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Today in History: The Haymarket Square Riot Explodes in Chicago (1886)

Friction between laborers and their employers was a very common occurrence after the Industrial Revolution. Business owners wanted to keep costs down and profits high, while workers had to deal with the dangerous…

By Matthew Weber · 3 min

Crime

Today in History: Four Students Murdered at Kent State University (1970)

By 1970, Americans were fed up with the Vietnam war, and it was showing in the almost constant protests taking…

Matthew Weber · 3 min