Patty Hearst: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: CNN - Radically different. Aug 28, 2026
Anniversary information added. Feb 16, 2026
Add new Web site: BBC News - Patty Hearst: How kidnap saga became a media feeding frenzy. Sep 05, 2025
Added a cross-reference to John Waters and revised photo captions. Jun 25, 2025
Add new Web site: CBC Radio - The surreal saga of Patty Hearst and the Symbionese Liberation Army. Apr 17, 2025
Add new Web site: ABC News - Patty Hearst was an American heiress kidnapped by left-wing guerrillas. Then she joined their cause. Dec 19, 2024
Add new Web site: The Guardian - The further trials of Patty Hearst. Oct 23, 2024
Add new Web site: United States District Court Northern District of California Historical Society - The Patricia Hearst Trial:The Local Lawyers Remember. Sep 14, 2024
Add new Web site: BBC - Witness History - Queen of the 'fro. May 28, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 12, 2024
Add new Web site: CNN - Radically different. Dec 28, 2023
Add new Web site: FBI - Patty Hearst. Aug 18, 2023
Link added. Mar 30, 2023
Add new Web site: NPR - Whose Side Was She On? 'American Heiress' Revisits Patty Hearst's Kidnapping. Oct 06, 2022
Add new Web site: Famous Trials - Biography of Patty Hearst. Feb 19, 2020
Add new Web site: Crime Museum - Patty Hearst Kidnapping. May 10, 2019
Changed the article title to Patty Hearst, noted that Pres. Jimmy Carter commuted her sentence, and added information about her acting career. Jul 03, 2018
Replaced photograph. Feb 03, 2017
Added photograph. Mar 29, 2012
Add new Web site: PBS - American Experience - Biography of Patricia Campbell Hearst. Feb 10, 2012
Added "outgoing" in reference to Pres. Bill Clinton. Feb 07, 2012
Added her alias, "Tania," and included the name's history. Feb 06, 2012
Added a sentence concerning her pardon by Pres. Bill Clinton in 2001. Feb 04, 2011
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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