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Article of the day for January 29, 2018

The Article of the day for January 29, 2018 is Baltimore railroad strike of 1877 . 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 wor

Article of the day for January 29, 2018

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Article of the day is Baltimore railroad strike of 1877. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

careworn: Word of the day for January 29, 2018

careworn , adj : Showing the signs of long-term stress; tired and haggard due to prolonged worry.

Will Ferrell's George W. Bush Impression Returns To 'SNL'

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Will Ferrell's George W. Bush Impression Returns To 'SNL'

Picture of the day for January 29, 2018

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A local train to Tirano, hauled by a RhB ABe 8/12 "Allegra" EMU, pushes a plow (Xk 9144) to clear the snow that has accumulated between the rails, just after Ospizio Bernina, Switzerland..

The Astronaut Who Might Actually Get Us to Mars

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The Astronaut Who Might Actually Get Us to Mars

careworn: Word of the day for January 29, 2018

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Word of the day is careworn : Showing the signs of long-term stress; tired and haggard due to prolonged worry.

The Astronaut Who Might Actually Get Us to Mars

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The Astronaut Who Might Actually Get Us to Mars The improbable journey of Franklin Chang Díaz, who immigrated to the U.S. at eighteen, became an astronaut, tied the record for most spaceflights, and now might hold the key to deep space travel.

Will Ferrell's George W. Bush Impression Returns To 'SNL'

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Will Ferrell's George W. Bush Impression Returns To 'SNL' "What has two thumbs and created ISIS? This guy." January 28, 2018 at 02:35PM

Picture of the day for January 29, 2018

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Picture of the day on January 29, 2018: A local train to Tirano, hauled by a RhB ABe 8/12 "Allegra" EMU, pushes a plow (Xk 9144) to clear the snow that has accumulated between the rails, just after Ospizio Bernina, Switzerland.

New edit in the Article on Google

On January 28, 2018 at 08:18PM, made an edit the Article on Google . The edit was about .

New edit in the Article on Google

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Google Custom Search Engine edited the Article on Google http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W