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may 4, 1886 - Haymarket Affair

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The Haymarket Affair of 1886 is when a bomb went off on behalf of striking workers in Haymarket Square in Chicago. This would become a symbol of struggle for worker's rights.

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may 4, 1886
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~ 140 years ago