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6th July 1892: The Homestead Strike sees Pinkerton agents fight striking steelworkers

6th July 2020
Tagged as: Industry, Pennsylvania, Strike, Unionisation, United States, USA

Dozens were killed or injured when Pinkerton agents working on behalf of the Carnegie Steel Company fought striking steelworkers in Homestead, Pennsylvania.

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6th October 1683: Germantown founded in the Pennsylvania Colony

6th October 2018
Tagged as: Germany, Immigration, Pennsylvania, Quaker, Religion, USA, William Penn

Germantown was founded in the Pennsylvania Colony by immigrant Quaker and Mennonite families.

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6th July 1892: The Homestead Strike sees Pinkerton agents fight striking steelworkers

6th October 1683: Germantown founded in the Pennsylvania Colony

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23rd June 1894: Establishment of the International Olympic Committee

14th May 1955: The establishment of the Warsaw Pact

10th August 1793: The Louvre museum in Paris opens to the public for the first time

6th February 1778: France and the US sign the first treaties that recognise American independence

14th August 1980: Lech Wałęsa leads strike in Gdańsk shipyard

13th August 1918: Opha May Johnson becomes the first woman to enlist in the US Marine Corps

12th August 1990: Sue, the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex ever unearthed, discovered by Susan Hendrickson

11th August 1929: Babe Ruth becomes the first Major League Baseball player to hit 500 home runs

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

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