Date in year · 1931 · The 1930s
On May 14, 1931, five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers. Virginia McKenna, Virginia McKenna, Virginia McKenna would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · May 14, 1931
The Ådalen shootings was a series of events in and around the sawmill district of Ådalen, Kramfors Municipality, Ångermanland, Sweden, in May 1931. During a protest on 14 May, five people were killed by Swedish Army troops called in as reinforcements by the police.
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1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1931st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 931st year of the 2nd millennium, the 31st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1930s decade.
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1931 Swedish anti-labour massacre
The Ådalen shootings was a series of events in and around the sawmill district of Ådalen, Kramfors Municipality, Ångermanland, Sweden, in May 1931. During a protest on 14 May, five people were killed by Swedish Army troops called in as reinforcements by the police.
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