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JANUARY
January 01, 1929 Joseph Lombardo
January 01, 1934 Alcatraz officially becomes a Federal Prison
January 01, 1936 Marco D'Amico
January 01, 1942 Michael Posner
January 02, 1902 Gerardo "Vito" Gatena, Newark, NJ
January 02, 1940 Jim Bakker, televangelist, PTL Club, rapist, convict
January 03, 1945 Stephen Stills, Love the One You're With
January 03, 1951 Mel Gibson, Peerskill, NY
January 03, 1996 Lora vom Studer Schloss
January 04, 1947 Wolfgang Kruger, Recklinghausen, Germany
January 04, 1964 Mary Sullivan, 19, 13th Boston Strangler victim, found murdered
January 06, 1911 Alfred Pilotto
January 06, 1933 Clyde escaped ambush, killing Investigators Malcom Davis and Fred Bradbury, Dallas, TX
January 06, 1959 Kathy Sledge, Philadelphia, Sister Sledge
January 07, 1900 Simone Scozzari, Sicily, Italy
January 07, 1917 Willie Messino
January 07, 1946 William Heirens abducted for ransom and murdered 6 year old Suzanne Degnan, Chicago, IL
January 07, 1948 Kenny Loggins, Everett, WA, Your Mama Don't Dance
January 07, 1993 K Wurf vom Studer Schloss
January 08, 1935 Doc Barker captured by FBI, Chicago, IL, Russell Gibson, member of Barker-Karpis Gang, killed by FBI during shoot out
January 08, 1935 Elvis Presley, Love Me Tender
January 08, 1937 Shirley Bassey, Cardiff, Wales, The Name Game
January 08, 1947 David Bowie, London, Let's Dance
January 08, 1973 Cynthia Schall murdered by Edmund Emil Kemper 
January 09, 1933 Bonnie and Clyde held policeman Thomas Persell hostage
January 09, 1941 Joan Baez, Staten Island
January 09, 1951 Crystal Gayle, Paintsville, KY, Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
January 09, 1958 Elmer "Trigger" Burke, died in the electric chair
January 09, 1996 Captain died today - a wonderful bird, 18 years old
January 10, 1926 Henry Spingola, ally of the Gennas, shot & killed by Capone gunmen, Chicago, IL
January 10, 1945 Rod Stewart, London, Maggie May
January 10, 1953 Pat Benatar, Brooklyn, Hit Me With Your Best Shot
January 11, 1957 Jack Gilbert Graham executed in the gas chamber, Colorado Penitentiary
January 12, 1928 George "Machine Gun" Kelly arrested Tulsa, OK, Prohibition Act
January 12, 1928 Henry Judd Gray and Ruth Brown Snyder, murderers, executed, Sing Sing Prison
January 14, 1938 John Henry Seadlund arrested for kidnapping & murder at Santa Anita Racetrack, CA, and was later electrocuted
January 14, 1941 Faye Dunaway, Bascom, FL, Bonnie & Clyde
January 14, 1996 Rhoda, the abusive mother with the razor blade mouth dies - good riddance, bitch 
January 15, 1921 Doc Barker arrested Muskogee, OK, attempted bank burglary, using alias Claud Dale
January 15, 1929 Martin Luther King, Jr
January 15, 1931 Baby Face Nelson robbed jewelry store, Chicago, IL, arrested, sentenced 1 year to life
January 15, 1934 John Dillinger and John Hamilton allegedly robbed 1st Nat'l  Bank, East Chicago, IN, for $20,376
January 15, 1936 Vincent James Cozzo
January 15, 1949 Body of "Black Dahlia" murder victim found, Los Angeles, CA
January 15, 1978 Margaret Bowman & Janet Levy, killed by Ted Bundy, Tallahassee, FL
January 16, 1934 Bonnie and Clyde broke Ray Hamilton, Joe Palmer, Hilton Bybee, J B French and Henry Methvin out of Eastham Prison Farm, killing a guard, Major Crowson
January 16, 1935 Ma Barker and Fred Barker killed at Lake Weir, Oklawaha, FL
January 16, 1936 Albert Fish, kidnapper, cannibal, executed, Sing Sing Prison
January 16, 1943 Ronnie Milsap, Robinsville, NC, Lost In the 50's
January 17, 1899 Al Capone, New York City
January 17, 1934 Doc Barker, Fred Barker, Alvin Karpis, Volney Davis, Fred Goetz, Bill Weaver and Harry Campbell kidnapped Edward G  Bremer, Minneapolis, MN, for $200,000 ransom
January 17, 1977 Gary Gilmore, executed in Utah, first US execution since 1967
January 18, 1933 Odell Chambless surrendered to Dallas police
January 18, 1941 David Ruffin, Mississippi, Temptations
January 18, 1942 Muhammad Ali, one of a kind
January 19, 1938 Phil Everly, Chicago, Everly Brothers
January 19, 1943 Janis Joplin, Port Arthur, TX, Piece of My Heart
January 19, 1946 Dolly Parton, Sevierville, TN, 9 to 5
January 19, 1949 Robert Palmer, England, Addicted To Love
January 20, 1934 Bonnie and Clyde robbed bank, Lancaster, TX
January 21, 1950 Billy Ocean, Get Into My Car
January 21, 1980 Blanche Wright, Robert Young shot Felipe Rodriguez, shot and killed Martha Navas, Luis Martin, Bronx, 2 weeks later they murdered Sam Nevins, Young killed, Wright sentenced to 18-life and 15-life
January 22, 1931 Sam Cooke, Chicago, IL, You Send Me
January 22, 1959 Linda Blair, St  Louis, MO, The Exorcist
January 22, 1964 Meyer Lansky opens new casino in the Bahamas
January 23, 1948 Caryl Chessman arrested, Los Angeles, CA
January 24, 1925 Johnny Torrio shotgunned by Hymie Weiss, Bugs Moran, and Vincent Drucci, Chicago, IL
January 24, 1935 First beer in cans is sold
January 24, 1941 Neil Diamond, Brooklyn, Forever In Blue Jeans
January 24, 1989 Ted Bundy electrocuted, Starke, FL - he finally buckled up
January 25, 1934 John Dillinger, Harry Pierpont, Charles Makley, and Jim Clark arrested in Tucson, AZ, on fugitive charges
January 25, 1938 Etta James, Los Angeles, CA, Tell Mama, Security
January 25, 1947 Al Capone, age 48, died from brain hemorrhage, Palm Island, FL
January 25, 1971 Charles Manson, Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie VanHouten convicted, sentenced to death - a farce
January 26, 1925 Paul Newman, Cleveland, OH, The Hustler, The Color of Money
January 26, 1962 Lucky Luciano died of a heart attack, Naples, Italy
January 27, 1930 Bobby Blue Bland, Rosemark, TN, Turn On Your Love Light
January 27, 1980 Paul McCartney released after 10 days, possession of marijuana, Tokyo, Japan, was ordered never to return to that country
January 28, 1910 Dominic Alaimo, Pittston, PA
January 28, 1925 Dominic Cortina
January 28, 1958 Charles Starkweather murdered Velda, Marion, and Betty Jean Bartlett, Lincoln, NE
January 29, 1924 John Monteleone
January 29, 1942 Claudine Longet, France
January 29, 1954 Oprah Winfrey, Kosciusko, MS
January 30, 1921 Doc Barker, using alias Bob Barker, imprisoned State Penitentiary, McAlester OK, for robbery
January 30, 1933 Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
January 30, 1939 Hitler announces he will exterminate the Jewish race in event of war
January 30, 1946 Victoria Principal, Japan
January 30, 1951 Phil Collins, London, Against All Odds
January 30, 1955 Heiner Isselhorst, Recklinghausen, Germany
January 30, 1958 Charles Starkweather shot and killed Robert Jensen, Carol King, and Lillian Fenci, Lincoln, NE, later that day killing Mr and Mrs C Lauer Ward
January 30, 1977 Christine Freund killed by Son of Sam, NYC
January 31, 1932 Rick Hall, Franklin Co, AL, Fame Studio, Muscle Shoals
FEBRUARY
February 01, 1900 The most lavish and famous brothel in the US, the Everleigh Club, owned by Ada and Minna Everleigh, opened in Chicago
February 01, 1920 The first armored car is introduced
February 01, 1934 Frank Hamer, ex-Texas Ranger, hired to hunt Bonnie and Clyde, for $180/month - gave up $500/month employment to do so
February 01, 1934 Joseph Lamantia
February 01, 1937 Don Everly, Everly Brothers
February 01, 1958 Charles Starkweather shot and killed Merle Collison, Doublas, WY
February 01, 1959 Penny Bjorkland murdered August Norry, Daly City, CA
February 01, 1974 Lynda Ann Healy, first Bundy murder victim, abducted, Seattle, WA
February 02, 1932 Clyde Barrow paroled from Eastham Prison Farm
February 02, 1942 Graham Nash, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
February 02, 1947 Farrah Fawcett, Corpus Christi, TX
February 02, 1995 Eifer vom Studer Schloss died
February 03, 1889 Belle Starr shot and killed, Briartown, OK
February 03, 1950 Morgan Fairchild, Dallas, TX
February 04, 1928 Edward Hickman, kidnapper, murderer, hanged, San Quentin Prison
February 05, 1848 Belle Starr
February 05, 1944 Al Kooper, Brooklyn, keyboards
February 05, 1945 Bob Marley, Kingston, Jamaica, reggae
February 05, 1973 Rosalind Thorpe, Alice Lui, shot, murdered by Edmund Emil Kemper 
February 06, 1910 Carlos Marcello, Tunisia
February 06, 1912 Eva Braun, mistress of Adolf Hitler
February 06, 1943 Fabian Forte, Philadelphia, Turn Me Loose
February 06, 1950 Natalie Cole, Los Angeles, Pink Cadillac
February 06, 1967 Cassius Clay d  Ernie Terrell, 15 rounds, Houston
February 07, 1904 Luther Holbert and wife, a black couple, convicted of murder, are burned alive by a mob in Doddsville, MS
February 07, 1930 Frank Schweihs
February 07, 1934 $200,000 ransom paid to Doc Barker and gang for Edward G Bremer
February 07, 1964 The Beatles arrive in the US for the first time, New York City - Beatlemania officially begins
February 07, 1994 Atos vom Silberbach
February 08, 1950 Wolfgang Schreiber, Recklinghausen, Germany
February 09, 1913 David Rucker, a black man, is soaked with oil and burned alive by a mob of 1000 whites at the courthouse, Houston, TX
February 09, 1942 Carole King, Brooklyn, Tapestry
February 09, 1945 Mia Farrow, Los Angeles, Rosemary's Baby
February 09, 1971 6.4 earthquake shakes Los Angeles, 64 killed
February 10, 1922 Doc Barker imprisoned State Penitentiary, McAlester, OK, for murder, sentenced to life
February 10, 1939 Roberta Flack, Black Mt, NC, Killing Me Softly
February 10, 1946 Lucky Luciano deported to Italy
February 11, 1928 George "Machine Gun" Kelly imprisoned Leavenworth Penitentiary, possession of liquor
February 11, 1932 Pretty Boy Floyd escaped police trap, Tulsa, OK
February 11, 1936 Burt Reynolds, Waycross, GA
February 12, 1913 Fredrick Pulin is the last person to be executed at Clinton Prison, Dannemora, NY, by electrocution
February 12, 1918 Jim McIlherron, a black man, murderer, is dragged from a train and burned alive by a mob of 1200 white people, Estill Springs, TN
February 12, 1945 Maude Adams, Lulea, Sweden, Tattoo
February 13, 1936 Machine Gun Jack McGurn, shot & killed, Chicago, IL
February 14, 1929 St Valentine's Day Massacre, Chicago, IL
February 14, 1993 Clint vom Hamskamp SchH III, died
February 15, 1902 Chicago's Jim Roofer opens phony betting parlor
February 15, 1926 Urazio Tropea, a Genna ally, shot to death, Chicago, IL
February 15, 1938 Dominick Basso
February 15, 1951 Melissa Manchester, Bronx, Bring In the Clowns
February 15, 1978 Leon Spinks d Muhammad Ali, 15 rounds, Las Vegas
February 16, 1909 Professional New York thief, Leslie Coombs, sentenced to electric chair, St Lawrence County, NY
February 16, 1940 Sonny Bono, Detroit, Palm Springs politician
February 16, 1980 Stephen Judy, mass murderer, sentenced to death 
February 17, 1928 Joseph Spadavecchio
February 17, 1932 Baby Face Nelson escaped State Penitentiary, Joliet, IL
February 17, 1933 Bobby Lewis, Tossin' & Turnin'
February 17, 1934 Bonnie and Clyde escaped police and National Guard dragnet, Cookson Hills, OK
February 17, 1941 Gene Pitney, Hartford, CT, Town Without Pity
February 18, 1933 Yoko Ono, Tokyo, Japan
February 18, 1950 Cybill Shepherd, Memphis, TN
February 18, 1954 John Travolta, Englewood, NJ, Grease
February 18, 1957 Vanna White, Myrtle Beach, SC, Wheel of Fortune
February 18, 1963 Gertrude Gruen assaulted by Boston Strangler, escapes death
February 18, 1973 Frank Costello, Mafia syndicate power, died
February 19, 1920 Doc Barker arrested Joplin, MO, for jailbreak in Tulsa, OK, returned to Tulsa
February 19, 1934 Bonnie, Clyde, Mary O'Dare, Ray Hamilton, Henry Methvin and James Mullen robbed the National Guard Armory, Ranger, TX
February 19, 1940 Smokey Robinson, Detroit, MI, a miracle
February 19, 1943 Lou Christie, PA, Lightning Strikes
February 19, 1955 Margaux Hemingway, Portland, OR
February 20, 1954 Patty Hearst, San Francisco, CA, Daddy's money talks
February 20, 1976 Muhammad Ali KO Jean-Pierre Coopman, 5 rounds, San Juan
February 21, 1910 Carmine Galante, New York
February 21, 1947 Tyne Daly, Madison, WI, The Enforcer
February 24, 1953 Elmer "Trigger" Burke shot and killed George Goll, New York City
February 24, 1964 Cassius Clay KO Sonny Liston, 7 rounds, Miami Beach
February 25, 1925 John Dillinger caught gambling by guards, 30 days added to sentence, Pendleton Reformatory, IN
February 25, 1926 Alvin Karpis imprisoned State Industrial Reformatory, Hutchinson, KS, for second degree burglary
February 25, 1952 Marianne Sommerfeld, Recklinghausen, Germany
February 25, 1982 Barkasse der Hanswurst - VB, Jacksonville, FL
February 25, 1985 Rolf vom Ravenblack victimized by Continental Airlines
February 26, 1928 Fats Domino, New Orleans, LA, Blueberry Hill
February 26, 1928 James D'Antonio
February 26, 1932 Johnny Cash, Kingsland, AR, I Walk The Line
February 26, 1982 Barkasse der Hanswurst - WH, Jacksonville, FL
February 27, 1982 Wayne Williams found guilty of murdering 2 of 28 blacks in Atlanta
February 28, 1906 Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, Brooklyn
February 28, 1943 Barbara Acklin, Chicago, Love Makes a Woman
February 28, 1948 Bernadette Peters, Queens
MARCH
March 01, 1924 Frank "Jelly" Nash sentenced to 25 years, Leavenworth, KS, for assaulting Mail custodian
March 01, 1932 Bruno Richard Hauptmann kidnapped and murdered Charles Lindbergh, Jr
March 01, 1935 Adam Richetti indicted, 4 counts 1st degree murder, Kansas City, MO
March 02, 1930 Buck Barrow escaped Eastham Prison Farm, TX
March 02, 1950 Karen Carpenter, CT, We've Only Just Begun
March 03, 1934 John Dillinger escaped jail, Crown Point, IN, using a wooden gun
March 03, 1990 Mac vom Olfener Kirchspiel SchH I AD, Selm, Germany
March 04, 1944 Louis "Lepke" Buchalter electrocuted, Sing Sing Prison
March 04, 1944 Louis Capone electrocuted, Sing Sing Prison
March 04, 1944 Mendy Weiss electrocuted, Sing Sing Prison
March 04, 1959 Carrol Jackson and daughter Janet, found, murdered by Melvin Rees
March 05, 1944 Bobby Womack, Cleveland, OH, badass guitarist, songwriter
March 06, 1934 Barrow Gang members Ray Hamilton and Mary O'Dare left for Texas
March 06, 1934 John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, Homer Van Meter, John Hamilton, Eddie Green, and Tommy Carroll robbed Security Nat'l Bank, Sioux Falls, SD, for $49,000
March 06, 1944 Mary Wilson, Supremes
March 06, 1947 Kiki Dee, Yorkshire, England, Don't Go Breakin My Heart
March 06, 1978 Hustler publisher Larry Flynt shot & crippled by sniper, GA
March 06, 1994 Bo vom Wulfener Land, Recklinghausen, Germany
March 07, 1934 King Curtis, Fort Worth, TX, awesome tenor, Memphis Soul Stew
March 07, 1936 Hitler breaks Treaty of Versailles, sends troops to Rhineland
March 07, 1993 Mac vom Olfener Kirchspiel, SchH I 99-84-97, Steinerkreuz
March 08, 1930 Pretty Boy Floyd, using alias Frank Mitchell, arrested Akron, OH
March 08, 1952 Albert Anastasia murdered Arnold Schuster, New York City
March 08, 1968 Raymond Patriarca sentenced to 5 years for conspiracy
March 08, 1971 Joe Frazier d Muhammad Ali, 15 rounds, New York
March 08, 1977 Virginia Voskerichian killed by Son of Sam, NYC
March 08, 1981 Stephen Judy, mass murderer, electrocuted 
March 08, 1993 Kris vom Studer Schloss died 
March 09, 1929 Alvin Karpis escaped State Industrial Reformatory, Hutchinson, KS
March 09, 1929 Pretty Boy Floyd arrested Kansas City, MO
March 09, 1932 Adam Richetti arrested, bank robbery, Sulphur, OK, freed on $15,000 bond, jumped bail
March 09, 1953 Barbara Graham beat elderly Mrs Monohan to death, Burbank, CA
March 09, 1963 Mary Brown, 69, raped, beaten, stabbed by Boston Strangler
March 09, 1985 Barkasse der Hanswurst - SchH II, Citra, FL
March 10, 1928 James Earl Ray, murderer, Dr Martin Luther King
March 10, 1934 Bonnie, Clyde, Joe Palmer and Henry Methvin returned to Dallas for a family reunion, escaping police chase
March 10, 1940 Dean Torrence, Jan & Dean
March 10, 1940 Donna Brown, Los Angeles
March 10, 1960 Bill Daves - famous boat racer
March 10, 1969 James Earl Ray, Martin Luther King's killer, sentenced to 99 years
March 11, 1930 Bonnie smuggles .32 Colt to Clyde in Waco jail, Clyde escapes
March 11, 1930 Pretty Boy Floyd robbed bank, Sylvania, OH
March 12, 1946 Liza Minnelli, Los Angeles
March 12, 1948 James Taylor, Boston, You've Got A Friend
March 12, 1957 Marlon Jackson, Jackson 5
March 12, 1980 John Wayne Gacy found guilty of murdering 33, Chicago, IL
March 13, 1901 John Henderson, a black man accused of murder, is dragged from the Corsicana, TX jail by a mob of 5000, tied to stake and burned alive
March 13, 1918 Jack "Legs" Diamond is arrested for robbery, charge dismissed, New York City
March 13, 1934 John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, Homer Van Meter, John Hamilton, Eddie Green, and Tommy Carroll robbed First Nat'l  Bank of Mason City, IA, for $52,000  Dillinger and Hamilton wounded
March 13, 1939 Neil Sedaka, New York, Breakin Up Is Hard To Do
March 13, 1955 Lyn "Sky" Chambers, Jackson, MS - bad bass player
March 13, 1964 Kitty Genovese is stabbed to death in Queens as 40 neighbors watch
March 14, 1927 George "Machine Gun" Kelly imprisoned State Prison, Santa Fe, NM, for violation of Prohibition Act
March 14, 1931 Inmates riot over food, Joliet State Prison, IL
March 14, 1932 Louis Marino
March 14, 1933 Quincy Jones, Chicago, IL, producer extraordinaire
March 14, 1964 Jack Ruby found guilty of Lee Harvey Oswald murder, Dallas, TX
March 15, 1900 Al "the Owl" Polizzi arrives in the US from Sicily
March 15, 1941 Mike Love, Beach Boys
March 15, 1957 Burton Abbott, murderer, died in San Quentin gas chamber
March 15, 1992 Corey vom Adelhertz arrived
March 16, 1922 Ernest "Rocky" Infelice
March 16, 1935 Hitler orders German rearmament in violation of Versailles Treaty
March 16, 1956 Richard Carpenter, murderer, electrocuted, Illinois State Prison, Joliet IL
March 16, 1983 Fanny vom Haardblick SchH III AD
March 17, 1906 William Carr, a black man, accused of stealing a cow, is hanged by 30 white vigilantes, Plaquemine, LA
March 17, 1908 Raymond Patriarca, Worcester, MA
March 17, 1930 Al Capone released after 10 mo from Eastern Penitentiary, PA, for good behavior
March 17, 1934 Frank Calabrese
March 17, 1944 John Sebastian, New York, Lovin' Spoonful
March 18, 1930 Clyde recaptured, Middleton OH, and returned to jail, Waco, TX
March 18, 1933 Michael Carioscia
March 18, 1939 Charlie Pride, Sledge, MS
March 18, 1941 Wilson Pickett, Prattville, AL, Midnight Hour
March 18, 1972 Rebecca and I were married
March 19, 1934 John Dillinger escaped FBI trap, St Paul, MN
March 19, 1943 Frank Nitti committed suicide after Grand Jury indictment, Chicago, IL
March 19, 1960 Sharon Kinne, 19, shot, killed husband, blaming it on her 2 1/2 year old daughter, Kansas City, MO
March 19, 1987 Jim Bakker resigns after sex scandal with Jessica Hahn
March 20, 1899 Martha Place, 1st woman executed by electrocution, NY
March 20, 1931 Fred Barker paroled from Kansas State Penitentiary
March 20, 1934 Fred Goetz killed by Barker-Karpis Gang
March 20, 1937 Jerry Reed, Atlanta, GA, Amos Moses
March 21, 1933 Frank Panno
March 21, 1959 Mildred and Susan Jackson, found, murdered by Melvin Rees
March 21, 1969 Jane Mixer found in shopping bag, victim of Norman Collins 
March 22, 1932 Bonnie arrested Kaufman, TX, robbery and car theft, Clyde escaped
March 22, 1933 Buck Barrow receives pardon from Huntsville Penitentiary
March 22, 1943 George Benson, Pittsburg, PA, On Broadway
March 22, 1967 Cassius Clay KO Zora Folley, 7 rounds, New York
March 23, 1930 Alvin Karpis arrested using alias Raymond Hadley, Kansas City, MO, for larceny and safe blowing
March 23, 1931 Pretty Boy Floyd escaped police trap, Kansas City, MO
March 23, 1933 German Reichstag grants Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers
March 23, 1953 Chaka Khan, Great Lakes, IL, Rufus, (Yvette Stevens)
March 24, 1909 Clyde Champion Barrow, Telice, TX
March 24, 19 19 Jack "Legs" Diamond is arrested for deserting the US Army and stealing company funds, imprisoned Leavenworth, KS
March 24, 1975 Muhammad Ali KO Chuck Wepner, 15 rounds, Cleveland
March 25, 1930 Alvin Karpis imprisoned State Industrial Reformatory, Hutchinson, KS
March 25, 1931 Pretty Boy Floyd killed Wallace & William Ash
March 25, 1932 Clyde Barrow and Ray Hamilton robbed Sims Oil Co, Dallas, TX, for $300
March 25, 1942 Aretha Franklin, Memphis, TN, Lady Soul
March 25, 1947 Elton John, Middlesex, England
March 25, 1969 Maralynn Skelton, 16, found, murder victim of Norman Collins 
March 26, 1916 Robert Stroud, "Birdman of Alcatraz", stabbed and killed prison guard, Leavenworth, KS
March 26, 1944 Diana Ross, Detroit, Supremes
March 26, 1950 Teddy Pendergrass, Philadelphia
March 27, 1924 Sarah Vaughan, Newark, NJ
March 27, 1929 Al Capone arrested for contempt, Chicago, IL
March 27, 1972 Angela Davis, trial for murder & kidnapping, San Jose, CA
March 28, 1917 Rufus Thomas, Collierville, TX, Breakdown, Funky Chicken
March 28, 1927 James LaPietra
March 29, 1886 Coca-Cola is created, with cocaine
March 29, 1966 Cassius Clay d George Chuvalo, 15 rounds, Toronto
March 30, 1937 Warren Beatty, Richmond, VA, Bonnie & Clyde
March 30, 1945 Eric Clapton, Surrey, England
March 31, 1934 John Dillinger escaped FBI raid, St Paul, MN
March 31, 1935 Herb Alpert, Los Angeles, founder A&M Records
APRIL
April 01, 1916 Gus Alex
April 01, 1924 Adolf Hitler sentenced to 5 years, involvement in Beer-Hall Putsch
April 01, 1927 Chris Petti
April 01, 1932 Debbie Reynolds, El Paso, TX
April 01, 1934 Bonnie, Clyde, and Henry Methvin killed 2 State Police, Grapevine, TX, escaping to Oklahoma
April 01, 1939 Ali MacGraw, Pound Ridge, NY
April 01, 1945 Heather Young, WA
April 02, 1936 Bruno Richard Hauptmann, kidnapper, murderer, electrocuted, Trenton, NJ
April 02, 1939 Marvin Gaye, Washington, DC, Hitchhike, Sexual Healing
April 02, 1941 Leon Russell, keyboards, Mad Dogs & Englishmen
April 02, 1947 Emmy Lou Harris, Birmingham, AL
April 02, 1962 Angel Cropper
April 03, 1919 William Little, a black man and ex-soldier, is beaten to death by a mob of whites, for wearing his uniform-the only clothes he owned, in Blakely, GA
April 03, 1924 Marlon Brando, Omaha, NE
April 03, 1934 Eddie Green, Dillinger accomplice, shot in the back by FBI, St Paul, MN, died 8 days later
April 03, 1961 Eddie Murphy, Brooklyn, Richard Pryor's clone
April 04, 1915 Muddy Waters, bluesman
April 04, 1923 Vern Miller arrested, embezzlement of public funds, Sioux Falls, SD
April 04, 1933 Barker-Karpis Gang robbed Fairbury Bank, Fairbury, NE, Earl Christman wounded in escape, later died
April 04, 1934 Bonnie, Clyde, and Henry Methvin sighted in Duvant, OK, by Frank Hamer, Manny Gault, Bob Alcorn and Ted Hinton
April 04, 1955 Marianne Klinger, Recklinghausen, Germany
April 04, 1968 Chicago Mayor Daley orders police to "shoot to kill" rioters
April 04, 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr assassinated by James Earl Ray, in Memphis, TN
April 05, 1932 Adam Richetti imprisoned, State Penitentiary, McAlester, OK
April 05, 1980 Barkasse der Hanswurst SchH II VB WH - the best
April 06, 1866 Butch Cassidy, Circleville, UT
April 06, 1934 Bonnie, Clyde and Henry Methvin shot and killed Officer Cal Campbell, wounded and kidnapped Police Chief Percy Boyd, Commerce, OK, releasing him unharmed the next day near Ft Scott, KS
April 06, 1937 Billy Dee Williams, New York, Lady Sings The Blues
April 06, 1944 Michelle Phillips, Long Beach, CA, Mamas & Papas
April 06, 1962 Beate Vollmer, Recklinghausen, Germany
April 07, 1915 Billie Holiday
April 07, 1932 Pretty Boy Floyd killed Special Investigator Erv Kelley, Bixby, OK
April 07, 1933 Prohibition ends
April 07, 1948 John Oates, New York, Rich Girl
April 07, 1984 Barkasse der Hanswurst - SchH I, Bowling Green, KY
April 09, 1912 Tom Miles, a black man, acquitted of writing letters to a white girl, is seized by a mob and lynched, Shreveport, LA
April 09, 1926 Hugh Hefner, Playboy Magazine
April 12, 1924 John Dillinger married Bethyl Hovius, Martinsville, IN
April 12, 1940 Herbie Hancock, keyboards
April 13, 1933 Bonnie, Clyde, W D  Jones, Buck and Blanche escape police trap, Joplin, MO, Clyde wounded, killing officers Wes Harryman and Harry McGinnis
April 13, 1946 Al Green, Forest City, AR, Let's Stay Together
April 14, 1935 Loretta Lynn, Butcher Hollow, KY, Coalminer's Daughter
April 14, 1941 Johnny Torrio paroled from Leavenworth Penitentiary, KS
April 14, 1965 Richard Hickock and Perry Smith, hanged for multiple murders
April 15, 1912 Titanic sinks at 2:20 AM
April 15, 1931 Joe "the Boss" Masseria murdered, Coney Island, NY, by Joe Adonis, Albert Anastasia, Bugsy Siegel and Vito Genovese
April 15, 1966 Samantha Fox, England, Touch Me
April 16, 1918 Jack "Legs" Diamond is arrested for attempted robbery, charge dismissed, New York City
April 16, 1935 Bobby Vinton, Canonsburg, PA, Blue Velvet
April 16, 1939 Dusty Springfield, London, You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
April 16, 1957 Johnny Torrio died of a heart attack, NY
April 16, 1969 Dawn Basom, 13, found, murder victim of Norman Collins 
April 17, 1915 Caesar Sheffield, a black man accused of stealing meat, is taken from jail by a mob and shot to death, Valdosta, GA
April 17, 1977 Alexander Esau, Valentina Suriani killed by Son of Sam, Bronx
April 17, 1988 G Wurf vom Studer Schloss
April 18, 1857 Clarence Darrow, lawyer
April 18, 1982 Xarras von der Herreneiche - a great one
April 19, 1903 Eliot Ness, Untouchables
April 19, 1932 Jayne Mansfield, PA, pinup girl
April 19, 1934 Clyde writes famous letter to Henry Ford, from Tulsa, OK
April 19, 1993 Infamous Jim Thompson/Marco bloodbath - overtime at TGH
April 20, 1889 Adolf Hitler, Braunau, Austria
April 20, 1951 Luther Vandross, On The Wings Of Love
April 20, 2001 Stax Museum groundbreaking
April 21, 1930 Clyde transferred from Waco jail to Huntsville Penitentiary, TX
April 22, 1934 Baby Face Nelson killed FBI agent, Carter Baum, Little Bohemia, WI
April 22, 1934 Melvin Purvis, FBI, leads raid on Little Bohemia Lodge, WI, John Dillinger and gang escaped
April 22, 1936 Johnny Torrio arrested for income tax evasion, White Plains, NY
April 22, 1936 Max Emil Fredrick von Stephanitz, Father of the German Shepherd Dog, died
April 22, 1974 Dale Pierre, William Andrews rob hi fi store, Ogden, UT, wounding Cortney Naisbitt, elder Mr Walker, killing Carol Naisbitt, Michelle Ansley, Stan Walker - sentenced to death 
April 23, 1934 John Dillinger and gang escape police roadblock, John Hamilton wounded, St Paul, MN
April 24, 1969 Sirhan Sirhan, murderer, sentenced to death, Los Angeles, CA
April 25, 1923 Albert King, Indianola, MS, Chainsaw, Blues Power
April 25, 1931 Carmen Peter Bastone
April 25, 1934 Ray Hamilton surrendered to police, Sherman, TX
April 25, 1935 Alvin Karpis robbed US Mail truck, Warren, OH, for $70,000
April 26, 1894 Rudolf Hess, Hitler's deputy Fuhrer
April 26, 1943 Gary Wright, Dream Weaver
April 27, 1932 Clyde robs and kills grocer and jeweler John Bucher, Hillsboro, TX
April 27, 1933 Bonnie, Clyde, W D Jones, Buck and Blanche steal a car, kidnapping undertaker, H D Darby and his fiancé Sophie Stone, later releasing them unharmed, Rustin, LA
April 27, 1947 Ann Peebles, MO, I Can't Stand The Rain
April 27, 1959 Sheena Easton, Bellshill, Scotland
April 28, 1906 Tony Accardo, Chicago, IL
April 28, 1941 Ann-Margaret, Valsjobya, Sweden
April 28, 1955 Burton W Abbott strangled and murdered Stephanie Bryan, San Francisco, CA
April 28, 1979 Terry Chasteen and 3 children found murdered, White Lick Creek, IN, by Stephen Judy 
April 29, 1919 George Holden, a black man, who survived 2 previous lynching attempts, is taken from a train and lynched, Shreveport, LA
April 29, 1944 James Lavalley
April 30, 1933 Willie Nelson, TX, On The Road Again
April 30, 1945 Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide
April 30, 1976 Muhammad Ali d Jimmy Young, 15 rounds, Landover, MD
MAY
May 01, 1936 Alvin Karpis arrested by FBI, New Orleans, LA, J Edgar Hoover, director FBI, makes his first (only) arrest
May 01, 1945 Rita Coolidge, Nashville, TN, the young Delta Lady
May 02, 1931 Alvin Karpis discharged from Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing
May 02, 1946 Bloody breakout attempt at Alcatraz, involving Bernard Coy, Clarence Carnes, Joseph Cretzer, 8 killed
May 02, 1946 Leslie Gore, Tenafly, NJ, It's My Party, Judy's Turn To Cry
May 02, 1960 Caryl Chessman, convicted kidnapper, executed in CA
May 03, 1935 Harry Sawyer, Barker-Karpis Gang member, arrested in Mississippi
May 03, 1937 Frankie Valli, Newark, NJ, 4 Seasons, Godfather of the 60's, Frank Castelluccio
May 04, 1970 4 student protesters, Kent State Univ killed by Ohio National Guard
May 05, 1932 Clyde robs and kidnaps owners of 2 service stations, Lufkin, TX
May 05, 1938 Johnnie Taylor, Crawfordsville, AR, Who's Makin Love
May 05, 1942 Tammy Wynette, Redbay, AL, Stand By Your Man
May 06, 1929 Pretty Boy Floyd arrested Kansas City, KS, for vagrancy, suspicion highway robbery
May 06, 1945 Bob Seger, Detroit, Silver Bullet Band
May 06, 1963 Beverly Samans, 23, raped, strangled by Boston Strangler 
May 06, 1987 Jim Bakker & Rich Dortch dismissed from Assemblies of God
May 07, 1914 Charley Jones, a black man, is lynched by a mob, Groveton, MS
May 07, 1929 Al Capone killed Albert Anselmi, John Scalise and Joseph Giunta, Chicago, with a baseball bat
May 07, 1939 Jimmy Ruffin, Temptations
May 07, 1972 Anita Luchese, Maryann Pesce murdered by Edmund Emil Kemper, Berkley, CA 
May 08, 1920 Henry Scott, a black man, train porter, is pulled off a train and shot 60 or more times by a mob of whites, Tampa, FL
May 08, 1933 Bonnie and Clyde and the Barrow Gang robbed Lucerne State Bank, Indiana, for $300
May 08, 1943 Toni Tennille, Montgomery, AL, the Captain's other half
May 09, 1929 Pretty Boy Floyd arrested Pueblo, CO, vagrancy, fined $50 and 60 days in jail
May 09, 1937 Dave Prater, Sam & Dave
May 09, 1947 Leonard Calamia arrested for the strangling death of Nick DeJohn
May 09, 1947 Sami Jo (Jane Annette Jobe)
May 09, 1949 Billy Joel, Bronx, Uptown Girl
May 10, 2001 Klint v Studer Schloss died
May 11, 1920 Johnny Torrio ordered Al Capone to murder Jim Colosimo, Chicago, IL
May 11, 1941 Eric Burdon, England, Animals
May 11, 2001 Scamp the fox arrived
May 12, 1916 Jack "Legs" Diamond is arrested, assault & robbery, New York City, and discharged
May 12, 1932 Clyde Barrow robbed a Dallas, TX liquor store for $76
May 12, 1988 Steve caught 10 lb 4 oz largemouth bass
May 13, 1929 Burt Bacharach
May 13, 1931 Jack "Legs" Diamond is arrested, violation Prohibition Act, New York City
May 13, 1933 Peter Difronzo
May 13, 1943 Mary Wells, Detroit, My Guy, Motown's 1st artist
May 13, 1950 Stevie Wonder, Saginaw, MI
May 15, 1933 Bonnie and Clyde and the Barrow Gang robbed First State Bank of Okabena, MN, for $1,500
May 15, 1937 Trini Lopez, Dallas, TX
May 15, 1938 Lenny Welch, NJ, Tell It Like It Is
May 15, 1940 First nylon stockings were sold in America
May 15, 1970 Mississippi Highway Patrol kills 2, wounds 11, Jackson State College
May 16, 1955 Debra Winger, Columbus, OH, Black Widow
May 16, 1966 Janet Jackson, a Jackson clone
May 16, 1975 Muhammad Ali KO Ron Lyle, 11 rounds, Las Vegas
May 16, 1977 Muhammad Ali d Alfredo Evangelista, 15 rounds, Landover, MD
May 17, 1929 Al Capone and bodyguard arrested for carrying concealed weapons, Philadelphia, PA
May 18, 1956 Sugar Ray Leonard
May 19, 1924 Johnny Torrio arrested at Sieben's Brewery for violation of Prohibition Act, Chicago, IL
May 19, 1930 Alvin Karpis transferred to State Penitentiary, Lansing, KS
May 20, 1930 Pretty Boy Floyd arrested for bank robbery, Toledo, OH
May 20, 1944 Joe Cocker, England, Mad Dogs and Englishmen
May 20, 1946 Cher, El Centro, CA, beautiful
May 21, 1912 Harold Robbins, author extraordinaire
May 21, 1934 Bonnie and Clyde staged party at Black Lake, LA - law enforcement officials were not invited
May 21, 1941 Ronald Isley, Isley Brothers
May 21, 1966 Cassius Clay KO Henry Cooper, 6 rounds, London
May 22, 1933 John Dillinger paroled from Indiana State Reformatory
May 22, 1934 Special ambush posse, Frank Hamer, Manny Gault, Prentis Oakley, Henderson Jordan, Bob Alcorn, and Ted Hinton, hid overnight in woods and trees, waiting for Bonnie and Clyde, Arcadia, LA
May 22, 1939 Hitler and Mussolini sign 10-year "Pact of Steel" alliance
May 23, 1913 Vito Genovese arrives in the US at 10 years old, from Sicily
May 23, 1934 Bonnie & Clyde killed by Frank Hamer, Manny Gault, Prentis Oakley, Henderson Jordan, Bob Alcorn, and Ted Hinton, with 187 rounds from pistols, shotguns, rifles and machineguns
May 24, 1918 George "Bugs" Moran is captured during safe burglary, Chicago
May 24, 1941 Bob Dylan, Duluth, MN, Like A Rolling Stone
May 24, 1944 Patti LaBelle, Philadelphia, PA, LaBelle
May 24, 1945 Priscilla Presley, New York
May 24, 1955 Rosanne Cash, Memphis, TN
May 25, 1925 George "Bugs" Moran murdered Angelo Genna, Chicago, IL
May 25, 1934 Clyde Barrow buried next to Buck, West Dallas Cemetery, TX
May 25, 1965 Cassius Clay KO Sonny Liston, 1 round, Lewiston, Maine
May 25, 1976 Muhammad Ali KO Richard Dunn, 5 rounds, Munich
May 25, 1979 American Airlines DC-10 crashes in Chicago, killing 275
May 26, 1934 Bonnie Parker buried Fishtrap Cemetery, West Dallas, TX
May 26, 1948 Stevie Nicks, CA, Fleetwood Mac
May 26, 1949 Hank Williams, Jr, Shreveport, LA, Attitude Adjustment
May 27, 1916 Jack "Legs" Diamond is arrested for robbery, New York City, and discharged
May 27, 1949 Roland Ignoffo
May 27, 1960 Sharon Kinne shot, killed Patricia Jones, Kansas City, MO 
May 28, 1908 Ian Fleming, father of James Bond
May 28, 1935 Wayne Bock
May 28, 1944 Gladys Knight, Atlanta, GA, Midnight Train to Georgia
May 28, 1945 John Fogerty, Credence Clearwater Revival, Proud Mary
May 30, 1431 Joan of Arc was executed
May 30, 1911 First Indianapolis 500 car race
May 30, 1937 Police kill 10 strikers at Republic Steel Plant in Chicago
May 30, 1964 Wynona Judd, The Judds
May 31, 1930 Clint Eastwood, San Francisco, Dirty Harry
May 31, 1933 Harvey Bailey escaped Kansas State Penitentiary
May 31, 1964 Charles Howard Schmid and John Saunders murdered 15 year old Alleen Rowe, Tucson, AZ
JUNE
June 01, 1926 Marilyn Monroe
June 01, 1928 Machine Gun Jack McGurn killed Lawrence LaPresta, Chicago, IL
June 01, 1934 Pat Boone, Jacksonville, FL, white bucks
June 01, 1935 Volney Davis, Barker-Karpis Gang member, arrested, Chicago, IL
June 01, 1956 Lisa Hartman, beautiful
June 01, 1986 E Wurf vom Studer Schloss
June 02, 1740 Marquis de Sade, rough on women
June 02, 1952 Ellen Kruger, Recklinghausen, Germany
June 03, 1942 Curtis Mayfield, Chicago, IL, Impressions
June 03, 1945 William Heirens murdered Josephine Ross during burglary, Chicago, IL
June 03, 1948 Albert Vena
June 03, 1955 Barbara Graham, murderess, executed in the gas chamber, at San Quentin
June 05, 1934 Tommy Carroll, Dillinger accomplice, shot to death by police, Waterloo, IA
June 05, 1940 Raymond Tominello
June 05, 1968 Sen Robert Kennedy shot and killed by Sirhan Sirhan, Los Angeles, CA
June 06, 1936 Levi Stubbs, 4 Tops, Same Old Song
June 06, 1967 Richard Speck, mass murderer, sentenced to death by electrocution, Chicago, IL
June 06, 2006 Billy Preston died
June 07, 1960 Prince
June 08, 1912 George "Bugs" Moran is paroled from Joliet, IL
June 08, 1933 Joan Rivers, Brooklyn
June 08, 1940 Nancy Sinatra, Jersey City, NJ, These Boots Are Made For Walkin
June 08, 1944 Boz Scaggs, Dallas
June 08, 1953 Tornadoes kill 110 in Michigan & Ohio
June 08, 1968 James Earl Ray, murderer, arrested London, England
June 09, 1915 Les Paul, guitarist, father of the electric guitar
June 09, 1930 Jake Lingle, Chicago Tribune reporter, shot & killed, Chicago, IL
June 09, 1934 Jackie Wilson, Detroit, MI, Higher & Higher
June 09, 1969 Alice Kalom, found, murder victim of Norman Collins 
June 09, 1972 Flood & dam burst kills 236, Rapid City, SD
June 10, 1931 Alvin Karpis, using alias George Haller, arrested Tulsa, OK, for burglary
June 10, 1933 F Lee Bailey, attorney
June 10, 1933 John Dillinger, William Shaw and Paul Parker robbed Nat'l  Bank, New Carlisle, IN, for $10,600
June 10, 1977 James Earl Ray escapes from prison
June 11, 1921 Doc Barker released State Penitentiary, McAlester OK, by order of court
June 11, 1933 Clyde wrecks car, Bonnie severely burned, Sheriff Dick Corey and Marshall Paul Hardy kidnapped, Wellington, TX, taken to Erick, OK, left wired to tree.  Bonnie, Clyde and W D Jones rejoined by Buck and Blanche
June 11, 1955 Flaming 2-car collision at Le Mans race kills 83 spectators
June 12, 1951 Ray Stone
June 12, 1963 Medgar Evers, NAACP official, murdered by sniper, Jackson, MS
June 13, 1929 Lucky Luciano arrested suspicion of murder
June 13, 1939 Doc Barker killed in an escape attempt from Alcatraz
June 13, 1940 Bobby Freeman, San Francisco, Do You Want to Dance?
June 14, 1962 Mrs  Anna Slesers, first Boston Strangler victim, found murdered
June 15, 1933 Doc Barker, Fred Barker, Alvin Karpis, Monty Bolton, Fred Goetz, and Charles Fitzgerald kidnapped William A Hamm, Jr, brewery owner, St Paul, MN, demanding $100,000 ransom
June 15, 1954 Jim Belushi, Chicago, K-9
June 16, 1931 Al Capone plead guilty to tax evasion and prohibition charges, later changed plea to not guilty, Chicago, IL
June 16, 1932 Bonnie Parker arrested Kaufman, TX, for burglary
June 16, 1933 Frank "Jelly" Nash arrested, Hot Springs, AR, on fugitive warrant
June 16, 1933 Pretty Boy Floyd abducted Sheriff Killingsworth, Bolivar, MO
June 17, 1928 James Brown, Pulaski, TN, Godfather of Soul, the Hardest Working Man in Show Business
June 17, 1932 Barker-Karpis Gang robbed bank, Ft  Scott, KS for $47,000
June 17, 1932 Bonnie Parker released, lack of evidence, Kaufman, TX
June 17, 1933 Pretty Boy Floyd allegedly participated in Kansas City Massacre, killing four officers and Frank "Jelly" Nash
June 18, 1912 George "Bugs" Moran paroled from Joliet, IL
June 18, 1933 William A  Hamm, Jr released after $100,000 ransom paid to the Barker-Karpis gang
June 18, 1942 Paul McCartney, Liverpool
June 18, 1943 Virgil Cimino
June 19, 1933 Clyde leaves Ft  Smith, AR, to pick up Bonnie's sister Billie in Dallas, TX
June 19, 1953 Julius & Ethel Rosenberg executed at Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, NY
June 20, 1907 Madam Garrity, Chicago brothel owner, is convicted of white slavery and sentenced to one to five years - the stiffest sentence ever given to a brothel keeper in Chicago
June 20, 1924 Chet Atkins, guitar picker
June 20, 1945 Anne Murray, Springhill, Nova Scotia, Snowbird
June 20, 1945 Brian Wilson, Beach Boys
June 20, 1947 Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel shot to death at the home of Virginia Hill, famous syndicate oral sex queen, Beverly Hills, CA
June 20, 1948 Gene England, Bowling Green, Kentucky
June 20, 1949 Lionel Ritchie, Tuskegee, AL, Deep River Women
June 20, 1953 Cyndi Lauper, Brooklyn, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
June 21, 1943 Race riot in Detroit, 30 dead
June 22, 1903 George White, a black man and suspected killer, dragged from jail and burned at the stake, Wilmington, DE
June 22, 1903 John Dillinger, Indianapolis, IN
June 22, 1936 Kris Kristofferson, Brownsville, TX
June 22, 1947 Don Henley, Eagles, Dirty Laundry
June 22, 1948 Todd Rundgren
June 22, 1949 Lindsay Wagner
June 22, 1956 Elvis' first Ed Sullivan appearance
June 22, 1962 Joseph Valachi murdered inmate John Joseph, Federal Prison, Atlanta, GA
June 22, 1969 Toronto's first Rock Festival
June 22, 1981 Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to John Lennon's murder
June 23, 1933 Buck and W D Jones robbed Piggly Wiggly store, Fayetteville, AR, escaped police trap, Alma, AR, killing Marshal Henry Humphrey, stealing his car
June 23, 1978 Anja Isselhorst, Recklinghausen, Germany
June 24, 1947 Mick Fleetwood, Fleetwood Mac
June 24, 1959 Charles Starkweather, mass murderer, electrocuted, Nebraska State Penitentiary
June 24, 1960 Second Newport Folk Festival
June 24, 1975 18 record company executives indicted on various income tax and payola charges
June 25, 1933 Clyde and W D Jones stole car, Enid, OK, and robbed National Guard Armory of automatic weapons and ammunition
June 25, 1935 Eddie Floyd, Montgomery, AL, Knock On Wood
June 25, 1945 Carly Simon, New York, You're So Vain
June 25, 1982 Porn star John Holmes acquitted on murder charges
June 25, 1990 Steve and Angel anniversary
June 25, 1991 Corey vom Adelhertz - a little Barkasse
June 26, 1916 Charles "Lucky" Luciano is sentenced to 1 year, narcotics, New York City, paroled in 6 months
June 26, 1933 Bonnie, Clyde, W D  Jones, Buck and Blanche return Billie Parker to Sherman, TX, traveling to Oklahoma then to Great Bend, KS
June 26, 1946 George "Bugs" Moran, with Virgil Summers and Albert Fouts, robbed bank messenger, Dayton, OH, for $10,000
June 26, 1957 Margaret Harold murdered by Melvin Rees, Annapolis, MD
June 26, 1977 Salvatore Lupo, Judy Placido wounded by Son of Sam, Queens
June 28, 1991 Barkasse der Hanswurst SchH II VB WH died
June 28, 2002 Rebecca diagnosed with lung cancer
June 29, 1928 Machine Gun Jack McGurn murdered Diego Attlomionte, Chicago, IL
June 29, 1945 Little Eva Boyd, Bellhaven, NC, Locomotion
June 29, 1967 Jayne Mansfield dies at age 34
June 29, 1972 US Supreme Court determines death penalty is unconstitutional
June 29, 1977 US Supreme Court rules capital punishment for rape is unconstitutional
June 29, 1979 Buffy von Wanne-Eickel SchH III
June 30, 1928 Machine Gun Jack McGurn murdered Numio Jamericco and Lorenzo Alagno, Chicago, IL
June 30, 1934 John Dillinger allegedly robbed Merchant's Nat'l  Bank, South Bend
June 30, 1934 Pretty Boy Floyd robbed Merchant's Nat'l  Bank, South Bend, IN, for $18,000
June 30, 1974 Mrs Albert King, mother of Martin Luther King, murdered in church
June 30, 1975 Muhammad Ali d Joe Bugner, 15 rounds, Malaysia
JULY
July 01, 1927 Frankie Yale, shot & killed, New York City
July 01, 1931 Buck Barrow married Blanche Caldwell
July 01, 1932 Wolfman Jack, world famous DJ
July 01, 1935 The Bureau of Investigation officially became the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with amazing additional powers
July 01, 1945 Deborah Harry, Miami, FL, Blondie, Heart of Glass
July 01, 1968 Joan Schell, 20, disappeared, murder victim of Norman Collins 
July 02, 1956 Elvis records 2 all time best sellers, Don't Be Cruel, Hound Dog
July 02, 1976 Tina leaves Ike before a concert, Dallas, TX
July 02, 2001 Tzar v Adelhertz
July 03, 1940 Fontella Bass, St Louis, MO, Rescue Me
July 03, 2006 Captain Haggerty died
July 04, 1902 Meyer Lansky, Grodno, Russia
July 04, 1918 Doc Barker arrested Tulsa, OK, larceny of US Property, escaped custody
July 04, 1993 Paff von der Herreneiche died
July 05, 1950 Huey Lewis, Heart of Rock n Roll
July 06, 1940 Gene Chandler, Duke of Earl
July 06, 1946 Sylvester Stallone, New York, Rambo MCLXVII
July 07, 1914 John P Cerone, Sr
July 07, 1915 Charles Becker, murderer, extortionist, electrocuted, Sing Sing Prison
July 07, 1932 Francis Keating and Thomas Holden arrested Kansas City, MO, for bank robbery
July 07, 1940 Ringo Starr, Liverpool
July 07, 1954 Dewey Phillips, WHBQ, Memphis, plays 1st Elvis Presley record on the air, "That's All Right, Mama"
July 07, 1959 Jessica Hahn, Jim Bakker's rape victim, Playboy model
July 07, 1972 FBI swears in first women agents Susan Roley, Joanne Pierce
July 08, 1958 Vito Genovese indicted for smuggling, distributing & selling narcotics, New York City
July 08, 1959 John Dillinger's 1st letter and photo to the Indianapolis Star, 25 years after he was "killed" by the FBI
July 08, 2003 Rebecca's lung collapsed 
July 09, 1954 Debbie Sledge, Philadelphia, Sister Sledge
July 09, 1986 Commission on Pornography links hard-core porn to sex crimes
July 10, 1967 Mary Fleszar disappeared, murder victim of Norman Collins 
July 12, 1920 Saul, the failure of a father, was born, he won't be missed
July 12, 1948 Ulrich Knappe, Recklinghausen, Germany
July 12, 1967 Newark race riot - 26 killed, 1500 injured, over 1000 arrested
July 12, 1979 Minnie Ripperton died at age 30 of cancer
July 13, 1934 Robert C Salerno
July 13, 1956 Al Goff
July 13, 1966 Richard Speck murdered 8 student nurses from South Chicago Community Hospital, Chicago, IL
July 13, 1969 Roxie Ann Phillips, found, murder victim of Norman Collins 
July 14, 1903 Ed Claus, a black man convicted of rape, is hanged at Eastman, GA, by a mob, while his rape victim, Susie Johnson, witnesses the lynching
July 14, 1914 James Bailey, a black man, accused of stealing 3 mules, is lynched by a mob of masked men, Lake Cormorant, MS
July 14, 1965 Alice Crimmins, 26, murders her 2 children, NYC - sentenced to life 
July 14, 1989 Horace Duncan, IQ 69, executed for murder in Alabama
July 15, 1916 Jack "Legs" Diamond is arrested for assault, New York City, and discharged
July 15, 1929 John Dillinger transferred to Michigan City State Prison, IN
July 15, 1946 Linda Ronstadt, Tucson, AZ
July 15, 1982 Wendy Caulfield, first Green River victim, found dead near Seattle
July 15, 2003 Rebecca admitted to hospital 
July 16, 1939 William Bell, Memphis, TN, You Don't Miss Your Water
July 17, 1928 Machine Gun Jack McGurn murdered Dominic Cinderella, Chicago, IL
July 17, 1931 Baby Face Nelson imprisoned State Penitentiary, Joliet, IL
July 17, 1933 John Dillinger and Harry Copeland robbed Commercial Bank, Daleville, IN, for $3500
July 17, 1959 Billie Holiday dies of drug overdose at 44, NYC
July 17, 1966 Richard Speck arrested after attempting suicide, Chicago, IL
July 17, 1977 Ina Kruger, Recklinghausen, Germany
July 18, 1933 The Barrow Gang held up 3 gas stations, Ft  Dodge, IA.  That night, at Red Crown Tavern, Platte City, IA, escaped police raid led by armored car, Buck seriously wounded, Blanche injured
July 18, 1939 Dion DiMucci, The Wanderer, Runaround Sue
July 18, 1941 Martha Reeves, AL, Dancin' In The Street
July 18, 1970 Randall's Island Rock Festival
July 18, 1984 Gunman opens fire at McDonald's in San Ysidro, CA , killing 21
July 19, 1814 Samuel Colt, founder of Colt's Patent Firearms Mfg
July 20, 1944 Von Stauffenberg fails in an attempt on Hitler's life
July 20, 1970 First baby born on Alcatraz Island
July 21, 1873 Jesse James' first train robbery
July 21, 1923 John Dillinger arrested for car theft, Mooresville, IN
July 21, 1931 Pretty Boy Floyd killed Curtis Burks, Kansas City, Missouri
July 21, 1943 Christie McVie, Fleetwood Mac
July 21, 1952 Robin Williams, Chicago, Good Morning, Viet Nam
July 21, 1984 1st documented case of a robot killing a human in US
July 22, 1933 Machine Gun Kelly kidnapped Charles Urschel, Oklahoma City, OK
July 22, 1934 The infamous shooting of John Dillinger at the Biograph Theatre, East Chicago, Indiana.  Another Melvin Purvis fiasco, the wrong man was killed.  Read "Dillinger: Dead or Alive?" by Jay Robert Nash.  You decide for yourself
July 22, 2003 Rebecca's surgery 
July 23, 1900 Elijah Clark, a black man, taken from jail, Huntsville, AL, and lynched for the rape of 13 year old Susan Priest
July 23, 1945 Dino Danelli, drummer, Rascals
July 23, 1969 Karen Beineman, 18, disappeared, murder victim of Norman Collins 
July 24, 1923 John Dillinger enlisted in the US Navy
July 24, 1927 George "Machine Gun" Kelly arrested Tulsa, OK, for vagrancy
July 24, 1933 The Barrow Gang surrounded by posse, Dexter, IA, Bonnie, Clyde, and W D Jones escaped with bullet wounds, Buck, shot 6 times, captured with Blanche
July 25, 1932 Fred Barker, Alvin Karpis, Jess Doyle, Frank Nash, Earl Christman, and Larry DeVol robbed Cloud County Bank, Concordia, KS, for $250,000
July 26, 1934 Alleged John Dillinger burial in Crown Hill Cemetery, IN
July 26, 1942 Dobie Gray, Brookshire, TX, Drift Away
July 26, 1943 Mick Jagger, Dartford, England
July 26, 1974 Alice Curtis raped by John Paul Knowles, Jacksonville, FL 
July 27, 1903 Jennie Steers, a black woman, accused of poisoning, is lynched near Shreveport, LA
July 27, 1944 Bobbie Gentry, Chickasaw Co, MS, Ode to Billie Joe
July 27, 1976 Tina Turner files initial divorce petition against Ike at Los Angeles Superior Court
July 28, 1944 Samuel Bills
July 28, 1973 Summer Jam - New York
July 28, 1979 World Series of Rock - Cleveland Stadium
July 29, 1901 George Middleton of Pottersville, NY was electrocuted at Clinton Prison.  The electric chair required four shocks over 12 minutes to kill him
July 29, 1933 Buck Barrow died of 6 gunshot wounds, Perry, Iowa
July 29, 1976 Donna Lauria, Jody Valenti shot by Son of Sam, NYC 
July 29, 1983 B Wurf vom Studer Schloss
July 30, 1941 Paul Anka, Ottowa, Ontario, Lonely Boy
July 30, 1947 Arnold Schwarzenegger, Braz, Austria, power, power, more power
July 30, 1963 John Dillinger's 2nd letter to Emil Wanatka, Jr , with photo, 29 years after he was "killed" by the FBI
July 31, 1932 Clyde and Ray Hamilton rob Neuhoff Packing Co, West Dallas, TX, for $1,100 , escaping to Oklahoma
July 31, 1940 Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel murdered Whitey Krakower, Brooklyn, NY
July 31, 1977 Robert Violante, Stacy Moskowitz shot by Son of Sam, Brooklyn
July 31, 2003 Rebecca released from hospital
AUGUST
August 01, 1936 Adolf Hitler opens 11th modern Olympic games in Berlin
August 01, 1966 Charles Whitman shot 46 people at the Univ of Texas, Austin, shot and killed by police, Austin, TX
August 01, 1969 Atlantic Pop Festival
August 01, 1971 George Harrison's Bangla Desh Concert - Madison Square Garden
August 02, 1876 Wild Bill Hickock shot in the head by Jack McCall, Carl Mann's Saloon, in Deadwood
August 02, 1941 Homer Banks, Memphis, TN, We Three
August 02, 1959 Virginia Scholz
August 04, 1933 John Dillinger and Harry Copeland robbed 1st Nat'l  Bank, Montpelier, IN, for $10,110
August 04, 1936 Carmen Migliore
August 04, 1937 Elsberry Hobbs, Drifters
August 04, 1957 Mickey Stone - DJ
August 04, 1958 Billboard Magazine introduces Hot 100
August 04, 1966 John Lennon's famous quote "the Beatles are more popular than Jesus Christ"
August 04, 1968 Newport Pop Festival
August 05, 1932 Clyde and Ray Hamilton bring Bonnie back to her mother's house, Dallas, TX, and leave for Oklahoma.  In Atoka, OK, they shoot and kill Sheriff Maxwell and Deputy Moore, escaping to Grapevine, TX
August 05, 1953 Joe Adonis deported to Italy
August 05, 1953 Samantha Sang, Emotions
August 05, 1962 Marilyn Monroe died at age 36, drug overdose
August 05, 2001 WFFCW created
August 06, 1890 John Hart, murderer, first to be electrocuted in US, NY
August 06, 1902 Dutch Schultz, Bronx
August 06, 1927 Andy Warhol
August 06, 1932 Bonnie rejoins Clyde near Grand Prairie, TX
August 06, 1966 Cassius Clay KO Brian London, 3 rounds, London
August 06, 1979 Rolf vom Ravenblack
August 06, 1981 Canine Training business license
August 06, 1982 Canine Training opened on this property
August 06, 1997 Corey vom Adelherz died
August 06, 2002 Canine Training closed
August 07, 1928 Adam Richetti arrested for holdup, Hammond, IN
August 07, 1942 B J Thomas, Hugo, OK, Hooked On A Feelin'
August 07, 1989 Rolf vom Ravenblack died - he earned respect
August 08, 1929 Mike Castaldo
August 08, 1932 Fred Barker, Volney Davis and Larry DeVol robbed Citizen's Security Bank, Bixby, OK, for $1,000
August 08, 1933 Joe Tex, Rogers, TX, Skinny Legs 'n All
August 08, 1933 Ray Hamilton transferred to Huntsville Penitentiary, sentenced to a total of 263 years imprisonment
August 09, 1929 Albert Tocco
August 09, 1935 Salvatore Bastone
August 09, 1945 Ken Norton, Ali's punching bag
August 09, 1969 Charles Manson and gang slaughtered Sharon Tate, Abigail Folger, Voityck Frokowsky, Jay Sebring and Stephen Parent, Los Angeles, CA
August 10, 1943 Ronnie Spector, New York, Ronettes, Be My Baby
August 10, 2008 Isaac Hayes died
August 11, 1962 Stax Records released Green Onions by Booker T & the MGs
August 11, 1969 Charles Manson and gang slaughtered Lino and Rosemary LaBianca, Los Angeles, CA
August 12, 1933 1st Model T rolls off the line, Ford Motor Co, costs $850
August 12, 1933 Harvey Bailey captured, Paradise, TX, by FBI agents
August 13, 1932 Bonnie and Clyde took Sheriff Johns of Carlsbad, NM, hostage
August 14, 1932 Bonnie and Clyde release Sheriff Joe Johns, San Antonio, TX, steal another car in Victoria, TX, and escape a police trap at the Colorado River Bridge, Wharton, TX
August 14, 1933 John Dillinger, Harry Copeland and Sam Goldstine robbed Citizen's Nat'l  Bank, Bluffton, OH, for $2,100
August 14, 1940 Dash Crofts, Seals & Crofts, Summer Breeze, Diamond Girl
August 14, 1946 Larry Graham, Beaumont, TX, Graham Central Station
August 14, 1958 Loretta Magee
August 15, 1966 Roger Clapp, Doctor DeBug
August 15, 1969 Woodstock Pop Festival
August 16, 1954 Monika Schreiber, Recklinghausen, Germany
August 16, 1958 Madonna (Ciccone), Bay City, MI, Material Girl
August 16, 1965 Charles Howard Schmid murdered 17 year old Gretchen Fritz and 13 year old sister Wendy, Tucson, AZ
August 16, 1977 Elvis Presley died, Memphis, TN
August 17, 1892 Mae West
August 17, 1959 Famous NYC power blackout
August 17, 1989 Xarras von der Herreneiche died - a great one
August 18, 1937 Robert Redford, Santa Monica, CA
August 18, 1959 Harvey Glatman, serial murderer, executed in the gas chamber, San Quentin
August 18, 1969 Mick Jagger accidentally shot on the set of "Ned Kelly"
August 18, 1991 Spitz went to heaven, biting the entire way
August 19, 1934 Plebiscite in Germany gives Hitler sole executive power
August 19, 1940 Johnny Nash, I Can See Clearly Now
August 19, 1962 Ida Irga, 75, raped, strangled by Boston Strangler
August 20, 1911 Joseph Sica, Newark, NJ
August 20, 1921 Jacqueline Susann, Valley of The Dolls
August 20, 1938 Salvatore DeLaurentis
August 20, 1942 Issac Hayes, Covington, TN, Hot Buttered Soul
August 20, 1962 Jane Sullivan, 67, raped, strangled by Boston Strangler
August 21, 1911 Vincenzo Peruggia removes da Vinci's Mona Lisa from the Louvre in Paris, and keeps it until December 12, 1913, when he is arrested.  The Mona Lisa was then returned to the Louvre intact
August 21, 1938 Kenny Rogers, Houston, TX, Coward of The County
August 21, 1944 Jackie DeShannon, KY, Son of A Preacher Man
August 21, 2003 Rebecca died in my arms - 2:45 pm - 34 years together
August 22, 1917 John Lee Hooker, Mississippi, bluesman
August 22, 1933 Alvin Karpis, Doc Barker, Fred Barker, Monty Bolton, Bill Weaver, and Fred Goetz robbed a Federal Reserve Mail truck, Chicago, IL, wounding one policeman and killing another
August 22, 1989 Huey Newton, Black Panthers, found shot to death, Oakland, CA
August 23, 1934 Homer Van Meter, Dillinger accomplice, shot down in an alley, St Paul, MN
August 23, 1974 Kathie Pierce raped, strangled by John Paul Knowles, Mussela, FL 
August 24, 1902 Carlo Gambino, Palermo, Sicily
August 25, 1930 Sean Connery, Edinburgh, Scotland, 007
August 25, 1932 Adam Richetti released, State Penitentiary, McAlester, OK
August 25, 1939 Louis "Lepke" Buchalter surrendered to FBI, New York
August 26, 1978 Canada's first Jam Rock Festival, Ontario
August 27, 1942 Daryl Dragon, Los Angeles, Love Will Keep Us Together
August 27, 1967 Brian Epstein, Beatle's manager, dies of overdose, London
August 27, 1967 Thomas Braun, murderer, arrested, Jamestown, CA
August 27, 1974 Joan Little, black inmate, kills white jailer trying to rape her
August 28, 1928 Charles Parrilli
August 28, 1943 David Soul
August 28, 1963 Janice Wylie, Emily Hoffert murdered by Richard Robles, NYC
August 28, 1986 Tina Turner immortalized with star (#1831) on Hollywood Blvd. "Walk of Fame"
August 28, 2003 I cremated Rebecca
August 29, 1958 Michael Jackson, Gary, IN
August 30, 1933 Doc Barker, Fred Barker, Alvin Karpis, Larry DeVol and Charles Fitzgerald robbed Swift Company payroll, St Paul, MN, for $30,000, killing one policeman and wounding another
August 30, 1971 Nathan Leopold, murderer, died of heart failure, Puerto Rico
August 31, 1937 Michael Gurgone
August 31, 1961 Ann Marie Burr, Tacoma, WA, disappears, possible Bundy murder
SEPTEMBER
September 01, 1933 Conway Twitty, Friar's Point, MS
September 01, 1935 Bill Weaver, Barker-Karpis gang member, arrested, Chicago, IL
September 01, 1946 Barry Gibb, Manchester, England, BeeGees
September 01, 1957 Gloria Estefan, Miami Sound Machine
September 01, 1962 Green Onions enters Top 40 charts
September 01, 1963 Stax releases "Walkin The Dog"
September 01, 1982 Fax vom Swartzen Vogel
September 02, 1938 Adam Richetti imprisoned State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, MO, pending execution for participation in Kansas City Massacre
September 03, 1971 John Gilbert Freeman, demented upholsterer, Phoenix, AZ, murders 7 neighbors using two 38 revolvers
September 03, 1974 William Bates, strangled by John Paul Knowles, Lima OH 
September 03, 1979 Hurricane David kills over 1,000
September 04, 1933 Harvey Bailey escaped Dallas, TX jail
September 05, 1940 Racquel Welch, Chicago
September 05, 1946 Buddy Miles, drummer, Buddy Miles Express
September 05, 1947 Rebecca, the love of my life
September 05, 1975 Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, Manson disciple, attempts assassination of President Gerald Ford, Sacramento, CA  The gun misfired
September 06, 1924 John Dillinger and Edgar Singleton attempted to rob Frank Morgan, Martinsville, IN
September 06, 1933 John Dillinger, Harry Copeland and Hilton Crouch robbed Massachusetts Ave State Bank, Indianapolis, IN, for $24,800
September 06, 1936 Buddy Holly, Peggy Sue
September 06, 1987 Flit vom Studer Schloss
September 06, 2001 Tzar v Adelhertz arrived
September 07, 1933 Bonnie and Clyde returned to Dallas to visit Bonnie's family
September 07, 1934 Little Milton Campbell, Inverness, MS, If Walls Could Talk
September 08, 1915 Mallie Wilson, a black, is lynched by a large mob, after accidentally entering a white woman's hotel room, Dresden, TN
September 08, 1963 Evelyn Corbin, 58, raped, strangled by Boston Strangler 
September 08, 1974 Gerald Ford pardons Richard Nixon for all federal crimes
September 09, 1941 Otis Redding, Dawson, GA, Respect, Dock of The Bay
September 09, 1945 Dee Dee Sharp, Mashed Potatoes
September 09, 1946 Billy Preston, Houston, TX, keyboards, awesome
September 09, 1957 Heather Thomas, Greenwich, CT, simply beautiful
September 09, 1965 Charles Howard Schmid, mass murderer, married 15 year old Diane Lynch, Tucson, AZ
September 09, 1967 Soul Man by Sam and Dave, released by Stax Records
September 10, 1924 Leopold & Loeb found guilty of murder
September 10, 1931 Sal Maranzano, founder of Cosa Nostra, killed by Luciano hit men
September 10, 1932 Doc Barker paroled from State Penitentiary, McAlester, OK, after serving 10 years for murder
September 10, 1966 Cassius Clay KO Karl Mildenberger, 12 rounds, Frankfurt
September 10, 1971 Tracy Tucker
September 11, 1931 Alvin Karpis sentenced to 4 years, State Penitentiary, McAlester, OK, paroled
September 11, 1987 Peter Tosh, reggae singer, shot and killed, Jamaica
September 12, 1933 John Dillinger unsuccessfully smuggled weapons for Michigan City Prison breakout
September 12, 1943 Maria Muldaur, Greenwich Village, NY
September 12, 1944 Barry White, Galveston, TX
September 13, 1941 David Clayton-Thomas, Blood Sweat & Tears
September 13, 1944 Jacqueline Bisset, Weybridge, England
September 13, 1956 Joni Sledge, Philadelphia, Sister Sledge
September 14, 1911 Frank Valenti, Rochester, New York
September 14, 1964 Sharon Kinne shot, killed Francisco Ordonez, Mexico City 
September 14, 1971 George "Bugs" Moran died in a charity bed, Miami Rescue Mission, Miami, FL
September 14, 1972 Aiko Koo, 15, murdered by Edmund Emil Kemper, San Francisco 
September 14, 1989 Gunman with AK-47 automatic weapon murders 7, Louisville, KY
September 15, 1924 John Dillinger sentenced by Judge Joseph Williams, concurrent sentences of 2-14 and 10-20, Martinsville, Indiana
September 15, 1978 Muhammad Ali d Leon Spinks, 15 rounds, New Orleans
September 16, 1924 John Dillinger imprisoned State Reformatory, Pendleton, IN
September 16, 1925 B B King, Itta Bena, MS
September 16, 1925 Pretty Boy Floyd arrested St Louis, MO, for highway robbery
September 16, 1928 Larry Petitt
September 16, 1985 The Tower Club was born
September 16, 1993 Fanny v Haardblick SchH III died
September 17, 1910 George "Bugs" Moran sentenced to prison for robbery, Chicago, IL
September 18, 1933 Robert Blake, Nutley, NJ, Baretta, Fred's mounting bracket
September 18, 1974 Emmett and Lois Johnson, shot, killed by John Paul Knowles at Ely, NV 
September 19, 1927 Herman Barker committed suicide
September 19, 1940 Paul Williams, Omaha, NE
September 19, 1945 Freda Payne, Detroit, Band of Gold
September 19, 1949 Twiggy
September 20, 1926 Hymie Weiss and "Bugs" Moran machine gunned Hawthorne Hotel, Al Capone's headquarters, with over 1000 rounds, Cicero, IL
September 20, 1934 Sophia Loren, Rome, Circus
September 21, 1947 Stephen King, author, nightmare vendor
September 21, 1974 Jacqueline Susann died at age 53
September 21, 1974 John Paul Knowles raped and strangled woman, Sequin, NV 
September 22, 1904 Joseph Valachi, New York
September 22, 1933 John Dillinger arrested, Dayton, OH, on fugitive warrant
September 22, 1942 June Dunn
September 22, 1956 Debbie Boone, Hackensack, NJ
September 22, 1960 Joan Jett, Philadelphia
September 23, 1926 John Coltrane
September 23, 1930 Ray Charles, Albany, GA, What'd I Say
September 23, 1933 Weapons smuggled by John Dillinger for the Michigan City Prison breakout successfully received
September 23, 1946 Sandy England
September 23, 1949 Bruce Springsteen Freehold, NJ
September 23, 1974 Ann Dawson disappeared, Birmingham, AL, murdered by John Paul Knowles, her body was never found 
September 24, 1942 Linda Eastman McCartney, Wings
September 25, 1925 First documented use of the Thompson Submachine Gun by gangsters
September 25, 1937 John Henry Seadlund kidnapped 72 year old Charles Ross for $50,000 ransom, Franklin Park, IL  After ransom was paid, Seadlund murdered Ross
September 26, 1933 Machine Gun Kelly captured by State Police, Memphis, TN
September 26, 1933 Michigan City State Prison break out, financed and engineered by John Dillinger  Walter Dietrich, Jim Clark, James Jenkins, Joseph Burns, Joseph Fox, Edward Shouse, Harry Pierpont, Russell Clark, John Hamilton, and Charles Makley escaped
September 26, 1948 Olivia Newton-John, Cambridge, England
September 27, 1932 Doc Barker paroled after 13 years, Oklahoma State Penitentiary
September 27, 1947 Cheryl Tiegs, MN
September 28, 1924 John Dillinger unsuccessfully attempted escape from guard after testifying against Edgar Singleton, Pendleton, IN
September 28, 1933 John Dillinger imprisoned County Jail, Lima, OH, for bank robbery
September 28, 1934 Brigitte Bardot, Paris, France
September 28, 1976 Muhammad Ali d Ken Norton, 15 rounds, New York
September 29, 1922 Gino "Blackie" Martin
September 29, 1935 Jerry Lee Lewis, Ferriday, LA, the Killer
September 29, 1977 Muhammad Ali d Earnie Shavers, 15 rounds, New York
September 30, 1926 Donald Angelini
September 30, 1931 Angie Dickinson, Kulm, ND
September 30, 1935 Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel murdered loan sharks Joseph and Johnny Mathis, San Francisco, Louis Amberg, New York City
September 30, 1943 Marilyn McCoo, Jersey City, NJ
September 30, 1955 James Dean, killed in an auto wreck near Cholame, CA
OCTOBER
October 01, 1910 Bonnie Parker, Rowena, TX
October 01, 1931 Michael Malmenato
October 01, 1935 Ma and Fred Barker buried with the rest of the boys, Welch, OK
October 01, 1949 Thomas Forliano
October 01, 1975 Muhammad Ali KO Joe Frazier, 14 rounds, Manila
October 02, 1925 Michael Biancofiori
October 02, 1930 Adam Richetti paroled, State Reformatory, Pendleton, IN
October 02, 1982 Buffy vom Wanne-Eickel - SchH III, Recklinghausen, Germany
October 03, 1933 Harry Pierpont, John Hamilton, Russell Clark, Charles Makley and Edward Shouse robbed First Nat'l Bank, St Mary's, OH, for $14,000 to fund John Dillinger's escape from Lima, OH, jail
October 03, 1941 Chubby Checker, Philadelphia
October 04, 1970 Janis Joplin dies of heroin overdose at age 27
October 04, 1986 Clint vom Hamskamp - SchH III, Recklinghausen, Germany
October 05, 1912 Big Jack Zelig, murderer, shot and killed, New York City
October 05, 1943 Frank Derosa
October 05, 1969 Rebecca and I began living together
October 05, 1989 Jim Bakker found guilty of fleecing his flock
October 06, 1866 The first train robbery in America by the Reno Bros
October 06, 1913 Leonard Patrick
October 07, 1938 Adam Richetti executed in gas chamber, Jefferson City, MO
October 07, 1955 Jurgen Knappe, Recklinghausen, Germany
October 08, 1871 The Great Fire destroys over 4 square miles of Chicago
October 08, 1932 Clyde and Ray Hamilton rob bank in Cedar Hill, TX, for $1,401
October 08, 1936 Rona Barrett
October 08, 1941 Jesse Jackson
October 08, 1943 Chevy Chase, New York
October 09, 1940 John Lennon
October 09, 1942 Roger Touhy and 6 others escaped Stateville Prison, Joliet, IL
October 09, 1945 Jeannie C  Riley, TX, Harper Valley PTA
October 10, 1891 Stefano Magaddino, Castellammare, Sicily
October 10, 1903 Fred Van Wormer, electrocuted in New York, survived two shocks, and was placed again in the chair until dead
October 10, 1924 John Dillinger unsuccessfully attempted escape from Pendleton Reformatory, Pendleton, IN
October 10, 1958 Tanya Tucker, Seminole, TX
October 10, 1970 Ramona Klinger, Recklinghausen, Germany
October 11, 1926 Hymie Weiss shot and killed, Chicago, IL
October 11, 1932 Clyde robbed and killed grocer Howard Hall, Sherman TX
October 11, 1934 Pretty Boy Floyd escaped police trap in rural Iowa
October 11, 1949 Daryl Hall, Pottstown, PA, Rich Girl
October 11, 1972 Paul Ricca died, Chicago, IL
October 12, 19 19 Vincent I  Solano
October 12, 1932 Joseph Pascucci
October 12, 1933 Alcatraz becomes an unofficial Federal Prison
October 12, 1933 Harry Pierpont, Charles Makley, Jim Clark, John Hamilton, and Edward Shouse break John Dillinger out of jail, Lima, Ohio, murdering Sheriff Jess Sarber
October 12, 1935 Sam Moore, Sam & Dave
October 13, 1941 Art Garfunkel, New York, Bridge Over Troubled Waters
October 13, 1959 Marie Osmond, Ogden, UT, One Bad Apple
October 13, 1988 Buffy vom Wanne-Eickel SchH III died
October 15, 1924 John Dillinger attempted escape from Indiana State Reformatory, six months added to sentence
October 15, 1926 Louis "Lepke" Buchalter shot and killed Jacob "Little Augie" Orgen, wounded Jack "Legs" Diamond, New York City
October 15, 1935 Gerald Thompson, murderer, rapist, electrocuted, Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet, IL
October 15, 1945 Penny Marshall, New York
October 16, 1946 Suzanne Somers, San Bruno, CA
October 16, 1974 Dawn Wine and mother Karen Wine, raped and killed by John Paul Knowles, Marlboro, CT 
October 16, 2004 Tracy - first visit
October 17, 1928 John Dillinger destroyed prison property, 30 days added to sentence, Pendleton Reformatory, IN
October 18, 1926 Chuck Berry, St Louis, MO
October 19, 1930 Frank "Jelly" Nash escaped Federal Penitentiary, Leavenworth, KS
October 19, 1974 Doris Hovey, 53, shot, killed by John Paul Knowles, Woodford, VA 
October 20, 1932 Joseph Andriacci
October 20, 1933 John Dillinger, Harry Pierpont, Charles Makley, John Hamilton & Jim Clark robbed Police Arsenal, Peru, IN, taking machine guns, pistols, sawed off shotguns, bullet proof vests, ammunition, police badges, rifles, etc
October 21, 1934 Pretty Boy Floyd and Adam Richetti wrecked car near Wellesville, OH, Richetti captured, Pretty Boy Floyd escaped
October 21, 1939 Robert Bellavia
October 21, 1941 Steve Cropper, Willow Springs, AR, the MGs
October 22, 1934 Pretty Boy Floyd shot 14 times and killed by FBI agents, East Liverpool, OH
October 23, 1930 Joe Aiello machine gunned to death, Chicago, IL
October 23, 1932 Winnie Ruth Judd murdered and dissected Helwig Samuelson and Agnes Leroi, shipping their dismembered bodies to Los Angeles
October 23, 1933 John Dillinger, Harry Pierpont, Charles Makley, Jim Clark and John Hamilton robbed Central Nat'l  Bank, Greencastle, IN, for $75,346
October 23, 1935 Dutch Schultz shot and killed, Newark, New Jersey
October 23, 1951 39 Atlanta blacks killed by poison moonshine
October 23, 1976 Carl Denaro, Rosemary Keenan shot by Son of Sam, NYC
October 24, 1930 The Big Bopper, Chantilly Lace
October 24, 1931 Al Capone sentenced to 11 years for income tax evasion
October 24, 1934 Richard Galatas, Herbert Farmer, Doc Louis Stacci, Frank Mulloy, indicted Kansas City, MO, conspiracy to cause escape of Federal prisoner, Frank Nash
October 24, 1973 Tamarra Klinger, Recklinghausen, Germany
October 25, 1934 Joseph Difronzo
October 25, 1957 Albert Anastasia shot & killed, New York City
October 26, 1948 Jaclyn Smith, Houston
October 26, 1972 Guided tours of Alcatraz begin
October 26, 1983 Clint vom Hamskamp SchH III
October 26, 1984 Cella vom Studer Schloss
October 26, 1985 Fanny vom Haardblick - SchH III, Recklinghausen, Germany
October 28, 1904 St  Louis Police try a new investigation method - fingerprints
October 28, 19 19 Volstead Act passed by Congress, Prohibition begins
October 28, 1936 Charlie Daniels, Devil Went Down to Georgia
October 29, 1948 Kate Jackson, Birmingham, AL
October 29, 1971 Duane Allman dies in motorcycle accident
October 30, 1920 Angelo LaPietra
October 30, 1939 Grace Slick, Chicago, Jefferson Airplane
October 30, 1945 Henry Winkler, New York, the Fonz
October 30, 1974 Muhammad Ali KO George Foreman, 8 rounds, Zaire
October 31, 1911 Francis "Two Gun" Crowley is placed in a New York City foster home as an infant
NOVEMBER
November 01, 1932 Pretty Boy Floyd robbed Sallisaw Bank, Sallisaw, OK, for $2,530
November 01, 1955 Jack Gilbert Graham planted bomb on United AL DC-6B, killing 44 people
November 02, 1984 Margie Barfield, NC, 1st woman executed in US in 22 years
November 03, 1922 Charles Bronson, Ehrenfeld, PA (Charles Buchinski)
November 03, 1949 Larry Holmes, boxer
November 03, 1971 Adele Crabtree, 16, found murdered, Conroe, TX, victim of Harry Lanham and Anthony Knoppa 
November 04, 1854 Lighthouse established on Alcatraz Island
November 04, 1928 Arnold Rothstein died from gunshot wounds, New York City
November 05, 1931 Ike Turner, Clarksdale, MS, guitarist, bandleader, awesome
November 05, 1942 Paul Simon, Newark, NJ, Bridge Over Troubled Waters
November 06, 1948 Glenn Frey, Detroit, Eagles
November 06, 1952 Artur Schwarze, Recklinghausen, Germany
November 06, 1974 Caswell Carr stabbed, killed, his daughter strangled, killed by John Paul Knowles, Macon, GA 
November 07, 1932 Pretty Boy Floyd robbed bank, Henryetta, OK, for $11,352
November 07, 1935 Alvin Karpis and gang robbed train, Garretsville, OH, for $34,000 cash and several thousand in securities.  Escaped via airplane to Hot Springs, AR, the first recorded airplane escape by criminals
November 08, 1923 Hitler stages unsuccessful "Beer Hall Putsch" in Munchen
November 08, 1924 Dion O'Bannion shot & killed by Frankie Yale, John Scalise and Albert Anselmi, Chicago, IL
November 08, 1933 Bonnie and Clyde robbed MacMurray Refinery, Dallas, TX
November 08, 1947 Minnie Ripperton, Chicago, IL
November 08, 1949 Bonnie Raitt, Los Angeles, CA
November 08, 1954 Rickie Lee Jones, Chicago
November 08, 1971 Linda Faye Sutherlin found murdered outside Houston, TX, victim of
November 08, 1971CHarry Lanham and Anthony Knoppa 
November 09, 1932 Bonnie and Clyde robbed Oronogo Bank, Oronogo, MO, for $200
November 09, 1941 Tom Fogerty, Credence Clearwater Revival
November 09, 1952 Lou Ferrigno, Brooklyn, The Hulk
November 09, 2004 Tracy major fight
November 10, 1924 Johnny Torrio ordered Al Capone to kill Dion O'Bannion
November 10, 1945 Donna Fargo, Mt Airy, NC
November 10, 1947 John Lee Wright, Columbus, OH
November 10, 1959 MacKenzie Phillips, Alexandria, VA
November 10, 1967 James & Tom D'Angelo and Francisco Terelli machine gunned to death, Brooklyn, NY
November 11, 1929 LaVern Baker, Chicago, I Cried A Tear
November 11, 1934 Charles Manson, Cincinnati, OH, animal
November 11, 1965 Cassius Clay KO Floyd Patterson, 12 rounds, Las Vegas
November 11, 1965 Charles Howard Schmid arrested for murder, Tucson, AZ
November 11, 1972 Charles Howard Schmid broke out of Arizona State Prison, later recaptured after kidnapping 4 people in Tempe, AZ
November 12, 1923 Hitler arrested, imprisoned, where he begins "Mein Kampf"
November 12, 1932 Winnie Ruth Judd tried for murder, Phoenix, AZ
November 12, 1944 Booker T  Jones, keyboards, Green Onions,Hip Hug Her
November 12, 1953 Steve Potts, Memphis, TN
November 12, 1970 Cyclone strikes Bangladesh, kills estimated 300,000
November 14, 1897 Paul Ricca, Naples, Italy
November 14, 1959 Herbert Clutter and family of 3 murdered by Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, KS
November 14, 1966 Cassius Clay KO Cleveland Williams, 3 rounds, Houston
November 15, 1914 Santo Trafficante, Tampa, FL
November 15, 1932 Petula Clark, Ewell, Surrey, England, Downtown
November 15, 1933 John Dillinger escaped police trap in Chicago, IL
November 15, 1933 W D Jones arrested, Houston, TX, gave full confession
November 16, 1939 Al Capone released Alcatraz after 7 years, 6 months, 15 days
November 16, 1957 Jo Jo Walker, Memphis, noted Memphis R&B historian, golden voice
November 17, 1938 Gordon Lightfoot, Orillia, Ontario
November 17, 1950 Ernest Ingenito shot 8 people, killing 7, near Vineland, NJ
November 17, 1974 John Paul Knowles, mass murderer, confessed to 31 murders, surrendered himself, Pulaski County, GA 
November 17, 1981 Paff von der Herreneiche
November 18, 1974 John Paul Knowles, mass murderer, attempted escape, shot dead by FBI agent Ron Angel 
November 18, 2003 Shawn Brown, the nigger, made his final mistake with me 
November 20, 1933 John Dillinger, Harry Pierpont, Charles Makley, Jim Clark and John Hamilton robbed the American Bank & Trust Co, Racine, WI, for $27,789
November 20, 1956 Bo Derek, Long Beach, CA, (Cathleen Collins)
November 21, 1897 Vito Genovese, Risigliano, Italy
November 21, 1924 Joseph Petitt
November 21, 1941 Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, of Murder, Inc , informer, flew from 6th floor hotel window while waiting to testify, Brooklyn, NY
November 21, 1941 David Porter, Hayes and Porter
November 21, 1941 Dr  John, Mac Rebennack
November 21, 1945 Goldie Hawn, Washington D C
November 21, 1980 Fire at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas kills 84
November 22, 1902 Joe Adonis, Montemarano, Italy
November 22, 1933 Bonnie and Clyde, wounded, escaped posse, Grand Prairie, Texas
November 22, 1935 Dorothy Slayman divorced Alvin Karpis, Tulsa, OK
November 22, 1939 Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, Al Tannenbaum, Frankie Carbo, and Whitey Krakower murdered Harry Greenberg, Los Angeles, CA
November 22, 1943 Billie Jean King, CA
November 22, 1958 Jamie Lee Curtis, Los Angeles
November 22, 1963 John F  Kennedy, 35th President, assassinated, Dallas, TX, by Lee Harvey Oswald
November 23, 1928 Thomas Fortune Ryan, founder of Auto Ordnance Corp  died, New York City
November 23, 1963 Joanne Graff, 23, raped, strangled by Boston Strangler 
November 23, 1980 Mae West died at age 88
November 24, 1897 Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Sicily, Italy
November 24, 1930 Pretty Boy Floyd sentenced to Ohio State Penitentiary, escaped en route
November 24, 1931 Al Capone sentenced to 11 years, fined $50,000, charged $7,692 court costs, $215,000 plus interest in back taxes
November 24, 1941 Donald "Duck" Dunn, Memphis, TN, MGs
November 24, 1941 Wayne Jackson, West Memphis, AR, Mar Keys
November 24, 1946 Ted Bundy, Burlington, VT, serial sex murderer
November 24, 1956 Konni Knappe, Recklinghausen, Germany
November 24, 1963 Jack Ruby shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald, Dallas, TX
November 24, 1963 Lee Harvey Oswald, shot by Jack Ruby, first murder on TV
November 26, 1899 Bruno Richard Hauptmann, Saxony, Germany
November 26, 1933 Thomas Harold Thurman, kidnapper, murderer, lynched San Jose, CA
November 26, 1938 Tina Turner, Nutbush, TN, (Annie Mae Bullock, "Ditta")
November 26, 1976 Donna DeMasi, Joanne Lomino shot by Son of Sam, NYC
November 27, 1934 Baby Face Nelson killed FBI agents Cowley and Hollis, and was also killed, Fox River Grove, IL
November 27, 1935 Al Jackson, Jr , Memphis, TN, the MGs
November 27, 1941 Eddie Rabbitt, Brooklyn, Drivin' My Life Away
November 27, 1973 Albert DeSalvo, Boston Strangler, stabbed, murdered in prison
November 28, 1939 Berry Gordy, Jr, Motown
November 29, 1933 Vern Miller found dead, Detroit, MI
November 30, 1929 Dick Clark, Mt  Vernon, NY
November 30, 1932 Pretty Boy Floyd robbed Citizen's State Bank, Tupelo, Mississippi, for $50,000
November 30, 1944 Luther Ingram, Jackson, MS, My Honey And Me, If Lovin You Is Wrong
November 30, 1953 June Pointer, Pointer Sisters
DECEMBER
December 01, 1907 Joseph Aiuppa
December 01, 1932 Bonnie and Clyde joined by W D  Jones, Dallas, TX
December 01, 1937 Lou Rawls, Chicago, IL
December 01, 1940 Richard Pryor, Peoria, IL
December 01, 1945 Bette Midler, Patterson, NJ, The Rose
December 01, 1957 Charles Starkweather robbed and killed Robert Colvert, Lincoln, NE
December 02, 1935 Albert Kessel, murderer, is the first man to die in California's new gas chamber
December 04, 1923 John Dillinger deserted US Navy, Boston, Massachusetts
December 04, 1926 Lee Dorsey, New Orleans, LA, Get Out My Life, Woman
December 04, 1953 Vincent Ciucci shot and killed wife and 3 children, Chicago, IL
December 04, 1969 Fred Hampton, Mark Clark, Black Panthers, murdered, Chicago police
December 05, 1935 Little Richard, Macon, GA
December 05, 1962 Sophie Clark, 25, raped, strangled by Boston Strangler
December 06, 1932 Bonnie and Clyde's accomplice, Ray Hamilton and Gene O'Dare arrested Bay City, MI, taken to Texas for trial
December 06, 1941 Richard Speck, Kirkwood, Illinois
December 06, 1989 Gunman kills 14 women, University of Montreal, with automatic rifle
December 07, 1947 Gregg Allman, Nashville, TN
December 08, 1925 Jimmy Smith, PA, organist, monster
December 08, 1939 Jerry Butler, Sunflower, MS, Only The Strong Survive
December 09, 1922 Redd Foxx, St  Louis, MO (John Sanford)
December 09, 1957 Donny Osmond, Ogden, UT
December 10, 1945 William Heirens robbed and killed Francis Brown, Chicago, IL
December 10, 1967 Otis Redding, Bar Kays killed in plane crash, Lake Monona, WI
December 11, 1926 Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton, Montgomery, AL, Hound Dog
December 11, 1931 Frank "Jelly" Nash assisted in escape of 7 prisoners, Federal Penitentiary, Leavenworth, KS
December 11, 1944 Brenda Lee, Atlanta, GA
December 11, 1954 Jermaine Jackson, Gary, IN
December 11, 1964 Sam Cooke, R & B star, killed, Los Angeles, CA
December 12, 1931 Pretty Boy Floyd robbed a bank in Paden, OK, and a bank in Castle, OK, - the first time 2 banks have been robbed by one person on the same day
December 12, 1932 Willie "the Actor" Sutton and John Eagan escape Sing Sing by sawing thru bars
December 12, 1941 Dionne Warwick, East Orange, NJ
December 12, 1951 William Cook, murderer, executed in the gas chamber, San Quentin
December 12, 2007 Ike Turner died
December 13, 1928 John Difronzo, Sr
December 13, 1941 James Marcello
December 14, 1903 Murderer William Ennis is electrocuted at Sing Sing, becoming the first police officer sent to the chair
December 14, 1932 Charlie Rich, Forest City, AR, Mohair Sam
December 14, 1933 John Hamilton killed police officer, Chicago, IL
December 14, 1942 James Inendino
December 14, 1946 Patty Duke, Brooklyn, NY
December 15, 1901 Kid Curry, famous outlaw, spotted by A B Carey of Jefferson City, TN, who telephoned the police  This was the first time a phone was used to capture a felon in the US
December 15, 1913 Louis Parrilli
December 15, 1921 Sam Carlisi
December 15, 1921 Thomas O'Connor, murderer, sentenced to hang, Chicago, IL, escaped days before execution  By court order, the gallows remain in the Cook Co Jail until his capture and hanging
December 15, 1946 Carmine Appice, drummer, Vanilla Fudge, Rod Stewart
December 15, 1965 Bangladesh windstorm kills 10,000
December 15, 1987 Flit vom Studer Schloss died
December 16, 1930 Baron Herman K  Lamm shot to death while attempting to rob Citizen's State Bank, Clinton, IN
December 16, 1932 Doc Barker, Fred Barker, Alvin Karpis, Jess Doyle, Bill Weaver, Larry DeVol and Verne Miller, robbed Third Northwestern Bank, Minneapolis, MN, for $20,000, killing two policemen, and wounding a civilian
December 16, 1952 John "Mario" Rainone
December 17, 1915 Cordella Stevenson, a black woman, is repeatedly raped by dozens of white men and lynched, Columbus, MS.  Her naked body is left on a
telephone pole for 2 days before it is cut down
December 17, 1959 Roger Touhy shot and killed, Chicago, IL
December 17, 1975 Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, Manson disciple, sentenced to life in prison for the attempted assassination of President Gerald Ford
December 18, 1918 Al Capone married Mae Coughlin
December 18, 1925 Pretty Boy Floyd imprisoned State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, MO, for robbery, sentenced to 5 years
December 18, 1931 Fred Barker and Alvin Karpis robbed store, West Plains, MO
December 18, 1931 Legs Diamond shot and killed, Albany, New York
December 18, 1948 Edmund Emil Kemper, mass murderer, necrophiliac
December 19, 1931 Fred Barker and Alvin Karpis killed Sheriff, West Plains, MO
December 20, 1927 Frank Demonte
December 20, 1986 Howard Beach racial incident, NY, 1 dead, several injured
December 21, 1933 Bonnie and Clyde robbed citizen, Shreveport, LA
December 21, 1937 Jane Fonda, New York City
December 21, 1940 Frank Zappa, Baltimore, MD
December 21, 1942 Carla Thomas, Memphis, TN, Baby, Tramp
December 21, 1992 Albert King died, Memphis
December 21, 2007 Ike Turner's funeral
December 22, 1949 Maurice Gibb, Manchester, England, BeeGees
December 22, 1949 Robin Gibb, Manchester, England, BeeGees
December 22, 1971 Winnie Ruth Judd, murderess, released from Arizona State Prison
December 23, 1927 Joseph Grieco
December 24, 1905 Howard Hughes
December 25, 1932 Clyde and W D Jones stole car and killed Doyle Johnson, Temple, TX
December 25, 1948 Barbara Mandrell, Houston, TX
December 25, 2006 James Brown died
December 27, 1931 Buck Barrow surrendered himself at Huntsville Penitentiary
December 27, 1943 Gary Gagliano
December 27, 1965 Dagmar Heide, Recklinghausen, Germany
December 29, 1942 Roger Touhy arrested by FBI agents, Chicago, IL
December 29, 1965 Jamie Donile, the angel from USRobotics
December 29, 1975 11 killed, 75 hurt by terrorist bomb at LaGuardia Airport, NYC
December 30, 1864 Max Emil Fredrick von Stephanitz - The founder of the German Shepherd Dog
December 30, 1962 Patricia Bissette, 23, raped, strangled by Boston Strangler
December 31, 1860 General John T  Thompson, inventor of the Thompson Submachine Gun
December 31, 1948 Donna Summers, Boston, MA, Dim All The Lights (LaDonna Gaines)
December 31, 1977 Ted Bundy escapes jail, CO

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