Daily Archives: March 25, 2021

146 people, mostly young female immigrants, die in Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City 110 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 25 1911)

1910s


Video: 'Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist fire'

(Saturday, March 25, 1911, approximately 4:40 p.m. local time; during the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire) — 146 people, mostly young female immigrants, were killed today when fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan.
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Nine Black teenagers in Alabama are falsely accused of raping two white women 90 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 25 1931)

1930s, African-American Civil Rights


Video: 'Scottsboro: An American Tragedy'

(Wednesday, March 25, 1931, morning CST) — The “Scottsboro Boys,” nine African-American males aged 12 to 19, were taken off a train in Paint Rock, Alabama, today, falsely accused of raping two white women.
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