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1917 – In New York City, the NAACP and church and community leaders organized a silent march(newsreel footage featured) of at least 8,000 people to protest violence directed towards African Americans.
1976 – An earthquake registering 7.6Mw, one of the deadliest in history, devastated Tangshan, China, and killed at least 240,000 people.