16 January

The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, passed partly in Garfield's memory, becomes law.

Garfield Assassination Executed

A disappointed office-seeker shoots President Garfield in a Washington railway station in 1881. The doctors' probing may have done the rest.

Clyde leads a raid that frees Raymond Hamilton, Henry Methvin and others from Eastham; guard Joe Crowson is mortally wounded.

Bonnie and Clyde Killed before trial

Two years, at least nine dead lawmen and a posse waiting in the Louisiana pines: the real Barrow gang, from Eastham prison farm to the ambush at Gibsland.

Fred and Kate Barker are killed in a shootout with federal agents at Ocklawaha, Florida.

Ma Barker Killed before trial

Hoover called her the brains of a murderous gang. A robber who knew her said she couldn't plan breakfast. Kate Barker and the shootout at Lake Weir.