Monday 16th of May 1836 (x) — Writer of mystery and the macabre Edgar Allan Poe marries Virginia Eliza Clemm
Clemm was Poe's cousin. They were married by a Presbyterian minister named Rev. Amasa Converse.
Friday 14th of January 1887 (-) — Murderer Thomas Cluverius is executed by hanging
A rope made of red and white silk was used to hang Cluverius. The intention was to cut it into pieces to sell as souvenirs after the hanging. Herbert Tobias Ezekiel who witnessed the hanging, wrote that the Sheriff had oiled the rope with sweet oil rather than cold grease which would have facilitated the slipping of the noose and broken Cluverius’s neck. When the trap was sprung the silk rope stretched until Cluverius’s feet were just inches from the ground. The loop extended nearly eighteen inches above his head and it took ten minutes for him to slowly strangle to death.
Thursday 15th of August 1895 (+) — Murderess Virginia Christian is born
Tuesday 24th of April 1934 (+) — Actress Shirley MacLaine is born
Tuesday 30th of March 1937 (+) — Actor Warren Beatty is born
Wednesday 8th of November 1961 (x) —
The captain and flight engineer survived the crash.
Wednesday 20th of January 1988 (x) — Serial killer Timothy Spencer is arrested and charged with the murders of 35-year-old Debbie Davis, 32-year-old Susan Hellams and 15-year-old Diane Cho
Thursday 1st of June 1989 (x) — Mass murderer John List is arrested for the murders of his mother, wife and three children on 9 November 1971
List's neighbor viewed the America's Most Wanted broadcast on the case, recognized the profile and alerted authorities. All the time List had been working as an accountant under the name Robert Peter 'Bob' Clark in Midlothian, Virginia.
