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Wednesday, November 06, 2024
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Today in Labor History November 6th
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A mining disaster occurred on November 6, 1922 at Reilly No. 1 Mine. Seventy-nine miners were killed when an explosion occurred at 7:20 a.m. after 112 men had begun work. The explosion blew out some stoppings and overcasts and also the side and end walls of the fan housing. Help was called from other mines and from the Bureau of Mines at Pittsburgh. The fan housing was patched and the fan started, making the concrete-lined, 112 foot shaft an intake. Recovery workers without apparatus encountered a live man making his way out to fresh air and brought him and four others out. All were badly affected by mine gases, as were 18 of the rescuers. Apparatus crews were then admitted, and 22 other survivors were rescued. Five other men made their way out unassisted. Seventy-six bodies were found, and three of the rescued men died. The reasons for the explosion were explained. The mine had been rated gaseous in 1918, but at the insistence of the new operators it was rated as non-gaseous although a fireboss was employed and men burned by gas on at least four occasions. The low-volatile dust of the coal helped to spread the explosion. Gas that had accumulated in one or more rooms through open doors and deficient ventilation was ignited by the miners' open lights. Fireboss examinations were neglected and incomplete. A monument constructed to the memory of those lost in this disaster stands in a park near the center of the town.
Important Events From This day in History November 6
1956 Suez Canal - - Allies Take Control
1956 : Allied forces took control of the Suez Canal with British and French parachute troops holding the Mediterranean key to the Suez Canal at Port Said.
6 Nov, 1920 U.S.A. - - Woodrow Wilson
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson was criticized by London journalists. He was thought of as one of the "greatest failures in history" by certain English citizens. This was not necessarily the vie
1977 U.S.A. - - Kelly Barnes Dam Flood
The Kelly Barnes Dam in Georgia fails during the middle of the night, killing 39 people from the small bible college "Toccoa Falls Bible Institute" situated below the dam.
1965 Cuba - - Cuban Exiles Airlift
Cuba and the United States agree to start an airlift for Cubans who wish to live in the United States.
1931
U.S.A. - - CottonCotton acreage reduction legislation was being considered. It was believed by officials such as Governor Harvey Parnell that an agreement regarding this issue would be reached soon. A meeting regarding this as well as the withholding of seven million bales of cotton was scheduled for November 23rd.
1940 Albania - - Koritza
Greece had moved in on the city of Koritza in Albania. At the same time, thousands of Italian troops were being seized.
1950 Italy - - Rioting
1950 : Action was taken to control pro-Italian rioting that occurred-again. American and British forces moved in to restore order in this area. However, four police had taken the lives of four people with guns. This was one day of several demonstrations that had taken place in different cities throughout Italy. It was the first time that American troops had been called to move in on this area.
1962 South Africa - - Economic Sanctions
The United Nations General Assembly voted to recommend to its 110 members the imposition of economic and political sanctions against the Republic of South Africa for its racist policies to it's own citizens.
1963 Germany - - Marienborn Checkpoint
A report out of Moscow, Russia had briefly described the nature of the convoy entrapment incident that occurred in Germany. Russian Premier Krushchev admitted that if this U.S. military carrier had been held up for any longer it could have lead to a battle-even war. The Russians were the ones who had stopped this military convoy. This U.S. vehicle was seized at the Marienborn checkpoint towards East Germany.
1967 Philippines - - Typhoon Emma
1967 : The death toll caused by Typhoon Emma continues to rise after the typhoon ravaged the Island leaving 140,000 homeless and the death toll rising above 300.
1968 U.S.A. - - Nixon
Richard Nixon wins in a close contest for president over Mr Humphrey and will become the 37th president of the United States .
1973 Tunisia - - Henry A. Kissinger
Henry A. Kissinger, the U.S. Secretary of State during this time in history, hosted a peace-keeping talk in Tunisia. He also spoke in Egypt during a very crucial time-when Israelis and Egyptian conflicts were escalating.
1975 Morocco - - The Green March
A mass demonstration by the Morocco people begins "The Green March" with 350,000 unarmed Moroccans crossing the border into the Spanish controlled area of Western Sahara demanding the return of the Moroccan Sahara. Spanish troops protecting the border are ordered not to fire to avoid bloodshed.
1980 China - - Ronald Reagan
The Chinese government praised Ronald Reagan. They called him "moderate" and "pragmatist". China was also pleased with the fact that Ronald Reagan wants to be superior in military strength to the Soviet Union. The People's Republic of China also was happy that Reagan was pushing for a more powerful international image. At the same time, Reagan was recognized by this country for a looser economy at home.
1985 U.S.A. - - Iran Contra Affair
American newspapers reveal that US President Ronald Reagan had authorized the shipment of arms to Iran as part of the Iran Contra affair to release American hostages.
1986 Italy - - Alfa Romeo
Fiat buys the troubled car maker Alfa Romeo.
1986 UK - - Oil Workers
1986 : Forty-five north sea oil workers are feared dead after a Chinook helicopter plunged into the North Sea off the coast of Scotland.
Tuesday, November 05, 2024
Tuesday Morning in the Blogosphere
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Today in Labor History November 5th
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Eugene V Debs
Eugene V. Debs was born on this day. He was a labor leader, socialist, five-time candidate for president, and first president of the American Railway Union.. “The Republican and Democratic parties, or to be more exact, the Republican-Democratic party, represent the capitalist class in the class struggle. They are the political wings of the capitalist system and such differences as arise between them relate to spoils and not to principles.” – 1855
The Everett Massacre occurred in Everett, Washington. Industrial Workers of the World(IWW) labor activists were killed by the Everett police. On October 30, in the midst of a depression, forty IWW members arrived by boat in Everett to help support the shingle workers strike, but before they could land they were clubbed and jailed by local deputies. Later that night they were beaten. On Nov. 5, 250 more IWW supporters arrived to fight for free speech and to support their jailed comrades, but gunfire broke out as soon as they arrived. Between 5 and 12 Wobblies were killed, and another 31 were injured. Both Big Bill Haywood and Samuel Gompers called on the federal government to protect the rights of working-class citizens in Everett, but no action was taken. – 1916
For the first time ever, the Farmer-Labor Party appeared on the ballot in Minnesota. David Evans, a hardware merchant from Tracy, ran for governor and Tom Davis, a prominent Minneapolis labor attorney, campaigned for the office of attorney general. – 1918
12,000 television and movie writers began what was to become a three-month strike against producers. The action was over demands for an increase in pay for movies and television shows released on DVD and for a bigger share of the revenue from work delivered over the Internet. – 2007
Important Events From This day in History November 5th
1942 Egypt -- El Alamein
1942 : The British win the Second Battle of El Alamein with the British Eighth Army headed by ( Monty ) Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery when the ( Afrika Korps ) commanded by Field Marshal Rommel ( Desert Fox ) are forced to surrender exhausted and dying from dehydration. In a famous speech a few days later Winston Churchill uses these well known lines "This is not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.".
5 Nov, 1991 Tenerife - - Robert Maxwell
The body of the millionaire newspaper publisher, Robert Maxwell, has been found in the sea off the coast of Tenerife. After his death it emerged that the Mirror Group's debts vastly outweighed its assets and £440m was missing from the company's pension funds.
1920
U.S.A. - - liquor raid1920 : Two Oklahoma law enforcement personnel helped uncover the details of a liquor raid. In the process, one gallon of corn juice, one quart of gasoline, and one live prisoner were held. One citizen was taken into custody.
1932 U.S.A. - - Roosevelt
1932 : As the two presidential candidates Hoover and Roosevelt wind up their tour of the country a Roosevelt landslide is being predicted The Nations 40,000,000 voters will decide on Tuesday who will be the nations next leader in these times of mass unemployment and hardship. The odds are 5 to 1 on Roosevelt winning
1935 Japan - - Border Patrol Clash
The Japanese government urged the Russians to discuss a border patrol clash. This conflict was exchanged between Soviet and Japanese-Manchoukuoan soldiers. This was actually the second request sent by a Soviet ambassador in regards to this matter. The Japanese foreign minister had responded to one of the request by sending a memo. In this memo, it had indicated that the Japanese government was not involved in the border conflicts. Japan urged the Soviet ambassador to contact the Manchoukuoan government.
1940 World War II - - Shipping Sunk
Two different ships were destroyed by the Germans in the waters of the North Atlantic Sea. One of the ships was a British passenger ship and the other was a freighter.
1952 U.S.A. - - Eisenhower
1952 : General Dwight D Eisenhower wins the American presidential elections with the largest number of popular votes ever recorded for a presidential candidate.
1953 U.S.A. - - Middle East
It was revealed that Israel and Arab states were warned that the United States could not carry the financial burden of the Middle East forever. The cause of this burden was largely because of plans to develop the Jordan River, and to assist 800,000 Israeli refugees. The refugees were displaced as a result of the Palestine War.
1958 U.S.A. - - Rockefella
Republican Nelson A Rockefella has won in New York unseating Democratic Governor Averell Harriman with more than half a million voted to spare. This was the millionaires first attempt at public office .
1963 Germany - - Convoy Trapped
The United States Army began delivering supplies to men trapped in a convoy. This convoy was trapped on the day before despite efforts to free it. This 12-vehicle system was still seized by armed Soviet cars at the Marienborn checkpoint heading towards East Germany.
1967 Great Britain - - Train Crash
1967 : A Commuter express train careered off the tracks at Hither Green coming into London causing the deaths of 53 with many more injured .
1968 U.S.A. - - Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon wins a close contest to be elected the 37th President of the United States. Nixon received 43.2 percent of the popular vote, while his democratic opponent, Hubert Humphrey, closely followed with 42.6 percent..
1973 U.S.A. - - Watergate
In the midst of the need for peace in the Middle East, along with the pressing energy crisis, more was at stake in Congress. Another order of business on the agenda pertained to whether or not President Nixon should step down. He was allegedly a part of the Watergate Scandal.
1976 U.S.A. - - Unemployment
The unemployment jobless rate continues to rise with October figures published today showing an increase from 7.8% to 7.9% in October Jobless Figures.
1978 Iran - - Prime Minister
1978 : Iran's Prime Minister Jaffer Sharif-Emami resigns after two days of virtual mob rule.
1978 Nicaragua - - Sandinista Front
The ruling Sandinista Front who took power during the revolution 5 years ago have won in the first elections in the country. The FSLN led by Daniel Ortega has said he has won with over 70% of the popular vote.
1985 USSR - - Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Peters was reported as returning to the USSR. She was known as saying that she did not have a day of peace in the United States. Another person had gone back to the Soviet Union telling tales of drugs and bribery.
1990 Jordan - - American hostages
An account was printed today of the Freedom of four sick American hostages. They had just arrived in Amman, Jordan from Iraq on the day before. The release of the above-mentioned hostages was encouraged by the Fellowship of Reconciliation. This organization is a U.S. peace group.
1994 U.S.A. - - George Forman
1994 : George Forman becomes the oldest Boxing Heavyweight Champion of the world .
1996 Egypt - - Alexandria
1996 : Divers have discovered the ancient port of Alexandria from 2000 years ago which was swallowed by the sea and contains the ruins of Cleopatras Palace and Mark Anthony's home and temple when the Roman warrior was in Egypt. Divers have found thousands of artifacts dating back to 323BC to 30BC and many of the original columns are still standing and in remarkable condition.
1996 U.S.A. - - Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton wins his second term with a landslide victory and became the first Democrat to win back to back victories in 50 years.
2005 England - - Guy Fawkes Night
Guy Fawkes Night celebrating the failed gunpowder plot of 1605 400 years ago when there was an attempt to blow up the British houses of parliament. Since that time, Guy Fawkes day is celebrated by bonfires, fireworks and the burning of effigies called "guys" on the bonfire. ( Guy Fawkes was captured, confessed and was executed )
2006 Europe - - Power Cuts
2006 : Two high voltage power lines in Germany failed triggering a cascade of cuts as automatic safety devices cut millions of customers in order to prevent a total blackout of the continent. Parts of Germany, Belgium, France (including parts of Paris), Spain, and Italy were affected.
2006 Iraq - - Saddam Hussein Sentenced To Death
Saddam Hussein been been convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death by hanging in the al-Dujail trial for his role in the massacre of the 148 Shi'as in 1982
2006 Nicaraguan presidential election
US-backed President Bolanos has become increasingly isolated since he led the anti-corruption drive against his predecessor, Arnoldo Aleman. Mr Bolanos' own Liberal Party has turned against him in congress, and joined forces with their former rivals, the left-wing Sandinistas. The election is being seen as a chance to end the pacts that have dominated Nicaraguan politics for some time.
2007 China - - First lunar satellite
As part of China's Lunar Exploration Program "Chang'e 1" enters lunar orbit and on November 26th begins sending back pictures of the Moon to Earth as part of the projects goals to create three-dimen'sional images of the lunar surface.
2007 United States - - Screenwriters go on strike
Hollywood screenwriters go on strike after talks with studio representatives fail to resolve their dispute over royalties. Pickets are set up outside studios in Los Angeles and New York after The Writers Guild of America asks 12,000 of its members to stop working.
2008 Russia - - New missile deployment
Dmitry Medvedev announces that Russia will be placing short-range conventional warhead missiles in Kaliningrad as a counter to the United States missile defense facilities in Poland and the Czech Republic. Russia will be also be deploying short-range missiles to the Baltic Sea region near the border with Poland. These measures are due to the United States plans to build an anti-missile system in Europe. The proposed U.S. anti-missile system will include ten missile silos in Poland and a radar station in the Czech Republic is said to threaten Russia's national security.
2009 United States - - Tribal Nations Conference
The White House Tribal Nations Conference at the Department of the Interior will have opening and closing remarks from the President, and discussions on everything from the jobs market to energy, housing and health care. His participation in the conference is said to be part of his outreach to the American people, and will be attended by the leaders of the 564 federally recognized tribes. These will have the opportunity to interact directly with the President and his Administration. The tribes have been invited to send one representative to the conference. This is the first annual White House Tribal Nations Conference.
2011 Canada - - Canadian Dentist Buys John Lennon's Tooth
Canadian dentist, Michael Zuk, bought a tooth of John Lennon's that had been removed in the 1960's. Lennon had originally given the tooth to his housekeeper to dispose of or give to her daughter.
2012 South Korea - - Nuclear Reactors Shut Down In South Korea
Two nuclear reactors were shut down in South Korea after it was found out that they were using parts that had not been approved. Shutting down the reactors meant that the country could face massive power shortages in the coming months.
2013 India - - India Launches Mars Orbiter
India has successfully launched their Mars Orbiter Mission, hoping that they will become the fourth country to reach Mars. The spacecraft is expected to travel for three hundred days before reaching the planet.
Monday, November 04, 2024
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Monday Morning in the Blogosphere
Rural newspapers are fighting to survive - Marketplace
‘We Know the Pressure Will Come’ - Columbia Journal Review
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Today in Labor History November 4th
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Will Rogers
Populist humorist Will Rogers was born on this day near Oologah, Indian Territory (later Oklahoma). One of his many memorable quotes: “I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.” – 1879
3,000 dairy farmers demonstrated in Neillsville, Wisconsin, ultimately leading to the freeing of jailed leaders of a milk strike over low prices set by large dairy plants. Tons of fresh milk was dumped on public roads, trains carrying milk were stopped, and some cheese plants were bombed during the fight. – 1933
Luisa Moreno, labor and social activist died today. A Guatemalan immigrant, she started organizing while working in a cafeteria in New You in the 1930s. She spent 20 years organizing workers before taking a “voluntary departure under and warrant of deportation” on the grounds that she had once been a member of the Communist party. She was offered citizenship in exchange for testifying against a labor leader, but she refused, stating that she would not be “a free woman with a mortgaged soul.” – 1992
After a struggle lasting more than two years, 6,000 Steelworkers members at Bridgestone/ Firestone won a settlement in which strikers displaced by scabs got their original jobs back. The fight started when management demanded that the workers accept 12-hour shifts. – 1996
Important Events From This day in History November 4
1970 U.S.A. - - Feral Child Genie
1970 : Genie a feral child is taken to Children's Hospital Los Angeles after her mother enters a welfare office in Temple City, California, to seek benefits for the blind. Genie had spent nearly all of the first thirteen years of her life locked in her bedroom. During the day, she was tied to a child's potty chair in diapers and at night, she was bound in a sleeping bag and placed in an enclosed crib with a cover made of metal screening. She was never allowed to talk as her father beat her every time she made any sounds. At 13 years of age her vocabulary consisted of about 20 words. The movie Mockingbird Don't Sing was based on this tragic true story .
1956 Hungary - - Soviet Tanks
Soviet tanks and troops crush protests against Soviet rule with thousands killed and wounded, and nearly a quarter-million Hungarians fled the country..
1920
U.S.A. - - New Air Mail ServiceAir mail service has opened between U.S. and Canada. The first route had been planned from Seattle, Washington to Victoria, B.C. The pilot of this plane was scheduled to meet all boats arriving and departing from the British Columbia capital area.
1922 Egypt - - King Tutankhamen
1922: British archaeologist Howard Carter and his workmen discover a step leading to the tomb of King Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt..
1931 China - - Manchuria
According to the press, it was announced that the possible inference of Soviets in Manchuria was a "made up" story. The Japanese had allegedly made up this story to cover up an alternative advancement northward.
1944 U.S.A. - - Franklin D. Roosevelt
Governor Thomas E. Dewey criticized President Franklin D. Roosevelt as the reason why the Second World War was prolonged. Dewey stated that the war had continued on as a result of Roosevelt's "confused incompetence".
1953 South Korea - - Anti Communist Protest
A group of UN members along with neutral observers led an angry anti-communist protest. This particular incident took place while a Communist drilling of Chinese prisoners was going on.
1956 Hungary - - Hungarian Uprising
After the Hungarian Uprising last week led by Prime Minister Imre Nagy the soviet air force has been bombing the capital of Hungary Budapest and have now amassed 1,000 Soviet tanks on the outskirts of Budapest to crush the uprising once and for all. In the next month the Soviet Union took back full control of the country deploying tens of thousands of troops and tanks and replaced the head of government with Janos Kadar. During the following months more than 50,000 were killed and 200,000 Hungarians sought political asylum in the West during the Soviet crackdown.
1958 Vatican - - Pope John XXIII
1958: Pope John XXIII the son of a poor Italian farmer was crowned 262nd pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church on the balcony of St Peters Basilica with 200,000 spectators watching from St Peters Square in a 4 hour ceremony .
1963 Germany - - Russians
The Russians had stopped another U.S. convoy while it was traveling on the autobahn between West Berlin and West Germany. This halted convoy had just been used in a training exercise in West Germany.
1966 Italy - - Florence Flooding
1966 : The Arno River floods causing the flooding of nearly 2/3rd's of the city of Florence with some areas of the city in as much as 8 feet of water. The floods knocked out all power to the city including hospital emergency generators and caused the death of more than 100 lost their lives. Florence has always been famous for it's historic books/manuscripts and fine art and estimates put the number damaged between 3 and 4 million with 10's of thousands damaged beyond repair and restoration.
1973 Egypt - - Peace Talks
President Sadat of Egypt was scheduled to meet U.S. Secretary of State Kissinger. Egypt was skeptical of the intentions of the United States. The purpose of this meeting was to initiate Middle East peace talks.
1973 Holland - - Car Free Sunday
Following on from the experience of "Car Free Sundays" in The Netherlands during the Suez Crisis in 1956, the Netherlands organises the first Car Free Sunday during the 1973 oil crisis with Highways deserted which are solely used by cyclists and roller skaters.
1973 U.S.A. - - Shortage of Electricity
A magazine article was published regarding the possible shortage of electricity in some areas of the United States. Americans were urged to conserve energy in case the Arab boycott would continue for an extended period of time. A gasoline shortage was also expected, and as a result a motion was made to lower speed limits. Measures were taken to help reduce the possibility of brownouts or blackouts in the U.S.
1974 Iran - - US Hostages Taken
1979: Militant student followers of the Ayatollah Khomeini storm the U.S. embassy in Tehran taking 90 hostages. The students were enraged that the deposed Shah had been allowed to enter the United States for medical treatment and they threatened to murder hostages if any rescue was attempted. No diplomatic solution could be found and President Carter ordered a rescue mission in which eight U.S. military personnel were killed and no hostages rescued. The hostages were held in captivity for 14 months and were eventually released when the US Government released $3 billion in frozen Iranian assets and promised $5 billion more in financial aid.
1980 U.S.A. - - Ronald Reagan
1980 : Former Hollywood actor and Republican Ronald Reagan wins the US presidential elections beating Democrat Jimmy Carter with a huge majority.
1983 Israel - - Middle East War
This was another busy bombing day for the Israelis and Palestinians. First, an Israeli bombing post in Tyre was struck by a suicide bomber. Israel then fought back using air fighters. They struck Palestinian bases located in the central mountains.
1985 Italy - - Yasser Arafat
It was revealed on this day that Italian prosecutors made plans to interrogate Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. He was believed to be a reliable witness to the hijacking of the cruise ship Achille Lauro.
1988 U.S.A. - - Computer Virus
A computer virus has infected many thousands of computers connected to the Internet. The Internet ( ARPANET ) currently connects 50,000 computers from Government agencies and Universities. The virus closed down a number of the computers as operations slowed down and the computers were forced to reboot. The virus was targeted to any computer running the operating system Berkeley UNIX Version 4.3. The virus was traced back to a Computer student at Cornell University.
2006 Germany - - The Master Race
A group of children that had been selected by Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime to help create an Aryan master race has met for the first time as adults. Children from the Nazis' 'Lebensborn' or 'Font of Life' project have gathered in the German town of Wernigerode to discuss the trauma over their origins.
2007 Middle East - - US Secretary of State states that a two state solution is necessary between Israel and Palestine
The US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says that a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians is needed. Ms Rice urges Arab states to accept a peaceful and permanent home for Israel, and Israel says there will be no deal for a Palestinian state unless its own security is guaranteed. Rice has gone to the region to prepare for the peace conference that will be taking place in the US that month, but she says that she was not yet ready to set a date for the conference.
2008 United States - - Barack Obama Wins Presidential Election
The United States Presidential election. The Democratic Party did well on the national level, with increased majorities in both houses of Congress and won the Presidency. Barack Obama was the Democratic nominee. The incumbent Vice President, Dick Cheney, did not run for the office. This year's presidential election is the first since 1928 in which neither an incumbent president nor an incumbent vice president was a candidate. Obama will be inaugurated on 20th January , 2009.
2008 United States - - California Proposition 8
Californian voters have approved Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriages. With more than 95% of the vote counted, the measure has 52.1% to 47.9%. The measure to ban gay marriage in California will throw doubt onto the 'unions' of the approximately 18,000 Same Sex couples that have 'wed' during the last 4 1/2 months.
2009 Italy - - Italian leaders and the Vatican are dismayed at the banning of crucifixes in the classroom
Italian political leaders are uniting to condemn the European court ruling that crucifixes can't be displayed in schools, and are a breach of human rights. The Italian government, the Vatican and Catholic right wing parties are dismissive of the European Court of Human Rights ruling, which started from the case that was brought about by an Italian mother having opposed to the hanging of crucifixes on classroom walls.
2011 China - - Many Miners Trapped in Coal Mine
Over fifty coal miners were trapped in a Chinese mine after a rock burst occurred after an earthquake. Eight miners died as a result of the accident while some others were able to escape, and those who were trapped were able to be rescued the day after the incident.
2013 Egypt - - Morsi Returns for Trial
Egypt's former president, Mohammed Morsi, who was kicked out of office in July of 2013 by the Egyptian military after people began protesting his rule. Morsi, along with several other Muslim Brotherhood associates, are charged with killing protesters. Security was tightened with the arrival of the former president as there were calls for protest and people gathered outside where he was being kept.
Saturday, November 02, 2024
Saturday Morning in the Blogosphere
10 years after Serial: Nieman Lab looks at crime news now - NL
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Today in Labor History November 2nd, 2024
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Eugene Debs for President
The IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) free-speech fight in Spokane, Washington began on this date. Local organizer James P. Thompson was yanked from the speaker’s platform by the police. Other Wobblies swarmed to take his place, leading to the arrests of 150 men and women. The IWW union hall was also raided. – 1909
Labor leader Eugene V. Debs received nearly 913,664 (3.4%) votes for president while running from a prison cell in Atlanta, Georgia. He had been jailed for opposing World War I. – 1920
Tennessee Ernie Ford’s “Sixteen Tons” first appeared on the charts, going on to become one of the biggest selling singles of its time. The lyrics struck a sympathetic chord with millions of people “Another day older and deeper in debt, St. Peter don’t you call me cause I can’t go, I owe my soul to the company store…”. – 1955
President Reagan signed a bill designating a federal holiday honoring the civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., to be observed on the third Monday of January. – 1983
Carmen Fasanella retired after 68 years and 243 days of taxicab service in Princeton, New Jersey., earning himself a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. He started driving at age 17 and reportedly chauffeured Princeton Professor Albert Einstein around town. – 1989
Important Events From This day in History November 2
1957 U.S.A. - UFO's
November 2nd, 1957: Residents of Levelland, Texas reported sightings of unidentified flying objects with bright lights. After the sightings, Jim Lee, head of the Interplanetary Space Patrol, predicted that the UFOs will soon come in large numbers for all to see and the skeptics will have no choice but to agree.
1917 Great Britain - Jewish homeland
British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour "The Balfour Declaration" submits a declaration of intent to establish a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine.
1920
France -- ElectionsThe nature of American presidential elections was of great interest to France. Along with information about current elections, French news publications displayed portraits of past presidents from Washington to Wilson. The purpose of this was to compare and contrast French and British presidential branches of government with that of the executive branches of America.
1920 U.S.A. - Warren G. Harding Wins Presidential Election
Warren G. Harding ( Republican ) Wins Presidential Election beating James M. Cox ( Denocrat ) with a landslide victory.
1920 U.S.A. - Palmer Raids
200 people are arrested in a raid on the Union of Russian Workers . Palmer Raids Timeline
1930 Ethiopia -- Haile Selassie
Haile Selassie is crowned Emperor / "King of Kings of Ethiopia" at Addis Ababa's Cathedral of St. George in a lavish ceremony attended by royals and dignitaries from all over the world.
1931 Soviet Union -- Wheat Shortage
The Soviet Union announced that the country would not export wheat during this year, and most likely not the following year either. This decision was announced after a recent trade agreement signing between France and the Soviet Union.
1932 Great Britain -- Hunger Marchers
The march to London by the Hunger Marchers Army has been broken up by police in Trafalgar Square and the marchers have been dispersed and escorted out of London . The main communist organizers have been charged with sedition and are currently in jail.
1936 UK - BBC Television Service
The BBC Television Service, launches becoming the world's first regular public television service with a high level of image resolution from Alexandra Palace transmitter in London with a radius of 25 miles, later renamed BBC TV and finally as it is today BBC One . The service has been in continual service since 1936 except during World War II ( 1939 - 1946 ) when it was taken off the air.
1940 World War II -- Bombing Raids
Reports of bombings, raids, attacks, and more were made. These particular violent actions occurred in places such as Berlin, Germany as well as in Greece. It was predicted during this time period that World War II was not likely to end soon (would be a "long war").
1947 U.S.A. -- The Spruce Goose
The worlds largest aircraft Howard Hughes Flying Boat ( The Spruce Goose ) which took 5 years and cost 25 million to build was floated into the harbor for the first time today.
1951 Egypt -- Anti British Disturbances
6,000 British troops have arrived at Fayid in the Canal Zone of Egypt and many more are on the way in an effort to quell anti-British disturbances in the region, the fighting continued for the next 2 years when a military coup in 1952 ended the period of constitutional monarchy in 1953 and Arab nationalist Abdel Nasser came to power in 1954. In 1954 Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal taking it into Arab control provoking an invasion by Israeli and Anglo-French forces, which were forced by the UN to withdraw.
1953 U.S.A. -- Arab Israeli Conflict
Even if Middle Eastern countries such as Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon could not reach an agreement with Israel, the United States agreed to sign treaties with these countries. Likewise, the U.S. also planned on signing a separate pact with Israel that would most likely not include Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon. An agreement was needed before the development of both sides of the Jordan River could take place. The Arabs refused to negotiate directly with the Jews regarding this project.
1959 UK -- The M1 Motorway
The first section of the M1 motorway, the first of it's kind in the UK, is opened between Watford and Crick/Rugby along with the motorway's two spurs the ( M10 motorway to St Albans ) and ( M45 motorway Coventry )
1960 U.S.A. -- Lady Chatterley's Lover
Penguin Books is acquitted of the charge of publishing obscene material in the case over Lady Chatterley's Lover, by D.H. Lawrence.
Friday, November 01, 2024
Friday Morning in the Blogosphere
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Today in Labor History November 1st, 2024
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What Scab wrought on the NYC Subway
Workers in Philadelphia organized a successful general strike for a 10-hour workday. Three hundred armed Irish longshoremen marched through the streets calling workers to join them on strike. 20,000 leather workers, printers, carpenters, bricklayers, masons, city employees, bakers, clerks, and painters joined in. Within a week, the city government announced a 10-hour workday for its employees and three weeks later, private employers followed suit. – 1835
Sugar cane workers in southeastern Louisiana went on strike over wages and being paid in company scrip. The state militia was called in to break the strike of nearly 10,000 mostly African-American workers, displacing them from company housing and forcing them to relocate. On November 22, white “peace and order” vigilantes went on a massacre in the black neighborhoods of Thibodaux where the workers and their families had sought refuge. Thirty-seven strikers were murdered and two strike leaders were lynched. – 1887
A scab driver crashed a New York City subway train in the Malbone Tunnel during a labor dispute. 97 died and 255 were injured in the tragedy. New York changed the name of the tunnel to erase the memory of the horrible accident and the infamous trial that followed. It is now called Prospect Park and Malbone St. – 1918
Over 400,000 miners across the country went on strike. Insurgent miners took over the United Mine Workers (UMW) convention in Cleveland, even though union officials tried to exclude rebellious locals. The union was so concerned with suppressing wildcat strikes and dissension among their ranks that they supplied scabs to help mine owners put down the wildcat strikes! The coal miners ignored their union’s orders to cancel the strike for nearly a month. – 1919
United Stone & Allied Products Workers of America merged with United Steelworkers of America. – 1972
The UAW began what was to become a successful 172-day strike against International Harvester. The union turned back company demands for weakened work rules and mandatory overtime. – 1979
Honda assembled the first-ever Japanese car manufactured in a U.S. plant, in Marysville, Ohio. By 2009 the plant was making 440,000 cars a year and Honda, just one of the foreign manufacturers with multiple plants operating in the U.S., said it had sold 20 million cars since its American operation. – 1982
Important Events From This day in History November 1st
1991 University of Iowa Shootings
1991 : Gang Lu a student at the University of Iowa goes on a shooting rampage armed with a .38-caliber revolver and a .22 caliber handgun at the University killing five people on the Iowa campus in Iowa City he then turned the gun on himself and committed suicide.
1993 Europe - Maastricht Treaty
1993 : The Maastricht Treaty formally starts, establishing the European Union (EU). By 1993, 12 nations had ratified the Maastricht Treaty on European Union: Great Britain, France, Germany, the Irish Republic, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Denmark, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
1910
John Adams Moves into the White HouseU.S. President John Adams becomes the first president to move into the White House at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C. Before November 1st, 1800 the president occupied Market Street mansion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1918 U.S.A. - Rail Crash
A five car train derailed and hit a tunnel wall today in Brooklyn, New York, underneath the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue killing 100 of the 900 passengers.
1924 U.S.A. - Turkeys
New York is the first state to lift quarantine restrictions on Turkeys from Texas following the foot and mouth outbreak earlier this year. The Texas farmers will be full of joy as we come into Thanksgiving and Christmas.
1929 England Prohibition
Dr. Saleshy, an important figure in England, put in a good word for Prohibition. He said it was good for the health in America, and in Canada too. He also has mentioned that Great Britain is misled.
1935 Canada - Earthquake
Northern Canada was shaken by a violent earthquake. The center of this earthquake was detected to have been just north of Lake Ontario. In all, this quake had been felt in three Canadian provinces as well as in 17 states of the United States. It was thought to be one of the worst in history that has occurred in this region.
1938 U.S.A. - Seabiscuit Match Race Against War Admiral at Pimlico
Seabiscuit often called the ( people's champion )raced against Triple Crown winner War Admiral in the Pimlico Special in Baltimore, Maryland and won the match race.
It is estimated over 40 million listened to the match on the radio and "War Admiral" was the favorite at (1-4 with most bookmakers) . ( As seen in the 2003 Movie Seabiscuit ) Seabiscuit and War Admiral Race Timeline
1940 Greece - Italy Invades
1940 : A 35-mile well-populated area of Greece (Ioannina) had been seized by Italian fascists. Further reported indicated that Italy was moving towards the border of Albania. Meanwhile, the British had made advances on Naples, a city in Southern Italy.
1941 U.S.A. - U.S. Coast Guard
President Roosevelt announces that the U.S. Coast Guard will now be under the direction of the U.S. Navy, and tasks will include escorting ships, providing port security, and inspecting ships for everything from illegal drugs to munitions.
1952 U.S.A. - Hydrogen Bomb
The United States detonates the world's first thermonuclear weapon, the hydrogen bomb, on Eniwetok atoll in the Pacific.
1953 Russia - Christians
Canon Mervin Stockwood, an English clergyman had just returned from his trip to Russia and had reported that an atheist tour guide claimed that Jesus was a Christian invention. Moreover, Stockwood had announced that only 45 of Russia's 1,600 churches were open. The few churches still in operation were very crowded.
1955 U.S.A. - United Airlines Flight 629
United Airlines Flight 629 is blown up shortly after takeoff over Longmont, Colorado killing all passengers and crew. The FBI after some investigation charged John Gilbert Graham, who had planted the bomb in his mother's suitcase to collect the insurance money on her death.
1957 U.S.A. - Mackinac Bridge
The Mackinac suspension bridge opens connecting Mackinaw City and St. Ignace connecting the non-contiguous Upper and Lower peninsulas of the U.S. state of Michigan. It becomes the longest suspension bridge between anchorages in the Western hemisphere
1958 Switzerland - Nuclear A Test Ban
Delegates of Russia, America and Great Britain met informally today at a meeting to discuss their positions on the policing of a nuclear A-tests ban . The Russians want an immediate suspension of all tests and then to take on the control and policing of such a ban. The west wants the control and policing sorted first then the ban implemented.
1961 U.S.A. - Nuclear Testing
The United States was one country that was urged by the United Nations to put a moratorium on nuclear testing. The U.S. has not yet agreed at this time and has planned on still making test explosions in the atmosphere to counter tests being made by Soviets.
1966 Vietnam - Bombing Saigon
North Vietnam begins a bombing campaign using artillery in the jungle surrounding the city against the South Vietnamese capital Saigon. Altogether about 30 artillery shells struck the city killing at least 10 and injuring many more, the shelling also caused panic in the city with people trying to find some form of cover.
1967 U.S.A. - Marijuana
The problems facing the country over the use of Marijuana continues to grow with new figures released showing more US Servicemen have been court martial for smoking Marijuana than any other offence and a police official in San Diego California saying 1/4 of all high school students currently smoke Marijuana. .
1970 France - Nightclub Fire
A fire at a nightclub a mile from the town of St Laurent du Pont, near Grenoble, was packed with revellers when a fire started trapping clubbers and leaving 142 mostly teenagers dead, plus the 60 who did survive many of them are in hospital with up to 90% burns.
1973 Israel - Bedouin Market
Beersheba, Israel has long been the location of the prosperous Bedouin market. However, this market had just re-opened after being shut down temporarily. As of this date, traders had arrived again with commodities such as goats, turnkeys, and vegetables. This is the first time the market has resumed since October 6th.
1976 U.S.A. - Election
1976 : As the two candidates wind up campaigning for the Presidency most pundits believe the race is too close to call with some polls showing a one point lead for Carter and another poll showing a one point lead for Ford.
1982 U.S.A. - Honda
Honda opens the first car manufacturing company factory to produce Japanese cars ( Honda Accord ) in the United States at Marysville, Ohio
1983 U.S.A. - George Burns
1983 : Actor/comedian George Burns had signed a five-year contract with Caesar's World. He made jokes in reference to his age. For instance Burns said that he planned to follow through with this performance agreement, because he could not afford to die while booked (had a performance scheduled). George Burns was 87 years old when he began to fulfill his contract at Caesar's World. Incidentally, he had lived to be 100 years old.
1984 India - Indira Gandhi
Following yesterdays assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by Sikh members of her bodyguard. Angry mobs have set fire to four Sikh temples and many Sikh-owned businesses.
1986 Switzerland - Chemical Spill
Chemical spill and a major fire at a chemicals factory near Basel, Switzerland, is sending tons of toxic chemicals into the nearby river Rhine and turning it red.
1986 England - Mad Cow Disease
The first case of BSE or "mad cow disease" is found in cattle in England .
1990 Iraq - Americans Hostages
Iraq made a promise to free four more Americans hostages, while insisting they were treating hostages well. However, President Bush was more interested in making sure Saddam Hussein was driven out of Kuwait-which was an action of high priority at this time. Therefore, he had condemned the freeing of American hostages at that time.
1993 Europe - Maastricht Treaty
During the Delors Commission The Maastricht Treaty which was signed in February the previous year comes into force on this day in history .
1998 Europe - European Court of Human Rights
European Court of Human Rights becomes a permanent court with full-time judges replacing earlier enforcement courts. The court allows individuals or other states to bring cases of human rights violations against member states.
2002 Italy - Earthquake
A report circulated regarding an incident that took place in Italy a few days prior. This account revealed that an earthquake hit a nursery school which had collapsed and killed 20 children. A gymnasium was made into a site of where families of children paid respects for the lost children's lives.
2005 Cuba - Guantanamo Bay
The U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has refused the United Nations commission access to inmates at the Guantanamo Bay detention center
2006 South Africa - Nelson Mandela is appointed Ambassador of Conscience
Nelson Mandela is awarded Amnesty International's award as Ambassador of Conscience 2006. The former South African president and anti-apartheid campaigner was being praised for his "invincible dedication to the freedom of his people". Mandela also issued a statement on the death of PW Botha, which paid tribute to the former South African President, who died at the age of 90 on October 31st.
2006 Colombia - Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia's (FARC) attack on a rural police station in Colombia, which killed sixteen officers. Considered a bad blow to President Uribe's US-backed campaign to end the 40-year conflict. The attack was in the province of Cordoba, and part of a two-week offensive by FARC. It has dampened hopes of talks with Uribe's government on the release of rebel hostages and a peace accord. Authorities said that about one hundred rebels used improvised mortars and attacked the town of Tierradentro in Cordoba province, about 235 miles (380 km) from Bogota.
2006 United States - Jackson Pollock's No. 5 1948 is sold for $140 million
Art experts have said that the Hollywood magnate David Geffen has sold a drip painting by Jackson Pollock for about $140 million. Geffen declined to comment on whether he sold the painting, but Tobias Meyer of Sotheby's is said to have brokered the deal. The art-world experts have identified the buyer as the Mexican financier David Martinez. The price, if confirmed, would be the highest sum ever known to have been paid for a painting, and would exceed the $135 million that was paid for Gustav Klimt's Adele Bloch-Bauer I.
2007 United States - Paul W. Tibbets Jr. dies
The pilot of Enola Gay ( Hiroshima Bomb ), Paul Tibbets, dies after two-months of ill-health. He has asked for no funeral nor headstone as he was worried that opponents of the bombing would use it as a place of protest. The bombing of Hiroshima marked the beginning of the end of the war in the Pacific. Japan surrendered shortly after a second bomb was dropped, on Nagasaki, three days later. The Enola Gay was named after his mother.
2007 United States - Tesco opens its first Quick and Easy in America
Tesco, the UK's leading food retailer, begins opening its Fresh and Easy outlets in the US. It had over sixty stores, including thirty in southern California, by April 1, 2008. There were 168 stores as of September 22nd, 2010, which are based in California, Arizona, and Nevada.
2008 United States - Obama unaware of his aunt being an illegal alien
Barack Obama says that he did not know that his Kenyan aunt was living illegally in the United States. Reports say that Zeituni Onyango lost a bid for asylum in 2004. She lives in public housing in Boston. Obama's presidential campaign has issued a statement that: "Senator Obama has no knowledge of her status but obviously believes that any and all appropriate laws be followed."
2009 Kosova - A statue of Bill Clinton is unveiled in Kosovo
Bill Clinton attends the unveiling of a statue of himself in Pristina. The 3.5m (11 ft) bronze statue was inaugurated on the Kosovan capital's Bill Clinton Boulevard, and received loud cheers from the thousands of ethnic Albanians that attended. Mr. Clinton is their hero for launching Nato's bombing campaign to drive the Yugoslav troops out of the Serbian province in 1999. Kosovo declared independence from Belgrade in 2008. The move was supported by the Western states, even though China and Russia still regard Kosovo as part of Serbia.
2011 United States - Eastern US Hit By Large Snowstorm
Nearly two million homes went without power after an early snowstorm hit the Eastern coast of the United States. The snowstorm was being blamed for the death of twenty-three people and it brought up to 30 inches of snowfall in some areas.
2012 Saudi Arabia - Truck Crash Kills 22
About twenty-two people died after a fuel truck crashed and exploded in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Another one-hundred and eleven people were injured in the explosion.
2013 Germany - Germany to Allow Third Gender
Germany is the first European country to allow parents of babies who are born with characteristics of both sexes to leave the gender line on birth certificates blank. This was done to alleviate pressure over choosing a gender and performing surgery on intersex newborns that could cause physical and emotional harm throughout their lives. People of the third gender would have it designated by an X on their passports.
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