In the Baltimore railroad strike of 1877, at least ten people were killed and more than 150 were injured. The unrest in Baltimore, Maryland, was part of a national railroad strike, following the global depression and economic downturns of the mid-1870s. On July 16, when the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O;) scheduled 10 percent wage reductions, strikes broke out. Violence erupted in Baltimore on July 20, and police and soldiers of the Maryland National Guard clashed with crowds of thousands gathered throughout the city. In response, President Rutherford B. Hayes ordered federal troops to Baltimore, local officials recruited as many as 500 additional police, and two new national guard regiments were formed. Peace was restored two days later. Negotiations between strikers and the B&O; were unsuccessful, and most strikers quit rather than return to work at reduced wages. The company easily found workers to replace the strikers, and rail traffic resumed on July 29 under the protection of the military and police.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1845:

American poet Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" (illustrated) appeared in the The Evening Mirror, its first publication attributed to Poe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raven

1856:

Queen Victoria established the Victoria Cross, originally to recognise acts of valour by British military personnel during the Crimean War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Cross

1943:

World War II: The Battle of Rennell Island, the last major naval engagement between the United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Guadalcanal Campaign, began. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rennell_Island

1991:

The Battle of Khafji, the first major ground engagement of the Gulf War, began with Iraq's invasion of the Saudi Arabian city of Khafji. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Khafji

2017:

A lone gunman carried out a mass shooting at a mosque in Quebec City, Canada, killing six people and injuring nineteen others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_City_mosque_shooting

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

careworn: Showing the signs of long-term stress; tired and haggard due to prolonged worry. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/careworn

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

We're all undesirable elements from somebody's point of view.   --Edward Abbey https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edward_Abbey