4 January

Ferenc Nádasdy dies, leaving Báthory a wealthy widow.

Elizabeth Báthory Disputed verdict

Hundreds of witnesses accused a Hungarian countess of killing young women. She was walled up without trial in 1610. Was it justice or a political purge?

Lustig's recorded date of birth, in Hostinné, Bohemia, according to his prison records.

Victor Lustig Convicted

Did Victor Lustig really sell the Eiffel Tower for scrap in 1925? His counterfeiting and Alcatraz are on record. The tower sale rests on one later book.

The Mona Lisa is returned to the Louvre.

Mona Lisa theft Convicted

In 1911 a glazier walked out of the Louvre with Leonardo's portrait. It was gone 28 months, and the empty wall made it the world's most famous painting.

Galatas, Farmer, Stacci and Mulloy are convicted of conspiring to free a federal prisoner.

Kansas City Massacre Disputed verdict

Thirty seconds outside Union Station in June 1933 left four lawmen and their prisoner dead. The FBI blamed Pretty Boy Floyd. Historians are still arguing.