1886
Fighting over labor rights
The Haymarket Square riot broke out as a result of a labor demonstration.
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1626
Peter Minuit landed in Manhattan, which he later bought for $24 worth of cloth and brass buttons.
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1932
Public Enemy Number One, Al Capone, was jailed for tax evasion.
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1959
The first Grammy Awards were held.
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1961
Civil rights activists, called "freedom riders," left Washington, DC for New Orleans.
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1970
Four Kent State University students were shot down by National Guard members during an anti-Vietnam War demonstration.
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1998
The Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, was sentenced to four life terms plus 30 years for his series of bombings that killed three and injured 23.
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