Execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
When: June 19, 1953
Where: Ossining, New York
The clemency campaign to spare a Jewish-American couple convicted of espionage failed to prevent their execution at Sing Sing prison on June 19, 1953. The Rosenbergs were the only two American civilians to be executed for espionage-related activity during the Cold War. Stan considered the prosecution of the Rosenbergs as the height of McCarthy Era hysteria.
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