On this day in 1912, 17-year-old Virginia Christian was executed by electric chair for the murder of her employer, Ida Belote. To this day, Virginia remains the only female juvenile delinquent ever sentenced to the electric chair.
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May 25, 1659: Richard Cromwell Resigns
May 24, 1961: Freedom Riders Arrested
May 23, 1934: Auto Lite Strike
May 22, 1998: Clinton’s Secret Service
May 21, 1924: Leopold & Loeb
May 20, 1983: Church Street Bombing
May 19, 2015: Brian Reader Arrested
May 18, 1998: Operation Casablanca
May 17, 1968: Tent Girl Found
May 16, 1918: Sedition Act Signed
May 15, 1970: Jackson State Killings
May 14, 1610: The Assassination of Henry IV
May 13, 1787: Captain Arthur Phillip
May 12, 1932: Lindbergh Baby Found
May 11, 1988: Kim Philby Dies
May 10, 1849: Astor Place Riot
May 9, 1994: Cleashindra Hall Disappears
May 8, 1973: Standoff at Wounded Knee
May 7, 1992: Sydney River McDonald’s Murders
May 6, 1996: William Colby’s Body Found
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