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May 1st. was chosen as date for the International Workers' Day by
socialists and communists to commemorate the Haymarket affair in Chicago
which took place on May 4th. 1886.
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Haymarket affair
The police was trying to disperse a public assembly during a general strike for
the 8-hours workday, when an unknown person threw a bomb to the police.
The police reacted by firing on the workers. This action killed 4 workers.
Nowadays May 1st. is in many countries a public holiday. In Belgium there are
a lot of processions and political speeches made by the socialist movement.
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