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Events on Tuesday 11 February 1919 1
1919Seattle General StrikeFirst general strike in U.S. historyRoughly 65,000 workers walked out in Seattle in support of striking shipyard workers, shutting down most of the city for five days. It was the first general strike in American history and fueled fears of Bolshevik-style revolution during the First Red Scare.