1924: Frank Johnson, the first electrocuted in Florida 1401: Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Fychan, an army marching on his stomach

1927: Martyrdom of Five Christeros

October 8th, 2010 Headsman

Artist unknown. The inscription reads:

Execution of Cristeros by federal soldiers on the outskirts of San Gabriel, Jalisco, October 8, 1927. On the same site, the soldiers were ambushed, suffering the same fate.

On this day..

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