On this day: January 7
- 1980Court / trial Orange County Courthouse, Orlando · Ted Bundy
Bundy was convicted of the kidnapping and murder of Kimberly Leach on February 7, 1980, and sentenced to death on February 10. This was the sentence ultimately carried out.
- 2007Victim Hugh Christopher "Chris" Newsom Jr. · Murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom
A Knoxville man; Tennessee's Chris Newsom Act (2014) and a scholarship carry his name.
- 2012Victim Sherry Arnold · Murder of Sherry Arnold
A popular Sidney High School math teacher and mother of two who grew up on a ranch outside Sidney.