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William James Sidis born
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Book of Vendergood published
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William James Sidis attends Harvard
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Fenway Park opens
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Hopedale Strike begins
At 6 a.m. on April 1, 1913, a noisy crowd of 500 gathered in the street near the plant and kept many workers out of the building. The town became an armed camp as the Industrial Workers of the World
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Hopedale Strike ends
July 5 marked the return of all workers to the plant. It had cost the company not only a large sum of money but also lost production time. The employees lost 13 weeks pay and gained nothing. -
Sidis graduates Harvard
Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude. Age 16. -
America enters WW-I
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WW-I ends
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Calvin Coolidge begins term as governor
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Molasses Flood
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Prohibition ratified
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May Day Riots - Sidis arrested
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Boston Police Strike September 9-13
Police Commissioner Edwin Upton Curtis denied that police officers had any right to form a union, much less one affiliated with a larger organization like the American Federation of Labor (AFL). Attempts at reconciliation between the Commissioner and the police officers, particularly on the part of Boston's Mayor Andrew James Peters, failed. During the strike, Boston experienced several nights of lawlessness. -
Slater-Morrill Shoe Company robbery
Two men were robbed and killed while transporting company's payroll in two large steel boxes to the main factory. Alessandro Berardelli, a security guard, was shot 4 times as he reached for his hip-holstered .38-caliber revolver; his gun was not recovered from the scene. Frederick Parmenter was shot in the chest and a second time, fatally, in the back as he fled. The robbers escaped in stolen dark blue Buick that was carrying others. The robbers fired at workers nearby while fleeing. -
Sacco and Vanzetti arrested
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19th Amendment officially adopted
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Wall Street Bombing
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Warren G. Harding elected
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Inauguration of Warren G. Harding
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Magnetic Storm
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Black Wall Street Massacre
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Battle of Blair Mountain
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WBZ-AM begins radio transmissions
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Boris Sidis dies
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First Bruins Game
Bruins team played their first NHL game against their expansion cousins the Maroons, at Boston Arena, with Canadian skater Smokey Harris scoring the first-ever Bruins goal. -
Sacco and Vanzetti executed
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Eugene V. Debs dies
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW? published
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William James Sidis dies
