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A gas chamber is an apparatus for killing humans or animals with gas, consisting of a sealed chamber into which a poisonous or asphyxiant gas is introduced. The most commonly used poisonous agent is hydrogen cyanide; carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide have also been used...

Timeline of Events

1924

2.8.1924

Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.

1942

5.12.1942

Holocaust: 1,500 Jews are sent to gas chambers in Auschwitz.

6.23.1942

World War II: the first selections for the gas chamber at Auschwitz take place on a train full of Jews from Paris.

1957

1.11.1957

Mass-murderer Jack Gilbert Graham is executed in Colorado by gas chamber.

1967

6.2.1967

Luis Monge is executed in Colorado's gas chamber, in the last pre-''Furman'' execution in the United States.