On this day: January 2

  1. 1935
    Court / trial Hunterdon County Courthouse, Flemington · Bruno Richard Hauptmann

    The "Trial of the Century" drew crowds and reporters to Flemington. Hauptmann was found guilty of first-degree murder on February 13, 1935, and sentenced to death.

  2. 1977
    Victim Kristine Mihelich · Oakland County Child Killer

    A fifth grader at Pattengill Elementary School who lived with her mother in Berkley.