Tuesday, October 15, 2024

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Today in Labor History October 15th, 2024

 


Woodrow Wilson


President Woodrow Wilson signed the Clayton Antitrust Act, often referred to as “Labor’s Magna Carta”, establishing that unions are not “conspiracies” under the law. It for the first time freed unions to strike, picket and boycott employers. In the years that followed, however, numerous state measures and negative court interpretations weakened the law. – 1914

Important Events From This day in History October 15th

 

 

15 Oct, 1973 Iceland Cod Wars

1973 : The Iceland Foreign Secretary has announced that Iceland is taking it's case against Great Britain in the current Cod War to the UN General Assembly in October in an attempt to settle the ongoing dispute.

15 Oct, 1917 France Mata Hari

1917 : The exotic dancer Mata Hari is executed by a French firing squad at Vincennes, outside of Paris, for espionage.

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15 Oct, 1924 U.S.A. Chinese Tong Wars

1924 : The Chinese Tong Wars in New York and other major cities in the US continue to worsen with Tong leaders attempting to obtain machine guns and many more unsolved murders in the Chinese community.

15 Oct, 1928 U.S.A. Graf Zeppelin

1928 : The Graf Zeppelin rigid airship completes its first transatlantic crossing when it arrives in the United States at NAS Lakehurst, New Jersey four days after leaving Friedrichshafen, Germany.

Graf Zeppelin Public Domain Photo

15 Oct, 1935 Ethiopia Holy War

1935 : Emperor Haile Selassie has called for the greatest army ever assembled in Ethiopia to wage a holy war and recapture the sacred city of Aksum back from the Italians. He has now based his headquarters in Addis Ababa. The Italians are armed with machine guns, field guns and artillery while the tribesman of Ethiopia are fighting with guns and the advantage of numbers. Casualties have been high and have already reached 20,000 with many Ethiopian fighters killed by bombardments from Italian aircraft. But hundreds of thousands are coming from all over Ethiopia after the call from their Emperor.

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15 Oct, 1937 U.S.A. The Flying Fortress

1937 : The worlds largest Military aircraft "The Flying Fortress " built by Boeing had it's first test flight today. It has a wingspan of over 140 ft and is estimated will fly at 250 MPH using its 1,000 HP engines.

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15 Oct, 1940 U.S.A. Charlie Chaplin

1940 : Charlie Chaplin's satirical comedy The Great Dictator opens.

15 Oct, 1945 France Vichy Puppet

1945 : Following the end of World War and freedom for the French people they execute Pierre Laval the Vichy puppet leader put in place by Germany during occupation for treason.

15 Oct, 1946 Germany Herman Goering

1946 : Herman Goering the former head of the Gestapo commits suicide rather than facing the death sentence he had been given of being hung the next day.

15 Oct, 1947 Great Britain Nationalisation

1947 : The government has stated that the nationalization of the Gas industry will occur before the Iron and Steel industries are nationalized as it is more important to the British economy and it provides the fuel needed to run the Iron and Steel industries.

15 Oct, 1954 Canada Hurricane

1954 : Hurricane Hazel strikes southern Ontario, Canada causing the Humber River to flood with entire neighborhoods were washed away and 81 people were killed.

15 Oct, 1964 Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev

1964 : While on holiday in in Pitsunda, Abkhazia, Georgia a band of conspirators call a special meeting of the Central Committee in which Khrushchev is removed from his positions. He is replaced by by Alexei N. Kosygin as premier and by Leonid I. Brezhnev as Communist Party secretary.

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15 Oct, 1965 US Demonstrations Vietnam War

1965 : Demonstrations organized by the student-run National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam attracted 100,000 people in 40 cities across the country. In New York City, David Miller, becomes the first U.S. war protester to burn his draft card in direct violation of a recently passed law. He was found guilty and sentenced to two years imprisonment.

15 Oct, 1969 U.S.A. Demonstrations Vietnam War

October 15th, 1969 : The US Vietnam Peace Moratorium across towns and cities in the United States is the largest demonstration in US history with an estimated two million people involved, demonstrators wore black armbands to signify their dissent against the Vietnam War and paid tribute to American personnel killed in the war during the demonstration a candlelight march is held around the White House.

15 Oct, 1970 Egypt Anwar Sadat

1970 : Anwar Sadat succeeds Gamal Abdel Nasser as President of Egypt.

15 Oct, 1970 Australia West Gate Bridge Collapse

October 15th, 1970 : A section of the West Gate Bridge over the Yarra River in Melbourne, Australia collapses during construction killing 35 construction workers. Later during an investigation into the accident the structural design and an unusual method of erection was blamed for the accident.

15 Oct, 1984 U.S.A. Colorado Blizzard

1984 : Three feet of snow falls near Colorado Springs. This snowfall was one of the earliest that this region ever experienced. Another foot of snow had fallen in the Central area of Colorado as well. As a result of these storms, numerous drivers were stranded, and a large region of the state was nearly shut down.

15 Oct, 1987 Fiji Republic

October 15th, 1987 : Fiji becomes a republic ending the islands' 113 year British Crown sovereignty.

15 Oct, 1987 UK The Great Storm of 1987

1987 : The great storm strikes Cornwall, Essex and Kent England and the Cotentin Peninsula of Normandy with winds gusts in excess of 100 knots (approx. 115 MPH) causing widespread structural damage to buildings and downing over 15 million trees including six of the seven famous oak trees in Sevenoaks, Kent. The storm left millions in Britain and Southern France without electricity and caused the deaths of 39 people. The powerful winds left many homes without roofs and caused over billions of dollars of damage in France and Great Britain.

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15 Oct, 1990 Russia Nobel Peace Prize

October 15th, 1990 : Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in helping to end the bitter Cold War between the Soviet Union and Western Powers that had been in place for nearly 50 years. Due to the tensions easing many important changes occurred including the 2 major superpowers agreeing to limit Nuclear proliferation making the world a safer place.

15 Oct, 1993 South Africa Nobel Peace Prize

1993 : Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk win the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to end apartheid in South Africa.

15 Oct, 1997 U.S.A. Cassini–Huygens

October 15th, 1997 : The Cassini Huygens probes a joint European / American project designed to study the planet Saturn and its moons launches from Cape Canaveral on the start of it's 7 year journey to Saturn. Cassini-Huygens successfully entered Saturn's orbit on July 1, 2004. It's mission ended on September 15th, 2017 when it purposefully plunged into Saturn's atmosphere.

15 Oct, 2003 China Shenzhou 5

2003 : The People's Republic of China (PRC) launches its first manned space mission "Shenzhou 5" from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (Gobi desert) carrying astronaut Yang Liwei. The flight lasted 21 hours, 22 minutes and landed safely in inner Mongolia.

15 Oct, 2003 Staten Island Ferry Accident

October 15th, 2003 : The MV Andrew J. Barberi crashes at full speed into the concrete pier at the St. George ferry terminal on Staten Island. The pier ripped into the ferry's starboard side and tore into the boat's main deck where many passengers were crowding forward to disembark killing 11 and injuring a further 71 some critically.

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15 Oct, 2005 U.S.A. Toledo Riot

October 15th, 2005 : A riot in Toledo sparked by a planned rally by the National Socialist Movement (NSM), a Neo-Nazi organization, who planned a march to protest over alleged black gang activity in the North End of Toledo, Ohio. The rally was cancelled after Anti-Racist Action groups from other cities, and various street gangs from the north end created a massive protest which turned into a full scale riot when the protesters realized the (NSM) rally was cancelled and turned on police, media vehicles and emergency vehicles which then caused a citywide curfew to be implemented for the remainder of the weekend.

15 Oct, 2006 U.S.A. Hawii Earthquake

2006 : An offshore earthquake rumbles through parts of Hawaii. Measuring 6.7 on the Richter Scale, the earthquake created several major aftershocks and caused a great deal of property damages and injuries.

15 Oct, 2006 Italy Immigrants Rescued

October 15th, 2006 : The Italian coast guard rescued 300 illegal immigrants off the island of Lampedusa after it was caught in stormy weather.

15 Oct, 2007 Singapore Airbus A380 Superjumbo

2007 : The first Airbus Superjumbo, currently the largest passenger airliner in the world, is delivered to Singapore Airlines.

15 Oct, 2009 U.S.A. / Pakistan $7.5bn Aid Package

October 15th, 2009 : US President Barack Obama signs into law an aid package of $7.5bn for Pakistan, there are several conditions for the aid to Pakistan including Pakistan is no longer supporting militant groups.

15 Oct, 2011 Occupy London Protesters

2011 : Up to around 3,000 protesters gathered outside St.Paul's cathedral in London to demonstrate against corporate greed in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protesters in the United States. Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, joined the protesters in London and gave a speech talking about Wikileaks, the economy, and police in a day of coordinated mass protests. Other cities that participated include Sydney, Rome, Bucharest, Taipei, Tokyo, Toronto, Berlin, and Madrid.

15 Oct, 2011 Bangkok Tries to Fight Flood Waters

October 15th, 2011 : Military and civilian volunteers continued their attempts to stop flooding from devastating Bangkok, Thailand. The country had been experiencing some of the worst floods it had seen in decades with a death toll of over two hundred. Many villages and towns had been completely engulfed by flood waters.

15 Oct, 2012 Sex Offender Registry Published in Australia

2012 : Australia has published its first sex offender register that would be available publicly and covered the state of Western Australia. The registry would include pictures, names and descriptions of nine offenders of which the police had no whereabouts.

15 Oct, 2013 Burma Bomb Blast Hits Hotel

October 15th, 2013 : The Traders Hotel in Rangoon was hit by a series of small bomb blasts. One guest was injured and three people were taken into custody.

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Monday, October 14, 2024

Monday Morning in the Blogosphere


 

WA media seek overdue fix to public records rules - Save the Free Press









Important Events From This day in History October 14th

 

1991 Australia Ozone Layer

1991 : Scientists from the International Atmospheric Authority in Australia have said that the Earth's protective Ozone layer has shrunk 4% in the the last ten years compared with 2% in the preceding 10 years.

1879 United States Incandescent Light Bulb

1879 : Thomas Alva Edison filed his first patent application for "Improvement In Electric Lights" on October 14, 1878 (U.S. Patent 0,214,636) The first successful test was on October 22, 1879, and lasted 13.5 hours.

1913 Wales Coal Mine Explosion

1913 : A tremendous explosion ripped through the Sengenhydd coal mine near Cardiff in one of the worst mining disasters in Great Britain and over 400 minors are killed.

1928 U.S.A. Graf Zeppelin

1928 : The small town of Lakehurst NJ is preparing for the arrival tomorrow of the largest dirigible ever made the "Graf Zeppelin" which will complete it's transatlantic flight from Europe to America, this airship will change travel across the Atlantic with it's massive size of 770 ft and it's cruising speed of 60 MPH , this ship is owned by the German People.

1935 Sanctions on Italy

1935 : The League of Nations approved the placing of financial sanctions on Italy.

1938 Germany Nazi's Attacks Clergy

1938 : Adolf Hitler's deputy has attacked the catholic clergy during a massive Nazi rally in Austria telling the cheering crowd of 100,000 that the clergy are seeking to instigate people against the state. Hitler or Christ is not the question, Hitler has never taken a stand against the Church and there is only one Fuhrer and his name is Adolf Hitler, and the clergy should not take orders from Rome but from the Fuhrer.

1941 World War II Russia

1941 : As Panzer divisions approach closer to Moscow, Nazis are telling women and children to leave the city and run for their lives, Although Germany is close to Moscow it is still a long way from the Caspian oil fields which are one of the main objectives in this war. Russia in the meantime has asked England to strike German soil to create a diversion which would mean Hitler would have to move some of the Panzer divisions back to Germany giving the Russian Red Army time to regroup.

1944 World War II Desert Fox

1944 : German General Erwin Rommel or "the Desert Fox," is given the option of facing a public trial for treason, as a co-conspirator in the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, or taking cyanide. He chooses suicide by cyanide.

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1947 U.S.A. Chuck Yeager

1947 : Chuck Yeager a World War II fighter pilot ace becomes the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound breaking the elusive "Sound Barrier." His X-1 rocket plane was built by the Bell Aircraft Company, the X-1 was taken to an altitude of 25,000 feet by a B-29 bomber and released through the bomb bay to achieve a speed greater than the speed of sound.

1947 U.S.A. Flying Boat

1947 : An old flying boat attempting to carry the largest number of passengers on a transatlantic flight (63 passengers) in a heavier than air aircraft has failed in its attempt and is stranded 800 miles from the Newfoundland coast in heavy seas and 25 ft - 75 ft waves.

1952 U.S.A. Radar Traps

1952 : As the number of radar speed traps is increased complaints that small towns adjoining main highways are using the traps to provide additional revenue by targeting motorists could become even worse as they install the latest radar traps which take photographs of the cars number plate meaning the local Police do not even need to witness the offence for the town to issue a speeding ticket. A test case is currently underway in New York on the legality of these new radar traps.

1954 U.S.A. Hurricane Hazel

1954 : Hurricane Hazel makes landfall at Haiti leaving three towns totally destroyed and more than 1,000 dead in its wake. From there it moved on to make landfall in North Carolina on October 15 as a Category 4 hurricane (19 dead) and then to Toronto, Ontario (81 dead). It is considered one of the worst hurricanes of the 20th century. This was the third hurricane to hit the United States in 1954 and by far the worst.

1962 Cuba U2 Spy Plane

1962 : Photographs taken by a high-altitude U2 spy plane show Soviet made medium range missiles in Cuba capable of carrying nuclear warheads just 90 miles from the American coastline. This news would bring the United States and the Soviet Union to the closest point to nuclear war in history.

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1964 U.S.A. Martin Luther King, Jr

1964 : Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent resistance to racial prejudice in America.

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1964 Soviet Union Khrushchev

1964 : Nikita Khrushchev is ousted from power by Leonid Brezhnev after 10 years.

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Today in Labor History October 14th, 2024

 


Samuel Gompers


New York City cigar makers struck against pay cuts and repressive factory rules during October. The strike ended in January 1878 with the pay cuts and repressive rules intact. Samuel Gompers, the strike leader, was blacklisted and unable to find work for four months. – 1877

The two-day founding congress of the International Working People’s Association (IWPA) occurred in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania marking the beginning of the anarchist-trade union movement in the US. The congress endorsed “propaganda by the deed”, which included assassinations. In attendance were two of the future Haymarket Martyrs, August Spies and Albert R. Parsons. – 1883

The Seafarers International Union (SIU) was founded as an American Federation of Labor (AFL) alternative to what was the Congress of Industrial Organization’s (CIO) National Maritime Union. SIU was an umbrella organization of 12 autonomous unions of mariners, fishermen and boatmen working on U.S.-flagged vessels. – 1938
Formal construction began on this date on what was expected to be a five-year, $3.9 billion replacement for the Tappan Zee Bridge on the Hudson River. It was estimated that the project would employ 8,000 building trades workers over the span of the job. – 2013

Saturday, October 12, 2024

Saturday Night in the Blogosphere


 




The Wenatchee World acquires NCWLIFE television station - Wick Communications

Mission Local distributes 20K Spanish- and Chinese-language newspapers - Mission Local

Lakes Unlimited Learning to present on the "Disappearing Rural Newspaper" - Pine and Lakes

Today in Labor History October 12th, 2024


 

The Battle of Virden Memorial



The First Industrial Congress of the US (first US national labor congress) met in New York City. – 1845

Also known as “Miners Day,” October 12 commemorates the seven miners killed in the “Virden Riot” of October 1898, when miners got in a shootout with mine guards attempting to bring in strikebreakers. The riot came in response to the mine owners refusal to accept the 8-hour day, offer raises, abolish the company store and recognize the United Mine Workers. Six security guards were also killed and 35 others wounded.  – 1898

Fourteen miners were killed and 22 were wounded by scab herders at Pana, Illinois. – 1902
2,000 workers demanding union recognition closed down dress manufacturing, Los Angeles. – 1933

Important Events From This day in History October 12

 

12 Oct, 2000 Yemen USS Cole

2000 : The USS Cole a navy destroyer is attacked by two suicide terrorists believed to be part of (Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terrorist network) using a motorized rubber dinghy loaded with explosives which blows a 40ft by 40ft hole in the port side of the USS Cole while it was harbored in the Yemeni port of Aden leaving seventeen sailors dead and 38 wounded.

12 Oct, 1978 U.S.A. Projected Incomes

1978 : Some figures this week released by the Social Security administration give some interesting figures for current and projected incomes and taxes - Average Worker earns $10,500 per year.

1990 Average Worker Projected to earn $22,700 per year (Actual was $28,960)

2000 Average Worker Projected to earn $40,000 per year (Actual was $40,344)

2010 Average Worker Projected to earn $70,000 per year

2025 Average Worker Projected to earn $162,000 per year

2050 Average Worker Projected to earn $656,000 per year

12 Oct, 1931 U.S.A. Johnny Weissmuller

1931 : Olympic gold medal swimmer Johnny Weissmuller is chosen to play Tarzan in a number of films stretching all the way to the Forties.

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12 Oct, 1937 U.S.A. Brady Gang

1937 : Federal agents shoot and Kill Al Brady and members of the Brady Gang in a shootout at Bangor, Maine on Columbus Day in 1937. They surprised the gang at 8:30 a.m. on a busy street as they left a local store and a shootout between the gang and FBI Agents left a number of dead and wounded.

12 Oct, 1945 Germany Nazi Party Dissolved

1945 : The Nazi party is ordered to dissolve by The Allied Control Council and stated that any attempt at it's revival in any guise would be considered a criminal offense.

12 Oct, 1957 Canada Queens Visit

1957 : Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip arrive in Ottawa, Canada.

12 Oct, 1962 Columbus Day Storm

1962 : The Columbus Day Storm strikes Northern California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia with some of the strongest winds ever recorded during a cyclone and registered wind gusts in excess of 145 mph. The storm blew down many tens of thousands of trees, possibly exceeding the annual timber harvest for Oregon and Washington. Together with the strong winds all time record rain over a 12 hr period caused major flooding and mudslides. The death toll from the storm was 46 but the human cost including homes and property damaged or destroyed makes the storm one of the worst in living memory in the United States.

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12 Oct, 1966 Nobel Peace Prize

1966 : The Nobel Peace Prize for Medicine has been awarded to two American doctors who devoted their lives to combating the dreaded disease of Cancer, Francis Peyton Rous of Rockefeller University in New York City and Charles B Huggins of the University of Chicago.

12 Oct, 1968 Mexico Olympic Games

1968 : The 19th Summer Olympics Games of the XIX Olympiad, open in Mexico City, Mexico.

12 Oct, 1972 US Navy Ship Race Riot

October 12th, 1972 : 46 sailors are injured in a race riot involving more than 100 sailors on the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk.

12 Oct, 1978 Sid Vicious Arrested For Murder

1978 : Punk Rocker Sid Vicious arrested on suspicion of murder after the body of his girlfriend Nancy Spungen found in their New York hotel room . While on bail he overdosed on heroin and died before any trial in February 1979.

12 Oct, 1983 Japan Bribes

October 12th, 1983 : Former Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka is convicted of taking $2.2 million in bribes from American manufacturer Lockheed Aircraft Corp.

12 Oct, 1983 Israel Shekel Devalued

1983 : After just 3 days in office The new Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Sharmir, has devalued the shekel by 23 percent.

12 Oct, 1984 England Conservative Party Conference Bombing

October 12th, 1984 : IRA Terrorists carry out a bomb attack on the British Government at the Conservative party conference at Grand Hotel Brighton

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Friday, October 11, 2024

Friday Morning in the Blogosphere


 




Americans’ views of 2024 election news - Pew Research Center

A podcast fighting the ‘enemy of the people’ narrative - E&P Magazine

Today in Labor History October 11th, 2024

 


North Vietnam



The Miners’ National Association was founded in Youngstown, Ohio, with the goal of uniting all miners, regardless of skill or ethnicity, echoing the Knights of Labor and presaging the Industrial Workers of the World.  – 1873
Nearly 1,500 plantation workers went on strike at Olaa Sugar, on Hawaii’s Big Island. – 1948

The Viet Minh formally take over Hanoi and control of North Vietnam. The Vietnam Doc Lap Dong Minh (Vietnam Independence League), or Viet Minh as it would become known to the world, was a Communist front organization founded by Ho Chi Minh in 1941 to organize resistance against French colonial rule and occupying Japanese forces. 

With the end of the Japanese occupation in 1945, the French attempted to reimpose colonial rule. The Viet Minh launched a long and bloody guerrilla war against French colonial forces in what came to be known as the First Indochina War. Ultimately, the Viet Minh, under the leadership of General Vo Nguyen Giap, decisively defeated the French at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in May 1954. On August 1, the armistice ending the war went into effect. The triumphant Viet Minh marched into Hanoi as the French prepared to withdraw their forces - 1954

Important Events From This day in History October 11

11 Oct, 1987 Scotland Loch Ness Monster

1987 : A three day hunt costing 1.6 million dollars hoping to prove or disprove the legend of The Loch Ness Monster ended today with no scientific proof except three sonar blips that showed objects in the middle of the 754-foot-deep loch. If Nessie does exist the best guess is that it is an prehistoric reptile a plesiosaur.

More about the Loch Ness monster

11 Oct, 1910 U.S.A. Theodore Roosevelt

1910 : Theodore Roosevelt became the first US president to fly aboard an airplane with Archie Hoxsey, an aviator for the Wright Brothers.

11 Oct, 1921 U.S.A. Sleeping Sickness

1921 : A plague that medical science can not explain is taking more and more lives each year. The Plague is sleeping sickness which affects young and old , rich and poor. Last year in Ohio the toll was 200 and this year it will exceed that number and many are hoping that medical science will find the cause of this terrible disease.

11 Oct, 1939 Albert Einstein Writes To President

1939 : Albert Einstein wrote his famous letter to FDR about the potential of the atomic bomb. In the letter, he argued the scientific feasibility of atomic weapons, and urged the need for development of a US atomic program.

11 Oct, 1939 World War II Russia Threatens Finland

1939 : Russian troops, tanks and artillery are massing on the Finnish border as a Finnish envoy goes to Moscow to receive Russian demands, currently a mass evacuation of women and children from major towns and cities is underway in preparation for war.

11 Oct, 1941 World War II German Offensive on Russia

1941 : Berlin released a statement today saying that the massive offensive against Russia is almost complete and only a mopping up operation is now needed to take full control of the last English Ally on the continent of Europe. Many believe that although Russia's plight is critical it is not terminal as the red army are still a force to be reckoned with and as the cold Russian winter sets in Russia will gain back much of the ground it has lost.

11 Oct, 1952 Great Britain Accidents in The Home

1952 : An alarming report produced by the Department of Health in England says that more children under the age of 15 are killed in accidents in the home mostly through burns and scolding than in any way including on the roads.

11 Oct, 1968 U.S.A. Apollo 7

1968 : Apollo 7, NASA's first three-man space mission, is launched from Cape Canaveral.

11 Oct, 1973 Middle East Arab Israeli War

October 11th, 1973 : The Arab -- Israeli war is now in it's sixth day and Israeli ground forces have crossed the cease fire line agreed after the 1967 6 day war, in commando attacks on Syrian forces with torpedo boats and commando forces. Meanwhile Jordan who are not currently involved in the war may be bowing to other Arab countries to enter the war and is known to be mobilizing it's forces on the Israeli border. Both American and Soviet involvement is currently with limited re-supply, but concerns that Israel are being overwhelmed could well mean a full scale re-supply of arms by the US which will lead to a similar re-supply by the Soviet Union. The last Arab --- Israeli War was over on the sixth day but this one has much longer to run unless a diplomatic solution can be reached.

11 Oct, 1974 England Harold Wilson Wins

1974 : Harold Wilson's Labour government has won the general election and a second term in office.

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11 Oct, 1975 U.S.A. Saturday Night Live

October 11th, 1975 : The comedy-variety show Saturday Night Live premiered with George Carlin as the host.

11 Oct, 1976 China New Party Chairman

1976 : The new chairman of China's Communist Party, Hua Guofeng, has ordered the arrest the so-called Gang of Four which is led by Chairman Mao's widow Jian Qing, and includes Wang Hongwen, Yao Wenyuan, and Zhang Chunqiao.

11 Oct, 1982 England The Mary Rose Raised

October 11th, 1982 : The Mary Rose, flagship of King Henry VIII, has been raised to the surface after 437 years at the bottom of the Solent. The ship's remains of mud-caked timber were successfully re-floated and experts will now begin the long process of restoring the Mary Rose in a dry dock in Portsmouth. The Mary Rose now forms part the maritime museum at Portsmouth and together with HMS Victory attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.

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11 Oct, 1984 U.S.A. Kathy Sullivan

1984 : Kathy Sullivan becomes the first American woman to walk in space during a Test for orbital refueling on the Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-41-G.

11 Oct, 1986 Iceland Arms Talks

October 11th, 1986 : President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Reykjavik, Iceland, to continue discussions about curbing their intermediate missile arsenals in Europe.


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Thursday, October 10, 2024

Thursday Morning in the Blogosphere


 





What the NY City Hall Scandals Can Tell Us About the State of Local News - 2nd Rough Draft

See photos of crane that smashed into Tampa Bay Times’ building during Hurricane - Tampa Bay 

Today in Labor History October 10th, 2024

 


20,000 cotton pickers in southern California’s San Joaquin Valley went on strike six days earlier over wages, working conditions, and union recognition.

Striking workers who had assembled at their union’s office in Pixley, California to hear an organizer speak were shot at by growers who drove up in their pickup trucks. Within minutes, two workers were dead and eight injured.  Eight growers were indicted, but all were acquitted of murder. – 1933
Blogger’s note – From what I’ve read, John Steinbeck used the shooting at Pixley as a part of his book, In Dubious Battle (a personal favorite of which I have a first edition) The book itself deals with a fruit strike.

Important Events From This day in History October 10

 

10 Oct, 1967 Outer Space Treaty

1967 : Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union. Below is a rough guide to what the treaty means:

Military Use

An undertaking not to place in orbit around the Earth, install on the moon or any other celestial body, or otherwise station in outer space, nuclear or any other weapons of mass destruction. It limits the use of the moon and other celestial bodies exclusively to peaceful purposes and expressly prohibits their use for military use.

Ownership

Inspired by the great prospects opening up before mankind as a result of mans entry into outer space, recognizing the common interest of all mankind in the progress of the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes, believing that the exploration and use of outer space should be carried on for the benefit of all peoples irrespective of the degree of their economic or scientific development.

10 Oct, 1913 Panama Canal

1913 : The Panama Canal officially joined the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific ocean when the Gamboa dike was demolished with charges of dynamite.

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10 Oct, 1922 Mexico Oil Supplies

1922 : America has long been the worlds largest supplier of oil but many believe the oil reserves will be depleted in America in 25 years while oil reserves in Mexico may well be bigger and last longer with current estimates at 40 years of reserves and it is believed they have the largest oil reserves in the world. American Oil companies continue to work with the Mexican Government to develop these new oil fields but they are facing stiff competition from British and French Oil companies.

10 Oct, 1939 World War II French Lines

1939 : After five weeks of war German attacks on French lines are increasing daily but the French are continuing to hold using hand grenades against the Germans, many believe the current attacks are a prelude to a full scale German invasion force.

10 Oct, 1944 World War II Auschwitz

1944 : 800 Gypsy children, are murdered when they are gassed to death at Auschwitz concentration camps. As well as Jews the Nazi party had decided Gypsies should also be exterminated and approximately 1.5 million Gypsies were murdered by the Nazis.

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10 Oct, 1957 World's First Nuclear Accident Windscale

1957 : Part of the radioactive core at pile 1 at Windscale Nuclear Plant in West Cumbria used to make to make weapons-grade plutonium was on fire and as there had never been a similar experience it was a best guess as to how to distinguish the fire, but a combination of water pumped in to the reactor and turning off the air supply to the reactor worked. The combination of a lack of oxygen and gallons of water did the trick and the fire was eventually put out. The fire caused the release of substantial amounts of radioactive contamination into the surrounding area and the event, known as the Windscale fire, was the world's worst reactor accident until the Three Mile Island accident in 1979.

10 Oct, 1964 Japan Olympics

1964 : The Summer Olympics open in Japan when Emperor Hirohito of Japan opened the 18th Olympic Games in Tokyo.

10 Oct, 1966 U.S.A. Embargo South Africa

1966 : A committee of the General Assembly of The United nations approved by a wide margin a resolution condemning racial discrimination and urged all nations to support economic, diplomatic and an arms embargo against South Africa. The resolution was aimed at violations of human rights and specifically Apartheid South Africa's rigid system of racial segregation.

10 Oct, 1970 Canada Kidnap

October 10th, 1970 : The Quebec Liberation Front (FLQ), a militant separatist group, kidnaps Quebec labor minister Pierre Laporte in Montreal. The Canadian Prime Minister believing the situation to be out of control agrees to send troops to the French Canadian province to help maintain order and proclaiming the War Powers Act, under which the FLQ was banned, some civil liberties were suspended, and thousands of troops were sent. In a series of raids, 400 Quebec separatists are taken into custody and held without charges.

10 Oct, 1971 U.S.A. London Bridge

1971 : After being removed from over the Thames in London and shipped all the way to Arizona and then reconstructed London Bridge reopened today in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

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10 Oct, 1973 U.S.A. Spiro Agnew

October 10th, 1973 : Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns in disgrace over charges of federal income tax evasion.

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10 Oct, 1973 Middle East Arab Israeli War

1973 : On the fifth day of the Arab -- Israeli war Iraq has joined in on the Arab side and pressure is now being bought to bear for the United States to combat aid to Israel as the Arab forces now have the upper hand with missiles able to shoot Israeli planes out of the air. America knows it will need to tread carefully as if it becomes involved the Soviet Union could well join the Arab side which could then escalate into a world war.

10 Oct, 1975 Botswana Elizabeth Taylor

October 10th, 1975 : Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor secretly remarry in Africa only 16 months after getting divorced.

10 Oct, 1978 U.S.A. Dollar Coin

1978 : President Carter signed a bill authorizing the likeness of suffragette Susan B. Anthony on one side of the new dollar coin, and the Apollo moon landing on the other.

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10 Oct, 1980 Algeria Earthquake

October 10th, 1980 : Two earthquakes have struck the northern Algerian town of El Asnam. Current Reports estimate up to 20,000 had died and many tens of thousands have been injured or are missing.

10 Oct, 1980 England Conservative Party Conference

1980 : At the Conservative party conference in Brighton Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher acknowledges the high number of unemployed, but stressed her determination to stick to tough economic policies and told the party faithful "The lady's not for turning."

10 Oct, 1983 Lebanon Cease Fire

October 10th, 1983 : In an effort to keep the cease fire in Lebanon Italian and Greek troops have been assigned and accepted to supervise the cease fire on behalf of the United Nations and if more are needed Yugoslavia will provide additional observers.