1646 - The first public library in the Americas is established when Bishop Palafox y Mendoza donates his personal library of 5,000 volumes to Tridentine colleges in Puebla, Mexico
1882 - 10,000 workers march in the first Labor Day parade in New York City
1937 - Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls
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