may 4, 1886 - Haymarket square incident

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This was a rally protest when a labor protest near Chicago’s Haymarket Square turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police. At least eight people died as a result of the violence that day. The Haymarket Riot was viewed as a setback for the organized labor movement in America, which was fighting for rights such as the eight-hour workday.

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