From Executions in Yemen, 1998-2001:
October 14 [1998]: Faisal Saleh bin Zuba’a, a tribesman, executed two days after killing a local pediatrician. In an unusually fast trial, the man was found guilty of killing Dr. Mohammad Hayel while trying to steal his car. Reuters quoted an official as saying: “Citizens in Marib who attended the execution opened fire in the air expressing their happiness that justice had been done.”
On this day..
- 1780: The Biggerstaff Hanging Tree earns its name
- 1928: Chen Jue
- Feast Day of Gervasius and Protasius
- 1881: A day in the death penalty around the U.S.
- 1638: Stepan Ostryanin, Cossack hetman
- 1854: Aslak Hetta and Mons Somby, Sami rebels
- 1757: The Tipplers Revolt leaders
- 1772: John Jones, John Sunderland, John Chapman, and John Creamer
- 1767: William Guest, coin shaver
- 1920: Frank Campione, "are they really going to hang me?"
- 39: Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus, erotic poet
- 1959: Genzo Kurita, serial killer