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Killed his wife, 3 members of her family and 2 household servants [71] 2: George Hassell: Whittier: 1917, 1926: 13: Spree killer, killed his wife and three children in Whittier, then killed his second family in Texas in 1926 [72] [73] 3: Ralph Works: Pasadena: 1941-08-08: 2: Murder-suicide in which former professional baseball pitcher shot ...
The California genocide was a series of genocidal massacres of the indigenous peoples of California by United States soldiers and settlers during the 19th century. It began following the American conquest of California in the Mexican–American War and the subsequent influx of American settlers to the region as a result of the California gold rush.
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of California since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. Since the 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision of Gregg v. Georgia, the following 13 people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of California. [1]
(Reuters) - A rampage at a ballroom dance venue in Monterey Park, California, that killed at least 10 people on Saturday was one of the most deadly mass shootings in the state's modern history.
The remaining Circassian populations who refused were thus forcefully dispersed, deported or killed. Today, most Circassians live in exile. [339] California genocide: California, United States 1846 1873 9,492 –16,094 [340] [341] [N 6] 120,000 [341] [N 7]
Rotting corpses (both animal and human) thrown down wells were the most common implementation; in one of the earliest examples of biological warfare, corpses known to have died from common transmissible diseases of the Pre-Modern era such as bubonic plague or tuberculosis were especially favored for well-poisoning.
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The bills turn the spotlight on a phenomenon that is woven into the Golden State's history, said California state Sen. Steven Bradford, a Democrat from Gardena who authored three of the pending bills.