Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 6 September 2010
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Question 1: For what did William Kemmler, then at New York's Auburn Prison, become famous on 6 August 1890?
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B
The first person to be executed via the electric chair
The first person to break out of a prison ringed with barbed wire
C
The first warder to be convicted of murdering a prison inmate
D
The first prison manager to allow conjugal visits