August 25, 1924
Geneva, Switzerland 
The Chicago Daily Tribune reports a self-inflicted acid attack by a woman seeking to destroy her beauty so her husband would stop accusing her of attracting unwanted attention from other men.

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1998: Tortured, murdered by lover and her friends and family (2017)
1993: Convicted murderer of five, including two children, is executed (2018)

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