One of history's many Bloody Sundays took place on this day in 1887 in London.

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On this day in 1906, industrial designer Eva Zeisel was born. 

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On this day in 1970, the deadliest tropical cyclone in recorded history made landfall in East Pakistan.

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On this day, Abul Kalam Azad -- a scholar and activist in the Indian Independence movement -- was born.  

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On this day in 1945, the British retaliated against Indonesian nationaists in the Battle of Surabaya during the Indonesian National Revolution. 

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On this day in 1965, a major electrical power failure sent parts of Ontario and the northeastern United States into darkness for up to 13 hours. 

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On this day in 1892, workers in New Orleans went on a general strike. 

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On this day in 1919, the Palmer Raids - which targeted radicals, communists, and anarchists in the U.S. - began.

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On this day in 1944, weapons-grade plutonium was created in B Reactor at the Hanford Site in the state of Washington.

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On this day in 1857, investigative journalist and biographer Ida Tarbell was born in Pennsylvania.

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