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The fire was set with the intention of scaring tourists away by Héctor Escudero Aponte, José Rivera López and Arnaldo Jiménez Rivera, three disgruntled employees of the hotel who were in the middle of a labor dispute with the owners.
(31 December 1986)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1987

There are 3359 births, 3910 deaths, 1122 murders, 494 disasters and 2071 other events about 5713 people in 6416 places until today.

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Haymarket Square

Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Monday 6th of October 1969 (x) — The Haymarket Memorial statue is bombed by Radical left organisation the Weather Underground
The blast broke nearly 100 windows in the neighborhood and scattered pieces of the statue onto the Kennedy Expressway below. The statue was rebuilt and unveiled on 4 May 1970.
Tuesday 6th of October 1970 (x) — The Haymarket Memorial statue is bombed once more by Radical left organisation the Weather Underground
The statue was rebuilt again and Mayor Richard J. Daley posted a 24‑hour police guard at the statue. This guard cost $67.440 per year. In 1972 it was moved to the lobby of the Central Police Headquarters and in 1976 to the enclosed courtyard of the Chicago police academy.