Bloody Monday
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Bloody Monday was the name given the election riots of August 6, 1855, in Louisville, Kentucky. These riots grew out of the bitter rivalry between the Democrats and supporters of the Know-Nothing Party. Rumors were started that foreigners and Catholics had interfered with the process of voting. A street fight occurred, twenty-two persons were killed, scores were injured and much property was destroyed by fire.
[edit] See also
- History of Louisville, Kentucky
- List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States
- List of riots
- Louisville riots of 1968
[edit] References
- Dictionary of American History by James Truslow Adams, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940
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