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| Michael Schwab |
June 29, 1898
– Michael Schwab, who was convicted for the Haymarket bombing, died
from tuberculosis, having been pardoned and released from prison just a
few months prior.
June 29, 1919
– Striking meat-workers in Townsville, Queensland, Australia clashed
with police. Nine people were wounded in an exchange of gunshots.
June 29, 1936
– Jesus Pallares, founder of the 8,000-member coal miners union, Liga
Obrera de Habla Esanola, was deported from the U.S. as an "undesirable
alien." One hundred miners were arrested during the 1934 La Liga strike
against the Gallup American Company in New Mexico.
June 29, 1941
– Stokely Carmichael (1941-1998), founder of the U.S. civil rights
group the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was born in
Port of Spain, Trinidad. Emigrated to the United States.
June 29, 1983
– President Reagan said that one cause of the decline in public
education was the effort to comply with court-ordered desegregation.
(All from the Daily Bleed)
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