On May 31 and June 1 in 1921, tensions boiled over when a black man named Dick Rowland was accused of assaulting a white woman named Sarah Page in an elevator. A mob of White rioters looted and burned Tulsa's Black Greenwood district, known as Black Wall Street, to the ground, and used planes to drop projectiles on it. Historians, bolstered by eyewitness and descendant accounts, estimate as many as 300 people died and about 35 city blocks were burned. More than 10,000 African Americans were left homeless, according to the Greenwood Cultural Center, and more than 1250 houses and 2,000 businesses were destroyed.
On Saturday, the Chinese contractor successfully installed the first steel box girder, an important bridge part that upholds the road surface on the piers.
On July 8, 2018, Kenya's Sunday Standard newspaper published a report on alleged incidents of mistreatment of local staff employed by CRBC to facilitate operations at the Standard Gauge Railway (Madaraka Express operations). Following the report, KR launched investigations on the same allegation.
On Jan 12, China also submitted and shared the genome sequence of the emerging virus, enabling global scientists to develop targeted diagnostic kits.
On Nov 28, the Commerce Department self-initiated a trade case for the first time since 1991 on Chinese common alloy aluminum sheet, triggering strong protests from China.
On June 1, China released a master plan for the Hainan free trade port, aiming to build the province into a globally-influential high-level free trade port by the middle of the century.
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On Monday, the PBOC launched another new instrument to extend the repayment of principal and interest of small business loans to March 31, 2021, by providing 40 billion yuan of re-lending funds to small local banks via a special purpose vehicle. That will facilitate the extension of 3.7 trillion yuan of the principal in inclusive finance-related small business loans, the central bank said.
On Monday, New York City reopened elementary grades at its public schools after closing them last month when the virus-test positivity rate surpassed a limit set by the mayor.
On July 1st, when the summer flowers are in full bloom, President Xi Jinping, also General Secretary of the CPC (Communist Party of China) Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the celebration of the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the inaugural ceremony of the fifth-term government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).
On Sunday, the vegetable wholesale area in Xinfadi reopened, marking the full resumption of business at the market in the wake of the closure. Covering an area of 42.7 hectares, the revamped market offered more than 40 varieties of vegetables such as corn, beans and Chinese cabbage.