Today in history

May 11

1894</b.
Beginning of Pullman Railroad Strike, Chicago, Illinois. The largest industrial strike to date in US history, eventually broken by federal government troops.

1973
Charges against former Pentagon analyst Daniel Ellsberg for his role in the release of the Pentagon Papers (a comprehensive classified study of the origins and conduct of the Vietnam War) were dismissed by Judge William M. Byrne, citing government misconduct.

1975
80,000 turned out in New York City’s Central Park to celebrate the end of the Vietnam War.

1996
March against black on black violence, Birmingham, England.

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