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Assassination of John F. Kennedy. Dallas. November 22, 1963. 2. While traveling in an open car, President John F. Kennedy was killed by a lone sniper, Lee Harvey Oswald, who then murdered J. D. Tippit, a Dallas police officer who had spotted him in a local neighborhood. Murder of Lee Harvey Oswald. Dallas. November 24, 1963.
This article lists and summarizes the war crimes that have violated the laws and customs of war since the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907.. Since many war crimes are not prosecuted (due to lack of political will, lack of effective procedures, or other practical and political reasons), [better source needed] historians and lawyers will frequently make a serious case in order to prove that ...
Oskar Dirlewanger (1895-1945), German Oberführer who committed one of the most notorious war crimes in WWII. Karl Dönitz (1891–1980), German naval commander and Hitler 's appointed successor. Wilhelm Dörr (1921–1945), guard at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, sentenced to death at the Belsen trials.
This list includes conflicts under the command authority of the Colony of Texas, Republic of Texas, and State of Texas. Legal Authority [ edit ] As a colony in Mexico from 1823 to 1835, the Texas Military was legally empowered by Agustín de Iturbide and the Coahuila y Tejas legislature to "organize the colonists into a body of militia to ...
In 13 separate incidents Donaldson was alleged to have flown over civilian areas shooting at civilians. He was the first U.S. general charged with war crimes since General Jacob H. Smith in 1902 and the highest ranking American to be accused of war crimes during the Vietnam War. The charges were dropped due to lack of evidence.
The first four of these executions, those of Bernard John O'Brien, Chastine Beverly, Louis M. Suttles and James L. Riggins, were carried out by military officials at the Kansas State Penitentiary near Lansing, Kansas. The remaining six executions took place in the boiler room of the United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total. Crimes in Austin, Texas (1 C, 13 P) Crimes in Dallas (1 C, 2 P) Crimes in Harris County, Texas (1 C, 9 P)
Data voluntarily submitted to the FBI by Texas law enforcement agencies show a spike in hate crimes reported in 2021.