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In February 1903, U.S. Senator Hamilton Kean spoke against Arizona's statehood. He said Mormons who fled from Idaho to Mexico would return to the U.S. and mix in the politics of Arizona. [44] In 1912, Arizona almost entered the Union as part of New Mexico in a Republican plan to keep control of the U.S. Senate. The plan, while accepted by most ...
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Arizona since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. A total of 40 people, all male, have been executed in Arizona. All of them were convicted of murder and were executed at the Florence State Prison in Florence, Arizona. [1]
Killing Jesus: A History is a 2013 book by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard about the life and crucifixion of Jesus, referred to in the book as Jesus of Nazareth. It is the follow-up to Killing Kennedy and Killing Lincoln. Killing Jesus was released September 24, 2013, [1] through Henry Holt and Company.
According to Old West historian Marshall Trimble, Chacon was "one of the last of the hard-riding desperados who rode the hoot-owl trail in Arizona around the turn of the century." He was considered extremely dangerous, having killed about thirty people before being captured by Burton C. Mossman and hanged in 1902. [1]
Four decades after his brutal murder spree, "Son of Sam" serial killer David Berkowitz claims he's a changed man -- one who has found Jesus and considers himself a born-again Christian.
Joseph is mentioned in the works of early church historians such as Irenaeus, Hippolytus, Tertullian, and Eusebius, who added details not found in the canonical accounts. Francis Gigot , writing in the Catholic Encyclopedia , states that "the additional details which are found concerning him in the apocryphal Acta Pilati ("Acts of Pilate"), are ...
Hinchcliffe Court opens near Tucson, the first auto court motel in Arizona. [116] 1912 February 14: Arizona becomes the 48th state of the United States; Phoenix becomes the state capital. [108] U.S. President William Howard Taft issues Proclamation 1180: Admitting Arizona to the Union. [117] The Territory of Arizona becomes the State of Arizona.
The Golden Legend says that he saw celestial signs before conversion and that his eye problems might have been caused by illness or age. [11] The touch of Jesus's blood cures his eye problem: Christian legend has it that Longinus was a blind Roman centurion who thrust the spear into Christ's side at the crucifixion.