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Social movements

Collective action that changed rights, labor, culture, or public life.

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Fires Verified

25 March 1911

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

The Asch Building, now NYU’s Brown Building, United States

Fire swept through the upper floors of the Triangle Waist Company near Washington Square, killing 146 workers. Many victims were young immigrant women. Inadequate exits, crowded work …

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Social movements Verified

9 November 1989

The Opening of the Berlin Wall

Bornholmer Straße border crossing and crossings across Berlin, Germany

After months of peaceful demonstrations, emigration, and mounting pressure on East Germany’s government, an unclear announcement about new travel rules drew crowds to Berlin’s border crossings. At …

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