On this day: February 23
An 1846 English Coroner’s Inquiry Into a Sleepwalking Homicide
On 23 February 1846 a coroner’s inquest in England examined a death widely reported as the first documented case of a person killing another while allegedly asleep; the verdict and contemporary debate highlighted legal and medical uncertainty about automatism.
The first documented sleepwalking homicide, 23 February 1846
On 23 February 1846 a highly publicized British case recorded a man accused of killing while reportedly sleepwalking, an early legal and medical milestone that influenced 19th-century debates about criminal responsibility and somnambulism.
1995 case helps define 'false memory syndrome' in public debate
On February 23, 1995, media coverage and advocacy around a contested clinical and legal claim coalesced into one of the first widely publicized uses of the term "false memory syndrome," prompting debate among clinicians, survivors and legal professionals about recovered memories of abuse.
FBI Opens Files on Bonnie and Clyde to the Public
The FBI released previously closed files on Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow on February 23, 1976, offering researchers and the public additional contemporaneous material about the notorious Depression-era outlaw duo and the Bureau’s investigation.