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  2. Gruesome Gertie - Wikipedia

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    The 1940 Louisiana legislature changed the method of execution, making execution by electrocution effective from June 1, 1941. Louisiana's electric chair did not have a permanent home at first, and was taken from parish to parish to perform the executions. The electrocution would usually be carried out in the courthouse or jail of the parish ...

  3. List of people executed in Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Louisiana since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. A total of 28 people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Louisiana since 1976. Of the 28 people executed, 20 were executed via electrocution and 8 via lethal injection.

  4. List of assassinations - Wikipedia

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    Was kidnapped and killed by far-right paramilitary squads, due to his opposition to any intervention of the armed forces to block the election of left-wing candidate Salvador Allende in 1970. 1971: Edmundo Pérez Zujovic, former Secretary of Interior Affairs 1973: Victor Jara, left-wing singer Killed after the coup of 1973. 1982

  5. List of massacres in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Louisiana: 83–153 Black people killed at courthouse and as prisoners afterwards. [22] Coushatta massacre: 1874 Aug Coushatta: Louisiana: 11–26 Six whites, remainder black killed as political intimidation. [23] [24] Election riot of 1874: 1874 Nov 3 Eufaula: Alabama: 8 70 injured. White League Democrats drove African American Republicans ...

  6. Felix Moncla - Wikipedia

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    Felix Moncla was born in Mansura, Louisiana, on October 21, 1926, to Felix Sr. (1894–1957), a high school science teacher, principal and veteran of World War I, and Yvonne Beridon Moncla (1900–1961), a seamstress. He also had two older sisters, Leonie and Muriel Ann.

  7. List of accidents and disasters by death toll - Wikipedia

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    An elevator plunged to the ground at a construction site. [116] Xiapu County, China: 12 2 June 1993 An elevator plunged to the ground from the 20th floor at a construction site. [117] North Point, Hong Kong: 11 25 April 2019 An elevator fell at a construction site due to a snapped cable. [118] Hengshui, China: 11 29 July 2011

  8. Delta Air Lines Flight 9877 - Wikipedia

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    N802E was a Douglas DC-8-51.It was purchased by Delta Air Lines on September 14, 1959 and had since then accumulated a total of 23,391 flight hours. The aircraft was originally manufactured as a DC-8-11 with four Pratt & Whitney JT3C turbojets, and later modified to a model 51 with JT3D turbofan engines. [2]

  9. List of traffic collisions (2000–present) - Wikipedia

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    Two separate bus crashes killed 35 people in Gaziantep and Mardin Provinces. [354] August 21 – Russia – At least 16 people died and another three were injured after a truck collided with a minibus in Ulyanovsk. [355] August 28 – Canada – Six were killed as a vehicle crashed into a concrete pit at a construction zone in Barrie, Ontario ...