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Massacre ~120 ~17 Mountain Meadows, Utah Territory: Mountain Meadows massacre – During the Utah War, Mormon militiamen fueled by paranoia attacked the Baker–Fancher party wagon train, killing everyone older than 7. The party's 17 surviving children were kidnapped into Mormon families and the victims' property was auctioned off to the local ...
John Brown and followers killed 5 pro-slavery settlers during the Bleeding Kansas period. [9] [10] Spirit Lake Massacre: 1857 Mar 5–12 West Okoboji: Iowa: 35–40 A band of Dakota people led by Inkpaduta conducted a series of raids on white settlers. Mountain Meadows Massacre: 1857 Sep 7–11 Mountain Meadows: Utah Territory: 100–140
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The following table contains a list of those believed to have been killed during the massacre, along with the survivors (who are listed in bold). The table also lists if the person was listed on the 1955 Monument in Harrison, Arkansas , or on the 1990 Monument in Mountain Meadows .
President of the United States John F. Kennedy proposes a long-term "Alliance for Progress" between the United States and Latin America. [2] March 29 – The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to vote in presidential elections.
Paris massacre of 1961 This page was last edited on 15 February 2024, at 07:51 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
1961 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1961st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 961st year of the 2nd millennium, the 61st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1960s decade.
The Mountain Meadows massacre was caused in part by events relating to the Utah War, an 1857 deployment toward the Utah Territory of the United States Army, whose arrival was peaceful. In the summer of 1857, however, the Mormons expected an all-out invasion of apocalyptic significance.