From the Livingston Republican of July 1858, by way of Murderpedia:
On this day..
- 1709: Christopher Slaughterford, "Vengeance, Vengeance!"
- 1985: Hezekiah Ochuka, ruler of Kenya for six hours
- 1880: A day in the death penalty around the U.S.
- 1835: Vincent, by popular demand
- 1861: Robert Thomas Palin, under Ordinance 17 Victoria Number 7
- 1944: Ferruccio Nazionale, Ivrea partisan
- 1920: Lee Monroe Betterton, three strikes and you're out
- 1941: Not Shaike Iwensky, "standing in line to be killed"
- 1943: Not Halina Birenbaum, thanks to a shortage of gas
- 1572: The Martyrs of Gorkum
- 1294: Rane Jonsen, Marsk Stig conspirator
- 1850: The Bab, Prophet of Baha'i