On this day in 1950, two members of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party attempted to assassinate President Harry S. Truman. Their ultimate gameplan was to secure Puerto Rican independence from America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1984, India’s first female P.M., Indira Gandhi, was assassinated outside of her home in New Delhi. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1831, Nat Turner was apprehended in Southampton County, Virginia, weeks after leading the bloodiest slave uprising in U.S. history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1901, 28-year-old Leon Czolgosz was executed via electric chair for fatally shooting U.S. President William McKinley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1895, serial killer H.H. Holmes went on trial for murder in Philadelphia. He refused a court appointed lawyer, opting to defend himself.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1659, William Robinson and Marmaduke Stevenson became the first Quakers to be executed for their religion in America.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 2007, Lisa Montgomery was given the death penalty for murdering 8-months-pregnant Bobbie Jo Stinnett and cutting the baby from her womb. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1929, President Harding’s interior secretary, Albert B. Fall, was found guilty of accepting a bribe while in office. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1986, the British government cut diplomatic ties with Syria over a failed airplane bombing — an attack that was allegedly planned by Syrian intelligence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1982, police in southern Arizona engaged in a deadly shootout with members of the Christ Miracle Healing Center and Church. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1934, Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd died after a shootout with the police. He was wanted for the Kansas City Massacre, a violent altercation in July 1933 that took the lives of three police officers and one FBI agent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 2009, Alyssa Bustamante killed her 9-year-old next-door neighbor, Elizabeth Olten. Bustamante was only 15 when she committed the murder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 2003, 40-year-old Kirk Jones threw himself over Niagara Falls... and miraculously survived. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 2000, serial killer Robert Lee Yates, Jr. pled guilty to thirteen murders. It marked an end to Yates’ nearly 25-year murder spree. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1985, South African authorities executed Black activist Benjamin Moloise after he was convicted of murdering a police officer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1931, 32-year-old gangster Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion, finally ending his violent reign as ‘Public Enemy Number One.’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1965, British police found the body of missing 10-year-old girl, Lesley Ann Downey. Lesley was one of the five young victims of serial killers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1991, Clarence Thomas was narrowly confirmed to the Supreme Court — despite allegations of sexual harassment by Thomas’s former aide, Anita Hill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1912, saloonkeeper John Schrank shot U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. The bullet remained lodged in Roosevelt’s chest for the rest of his life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in the year 54 CE, Roman Emperor Claudius was poisoned by his wife Agrippina. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices