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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 ...
Gerald James Bordelon (February 19, 1962 – January 7, 2010) [1] was an American convicted murderer and sex offender who was executed in Louisiana for murder. Bordelon was sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of Courtney LeBlanc, his 12-year-old stepdaughter.
Loyd Hall Plantation is located in Cheneyville, Louisiana.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 29, 1977.. Loyd Hall was built around 1820 [2] by William Loyd, who was executed in the house by Union troops in 1864 on suspicion of being a double spy for both the Union and the Confederate States of America. [3]
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
Steamboat sank due to boiler explosion; fatalities estimated. Deadliest maritime disaster in U.S. history 1,021 1904 PS General Slocum: Accident – shipwreck East River near New York City: Steamship sank due to fire on board. Deadliest maritime disaster in New York City, and deadliest in city's history until 2001. 1,000–2,000 1893
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. (February 15, 1914 – disappeared October 16, 1972; declared dead December 29, 1972) was an American Democratic Party politician and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Orleans, Louisiana.
The crash was one of several accidents in the area due to heavy fog, police said. St John Sheriff Mike Tregre said that there was a total of 25 crashes on the road, involving three 18-wheel trucks ...
[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]