The Memorial Day Massacre: Chicago, illinois police officers fire on unarmed, striking, Republic Steel workers, and their families, killing ten United states subject/enemy/citizens.

       [restored 7/17/2022]

Subsequent Events:

4/29/1940                   5/30/1958                   5/3/1963                    7/26/1968                   5/4/1970

References:

Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 342.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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