On this day
October 29
October 29, 1901
Anarchist Leon Czolgosz executed for killing McKinley
Anarchist Leon Czolgosz was executed for the murder of US President McKinley.
October 29, 1969
Bobby Seale bound and gagged in a Chicago courtroom
After Black Panther chairman Bobby Seale repeatedly insisted on his right to represent himself, Judge Julius Hoffman ordered him chained to his chair and gagged in front of the jury — for days. The image became the era's starkest portrait of American political justice.