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May 8

About 200 construction workers in New York City attack a crowd of Viet Nam war protesters four days after the Kent State killings.

May 8

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May 7

Two die, 20 are injured in ?Bloody Tuesday? as strikebreakers attempt to run San Francisco streetcars during a strike by operators.

May 7

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May 6

Works Progress Administration (WPA) established at a cost of $4.8 billion -- more than $72 billion in 2011 dollars -- to provide work opportunities for millions during the Great Depression - 1935

May 6

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May 5

Nineteen machinists working for the East Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia Railroad gather in a locomotive pit to decide what to do about a wage cut.

May 5

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May 3

Eugene V. Debs and other leaders of the American Railway Union are jailed for six months for contempt of court in connection with Pullman railroad car strike - 1895

May 3