Pike and two accomplices, Tadaryl Shipp and Shadolla Peterson, lured Colleen Slemmer to a remote area of the University of Tennessee campus, where they beat, tortured, and murdered her. Pike was sentenced to death on March 30, 1996.

1983 – Reena Virk – was a 14-year-old Canadian girl of South Asian origin who was beaten and killed by a group of teenagers in Saanich, British Columbia, Canada on November 14, 1997. Her murder attracted substantial media scrutiny in Canada due to her status as a victim of bullying before her death. Six teenagers were tried and convicted for their participation in her death. Reena’s father was an immigrant from India, while her mother came from an Indo-Canadian family who had converted from Hinduism to the Jehovah’s Witness religion after arriving in Canada. Her immediate family was “a minority within a minority,” as they were Jehovah’s Witnesses in the local South Asian community of 3,000 which was predominantly Sikh. Reena was described as desperate for acceptance amongst her peers but was taunted and/or ostracized by these girls whose subculture was influenced by Los Angeles street gangs. She had begun to rebel due to such peer influence, smoking marijuana and cigarettes. Bullied for her weight and insecurity, she was said to feel restricted by the rules of the family’s faith. In 1996, she falsely reported her father for sexual molestation in hopes of being moved to a foster home and having more freedom. As a result, she was moved from her family’s home into the care of the state for several months in 1996. She later dropped the charges and returned home. On the evening of Friday, November 14, 1997, Reena Virk was invited to a party by her friend near the Craigflower Bridge, in the city of Saanich, British Columbia. While at the bridge, it is claimed that teenagers drank alcohol and smoked marijuana as Virk stood among them. Virk was swarmed by a group later called the Shoreline Six. Witnesses said that one of the girls stubbed out a cigarette on Virk’s forehead and that while seven or eight others stood by and watched, Virk was repeatedly hit, punched, and kicked. She had several cigarette burns on her skin, and apparently, attempts were made to set her hair on fire. This first beating ended when one of the girls told the others to stop. Virk managed to walk away but was followed by two members of the original group, Ellard and Glowatski. They dragged her to the water and held her head underwater until she drowned.

1984 – Erik Salvador Ayala – was a 24-year-old man who was involved in a shooting incident that took place in Portland, Oregon on January 24, 2009. Ayala fired shots into a random crowd, killing two people and injuring seven others before turning the gun on himself. He was described as being “quiet” and those who knew him say this shooting came as a complete surprise. Ayala was unemployed and depressed at the time of the shooting, leaving what appears to be a suicide note for his roommate. In it, he says that he can be found “somewhere downtown,” but he “wasn’t sure” where. Ayala also included all his personal information (SSN, bank account number, alien number, etc.) in the note. He left his PS3 to his roommate, which he described as “special” and suggested that it could be sold for $400. The motive behind the shooting is still unknown.

Deaths

Richard Biegenwald

1931 – Alfred Arthur Rouse – was a British murderer, known as the Blazing Car Murderer, who was convicted and subsequently hanged at Bedford Gaol for the November 1930 murder of an unknown man in Hardingstone, Northamptonshire. Rouse burned to death an unknown hitchhiker whom he had rendered unconscious inside his car in an attempt to fabricate his death. Despite recent DNA testing, the identity of the victim remains unknown. Rouse was born in Milkwood Road, Herne Hill, London on April 6, 1894. He was one of three children born to an English father and an Irish mother. His father, Walter, was a hosier, whereas his mother was reportedly an actress who deserted her husband and children in 1900. Following his wife’s leaving the household, Rouse’s father had little time for his children; consequently, Rouse and his two siblings were largely raised by an aunt on his father’s side. Rouse was known as a well-behaved child; he and his siblings attended a local council school where he was regarded as a bright and athletic student. Upon leaving school at age 14, Rouse worked briefly as an office boy for an estate agent, then found more secure employment at a textile manufacturing firm. He worked at this firm for five years before training as a carpenter, all the while furthering his education by attending numerous evening classes. In addition, Rouse had a substantial musical gift, sang well, and learned how to play various musical instruments, becoming a proficient pianist, violinist, and mandolinist. Rouse’s exceptional baritone voice ensured that he regularly sang in his evening classes. In 1909, Rouse obtained employment at a West End furniture manufacturer. Shortly afterward, he became acquainted with a young clerk named Lily May Watkins, whom he first met at a local dance and with whom he began a relationship. Just four days after the outbreak of World War I, Rouse enlisted in the British Army and was assigned to the 24th Queen’s Regiment as a Private. After the war, Rouse returned to London and resumed his relationship with Lily May Watkins. They married in 1920 and had two children. Rouse’s crime became known as the “Blazing Car Murder” because he burned his victim to death inside his car.

1966 – George Cornell – was an English criminal and member of The Richardsons, who were scrap metal dealers and criminals from South London. Cornell was shot and killed by Ronnie Kray at The Blind Beggar public house in Whitechapel in the East End of London. The early life of Cornell is not well documented, but he was born in the old boundary of St George In The East on 13 November 1927, to unwed parents, one of seven or eight children. From the age of 12, Cornell often worked as a Billingsgate fish porter, and then at the nearby docks where he ran credit rackets and became friends with Lennie Hamilton and Billy Frost. Cornell did his National Service with Billy Wiltshire, the Kray twins’ cousin. Cornell went on to face several spells in prison, one for malicious wounding when he is believed to have slashed a woman’s face with a blade. Cornell was originally a member of an East End gang called The Watney Streeters and later became involved with the Kray twins. However, he changed sides around 1964 and allied himself with The Richardsons, led by Keith Askem and brothers Charlie and Eddie Richardson. Cornell, along with The Richardsons colleague and friend “Mad” Frankie Fraser, became an enforcer for the Richardsons and was primarily used by them for talks with the Krays. 

1980 – Herman Tarnower – was an American cardiologist who became widely known for his involvement in a high-profile murder case that captured public attention in the 1980s.  Born in Brooklyn, New York, Tarnower earned his medical degree from the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in 1938. He specialized in cardiology and eventually established a successful practice, earning a reputation as an expert in the field.  Tarnower gained even more notoriety with the publication of his best-selling diet book, “The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet,” co-authored with journalist Samm Sinclair Baker. The diet gained popularity for its emphasis on low-carbohydrate and high-protein intake. Tarnower, who was a proponent of healthy living, had a considerable following and was celebrated as a weight-loss guru.  However, Tarnower’s life took a tragic turn when he became embroiled in a sensational scandal. He was romantically involved with Jean Harris, the headmistress of The Madeira School, a private girls’ school. The relationship turned tumultuous, and on March 10, 1980, Harris confronted Tarnower at his Purchase, New York, home. The confrontation escalated, resulting in Tarnower’s death from multiple gunshot wounds.  Jean Harris was subsequently arrested and charged with second-degree murder. During the trial, she claimed that the shooting was accidental and that she intended to confront Tarnower about their relationship. Despite her defense, Harris was found guilty and sentenced to prison.  Herman Tarnower’s legacy is intertwined with the scandalous events leading to his untimely death and the subsequent trial that captivated the public. The case also inspired books, documentaries, and a television movie, further solidifying its place in the annals of true crime history.

1985 – Walter Williams – was a Welsh rugby union international. He was born on November 14, 1943 in Clyne, Wales. Williams was a farmer and played his rugby for Neath RFC. He was capped twice for Wales during the 1974 Five Nations Championship, against Ireland and France, both of which ended in draws. Williams passed away on March 10, 1985, at the age of 41 in Clyne, Wales. He committed suicide after stabbing his wife Janet to death

1992 – Robyn Leroy Parks – An American thief who murdered a gas station attendant as he was worried that he would realize that Parks was using a stolen credit card

1993 – Dr. David Gunn – was an American physician born on November 16, 1945 in Tennessee, US. He received his bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University and earned his M.D. at the University of Kentucky. After his residency, he moved to Brewton, Alabama, where he provided OB/GYN and abortion services in the rural United States.  On March 10, 1993, Dr. Gunn was fatally shot by anti-abortion extremist Michael Frederick Griffin in Pensacola, Florida. This was the first documented killing of an obstetrics and gynecology doctor where the stated intention of the perpetrator was to prevent a doctor from providing abortion care in an act of anti-abortion violence in the United States. Griffin was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.  Dr. Gunn’s murder was one of the motivating factors in the passing of the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act in 1994.

2005 – Donald Ray Wallace Jr – was a convicted murderer who killed an entire family of four in a botched home invasion in Evansville, Indiana in January 1980. The victims were George Patrick Gilligan, Theresa Lynne Sahm Gilligan, Lisa Lynne Gilligan, and Gregory Patrick Gilligan. Donald Ray Wallace Jr. was apprehended by law enforcement officials within days of the offense. He was sentenced to death and executed on March 10th, 2005.

2008 – Richard Fran Biegenwald – was an American serial killer convicted of murdering multiple people in New Jersey during the late 1970s. His criminal activities and the gruesome details of his crimes earned him a notorious reputation.  Biegenwald was born in 1940 in Staten Island, New York. He had a troubled childhood marked by a history of criminal behavior and spent time in and out of various juvenile facilities. His criminal tendencies continued into adulthood, leading to a series of arrests for offenses ranging from theft to assault.  However, it was during the late 1970s that Biegenwald’s crimes escalated to murder. He became known for his involvement in the “Thrill Kill” gang, a group of individuals engaged in criminal activities, including drug dealing and violent crimes.  Biegenwald’s killing spree came to light in 1983 when he was arrested and charged with the murders of five young women. The victims had been sexually assaulted and murdered in a particularly brutal manner. Biegenwald was known for dismembering his victims, and the details of his crimes shocked the public and law enforcement.  During the trial, Biegenwald was convicted of multiple counts of murder. He received a life sentence for each murder charge, ensuring that he would spend the rest of his life behind bars. Biegenwald spent his remaining years in prison until his death on March 10, 2008.  Richard Fran Biegenwald’s case stands as a chilling reminder of the darkness that can reside in individuals and the heinous acts they can commit. His life and crimes are a tragic chapter in the criminal history of the United States, leaving a lasting impact on the communities affected by his actions.

2008 – William Bradford – was an American convicted murderer, serving time in San Quentin State Prison for the 1984 slayings of his 15-year-old neighbor, Tracey Campbell, and barmaid Shari Miller.  In July 2006, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department unveiled a compilation of photographs discovered in Bradford’s apartment during the 1980s. These images portrayed 54 different women in various modeling poses. Given Bradford’s pattern of using the promise of a modeling career to entice his victims and his documented act of photographing Miller before her tragic demise, law enforcement inferred that Bradford operated as a serial killer. The photos believed to capture Bradford’s other victims in the moments preceding their deaths, added a haunting layer to the already chilling narrative of his crimes.  Bradford’s life came to an end at the Vacaville prison medical facility on March 10, 2008, where he succumbed to cancer. His death marked the conclusion of a dark chapter in criminal history, leaving behind lingering questions about the full extent of his crimes and the identities of potential victims captured in the haunting photographs.

2009 – Robert L. Newland – was a man who was convicted for the murder of Carol Sanders Beatty, a 27-year-old neighbor, on May 30, 1986. The crime was considered one of the most gruesome in Glynn County history at that time. Newland, a drywall construction contractor, was sentenced to death by lethal injection. His execution was scheduled for March 10, 2009. Despite appeals and motions filed by his attorneys, the Georgia Supreme Court affirmed Newland’s convictions and death sentence. His case was notable for the brutality of the crime and the long legal process that followed.

2009 – Michael Kenneth McLendon – was born on September 19, 1980. He is known for a tragic event that took place on March 10, 2009, in the communities of Kinston, Samson, and Geneva, Alabama. On this day, McLendon, at the age of 28, fatally shot ten people and wounded six others. This incident is considered the deadliest mass shooting in Alabama’s history.  The spree began at his mother’s house in Kinston, where he killed his mother and set the house on fire. He then traveled to Samson, where he killed his maternal grandmother, uncle, two cousins, and others, and wounded six. He also shot at people from his car as he drove along Highway 52 toward Geneva, leading police on a chase that ran 24 miles.  McLendon eventually reached Reliable Building Products, a place where he had previously worked. After engaging in a shootout with police, he committed suicide inside the building. It was reported that he had so much ammunition in his car that it appeared he intended to kill many more people.

2009 – James Edward Martinez – was a man known for a tragic event that took place on the evening of September 20, 2000, in Fort Worth, Texas. Martinez, who was 26 at the time of the offense, was convicted for the brutal murders of Michael Humphreys and Sandra Walton.  Michael Humphreys was a 19-year-old described as a funny and happy-go-lucky guy with lots of energy. He was a talented pool player who dreamed of making it professionally. At the time, he was good friends with 29-year-old Sandra Walton, his pool partner.  On the night of the crime, several gunshots were heard outside Sandra’s home. When the authorities arrived, they found Michael and Sandra shot to death by a high-powered firearm. The murder weapon was later identified as an Aug .223 caliber rifle.  The authorities soon learned about Sandra’s ex-boyfriend, James Edward Martinez. The two had gone out for a few weeks before Sandra broke up with him. At the time, James claimed he was at home all night but admitted that she owed him money — about $1000.  A friend of James’ came forward with some information. He claimed that James had left a black canvas bag with him. The police found it wrapped in garbage bags and duct tape. Inside, they found the murder weapon along with magazines of ammo, black clothing, and body armor.  James Edward Martinez was executed on March 10, 2009. His case was notable for the brutality of the crime and the long legal process that followed.

Events

New Mexico State University

1893 – New Mexico State University cancels its first graduation ceremony; its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed and killed the night before

1951 – FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover declines the post of the baseball commissioner

1969 – James Earl Ray pleads guilty to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr

2009 – The Geneva County massacre