Federal troops drive some 1,200 jobless workers from Washington D.C. Led by unemployed activist Charles "Hobo" Kelley the group's "soldiers" include young journalist Jack London and William Haywood, a young miner-cowboy called "Big Bill" - 1884
Twenty people, including at least nine firefighters, are killed in Boston?s worst fire. It consumed 65 downtown acres and 776 buildings over 12 hours - 1872