Sunday, August 7, 2011

What Happened Today in History??

August 7
  Today in History, in 1930, The last confirmed lynching of blacks in the Northern United States occurs in Marion, Indiana. Two men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, are killed.*
There are 146 days remaining until the end of the year.*

Citation:
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_7