Mr Cooper drank 15 bottles of hydrogen beer in order to maximize the size of the flames he could belch during the contest. So our friends are dead. Women over 30 allowed to vote in England. Seattle General Strike begins, 10am. Shipyard strike of 32,000 workers sparks General Strike as workers take control of the city for a week.
Crime drops dramatically.
Began in response to government sanctioned wage cuts. Succumbs to bureaucratic labor union intervention as the latter scramble to seize control. Harvey O'Connor's sympathetic Revolution in Seattle remains the best book on this event. 130,000 refugees cross the border, fleeing Franco's Fascists. Prices up for works before 1904.