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August 23, 1927

On August 23, 1927, italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial. Paul Salamunovich, Herbert R. Axelrod, Paul Salamunovich would arrive in the same year.

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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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On August 23, 1927

  1. 1927 Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.

    Italian American anarchist duo executed by Massachusetts

    Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian immigrants and anarchists, controversially accused of murdering Alessandro Berardelli and Frederick Parmenter, a guard and a paymaster, during the April 15, 1920, armed robbery of the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company in Braintree, Massachusetts, United States. Seven years later, they were executed in the electric chair at Charlestown State Prison. Most historians consider their conviction unfair due to prejudice against immigrants and radicals.

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Paul Salamunovich 1927– American conductor and educator (died 2014)
Herbert R. Axelrod 1927– American tropical fish expert, publisher of pet books, and entrepreneur (died 2017)
Paul Salamunovich 1927– American conductor and educator (died 2014)
Herbert R. Axelrod 1927– American tropical fish expert, publisher of pet books, and entrepreneur (died 2017)
Paul Salamunovich 1927– American conductor and educator (died 2014)
Herbert R. Axelrod 1927– American tropical fish expert, publisher of pet books, and entrepreneur (died 2017)

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