19 June 2017

History for the day: 1953: Rosenbergs executed

 

 

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19
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
     
1953
Rosenbergs executed
On this day in 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviets, are executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York. Both refused to admit any wrongdoing and proclaimed their innocence right up to the time of their deaths, by the... read more »
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