1169: The Norman invasion of Ireland begins at Bannow Bay in Leinster.
1866: Three-day-long race riots begin in Memphis, Tennessee. By the time they end, 46 blacks and two whites will have died. News of the riots reportedly helped states ratify the Fourteenth Amendment, which ended slavery in the United States.
1900: More than 200 workers die in a mining accident in Scofield, Utah
1929: An estimated 3,800 people die in an earthquake in Iran and Turkmenistan.
1866: Three-day-long race riots begin in Memphis, Tennessee. By the time they end, 46 blacks and two whites will have died. News of the riots reportedly helped states ratify the Fourteenth Amendment, which ended slavery in the United States.
1900: More than 200 workers die in a mining accident in Scofield, Utah
1929: An estimated 3,800 people die in an earthquake in Iran and Turkmenistan.
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