25 Jun	1953: Christie to hang for wife's murder
13 Jul	1955: Ruth Ellis hanged for killing lover
23 Aug	1961: Couple found shot in A6 lay-by
22 Jan	1962: 'A6 murder' trial begins
22 Nov	1963: Kennedy shot dead in Dallas
04 Aug	1964: Three civil rights activists found dead
06 May	1966: Moors murderers jailed for life
18 Jul	1966: Nurses murder suspect charged
18 Jan	1967: 'Boston Strangler' sentenced to life
04 Apr	1968: Martin Luther King shot dead
08 May	1968: Krays held on suspicion of murder
05 Jun	1968: Robert Kennedy injured in shooting
17 Dec	1968: Mary Bell found guilty of double killing
04 Mar	1969: Kray twins guilty of McVitie murder
10 Mar	1969: Martin Luther King's killer gets life
09 Aug	1969: Film star stabbed in 'ritualistic' killings
17 Jun	1970: 'Babes in the wood' bodies found
29 Mar	1971: Manson sent to gas chamber
14 Jul	1971: Suicide note reveals murder confession
20 Dec	1973: Spanish prime minister assassinated
08 Nov	1974: Police hunt Lord Lucan after murder
27 Feb	1975: PC murder linked to IRA bomb factory
07 Mar	1975: Kidnapped heiress found strangled
27 Nov	1975: TV presenter Ross McWhirter shot dead
15 Oct	1976: UDR men jailed for Showband killings
08 May	1978: 'Son of Sam' pleads guilty to murders
10 May	1978: Italy mourns murdered statesman
11 Sep	1978: Umbrella stab victim dies
12 Sep	1977: Steve Biko dies in custody
20 Sep	1978: Police hunt Bridgewater killers
12 Oct	1978: Sex Pistol Vicious on murder charge
27 Oct	1978: Gunman runs amok in West Midlands
18 Nov	1978: Mass suicide leaves 900 dead
22 Mar	1979: British ambassador assassinated in Holland
02 Sep	1979: Ripper suspected of 12th murder
26 Oct	1979: South Korean President killed
08 Dec	1980: John Lennon shot dead
05 Jan	1981: Man arrested for Ripper murders
22 Jun	1981: Chapman pleads guilty to Lennon murder
06 Oct	1981: Egypt's President Sadat assassinated
17 Sep	1982: Refugees massacred in Beirut camps
22 May	1981: Yorkshire Ripper jailed for life
29 Oct	1982: Mother jailed in dingo baby murder
10 Feb	1983: British police on trail of mass murderer
24 Oct	1983: Nilsen 'strangled and mutilated' victims
02 Sep	1984: Seven killed in Sydney biker shootings
30 Oct	1984: Pro-Solidarity priest is murdered
31 Oct	1984: Indian prime minister shot dead
16 May	1985: Miners jailed for pit strike murder
07 Oct	1985: Gunmen hijack Italian cruise liner
27 Dec	1985: Gunmen kill 16 at two European airports
30 Jul	1986: Parents appeal for missing agent
28 Oct	1986: 'Evil' Bamber jailed for family murders
17 Nov	1986: French car chief shot dead
20 Nov	1986: Police renew hunt for Moors victims
02 Jul	1987: Brady to help search for Moors victims
22 Jul	1987: Cartoonist shot in London street
04 Aug	1987: Moors murderer claims more killings
19 Aug	1987: Gunman kills 14 in Hungerford rampage
09 Sep	1987: Liverpool fans to stand trial in Belgium
12 Feb	1989: Belfast lawyer Finucane murdered
24 May	1989: Yorkshire Ripper's wife wins damages
21 May	1991: Bomb kills India's former leader Rajiv Gandhi
17 Feb	1992: Cannibal killer jailed for life
23 Jun	1992: 'Teflon Don' jailed for life
02 Jul	1992: IRA murders 'informers'
14 Feb	1993: Missing two-year-old found dead
20 Feb	1993: Two boys charged with toddler's murder
29 Jul	1993: Lawrence murder suspects freed
14 Sep	1993: UK tourist shot dead in Florida
01 Mar	1994: West charged as death toll mounts
30 Dec	1994: Gunman kills two women at abortion clinic
01 Jan	1995: Serial killer West found hanged
03 Oct	1995: OJ Simpson verdict: 'Not guilty'
04 Nov	1995: Israeli PM shot dead
22 Nov	1995: Life sentence for Rosemary West
08 Dec	1995: Youth gang stabs head teacher to death
10 Jul	1996: Girl survives murder of mother and sister
13 Mar	1996: Massacre in Dunblane school gym
28 Apr	1996: Gunman runs amok in Tasmania
16 Oct	1996: Handguns to be banned in the UK
14 Feb	1997: Lawrence 'killed by racists'
21 Feb	1997: 'Bridgewater Three' freed
12 Jun	1997: Straw to reconsider Bulger killers' fate
15 Jul	1997: Versace murdered on his doorstep
31 Oct	1997: British au pair guilty of murder
27 Dec	1997: Loyalist leader murdered in prison
22 Aug	1999: Man in custody after burglary shooting
31 Jan	2000: Life for serial killer Shipman
18 Jul	2000: Sarah Payne's body found
27 Nov	2000: Schoolboy Damilola Taylor dies in stabbing
05 Jan	2001: Shipman 'may have killed hundreds'
08 Jan	2001: Bulger killers win anonymity for life
12 Jan	2001: Climbie carers guilty of murder
16 Jan	2001: DR Congo President Kabila shot
22 Jun	2001: Bulger killers to be released
02 Jul	2001: Dando killer jailed for life
27 Sep	2001: Swiss man kills 14
01 Jun	2001: Nepal royal family massacred
25 Apr	2002: Brothers cleared of Damilola murder
04 Aug	2002: Police 'concerned' for missing girls
11 Sep	2003: Anna Lindh dies of stab injuries
17 Nov	2003: Washington sniper convicted
17 Dec	2003: Ian Huntley guilty of Soham murders
13 Jan	2004: Serial killer Shipman found hanged
22 Jun	2004: Child killer Dutroux jailed for life