Rosenbergs
executed - 19 June 1953
On this day in 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were convicted of
conspiring to pass US 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 electric chair. The Rosenbergs were the first US citizens
to be convicted and executed for espionage during peacetime and their
case remains controversial to this day. - History
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