Clyde Barrow was born March 24, 1909 (115 years ago) into a poor farming family in Ellis County, Texas. In the early 1920s, the family moved to Dallas.
In 1926, Clyde was arrested for the first time when he failed to return a rental car on time. His second arrest was for possession of stolen turkeys.
Clyde met 19 year-old Bonnie Parker in January 1930. They developed a romantic interest.
Clyde was imprisoned in Texas in April 1930 for stealing cars. He was paroled in 1932. Bonnie joined Clyde's criminal gang around that time.
In August 1932, Clyde killed a police officer who approached him at a dance in Oklahoma. He eventually killed nine.
By May 1934, Barrow had 16 warrants outstanding against him for multiple counts of robbery, auto theft, theft, escape, assault, and murder in four states.
In the early morning of May 23, 1934, a police posse set up an ambush along Louisiana State Highway 154. About 9:15 AM, Bonnie and Clyde drove by and were fatally gunned down by 130 rounds fired at them by police officers.
Thirty-five years later Bonnie and Clyde were resurrected in a film directed by Arthur Penn and which starred Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway in the title roles. Bonnie and Clyde was nominated for nine Academy Awards, winning two.
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