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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 ...
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
John Ashley Brown Jr. (c.1962/1963 [1] – April 24, 1997) was an American from New Orleans who was convicted of first-degree murder and incarcerated on death row in Louisiana State Penitentiary for 12 years.
[2] [10] Since the reinstatement of capital punishment in 1976, Williams was the first person to be executed in Louisiana, and the tenth in the United States. [11] He was also the second black person to be executed in the United States since 1976, as well as the first person to be executed for killing a black victim. [2] [7] [12]
The Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant, formerly known as the Louisiana Ordnance Plant or as The Shell Plant, is an inactive 14,974-acre (60.60 km 2) plant to load, assemble and pack ammunitions items. During production from 1942 to 1994, the Army disposed of untreated explosives-laden wastewater in on-site lagoons, contaminating soil, sediments ...
The next year, a monument to the Prince de Polignac, a Confederate officer, was erected at the site. [7] This was the first monument at the site. [8] That same year, state congressman W. H. Farmer introduced legislation to provide $5,000 of state funds for the site. [9] Governor of Louisiana Henry L. Fuqua signed Farmer's bill into law in July ...
While travelling along the M-2 motorway, a school bus skidded due to mechanical brake failure and fell into a ravine, killing 37 and injuring at least 70. [106] November 4 – United Kingdom – M5 motorway crash. A 34-vehicle crash near Taunton on the M5 motorway killed seven and injured 51. [107] [108]
Willie Francis (January 12, 1929 – May 9, 1947) was an American teenager known for surviving a failed execution by electrocution in the United States. [2] He was a convicted juvenile sentenced to death at age 16 by the state of Louisiana in 1945 for the murder of Andrew Thomas, a pharmacy owner in St. Martinville who had once employed him.