On this day: November 16

U.S. Links Anthrax Letters to Terrorist Plot After 2001 Attacks

In November 2001 the U.S. government announced that the anthrax-laced letters mailed after 9/11 were being treated as acts of terrorism, launching a high-profile criminal and public-health investigation into the mailed attacks that sickened and killed several people.

Ted Bundy Executed in Florida Electric Chair

On November 16, 1989, convicted serial killer Ted Bundy was executed in Florida’s electric chair for multiple murders committed in the 1970s. The execution ended a high-profile, nationwide criminal case that prompted debates over capital punishment and forensic investigation.