Luddite riot anniversary

[Doug Millison]

Events which happened on this day in history include:

1701: Yale College in the United States receives its charter.

1779: The first Luddite riots breaks out in a lace factory in
Loughborough when workers protest against labour-saving machinery.

1888: The 555ft white marble Washington Monument, designed by Robert
Mills, is opened.

1940: John Lennon is born during an air raid in Liverpool.

1967: Che Guevara is captured in Bolivia and shot.

1990: Hundreds of Chinese queue to buy Big Macs when McDonald's opens
its first restaurant in Shenzhen.

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