(-) Revolutionary Leader Túpac Amaru II originally José Gabriel Condorcanqui, is executed by quartering and beheading at the age of 39 in Cuzco, Peru.
He was forced to bear witness to the execution of his wife, his eldest son Hipólito, his uncle Francisco, his brother-in-law Antonio Bastidas, and some of his captains before his own death.
201 YEARS AGO - on Monday 18 May 1812
(-) Assassin of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval John Bellingham is executed by hanging at the age of 43 in London, Newgate Prison, London City of, United Kingdom.
145 YEARS AGO - on Monday 18 May 1868
(+) Last Tsar of Russia and Grand Duke of Finland Nikolaus II is born in St. Petersburg, Tsarskoye Selo, St. Petersburg, Russia.
141 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 18 May 1872
(+) Philosopher Bertrand Arthur William Russel is born in Trelleck, Gwent, United Kingdom.
130 YEARS AGO - on Friday 18 May 1883
(+) Architect of the Bauhaus Walter Gropius is born in Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
124 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 18 May 1889
(+) Inventor and chemist Thomas Midgley is born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, United States.
117 YEARS AGO - on Monday 18 May 1896
(x) 1389 Die in a mass panic during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II in Moscow, Khodynka Field, Moscow (City), Russia.
Several thousands of people had gathered to receive free gifts of a bread roll, a piece of sausage, pretzels, gingerbread, and a mug.
116 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 18 May 1897
(+) Filmmaker Frank Russel Capra originally Francesco Rosario, is born in Bisacquino, Sicily, Italy.
102 YEARS AGO - on Thursday 18 May 1911
(-) Composer Gustav Mahler dies of bacterial endocarditis at the age of 50 in Vienna, L w sanatorium, Wien, Austria.
101 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 18 May 1912
(+) Musician Perry Pierino Ronald Como is born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, United States.
93 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 18 May 1920
(+) 264th Pope John Paul II Originally Karol Jozef Wojtila, is born in Wadowice, Poland.
86 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 18 May 1927
(+) Serial Killer Harvey Louis Carignan aka The Want-Ad Killer, is born in Fargo, North Dakota, United States.
86 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 18 May 1927
(x) 55-year-old Mass murderer Andrew Kehoe wires the Consolidated School with dynamite, killing 38 children and 5 adults in Bath Township, Michigan, United States.
The night before he had stabbed his wife to death. Andrew himself also died in the blast when he fired into his car, still loaded with more dynamite.
85 YEARS AGO - on Friday 18 May 1928
(x) The home of 54-year-old Sing-Sing Prison Chief Executioner Robert Greene Elliott is bombed by persons unknown in New York, New York, United States.
It was presumed to be a revenge for the execution of Sacco & Vanzetti.
77 YEARS AGO - on Monday 18 May 1936
(x) 30-year-old Geisha, prostitute, actress and murderess Sada Abe strangles her lover Kichizo Ishida and cuts off his penis and testicles in Ogu, Japan.
"Because I couldn't take his head or body with me. I wanted to take the part of him that brought back to me the most vivid memories."
76 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 18 May 1937
(-) Murderess Christine Papin dies of cachexia at the age of 32 in Rennes, France.
71 YEARS AGO - on Monday 18 May 1942
(-) Murderer John Stanton is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 44 in Florida, United States.
61 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 18 May 1952
(+) Mass murderer David Burke is born in New York, United States.
(x) The body of Beryl Evans is exhumed to establish wether 55-year-old Serial Killer John Reginald Christie of 10 Rillington Place, had indeed murdered her, in London, Gunners Bury Cemetary, London City of, United Kingdom.
53 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 18 May 1960
(+) Spree Killer Michael Robert Ryan aka The Rambo Killer, is born in Savernake, United Kingdom.
46 YEARS AGO - on Thursday 18 May 1967
(-) Joyce Cassel is attacked and raped by Jerry Brudos aka The Lust Killer, in Portland, Oregon, United States.
She survived.
44 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 18 May 1969
(+) Satan Worshiper and Triple Murderer Sean Sellers aka Web of Darkness, is born in Oklahoma, United States.
42 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 18 May 1971
(-) Elisabeth Porteous is raped, strangled and her breasts chewed away by Wayne Boden aka The Vampire of Montreal, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
33 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 18 May 1980
(-) Musician Ian Kevin Curtis from Joy Division, commits suicide by hanging at the age of 23 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom.
20 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 18 May 1993
(-) Murderer John Sawyers is executed by lethal injection in Huntsville Prison, Texas, United States.
15 YEARS AGO - on Monday 18 May 1998
(-) Murderer Robert A. Carter is executed by lethal injection in Huntsville Prison, Texas, United States.
9 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 18 May 2004
(-) Double murderer Kelsey Patterson is executed by lethal injection at the age of 50 in Huntsville Prison, Texas, United States.
8 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 18 May 2005
(-) Murderer Bryan Eric Wolfe is executed by lethal injection in Huntsville Prison, Texas, United States.
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