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January 16, 2026

Today in 1919
Seventeen workers in the area die when a large molasses storage tank in Boston’s North End neighborhood bursts, sending a 40-foot wave of molasses surging through the streets at an estimated 35 miles per hour. In all, 21 people died and 150 were injured. The incident is variously known as the Boston Molasses Disaster, the Great Molasses Flood and the Great Boston Molasses Tragedy. Some residents claim that on hot summer days, the area still smells of molasses.
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The $2 Trillion American Jobs Act, Explained
Posted On: Mar 31, 2021
Mar. 31, 2021 | JOBS | The American Jobs Plan, which President Biden will formally introduce later today in Pittsburgh, Pa., will invest about $2 trillion over the next eight years, amounting to about 1 percent of America’s GDP per year over that time. President Biden plans to argue that revitalizing American infrastructure will create millions of well-paying jobs… and will be paired with a second piece of his jobs plan, focused on paid family leave and medical leave and expanded health insurance… Vox
 
 
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