Friday 7th of January 1898 (-) — Double murderer Theodore Durrant is executed by hanging
Friday 19th of October 1928 (-) — Kidnapper and child murderer William Hickman is executed by hanging
As soon as the money had been handed over Hickman drove off and pushed 12-year-old Marion's body out of the car at the end of the street. The coroner later testified that she had been dead for about 12 hours. Her arms and legs had been cut off and she had been disemboweled and stuffed with rags. Her eyes were being held open by wires. Her arms and legs were found wrapped in newspapers on 18 December in Elysian Park.
Thursday 2nd of October 1930 (-) — Multiple child murderer Gordon Northcott is executed by hanging
Friday 16th of April 1937 (-) — Murderer Fred Hart is executed by hanging by John Woods
Friday 2nd of December 1938 (-) — Multiple murderer Robert Cannon is executed by the gas chamber
Cannon was with Albert Kessel the first man to die in the Gas Chamber. Cannon's death took 12 minutes.
Friday 2nd of December 1938 (-) — Multiple murderer Albert Kessel is executed by the gas chamber
Kessel was with Robert Cannon the first man to die in the Gas Chamber. Kessel's death took 15 and a half minutes.
Saturday 22nd of November 1941 (-) — Gangster and ex-wrestler Juanita Spinelli is executed by the gas chamber
Spinelli was the first woman to be executed by the state of California.
Friday 1st of May 1942 (-) — Multiple murderer Raymond Lisenba is executed by hanging
Lisenba killed his wife Mary Busch by sticking her leg in a box with two rattlesnakes. Busch didn't die from the poison so Lisenba drowned her. Lisenba was the last man to be executed by hanging in San Quentin. The rope was the wrong length and it took over ten minutes for Rattlesnake James to die.
Friday 11th of April 1947 (-) — Prostitute cum serial killer Louise Peete is executed by the gas chamber
Peete was the second woman to be executed in the gas chamber.
Friday 12th of December 1952 (-) — Spree killer Billy Cook is executed by the gas chamber
Friday 3rd of June 1955 (-) — Murderess Barbara Graham is executed by the gas chamber
Two of Graham's convicted accomplices, Jack Santo and Emmett Perkins, were executed on the same day.
Friday 15th of March 1957 (-) — Kidnapper and murderer Burton Abbott is executed by the gas chamber
Friday 24th of October 1958 (-) — Double murderer Bart Caritativo is executed by the gas chamber
Friday 18th of September 1959 (-) — Serial killer Harvey Glatman is executed by the gas chamber
Friday 22nd of April 1960 (-) — Murderer Lawrence Wade is executed by the gas chamber
Wednesday 8th of August 1962 (-) — Murderess Elizabeth Duncan is executed by the gas chamber
Duncan ordered the murder of her 29-year-old daughter-in-law Olga Kupczyk. In the Gas Chamber she was accompanied by 25-year-old Luis Moya and 31-year-old Augustine ‘Gus’ Baldonado who actually killed the victim.
Wednesday 12th of April 1967 (-) — Cop killer Aaron Mitchell is executed by the gas chamber
Mitchell was the only person to be executed in California during the term of Governor Ronald Reagan. Mitchell's last words were "I'm Jesus Christ."
Monday 24th of February 1969 (x) — Singer-songwriter Johnny Cash plays live
The setlist was Wanted Man, Wreck of the Old 97, I Walk the Line, Darling Companion, Starkville City Jail, San Quentin, San Quentin" (performed a second time at the audience's request), A Boy Named Sue, (There'll Be) Peace in the Valley, Folsom Prison Blues.
Saturday 21st of August 1971 (-) — Black Panther George Jackson is shot dead during an attempt to escape
During the attempt Jackson and several other inmates killed six hostages.
Friday 26th of December 1980 (-) — Serial killer and cannibal Richard Chase commits suicide by an overdose of medication
Chase saved up his daily dose of prison doctor-prescribed Sinequan (doxepin hydrochloride) for several weeks.
Sunday 16th of November 1986 (x) — Serial killer Richard Ramirez is transferred from the Los Angeles Central Jail to Death Row
Tuesday 21st of April 1992 (-) — Double murderer Robert Alton Harris is executed by the gas chamber
Harris' last meal request was for a 21-piece bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken, two large Domino's pizzas, a bag of jelly beans, a six-pack of Pepsi, and a pack of Camel cigarettes. Harris' last words were "You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everybody dances with the grim reaper."
Tuesday 24th of August 1993 (-) — Serial killer David Mason is executed by the gas chamber
Mason was the last man to die in San Quentin's Gas Chamber. Mason refused any last meal, requesting only ice water while in the death watch cell. Mason told the warden that he had no final words to impart.
Friday 23rd of February 1996 (-) — Serial killer William Bonin is executed by lethal injection
Bonin was the first man to be executed by lethal injection in California. Bonin's last meal request was for two large pizzas, three pints of ice cream and three six-packs of Coke.
Friday 3rd of May 1996 (-) — Triple murderer Keith Williams is executed by lethal injection
Williams' last meal request was for fried pork chops, a baked potato with real butter, asparagus, salad with bleu cheese dressing, apple pie, and whole milk.
Thursday 3rd of October 1996 (x) — Serial killer Richard Ramirez marries 41-year-old Doreen Lioy who described herself as a virgin prior to her marriage
For many years before Ramirez's death Lioy stated that she would commit suicide when Ramirez was executed. However, Doreen Lioy and Richard Ramirez eventually separated before his death on 7 June 2013.
Tuesday 9th of February 1999 (-) — Double murderer Jaturun Siripongs is executed by lethal injection
Tuesday 4th of May 1999 (-) — Murderer Manuel Babbitt is executed by lethal injection
One year before his execution while on death row, Babbitt was awarded a Purple Heart medal for the wounds he had received at the Battle of Khe Sanh, Vietnam in 1968. Babbitt refused his last meal and asked that the $50 allotted be given to homeless Vietnam veterans.
Wednesday 15th of March 2000 (-) — Serial rapist and murderer Darrell Rich is executed by lethal injection
Tuesday 27th of March 2001 (-) — Double murderer Robert Massie is executed by lethal injection
Massie’s last meal request was for two vanilla milkshakes, extra crispy french fries, extra crispy fried oysters and soft drinks.
Tuesday 29th of January 2002 (-) — Multiple murderer Stephen Wayne Anderson is executed by lethal injection
Anderson's last meal request was for two grilled cheese sandwiches, one pint of cottage cheese, a hominy/corn mixture, one slice of peach pie, one pint of chocolate chip ice cream, and radishes.
Tuesday 17th of January 2006 (-) — Triple murderer Clarence Ray Allen is executed by lethal injection
Allen's last meal consisted of Buffalo steak and frybread as well as a bucket of KFC white-meat-only chicken, sugar-free pecan pie, sugar-free walnut ice cream and whole milk. The ice-cream was left out to thaw for one hour, which he turned into a milkshake by hand.
Thursday 12th of March 2015 (-) — Black Zebra killer J.C.X. Simon dies of unknown causes
