Aug 2 Haiti's dictator Simon flees on US
warship near Jamaica
To satisfy American
banana plantations, Haitian companies were taxed, resulting in unrest by small
landowners who ultimately paid the price. Small farmers in the north (Cacos)
then began to revolt in June 1911. General Cincinnatus Leconte, a former Minister
of Public Works and Agriculture under Simon Sam, took advantage of the
situation to lead a coup d'état against Simon.
Leconte's initial campaign failed, but a
subsequent attempt in August 2 , 1911 succeeded in the capture of
Port-au-Prince. Simon was ousted from power by supporters of Cincinnatus Leconte, who was his successor as President.[7] Simon went into exile[8] for several years, but returned to Haiti where
he died in Les Cayes.
From August 2—4,
1964, Jersey City, New Jersey, was the site of one of the first race riots to
occur after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The New York Times
reported that the race riot in Jersey City was instigated by the arrest of a
black woman on a disorderly conduct charge. Initial estimates attributed the
disorders of the first night to some 800 African Americans who were looting,
throwing rocks and stones at cars, and attempting to pull people out of the
cars.
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