On this date in 2010, Farid Baghlani was hanged in Ahvaz for a 2004-2008 serial murder spree that claimed the lives of six women.

At trial, Baghlani openly attributed his crimes to his hatred for women, probably not a defense calculated to maximize his prospects of acquittal. Those who lost loved ones to Baghlani returned the sentiment, and celebrated his execution by handing out sweets.

On this day..

• 1617: A miller of Manberna, the hangman's last
• 1951: Marcel Ythier, Andre Obrecht's first
• 1989: Rohana Wijeweera
• 1752: William Montgomery, small enough to fail
• 1544: Maria von Beckum and her sister-in-law Ursula
• 1765: Patrick Ogilvie, but not Katharine Nairn
• Announcing: Execution Playing Cards
• 1795: David McCraw, "blasted all our conjugal happiness"
• 1943: The Zalkind family
• Themed Set: Meaghan Good
• 1663: Corfitz Ulfeldt, in effigy
• 1676: Col. Thomas Hansford, the first American independence martyr
• 1534: Barthélemi Milon, for the Affair of the Placards
• 1849: Frederick and Marie Manning, a Dickensian scene
• 1002: St. Brice's Day Massacre