Saturday 27th of May 1854 (-) — Slave and murderess Jane Elkins is executed by hanging
Elkins was the first woman to be executed in Texas. She was convicted of killing her master named Wisdom with an axe-blow to the head.
Wednesday 16th of June 1920 (+) — Journalist and writer John Howard Griffin is born
Sunday 22nd of April 1923 (+) — Television producer Aaron Spelling is born
Thursday 22nd of October 1936 (+) — Founder of the Black Panther Party Bobby Seale is born
Saturday 15th of May 1937 (+) — Singer and actor Trini Lopez is born
Sunday 24th of January 1943 (+) — Actress Sharon Tate is born
Friday 10th of April 1953 (x) — Assassin Lee Harvey Oswald attempts to assassinate Major-General Edwin Walker
Oswald considered Walker a "fascist" and the leader of a "fascist organization". Walker was sitting at a desk in his dining room when Oswald fired at him from less than 30m away. The bullet struck the wooden frame of the window which deflected its path. Walker was injured in the forearm by fragments.
Thursday 1st of October 1953 (+) — Murderer Calvin King is born
Friday 19th of January 1962 (x) — Mass murderer Richard Speck marries 15-year-old Shirley Annette Malone
In January 1966 Malone filed for divorce.
Monday 13th of October 1969 (+) — Double murderer Mark Stroman is born
Sunday 30th of August 1970 (-) — Amateur filmmaker Abraham Zapruder dies of stomach cancer
Thursday 15th of August 1974 (+) — Double murderer Tommie Hughes is born
Wednesday 12th of February 1975 (+) — Double murderer Christopher Swift is born
Thursday 28th of April 1977 (+) — Double murderer Derrick Frazier is born
