Topic: Jeana Yaeger

On Dec. 23, 1948, former Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were hanged in Tokyo under sentence of the Allied War Crimes Commission.

On Dec. 23, 1987, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, serving a sentence for attempting to assassinate President Gerald Ford, escapes from a West Virginia prison.

On Dec. 23, 1987, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, serving a sentence for attempting to assassinate President Gerald Ford, escapes from a West Virginia prison.

On Dec. 23, 2013, Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda lokonnikova of the punk rock band, Pussy Riot, were released from prison in Russia after serving time for criticizing President Vladimir Putin.

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