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16h 22min, may 4, 1886 y - Haymarket Riot

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The Haymarket affair was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago. It began as a peaceful rally in support of workers striking for an eight-hour day and in reaction to the killing of several workers the previous day by the police

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16h 22min, may 4, 1886 y
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~ 140 years ago

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