In 1914: A Wobbly's death sentence and the trial that made Joe Hill a legend
IWW songwriter Joe Hill was convicted of double murder in Salt Lake City and sentenced to death on July 8, 1914, despite evidence widely described as meager and tenuous; he was executed by firing squad in November 1915 and became an enduring labor movement martyr.
Also on this date
- 1898 Con artist Soapy Smith killed in shootout in Skagway, Alaska
- 1966 Serial killer Larry 'The Bonecrusher' Bright born in Peoria County, Illinois
- 1989 Rhonda Marie Fisher murdered in Colorado cold case later solved by DNA