Some in the throng were journalists, some were police, others were there to make sure the condemned man, a German named Eugen Weidmann, was properly dispatched. Some whistled, some jeered, as Weidmann ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Today in History. Followed categories will be added to My News. At one stage he complained that his handcuffs were too tight and they were removed. He smoked ...

Forty years ago this week, France conducted its last execution by guillotine. A handsome Tunisian immigrant named Hamida Djandoubi was led to a bladed contraption and his head placed in the stock ...