March 31, 2022
New Cases: 784 (2,833,206 to date)
New Deaths: 16 (31,669 to date)
Current Hospitalizations: 308
Thursday, March 31, 2022
Los Angeles County Covid-19 Trends March 1st - 31st
NEW CASES DEATHS HOSPITALIZATIONS
1ST 1,093 58 927
2ND 1,626 80 907
3RD 1,605 59 852
4TH 1,427 47 817
5TH 1,382 48 792
6TH 531 21 755
7TH 1,144 22 731
8TH 852 39 706
9TH 1,157 55 666
10TH 1,372 40 632
11TH 1,297 48 588
12TH 1,029 52 565
13TH 1,136 20 537
14TH 291 20 491
15TH 698 28 503
16TH 864 34 499
17TH 1,331 36 495
18TH 723 38 471
19TH 727 25 432
20TH 565 15 422
21ST 370 14 404
22ND 429 17 404
23RD 714 27 378
24TH 734 27 351
25TH 889 21 350
26TH 789 22 373
27TH 751 13 329
28TH 453 13 329
29TH 541 7 321
30TH 587 29 325
31ST 784 16 308
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Today in Labor History March 31, 2022
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Cesar Chavez
U.S. President Martin Van Buren issued an Executive Order, “finding that different rules prevail at different places as well in respect to the hours of labor by persons employed on the public works under the immediate authority of himself and the Departments as also in relation to the different classes of workmen…hereby directs that all such persons, whether laborers or mechanics, be required to work only the number of hours prescribed by the ten-hour system.” – 1840
The new closed-range cattle ranching industry that became dominant after the Civil War denied cowboys the right to be paid in cattle, start their own herds, or have access to open land. Ranchers insisted that cowboys work exclusively for wages (which averaged only $40/month), and the cowboys responded by going on strike. – 1883
Cesar Chavez was born on this day in Yuma, Arizona.- 1927
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed legislation establishing the Civilian Conservation Corps to help alleviate suffering during the Depression. By the time the program ended after the start of World War II, it had provided jobs for more than six million men and boys. The average enrollee gained 11 pounds in his first three months. – 1933
Wisconsin state troopers failed to get scabs across the picket line to break a 76-day Allis-Chalmers strike in Milwaukee led by UAW Local 248. The plant remained closed until the government negotiated a compromise. – 1941
Federal judge Sonia Sotomayor, later to become a Supreme Court justice, issued an injunction against baseball team owners to end a 232-day work stoppage. – 1995
Today Cesar Chavez Day was celebrated as an official state holiday in California, Colorado, Oregon, and Texas and unofficially throughout the United States. The day honors the life and work of farmworkers’ advocate, union activist, and civil rights leader Cesar Chavez. – 2013
Important Events From This day in History March 31st
1951 U.S.A. UNIVAC
1951 : The first commercially built U.S. computer The UNIVAC I (UNIVersal Automatic Computer I) is sold to the United States Census Bureau costing about US$159,000. This computer was built by Remington Rand and had been designed principally by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly, the inventors of the ENIAC (1947 - the first general-purpose electronic computer) known as the "Giant Brain." These computers did not use transistors or micro chips but vacuum tubes (similar to what you find in old TV's from the fifties) and were the size of a small house (680 sq ft.)
1959 India Dalai Lama
1959 : The spiritual leader of Tibet, the Dalai Lama, has crossed the border into India after a 15 day journey on foot from the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, over the Himalayan mountains seeking asylum. This follows the Chinese repression of the rebellion by Tibetans in Lhasa. The Dalai Lama, is granted political asylum in India.
1990 England Poll Tax Demonstrations
1990 : The worst violence seen so far in the series of Anti Poll Tax demonstrations erupted in London during the largest rally when nearly 100,000 people take to the streets in protest at the new government levy. More than 400 were arrested and property was damaged with repairs estimated at £400,000 after the demonstration.
The Poll Tax (Community Charge) was introduced by Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government in 1989 (Scotland) and 1990 (England and Wales) and was a single flat rate per person tax on every working adult, at a rate set by the local authority. It was designed to replace the rating system of taxes, which was based on valuation and rent value, to fund local government. The tax was believed by many to move the tax burden from the rich to the poor, under earlier local taxes (Rateable Value "Rates") those who owned the largest and most expensive property paid the most but under "Poll Tax" the tax was moved to the number of people living in the house.
The Poll Tax was formally abolished in 1993 /1994 with the new The Council Tax which resembled the old rating system that the Poll Tax had replaced.
1889 France The Eiffel Tower
1889 : The Eiffel Tower, or the Tour Eiffel, was opened on March 31st, 1889, and was the work of a Gustave Eiffel, who was a bridge engineer. It was made for the centenary of the French Revolution and was chosen instead of over one hundred other plans that were given.
1940 Winston Churchill Warns Against German Invasion
1940 : The first sea lord of the admiralty Winston Churchill has warned that a million German troops are massed on the borders of Luxembourg, Belgium and Holland ready to strike and that England and it's allies must be prepared to protect other countries in the forthcoming conflict.
1949 Canada Newfoundland Joins Confederation
1949 : Newfoundland and Labrador entered the Canadian confederation as the 10th province. The years each province joined the Canadian Confederation:
1867 Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick
1870 Manitoba, Northwest Territories
1871 British Columbia
1873 Prince Edward Island
1898 Yukon
1905 Saskatchewan, Alberta
1949 Newfoundland
1999 Nunavut
1943 U.S.A. Oklahoma!
1943 : The musical "Oklahoma!" debuts on Broadway. This play, written by the famed duo Rodgers and Hammerstein, was originally titled "Away We Go" and continues to be produced by theaters across the country.
1964 Brazilian coup d'état
1964 : A military coup d'état in Brazil led by Gen. Humberto Castello Branco ousted Pres. Joao Goulart.
1966 England Harold Wilson
1966 : Harold Wilson wins sweeping victory as the Labour party wins the general election with a majority of about 100 seats in the House of Commons.
1968 US Johnson Announces He Will Not Run
1968 : President Johnson announces on nationwide television he would not run for another term of office saying "I shall not seek and I will not accept the nomination of my party as your President."
1972 England CND March
1972 : The CND ( Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament ) organizes a four day demonstration against nuclear arms including a march to Aldermaston.
1973 U.S.A. Mississippi Floods
1973 : The Mississippi River reaches its peak level in St. Louis during a record 77-day flood. During the flooding 33 died and and millions of acres of farm land were unusable for a full year following the flood, also because the area's affected were in a known flood plain many residents had no insurance and lost everything they had worked for, this is also why the 33 died as they refused to evacuate the area.
1986 Greater London Council Abolished
1986 : The GLC or Greater London Council is abolished after 97 years of local rule in London, England.
1991 Soviet Union Warsaw Pact Ends
1991 : The Warsaw Pact a military alliance between the Soviet Union and its eastern European neighbors ends.
1992 Sanctions Imposed On Libya
1992 : The U.N. Security Council voted to ban flights and arms sales to Libya, for shielding six men accused of blowing up Pan Am Flight 103 and a French airliner.
1995 U.S.A. Selena Quintanilla-Pérez
1995 : Grammy award winning Mexican American singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was shot and murdered in a motel room by the woman who was the president of her fan club.
1995 Major League Baseball Strike
1995 : Baseball players agreed to end a 232-day strike which had begun on August 12, 1994, after a judge granted a preliminary injunction against club owners. The strike led to the cancellation of 938 games overall, including the entire 1994 postseason and 1994 World Series. Like nearly all strikes the Baseball player strike revolved around money with club owners demanding a salary cap in response to the worsening financial situation in baseball. Find Out More on our History of Baseball Page
2004 Iraq Four US Contractors Ambushed and Murdered
2004 : Four Blackwater Security Consulting (BSC) employees are ambushed and murdered in Fallujah, Iraq. The four armed contractors, Scott Helvenston, Jerko Zovko, Wesley Batalona and Michael Teague, were dragged from their cars, beaten, and set ablaze. Photos of the horrendous crimes were released to news agencies worldwide, causing indignation and outrage in the United States and other countries.
2005 U.S.A. Terri Schiavo
2005 : Terri Schiavo, the center of the most heavily litigated right-to-die dispute in U.S. history, died today, 13 days after her feeding tube was removed.
2005 UK Children Conceived Using Donor Eggs or Sperm Can Trace Parents
2005 : New laws in the UK now give the right to those born using donor eggs or sperm will have the option to ask for the identity of their donor will be when they turn 18. The new law is not retrospective, so people who have already donated will not be affected, but those donating from now and the children born through those donations will have the right to trace their biological parent in through the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority the same way as children who are adopted can ask adoption agencies. The new laws are causing some concern by infertility clinics about the future because the number of donors is expected to drop significantly.
2009 The Supreme Court dismisses the smoking appeal by cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris
2009 : The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal that's been made by the cigarette maker Philip Morris over the $79.5 million award it gave to the widow of a long-term Oregon smoker. The court has upheld the 1999 ruling by the Oregon Supreme Court in favor of Mayola Williams. The judges have said that they were not passing judgement on the legal issues presented. Jesse Williams died of lung cancer in 1997, having smoked for forty years. It was Mrs Williams that sued the cigarette manufacturer for fraud on behalf of her husband. She said that Philip Morris had committed a 'massive market-directed fraud' for misleading people on whether smoking cigarettes wasn't addictive or dangerous.
2011 US Missing Cobra Found
2011 : A deadly Egyptian cobra that had escaped New York's Bronx Zoo was found alive in the zoo's reptile house almost a week after its escape. The during its absence the snake had become a minor celebrity after someone set up a Twitter account in its name and started making humorous comments.
2013 Nigeria Troops Kill Militants
2013 : Nigerian troops claim to have killed fourteen suspected militants that were a part of the Boko Haram rebel group in the city of Kano. The Nigerian military stated that the group had been planning attacks on Easter.
2014 Japan Accepts Whaling Ban
2014 : Japan accepted the United Nation's International Court of Justice's ruling that Japan must stop whaling in the Antarctic in accordance with a ban on the practice. Australia had brought up the suit against Japan in 2010. Japan had claimed that they were only whaling for scientific purposes and that Australia's pursuit of this case was just a way for the country to impose its cultural norms on Japan
Sunday, March 27, 2022
Los Angeles County Covid-19 Trends March 1st - 27th
NEW CASES DEATHS HOSPITALIZATIONS
1ST 1,093 58 927
2ND 1,626 80 907
3RD 1,605 59 852
4TH 1,427 47 817
5TH 1,382 48 792
6TH 531 21 755
7TH 1,144 22 731
8TH 852 39 706
9TH 1,157 55 666
10TH 1,372 40 632
11TH 1,297 48 588
12TH 1,029 52 565
13TH 1,136 20 537
14TH 291 20 491
15TH 698 28 503
16TH 864 34 499
17TH 1,331 36 495
18TH 723 38 471
19TH 727 25 432
20TH 565 15 422
21ST 370 14 404
22ND 429 17 404
23RD 714 27 378
24TH 734 27 351
25TH 889 21 350
26TH 789 22 373
27TH N/A N/A N/A
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Today in Labor History March 27, 2022
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Mother Jones
Mother Jones was ordered to leave Colorado, where state authorities accused her of “stirring up” striking coal miners. – 1904
This day marked the start of the 8-month Northern railway strike in Canada by the IWW. Wobblies picketed employment offices in Vancouver, Seattle, San Francisco, Tacoma and Minneapolis in order to block the hiring of scabs. – 1912
Fellow workers pay attention to what I’m going to mention,
For it is the fixed intention of the Workers of the World.
And I hope you’ll all be ready, true-hearted, brave and steady,
To gather ’round our standard when the red flag is unfurled.
CHORUS:
Where the Fraser river flows, each fellow worker knows,
They have bullied and oppressed us, but still our union grows.
And we’re going to find a way, boys, for shorter hours and better pay, boys
And we’re going to win the day, boys, where the river Fraser flows.
For these gunny-sack contractors have all been dirty actors,
And they’re not our benefactors, each fellow worker knows.
So we’ve got to stick together in fine or dirty weather,
And we will show no white feather, where the Fraser river flows.
Now the boss the law is stretching, bulls and pimps he’s fetching,
And they are a fine collection, as Jesus only knows.
But why their mothers reared them, and why the devil spared them,
Are questions we can’t answer, where the Fraser River flows.
(Lyrics by Joe Hill, 1912, to the tune of “Where the River Shannon Flows.”)
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that undocumented workers do not have the same rights as Americans when they are wrongly fired. – 2002
Future acquires WhatCulture.com and Waive
Future acquires WhatCulture.com and Waive
By Andrew Kersley
Magazine publisher Future has acquired digital gaming and entertainment outlet WhatCulture.com and data insight platform Waive for an undisclosed sum.
The move marks the continuation of an aggressive acquisition policy from Future that has seen the company buy magazine publisher Dennis for £300m and publisher TI Media for £140m.
WhatCulture’s website and 11 Youtube channels respectively have three million users and over eight million subscribers, and roughly 70% of its revenue is from the US. Waive is a data insight platform that provides intelligence on emerging content trends.
Source: Future
Deal size: Unknown
Country: UK
Status: Official
Important Events From This day in History March 27th
1964 U.S.A. Alaska Earthquake
1964 : A massive earthquake Named the “Good Friday Earthquake,” that measured 8.6 on the Richter scale struck Alaska , flattening buildings and triggering a massive tidal wave.
1952 U.S.A. "Singin' in the Rain"
1952 : The comedy musical starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds debuts at the movies.
1980 U.S.A. Mount St. Helens Erupts
1980 : After a week of small earthquakes below the area, an eruption of Mount St. Helens blasts a mushroom cloud over most of the state of Washington. Just 2 months later St. Helens catastrophically erupted on May 18, 1980 during which 57 people were killed or never found and huge tracts of forest and homes were destroyed.
1998 U.S.A. Viagra
1998 : The FDA approves the drug Viagra produced by Pfizer for use against impotence in men.
2001 California Electricity Price Increase 46%
2001 : California regulators approved electricity rate hikes of up to 46 percent following the partially deregulated California energy system.
1908 Hong Kong Canada Immigrants
1908 : Hundreds of men in Hong Kong are waiting to come to Vancouver. These men were from Calcutta, India, and already had purchased transportation to Canada as a destination. However, they were held up. Canada was willing to let them in, but it was not so easy in other parts of the world, such as in Hong Kong.
1909 England First Fingerprint Evidence Used in Murder Case
1909 : For the first time fingerprint evidence is used to solve a murder case. The worlds first official Fingerprint Bureau was founded in Scotland Yard in 1901. It should also be noted that the World's first Fingerprint Bureau opened in Calcutta, India in 1897.
1920 Russia Famine
1920 : Famine was just starting in Russia due a food shortage. No wheat flour was available caused by disturbances in agriculture during the World War I and the Russian Revolution and civil war that followed.
1935 Germany Hitler Demands For Guns
1935 : Hitler demanded that Germany have equal military power with other European nations. He wanted this on a gun-for-gun basis. (However, it was also recorded that he wanted superiority over the Russian army.)
1940 Canada Liberal Party Win Elections
1940 : A summary of current Canadian election results was given. The Liberal Party of Canada won the majority of the votes, and Prime Minister MacKenzie King was put in office for another five-year term.
1945 U.S.A. Ella Fitzgerald
1945 : Jazz great Ella Fitzgerald and the Delta Rhythm Boys record the smash hit "It's Only a Paper Moon." Since then, it has become a popular standard for both jazz artists and pop music artists.
1955 U.S.A. Niagara Falls
1955 : A demolition crew using helicopters blasted ice in Niagara Falls. This was considered a fruitless attempt to break up the ice that has caused destruction along the shores of this body of the Niagara River.
1958 Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev
1958 : Nikita Khrushchev becomes the Premier of the Soviet Union today.
1962 U.S.A. Segregation
1962 : Archbishop Joseph Francis Rummel of Louisiana, called for all Roman Catholic schools in the city of New Orleans to end their segregation policies.
1963 England 1st Beeching Report
1963 : The chairman of the British Transport Commission, Dr Richard Beeching, says nearly 1/4 of British Rail stations and track need to be closed to make the British Rail Network Viable, this equates to over 2,000 stations and 250 train services which could be withdrawn immediately on economic grounds. The outcome of his first report and a second report in 1965 led to the loss of 2,128 stations closed and many branch lines leading to the loss of 67,700 jobs.
1966 U.S.A. Indira Gandhi
1966 : Following her election as Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi arrives in the U.S. for a meeting with President Johnson.
1967 Indonesia Communist Party
1967 : At least one print publication revealed Indonesia’s decision towards Communist rule in this country. One decision made by the Indonesian parliament on the day before was to not allow former members of the Indonesian Communist Party to run for government office.
1968 Soviet Union Yuri Gagarin
1968 : Yuri Gagarin, the famous Russian cosmonaut who flew the world's first manned space mission, died during a training flight.
1972 Northern Ireland Factory Workers Strike
1972 : Thousands of office and factory workers left their jobs. This action was done in retaliation of British government takeover.
1977 Canary Islands Jumbo Jets Collide
1977 : Two 747 jumbo jets a KLM Boeing 747, attempting to take off, crashed into a Pan Am 747 on the runway at an airport in the Canary Islands, killing 582 passengers and crew members.
1980 U.K. Alexander Kielland Platform
1980 : The Alexander Kielland platform 230 miles off shore from Dundee in Scotland is hit by a giant wave which causes one of the legs supporting it to give way, the platform then capsized throwing those trying to get off into the cold North Sea. RAF and Norwegian helicopters along with any shipping close to the accident have been asked to help with the rescue. The current stormy weather conditions are making rescue difficult and the bitter cold sea combined with the stormy conditions left 123 dead.
1987 U.S.A. Radon Gas
1987 : Radon gas caused a serious health threat in Montgomery County. This case was found in several homes, and it was suspected to be the cause of up to 50 deaths every year.
1990 U.K. Robert Runchie
1990 : The Most Reverend Robert Runchie’s plans to retired were made public in a newspaper. As of the following January, he had plans to step down from his position as Archbishop of Canterbury. He had served in this position for ten years.
1994 U.K. European Fighter Aircraft "Eurofighter"
1994 : The European Fighter Aircraft "Eurofighter" has makes its inaugural test flight. The joint venture plans for the Eurofighter were first conceived in 1983 and is a joint venture between British Aerospace Defence, Dasa in Germany, Alenia in Italy. Casa in Spain. The aircraft which achieves Mach 2 with an expected speed of 1,370mph entered production in 2003 as the Eurofighter Typhoon with 137 so far sold and in use in Royal Air Force, Luftwaffe, Aeronautica Militare, Italiana, Ejército del Aire. Additional orders from Austria and Saudi Arabia have followed.
2002 U.S.A. War Vets Return
2002 : Veterans who were at war had just returned. A news publication dated this date in 2002 briefly described the details of this homecoming that took place the day before. Tears of relief and/or happiness, a marriage proposal, and shouts of joy were part of the uplifting actions that had taken place. A large number of the military crew that just returned after six-month service aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt had served the country after the 9/11/2001 terrorist attack.
2006 U.S.A. Zacarias Moussaoui
2006 : Al-Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui a French citizen of Moroccan descent claimed in his trial that he was supposed to hijack a fifth airplane on Sept. 11, 2001, and fly it into the White House but it is unclear if he was telling the truth or seeking publicity. He was convicted of conspiring to kill Americans as part of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and is serving a life sentence at the Federal ADX Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado.
2008 Internet Fitna is published online
2008 : Dutch politician Geert Wilders released his anti-Islam film Fitna on LiveLeak. The film along with several articles that he wrote prompted Wilders to be charged with inciting hate.
2010 United States Credit Card Hacker Sentenced to 20 Years
2010 : A self-taught computer hacker that stole data from millions of credit-card holders and cost businesses hundreds of millions of dollars was sentenced Friday to twenty years and one day in prison. This is the stiffest sentence ever handed down in a hacking case. The sentencing in Boston has wrapped up the cases against Albert Gonzalez, a 28-year-old college dropout and onetime Secret Service informant, in what the prosecutors called one of the largest and most costly computer crimes in U.S. history.
2012 German Airports Cancel Flights Due to Strikes
2012 : A strike among ground staff at German airports disrupted travel for many as hundreds of flights were cancelled in the country. The strike was over a dispute about pay, with workers demanding a pay rise. The strike also included public transport workers, hospitals, local government, and nursery schools.
2013 Singer Files for Bankruptcy
2013 : Singer Dionne Warwick filed for bankruptcy in the United States. The singer had build up debts of nearly ten million dollars in taxes.
2014 US Nuclear Commanders Fired
2014 : Nine mid-level nuclear commanders were fired from the US Air Force after they were implicated in a test cheating scandal. Several others who were reportedly involved in the scandal were being disciplined. A senior official, Colonel Robert Stanley was allowed to resign. The officers were involved in cheating on required monthly tests for nuclear missile officers.
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Friday, March 25, 2022
Los Angeles County Covid-19
March 25, 2022
New Cases:889 (2,829,091 to date)
New Deaths: 21 (31,576 to date)
Current Hospitalizations: 350
Los Angeles County Covid-19 Trends March 1st - 25th
NEW CASES DEATHS HOSPITALIZATIONS
1ST 1,093 58 927
2ND 1,626 80 907
3RD 1,605 59 852
4TH 1,427 47 817
5TH 1,382 48 792
6TH 531 21 755
7TH 1,144 22 731
8TH 852 39 706
9TH 1,157 55 666
10TH 1,372 40 632
11TH 1,297 48 588
12TH 1,029 52 565
13TH 1,136 20 537
14TH 291 20 491
15TH 698 28 503
16TH 864 34 499
17TH 1,331 36 495
18TH 723 38 471
19TH 727 25 432
20TH 565 15 422
21ST 370 14 404
22ND 429 17 404
23RD 714 27 378
24TH 734 27 351
25TH 889 21 350
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