Espionage

Events (11)

• 1780

  9/23 — American Revolution: British Major John André is arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold's change of sides.

• 1917

  10/15 — World War I: At Vincennes outside Paris, Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by firing squad for spying for the German Empire.

• 1941

  8/15 — Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for espionage.

• 1948

  8/3 — Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.

• 1951

  3/29 — Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.

• 1951

  4/5 — Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union.

• 1960

  7/8 — Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.

• 1960

  8/19 — Cold War: In Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage.

• 1963

  7/1 — The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent.

• 1985

  11/21 — United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying after being caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations. He is subsequently sentenced to life in prison.

• 1986

  6/4 — Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.