October 17 --
A huge vat ruptures at a London brewery,
setting off a domino effect of similar ruptures, and what was to become
known as The London Beer Flood. Nearly 1.5 million liters of beer
gushed into the streets drowning or otherwise causing the deaths of
eight people, mostly poor people living in nearby basements - 1814
Labor activist Warren Billings is
released from California's Folsom Prison. Along with Thomas J. Mooney,
Billings had been pardoned for a 1916 conviction stemming from a bomb
explosion during a San Francisco Preparedness Day parade. He had always
maintained his innocence - 1939
"Salt of the Earth" strike begins by the
mostly Mexican-American members of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union
Local 890 in Bayard, N.M. Strikers' wives walked picket lines for seven
months when their men were enjoined during the 14-month strike against
the New Jersey Zinc Co. A great movie, see it! - 1950
Twelve New York City firefighters die fighting a blaze in midtown Manhattan - 1966
Int’l Printing Pressmen's &
Assistants' Union of North America merges with Int’l Stereotypers',
Electrotypers' & Platemakers' Union to become Printing & Graphic
Communications Union - 1973
Industrial Union of Marine &
Shipbuilding Workers of America merges with Int’l Association of
Machinists & Aerospace Workers - 1988
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