What Happened – July 20

It was on this day in 1934 that the Minneapolis police used shotguns to kill two and wound sixty-seven Teamsters that were on strike. The job action still continued on until martial law was declared less than a week later, resulting in the National Guard seizing the strike headquarters and union leaders being put into a prison camp at the State Fairgrounds. Federal mediators helped work out an agreement on August 21, with most of the union’s demands being met.

The earliest event that Wiki says happened on this day is “70 – First Jewish-Roman War: Siege of Jerusalem – Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, storms the Fortress of Antonia north of the Temple Mount. The Roman army is drawn into street fights with the Zealots” and the most recent is “2000 – In Zimbabwe, Parliament opens its new session and seats opposition members for the first time in a decade.

 

A few other events that also took place on this day are:

1807 –  A patent for the world’s first internal combustion engine is awarded to Nicéphore Niépce by the French government.

1881 – Sitting Bull surrenders to US troops.

1968 – Special Olympics are held for the first time.
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1969 –  Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to walk on the moon.

1971 – First labor contract in the history of the US federal government is signed between workers and the USPS.

1976 – Viking 1 lands on Mars.

 

Happy birthday to Jay Jay French, Dave Evans, Josh Holloway, Carlos Santana, John Lodge, and Kim Carnes.

 

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1 Response to What Happened – July 20

  1. December says:

    Geez. that’s a grim little bite of history! us Northern folk don’t screw around!

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