At <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auburn_Correctional_Facility" id="mwZQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Auburn Correctional Facility">Auburn Prison</a> in New York, murderer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kemmler" id="mwZg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="William Kemmler">William Kemmler</a> becomes the first person to be <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment" id="mwZw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Capital punishment">executed</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_chair" id="mwaA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Electric chair">electric chair</a>.