13 February

Wilhelm Voigt is born in Tilsit, East Prussia.

Captain of Köpenick Convicted

In 1906 an unemployed shoemaker in a second-hand captain's uniform commandeered a squad of soldiers, arrested a mayor and walked off with the town's cash.

Frances Coles is killed in Swallow Gardens, the last death placed in the police "Whitechapel murders" file.

Jack the Ripper Unsolved

Five women killed in ten weeks in London's East End in 1888, a name invented in a letter, and a killer the police never identified.

She is arrested at the Élysée Palace hotel in Paris and imprisoned at Saint-Lazare.

Mata Hari Executed

France shot the famous dancer as a German spy in 1917. She took money from both sides; whether she gave either anything of value is still argued.

Hauptmann is convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death.

Lindbergh baby kidnapping Executed

A ladder, a misspelled note and $50,000 in gold certificates: how the Lindbergh baby case ended in the electric chair, and why doubts still linger.