Date in year · 1927 · The 1920s
On July 15, 1927, massacre of July 15, 1927: Eighty-nine protesters are killed by Austrian police in Vienna. Paul Salamunovich, Herbert R. Axelrod, Paul Salamunovich would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · July 15, 1927
The July Revolt of 1927 was a major riot starting on 15 July 1927 in the Austrian capital, Vienna. The revolt was sparked by the acquittal of three nationalist paramilitary members for the killing of two social democratic Republikanischer Schutzbund members and culminated with police forces firing into the outraged crowd and killing 89 protesters, and five policemen died. More than 600 protestors and around 600 policemen were injured.
Around 1927
1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1927th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 927th year of the 2nd millennium, the 27th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1920s decade.
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Riots in Vienna, First Austrian Republic
The July Revolt of 1927 was a major riot starting on 15 July 1927 in the Austrian capital, Vienna. The revolt was sparked by the acquittal of three nationalist paramilitary members for the killing of two social democratic Republikanischer Schutzbund members and culminated with police forces firing into the outraged crowd and killing 89 protesters, and five policemen died. More than 600 protestors and around 600 policemen were injured.
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