96 years ago, the first state execution in the United States by gas chamber took place in Nevada by executing Gee Jon, a Chinese National

On 8 February, 1924, Gee Jon, a Chinese National became the first person in the United States to be executed by lethal gas. A member of the Hip Sing Tong criminal society from San Francisco, California, Gee was sentenced to death for the murder of an elderly member from another gang in Nevada.