This day in history August 7, 2019
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Started by metmike - Aug. 7, 2019, 8:38 p.m.

Read about and learn history and pick a good one out!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_7


1930 – The last confirmed lynching of blacks in the Northern United States occurs in Marion, Indiana; two men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, are killed.


1978 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal due to toxic waste that had been disposed of negligently.

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