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| 1869 || May 10 || Connectivity || United States || The First Transcontinental Railroad is completed, with the two teams working on the railroad from the west and east respectively meeting in Utah.
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| 1869 || December 28 || Labor union || United States || The [[w:Knights of Labor|Knights of Labor]], a progressive labor union, is founded by [[w:Uriah Stephens|Uriah Stephens]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Knights of Labor Facts, information, pictures {{!}} Encyclopedia.com articles about Knights of Labor|url = http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Knights_of_Labor.aspx|website = www.encyclopedia.com|accessdate = 2015-12-14}}</ref> The union plays an important role in the United States labor movement. Althought Although inclusive of women and blacks well ahead of public opinion, the union embraces anti-Chinese sentiment.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-macaray/chinese-exclusion-act_b_1470913.html|title = Back When Organized Labor Declared War on the Chinese|last = Macaray|first = David|date = July 2, 2012|accessdate = May 28, 2017|publisher = ''[[w:Huffington Post|Huffington Post]]''}}</ref>
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| 1871 || October 24 || Violence || California (Los Angeles) || The [[w:Chinese massacre of 1871|Chinese massacre of 1871]] occurs in [[w:Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles, California]]. 500 people enter [[w:Chinatown, Los Angeles|Chinatown]] to attack, rob, and murder Chinese residents. An estimated 17 to 20 Chinese are tortured and hanged, making the event the largest mass [[w:lynching|lynching]] in American history.<ref name="usc">{{cite web |url =http://www.usc.edu/libraries/archives/la/scandals/chinese_riots.html |title =Chinese Massacre of 1871 |publisher =University of Southern California |date =June 23, 2002 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014114252/http://www.usc.edu/libraries/archives/la/scandals/chinese_riots.html |archivedate=October 14, 2012}}</ref><ref name="laweekly">{{cite web|url=http://www.laweekly.com/news/how-los-angeles-covered-up-the-massacre-of-17-chinese-2169478|title=How Los Angeles Covered Up the Massacre of 17 Chinese|website=LA Weekly|first=John|last=Johnson|date=10 March 2011|accessdate=1 August 2016}}</ref>
