Important Events From This day in History August 31

31 Aug, 1997 France Princess Diana

1997 : Diana The Princess of Wales and her constant companion Dodi Fayed are killed in a car crash in Paris as was the driver Henri Paul who was drunk at the time, the driver was trying to escape from Paparazzi photographers. The Princess had divorced from Prince Charles in 1996. Diana was known affectionately as (The People's Princess) because of her winning smile and caring attitude and her willingness to work for charities close to her heart including Aids and campaigning against the use of Land Mines. Find More What happened in 1997.

31 Aug, 1888 UK Jack the Ripper

1888 : The first attributed to victim of Jack the Ripper "Mary Ann Nichols" a prostitute from London's East End was found mutilated and murdered in London's East End close to Whitechapel Rd because of this and other murders in the area the police file was called "the Whitechapel Murders." Jack the Ripper is thought to have murdered 11 prostitutes from 1885 to 1891 but as he was never caught , it is possible some of the murders were committed by others. "Mary Ann Nichols" and four others were definitely identified as the work of a single serial killer.

31 Aug, 1928 U.S.A. New Service

1928 : A new service connecting Chicago and the twin cities of St Paul and Minneapolis will begin tomorrow with an integrated rail and Air service from Northwest Airways connecting with express trains to the cities, the new service will cut 8 hrs off the current travel time saving a whole day of travelling.

31 Aug, 1934 United Kingdom $5.00 to the Pound

1934 : The value of the pound sterling has dropped below the $5.00 mark for the first time since devaluation.

31 Aug, 1945 Japanese Prisoners of War

1945 : As Japanese prisoners of war are reaching rescue ships more and more stories of Japanese Brutality and many had spent months in solitary confinement, every single prisoner is suffering from malnutrition.

31 Aug, 1954 U.S.A. Hurricane Carol

1954 : Hurricane Carol makes landfall on Long Island and Connecticut, resulting in nearly 70 deaths and millions of dollars in damage.

31 Aug, 1957 Malaya Independence

1957 : The hand over of power from Britain to the country of Malaya has now taken place making Malaya an independent nation but will continue to be a member of the British Commonwealth. In 1963, Malaya united several other regions to become Malaysia.

31 Aug, 1959 President Dwight Eisenhower Visits UK

1959 : The British prime minister Harold Macmillan and the American President Dwight Eisenhower discuss the threat of Communism to the free world, world peace and global poverty during an historic live television broadcast from Downing Street.

31 Aug, 1978 Switzerland Climate Change

1978 : 400 of the worlds top climatologists are meeting in Geneva to discuss climate change and if changes in Climate is influenced by pollution.

31 Aug, 1989 England Princess Anne Separation

1989 : Princess Anne the only daughter of the Queen of England announced her separation from her husband Mark Phillips, but they have stated they do not intend to get divorced.

31 Aug, 1992 Germany Anti Immigrant Violence

1992 : A new unhealthy movement is gaining ground in Germany which seeks to blame Immigrants for the current economic downturn, this same movement is creating a surge of racist violence aimed at poor immigrant families.

31 Aug, 1992 U.S.A. Randy Weaver

1992 : After a stand off siege of Randy Weaver's property in the mountains in Naples, Idaho, with several hundred federal agents surrounding the house for 11 days, during which his wife and one of his sons is killed. A deputy U.S. marshal is also killed during the standoff. Randy Weaver agrees to abandon the stand-off and surrender, He was then charged with murder and multiple firearms charges. He was acquitted of murder when his attorney argued successfully that Weaver's actions were justifiable as self-defense. He was eventually sentenced to 18 months in prison for the failure to appear charge relating to the original firearms charges.

31 Aug, 1998 Dow Drops 512 Points

August 31st, 1998 : Dow Jones index drops 512 points in a single day, finishing at 7539.1. This brings the drop to close to 20% lower since highs on July 17th when the Dow stood at 9337. The fall has been blamed on problems with the Russia financial markets and worry over the latest US economic figures which indicate a slowdown in the US economy.

31 Aug, 1999 Argentina Plane Crash

1999 : A Boeing 737 Flight 3142 belonging to Lineas Aereas Privadas Argentinas (Lapa) airlines crashes in Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires shortly after take off killing 69 of the 90 passengers and crew.

31 Aug, 2000 Authorities Blame Firestone Tires

August 31st, 2000 : US authorities have issued a new report increasing the number of fatalities from 62 to 88 caused through faulty Bridgestone/Firestone tires fitted to Ford's Explorer range of vehicles.

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Today in Labor History August 31, 2023

 

10,000 striking miners began a fight at Blair Mountain

John Reed formed the Communist Labor Party in Chicago. (later to become the American Communist Party). The Party’s motto: “Workers of the world, unite!”. – 1919

Some 10,000 striking miners began a fight at Blair Mountain, West Virginia, for recognition of their union, the United Mine Workers of America. Federal troops were sent in, and miners were forced to withdraw five days later after 16 deaths. – 1921

The Trade Union Unity League was founded by 690 delegates from 18 states fleeing the conservative American Federation of Labor (AFL). The League was a wing of the Communist Party and pushed for organizing workers along industry lines rather than by craft, like the AFL, with all workers in a given industry together in one big union. At its peak, the League had 125,000 members and, in 1930, led a protest of nearly a million jobless workers in a dozen cities to demand relief and unemployment insurance. The League fell apart in the late 1930s due to competition from the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), which had launched a wave of successful organizing drives. – 1929

Italian American labor organizer, Giovanni Pippan was murdered during his campaign to organize the Italian bread wagon drivers of Chicago. – 1933

Nearly all 430 workers at the California Sanitary Canning Company participated in a massive walkout. The majority of the workers were Mexican-American women. They were demanding union recognition for their affiliation with the United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing, & Allied Workers of America (UCAPAWA). They eventually won a union contract and wage increase. – 1939

The second Solidarity Day demonstration occurred in Washington, D.C., with over 350,000 union members demanding workplace fairness and health care reform. The first Solidarity Day took place 10 years earlier in the wake of the PATCO (Professional Air Traffic Controller) firings. – 1991

Detroit teachers began what was to become a 9-day strike, winning smaller class sizes and raises of up to 4 percent. – 1999

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Important Events From This day in History August 30

30 Aug, 1959 UK Austin Mini

1959 : The first "Austin Mini 7" called an Austin Seven from the British Motor Corporation (Sir Alec Issigonis) goes on sale for £497 (first shown on August 14) making it one of the cheapest saloon cars available in answer to the fuel shortage and petrol rationing caused by the Suez Canal crisis in 1956. The car had a four-cylinder water-cooled transverse mounted 850 cc engine, four speed gearbox and front wheel drive, because of the design and suspension the ride was hard but the handling was legendary for a cheap non-sports car. The name Mini was not used on the cars until 1962 as the press and the public had already renamed the car. The most popular British-made car ever gained (5.4 million sold) in popularity as it was featured in movies, driven by trendy pop stars and movie celebrities and had considerable success as a rally car winning the Monte Carlo Rally in 1964/1965 and 1967. Find More What happened in 1959.

30 Aug, 1923 U.S.A. Pirates

1923 : Seven pirates who attacked a British Rum Schooner killing the captain and cook are being sought by British and US authorities.

30 Aug, 1935 U.S.A. Wealth Tax Act

1935 : President Franklin Roosevelt's Revenue Act, referred to as the Wealth Tax Act, increased taxes on rich citizens and big business, while lowering taxes for small businesses.

30 Aug, 1937 US Refugee Ship Bombed

1937 : The US refugee ship the SS President Hoover was bombed by Chinese aircraft while trying to remove Americans from the Shanghai district of China. US destroyers are steaming to the area but in the meantime British warships are guarding the vessel from further attacks.

30 Aug, 1967 U.S.A. Thurgood Marshall

1967 : Following President Johnson appointment of Thurgood Marshall as the first African American to the Supreme Court on June 13th. The Senate confirms his appointment as the first black justice on the Supreme Court.

30 Aug, 1976 UK Notting Hill Carnival

1976 : Notting Hill Carnival celebrating it's 10th year and attracting more than 150,000 people ends in riots following clashes with police. Find More What Happened in 1976.

30 Aug, 1978 Italy Turin Shroud

August 30th, 1978 : The Turin shroud believed to be the Jesus Christs Burial Cloth has gone on show for only the third time this century and 160,000 pilgrims have so far flocked to view it, the new pope had planned to visit but concerns over the increased crowds due to the papal visit may not allow the Pontiff to visit.

30 Aug, 1980 Poland Trade Union Rights

1980 : After two months of fighting with communist leaders, striking Polish workers led by Lech Walesa have won the right to form independent trade unions and the right to strike. The agreement by the communist government comes after industrial unrest for the last 2 months and the looming possibility of a threatened nationwide general strike scheduled for the following week.

30 Aug, 1982 Lebanon Yasser Arafat

August 30th, 1982 : Following the invasion by Israeli forces 3 months ago in an attempt to wipe out Palestinian guerrilla bases which have threatened and attacked Israel, the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Yasser Arafat has been forced to abandon his Beirut headquarters.

30 Aug, 1989 U.S.A. Leona Helmsley

1989 : Leona Helmsley the billionaire New York City hotel operator and real estate investor is convicted and sentenced to 16 years in prison. Later most charges were dropped and she served served 18 months in federal prison.

1 count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, 3 counts of tax evasion, 3 counts of filing false personal tax returns, 10 counts of mail fraud

She is best known for a quote to a former housekeeper Elizabeth Baum when asked about her taxes "We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes."

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Today in Labor History August 30, 2023

 

Luisa Moreno

Union delegates from New York, Boston, Philadelphia and other East Coast cities met in a convention to form the National Trades’ Union, which united craft unions to oppose “the most unequal and unjustifiable distribution of the wealth of society in the hands of a few individuals”. The union faded after a few years but paved the way for more than 60 new unions. – 1834

Luisa Moreno, labor and social activist was born today. A Guatemalan immigrant, she started organizing while working in a cafeteria in New York 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.” – 1907

President Franklin Roosevelt’s Revenue Act of 1935 (often called the “Wealth Tax Act”)  increased taxes on higher income levels. It was a progressive tax that took up to 75 percent of the highest incomes. – 1935

OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) published scaffold safety standards, designed to protect 2.3 million construction workers and prevent 50 deaths and 4,500 injuries annually. – 1996

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Important Events From This day in History August 29

29 Aug, 2005 U.S.A. Hurricane Katrina

2005 : Hurricane Katrina a Category 5 Storm with sustained winds of 145 MPH and gusts reaching 175 MPH is the most destructive hurricane ever to hit the United States. The storm caused massive devastation in and around the city of New Orleans with some of the worst problems caused when storm surges overwhelmed the city’s levees, flooding 80 percent of the city. Many questions were asked about the federal governments slow response to the people of New Orleans when compared with the response to earlier hurricanes in Florida. Timeline For Hurricane Katrina Events was the most costly natural disaster in American history, with damages of more than $80 billion. In all, more than 1,800 people died and despite efforts to rebuild the city, large parts of New Orleans still remain heavily damaged and many thousands have left the area and are unlikely to return . Find More What happened in 2005.

29 Aug, 1923 Gangs of New York

1923 : In New York City a laundryman who was being bullied and blackmailed by the leader of the Dropper Gang Jak Kaplan took the law into his own hands when he shot and killed the notorious gangster chief. The police in New York have been trying to fasten some crime on Kaplan for the last 6 months have been saved the trouble by one of his victims who many see as a hero.

29 Aug, 1928 Haiti Hurricane

1928 : A severe hurricane in Haiti has left many thousands starving as nearly all local crops were destroyed during the hurricane. The famine is now affecting nearly 100,000 men, women and children.

29 Aug, 1945 Restrictions On Gas Lifted

1945 : Predictions for traffic this coming Labor Day Weekend are predicted to be extremely high due to the restrictions on Gasoline sales having been lifted.

29 Aug, 1949 Russian Troops Mass On The Border

1949 : Radio Moscow has announced today that it has met with 7 communist countries including 4 that border with Yugoslavia over the Tito Question, meanwhile 400 communist tanks and 400,000 Russian troops have massed on the border with Yugoslavia in Hungary.

29 Aug, 1949 Soviet Union First Atomic Bomb

1949 : The Soviet Union test their first atomic bomb, it was near copy of the United States Fat Man bomb with a yield of 21 kilotons, making the Soviet Union the world's second nuclear power. The world was not fully informed until September 23rd nearly one month later.

29 Aug, 1965 U.S.A. Gemini V

1965 : Gemini V returns to Earth bringing the two American astronauts Charles Conrad, and Gordon Cooper, back to Earth after having spent over a week orbiting the earth three days more than any previous missions to space.

29 Aug, 1966 Beatles Candlestick Park

1966 : The Beatles play their final tour date, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.

29 Aug, 1974 Windsor Free Festival

1974 : Windsor Free Festival ends when police clash with fans on the final day of the concert, arresting over 200 with charges ranging from breach of the peace to drugs offences. The 1974 festival was the last of the free festivals at Windsor Great Park held in 1972, 1973 and 1974.

29 Aug, 1983 U.S.A. Aids

1983 : The increase in the number of Aids cases in the United States could be as high as 20,000 if the spread of the disease continues at it's current rate . The Aids virus is new to this country with 2,094 reported cases as of today, and currently nobody is sure where it started but believe possibly in Africa, Haiti or Japan.

29 Aug, 1992 Bosnia Crimes Against Humanity

1992 : While Bosnia sinks into the worst cases of crimes against humanity since the second world war, the rest of the world each looks to the other to provide the leadership needed to protect the innocents. Over 8000 have been slaughtered since April and 1.5 million driven from their homes in Ethnic cleansing by the Serbs.

29 Aug, 1998 Northwest Airlines Strike

August 29th, 1998 : A strike by pilots of Northwest Airlines has left 70,000 passengers stranded around the United States and the pilots have said they are prepared for long term action in support of their 15% pay rise. The main airports affected are the Northwest hubs at Minneapolis, Detroit and Memphis but all passengers using Northwest including international travellers are also affected.

29 Aug, 2002 Eminem MTV Video Music Awards

2002 : The rapper Eminem scoops 4 awards including "Video of the Year: Without Meat" at the US MTV Video Music Awards.

29 Aug, 2003 Iraq Bomb Attack in Najaf

August 29th, 2003 : A car bomb has been detonated close to a mosque in the holy city of Najaf killing 80 and injuring a further 100, among those killed was Ayatollah Hakim a leading Shia Muslim politician.

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Today in Labor History August 29, 2023

 

The Collapse of the Quebec Bridge, 1907

Seventy-five workers out of eighty-six died when the lower St. Lawrence River’s Quebec Bridge collapsed while under construction.  A flawed design was found to be the cause. Thirteen more workers were killed nine years later when the reconstructed bridge’s central span was being raised and fell into the river because of a problem with hoisting devices. – 1907

Dancers at San Francisco’s Lusty Lady Club voted 57-15 to be represented by SEIU Local 790. Their first union contract ratified eight months later, guaranteed work shifts, protection against arbitrary discipline and termination, automatic hourly wage increases, sick days, a grievance procedure, and removal of one-way mirrors from peep show booths. The first strip club to unionize was Pacer’s in San Diego under the Hotel Management, Employee Management, Local 30. – 1996

Northwest Airlines pilots, after years of concessions to help the airline, began what was to become a 2-week strike for higher pay. – 1998

Delegates to the  Minnesota AFL-CIO convention approved the launching of workdayminnesota.org, now in its sixteenth year.  It was the first web-based daily labor news service by a state labor federation. – 2000

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Important Events From This day in History August 28

28 Aug, 1963 "I Have A Dream Speech"

1963 : More than 200,000 people gather for a peaceful civil rights rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, and Martin Luther King, Jr. makes one of the most well known and quoted speeches in Modern Day History saying the immortal words " I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character" to the peaceful demonstrators black and white, poor and rich who had came together in the nation's capital to demand voting rights and equal opportunity for African Americans and to appeal for an end to racial segregation and discrimination. Find More What happened in 1963. In October 1964, Martin Luther King, Jr., was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. On April 4th, 1968, he was shot to death while standing on a motel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee.

28 Aug, 1923 New Speeding Laws

1923 : In the ever increasing fight against speeding drivers new laws have been implemented in many states that allow the magistrates to put the car in store for periods of time which depends on the severity of the speeding offence and if the motorist is a repeat offender, also due to the increase in accidents by speeders some are being sentenced to farm labor.

28 Aug, 1928 France Feminist Leaders

1928 : Ten world famous feminist leaders stormed the gates of the presidential palace demanding equal rights, they were carried kicking and struggling off to jail by the local gendarmes. Find out more What Happened in 1928.

28 Aug, 1937 Shanghai Bombing By Japanese

1937 : Japanese warships and aircraft with machine guns and bombs are raging war on women and children in Shanghai including bombing and strafing railway carriages with schoolchildren, the rest of the world is protesting deeply but the Japanese are taking no notice and continue their war on civilians.

28 Aug, 1945 U.S.A. Butter Rationing

1945 : Rationing for butter is to be decreased again with the red points required for butter going down to 12 points per pound, this is the second decrease since July when butter was 24 red points per pound.

28 Aug, 1955 Emmett Till Murder

1955 : Emmett Till, a black fourteen year old teenager from Chicago, is abducted from his uncle's home in Money, Mississippi after he was accused of disrespect to a local store owner Carolyn Bryant. He was found three days later, he had been badly beaten and his eye had been gouged out, before he was shot through the head and thrown into the Tallahatchie River.

28 Aug, 1978 Vatican City Pope John Paul I

1978 : The new Pope has been elected by Cardinals, he is Pope John Paul I and in his first action has pledged to follow in the footsteps of Pope Paul VI.

28 Aug, 1985 East German Spies

1985 : An East German couple (Reinhard and Sonja Schulze) have appeared before Horseferry Road magistrates court in London charged under the Official Secrets Act.

28 Aug, 1989 South Africa Township Violence

1989 : The continued fighting in South African townships protesting against the white Apartheid Regime continues to bring more deaths on a daily basis and it is believed over 2,500 have died since this series on troubles began.

28 Aug, 1994 Sunday Trading Laws

1994 : Following a change in Sunday Trading Laws passed, thousands of shops throughout England and Wales have opened legally. Hundreds of thousands of shops were open before but always took the chance of being prosecuted under the 1950 Shops Act. This will affect a few of the largest department store chains who have not opened due to the old laws including Marks and Spencer and the House of Fraser chain of department stores.

28 Aug, 1996 England Diana Divorce Formal

1996 : After four years of separation, Charles, Prince of Wales and his wife, Princess Diana, formally divorce.

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Today in Labor History August 28, 2023

 

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Big Bill Haywood and 14 other members of the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) were sentenced to 20 years prison for draft obstruction. – 1918

West Virginia Governor Cornwell requested federal troops to guard the mines and protect scab labor during a strike by miners, resulting in rioting. – 1920

A Filipino Labor Union led a strike of 6,000 California lettuce workers demanding 40-45 cents an hour, union recognition and better working conditions. Striking white farm workers split from the Filipinos and accepted arbitration. The growers accused the Filipinos of being communists, while the highway patrol and armed vigilantes drove striking farmworkers off the farms. In September, vigilantes burned a camp of striking workers down to the ground. Police then raided their union headquarters in Salinas, arresting scores of strikers and their leaders. Despite the violence and police abuse, the strikers held out, eventually winning union recognition and 40 cents an hour wages. – 1933

Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his “I have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The march was organized by A. Phillip Randolph and Bayard Rustin, who built an alliance of civil rights, labor, and religious organizations that came together under the banner of “Jobs and Freedom”. Estimates of the number of participants varied from 200,000 to 300,000. Observers estimated that 75-80% of the marchers were black. – 1963

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Important Events From This day in History August 25

25 Aug, 1944 WWII Paris Liberated

1944 : Paris is liberated after more than four years of Nazi occupation by the French 2nd Armored Division and the U.S. 4th Infantry Division and General Charles de Gaulle who had been the leader of the free French forces enters Paris the next day. Find More What happened in 1944

25 Aug, 1916 National Park Service

1916 : The National Park Service is established by Congress with the "National Park Service Organic Act" to protect areas designated as national parks and the National Register of Historic Places. National Parks Website is http://www.nps.gov/

25 Aug, 1923 U.S.A. New Record Set

1923 : US Postal Service Aviators have set a new record to span the continent at 27 hours 14 minutes breaking the previous record set by Army Aviators last May. They are excited over the implications that they can provide a quicker service to customers throughout the nation.

25 Aug, 1945 Great Britain Evacuees Home

1945 : After nearly 4 years away from home children are being reunited with parents, some who were evacuated to as far away as America, these children and parents will have a lot of catching up to do as well as adjusting back to a very different life. Many of the children were evacuated to rural areas in England and America and are going back to large cities.

25 Aug, 1950 Railroads Under Army Control

1950 : President Harry S. Truman issues an executive order putting America’s railroads under the control of the U.S. Army, two days later in anticipation of a strike by railway workers Unions, The strike continued for 21 months at which time Unions agreed to the administrations terms and went back to work.

25 Aug, 1956 Egypt Suez Canal

1956 : President Nasser has come up with an alternative plan for the Suez canal offering guaranteed unimpeded shipping through the Suez canal in response to the demand for internationalization of the canal by 18 countries, the use of force is no longer on the agenda as all countries are now seeking a diplomatic solution to this problem.

25 Aug, 1967 American Nazi Party

1967 : George Lincoln Rockwell, the leader of the American Nazi party has been shot and killed by a sniper at a shopping center in Arlington, Virginia. George Lincoln Rockwell founded the American Nazi Party in 1959 which was originally known as the World Union of Free Enterprise and National Socialists.

25 Aug, 1967 Beatles Study Transcendental Meditation

1967 : The Beatles Go to Bangor in Wales to study Transcendental Meditation under Maharishi Mahesh Yogi prior to the time spent on a training course in Rishikesh, India in 1968 where much of their White Album was written.

25 Aug, 1975 "Born to Run" Released

1975 : The third Bruce Springsteen album "Born to Run" by is released, the album turns Springsteen into a worldwide superstar and is considered to be in the top all time 20 albums by most music critics. Find out What Happened in 1975.

Side One "Born to Run" - Thunder Road, Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out, Night, Backstreets

Side Two "Born to Run" - Born to Run, She's the One, Meeting Across the River, Jungleland

25 Aug, 1989 Voyager 2 Reaches Neptune

1989 : The unmanned Voyager 2 spacecraft has reached the Planet Neptune which is over two billion miles from Earth and sent back the first close-up pictures of Neptune and its satellite planets.

25 Aug, 1991 Sweden First Linux Release

August 25th, 1991 : Linus Torvalds releases his first version of the Linux operating system kernel (0.01 of Linux) called 'Freax' in the makefile to the world and announces it through a Usenet posting on a newsgroup which could be found on the ftp server at the Helsinki University of Technology (HUT). The Linux operating system is a Unix-like operating system kernel and is distributed under GNU General Public License. The original kernel was based on earlier work done by Richard Stallman on the GNU Project, started in 1984. The majority of the servers on the internet I.E. (where this site and millions of others) use Apache software that runs on top of the Linux kernel.

25 Aug, 1992 Diana Phone Call Recorded

1992 : The Sun Newspaper has published a recorded telephone conversation with an unknown woman who may or may not be Diana the Princess of Wales talking to an unknown man about her unhappy marriage, They have now made the tape available on a 95 cents per minute telephone service and thousands are paying up to $22.00 to listen to the full recording.

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Today in Labor History – August 25, 2023

 

A. Philip Randolph

Allen Pinkerton was born on this day, founder of the Pinkerton private police force, whose strike breaking detectives (Pinkertons, or ‘Pinks’) gave us the word ‘fink’ as they slaughtered dozens of workers in various labor struggles. – 1819

West Virginia Governor Ephraim Morgan asked President Warren Harding for Federal troops and military aircraft to suppress the United Mine Workers’ militant actions. – 1921

The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was founded at a meeting in New York City.  A. Philip Randolph became the union’s first organizer. – 1925

The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters signed its first contract with Pullman. – 1937

President Harry Truman ordered the U.S. Army to seize all the nation’s railroads. The motivation was simple: the railroad unions had been threatening a strike that could lead to a shutdown. Truman instead took control in order to keep the railroad running and to force the unions to accede. It was an unexpected action from a strongly business-minded president, especially giving the circumstances surrounding the strike. The railroads were kept under federal control for two years. – 1950

The Battle of Lincoln Park occurred during the Democratic Convention in Chicago. Roughly 10,000 demonstrators battled approximately 11,000 riot police, 6,000 National Guardsmen, 7,500 US army troops and 1,000 FBI, CIA & Army/Navy intelligence services agents. – 1968

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Important Events From This day in History August 24

24 Aug, 1814 British Burn Down Washington D.C.

1814 : During the War of 1812, In 1814 British Troops led by General Robert Ross entered the US capital of Washington D.C. and and burned many of the public buildings down, including the White House and the US Capitol building.

24 Aug, 1927 U.S.A. Airplane Aviators

1927 : Lloyd Bertaud (Pilot) and James Taylor (Navigator) have confirmed they plan to take off for Rome Tomorrow in their Fokker monoplane "Old Glory," three airplanes and their aviators were due to make this historic flight but only Old Glory is ready. The Italian aviators who were also to make the historic flight are not ready but the Italians have promised to give Old Glory a rousing reception when they arrive. Also two other American Aviators are leaving Bristol in England in an attempt to circle the globe in less than 28 days which is the current record. The current record was set using airplane, steamer and rail and the intrepid flyers are hoping to make the new record in less than 15 days. Captain Leslie Hamilton and Colonel FF Mitchen will leave tomorrow. Find More What happened in 1927.

24 Aug, 1932 U.S.A. Amelia Earhart

1932 : Amelia Earhart became the first woman to make a transcontinental flight when she landed at the Newark Airport in New Jersey after a 19 hour flight from Los Angeles, CA.

24 Aug, 1948 Germany Berlin Airlift

1948 : As the number of aircraft needed to supply much needed supplies to Berlin since the Russian blockade increases, the risks of accidents is also increased and Two American C47 transport planes and their crew paid for the increased risk when they crashed at 4.00 AM while returning from a drop in Berlin.

24 Aug, 1954 Communist Party Outlawed

1954 : President Eisenhower signed the Communist Control Act theoretically outlawing the Communist Party in the United States.

24 Aug, 1968 France Nuclear Power

1968 : France became the world's fifth nuclear power when it exploded its first hydrogen bomb.

24 Aug, 1973 Eastern Equine Encephalitis

August 24th, 1973 : The deadly disease that affects horses Eastern Equine Encephalitis affecting the horses brain has struck down 50 horses in Mass and surrounding states, the disease is spread by the Mosquito and helicopters are being used to spray many thousands of acres with Malathion to kill the Mosquitoes. It has been confirmed that a case of the human strain Encephalitis is being treated in a local hospital. The disease is not carried from human to human which is why a mass spraying of mosquito spray is being used. Find out more What Happened in 1973.

24 Aug, 1981 U.S.A. Mark David Chapman

1981 : Mark David Chapman is sentenced in New York to 20 years to life in prison for the murder of John Lennon on December 8th, 1980, when he shot John Lennon four times in front of his wife Yoko Ono.

24 Aug, 1985 India Union Carbide Bhopal

1985 : A toxic leak at the Union Carbide factory on December 3rd has been blamed on a chain of human errors and mechanical safeguards failing. The leak allowed a cloud of Toxic Methylene Chloride and 22 other toxic substances to escape, and over 3000 people were affected in the town who have sued Union Carbide.

24 Aug, 1992 U.S.A. Hurricane Andrew

1992 : Hurricane Andrew with winds in excess of 150 MPH ravages Southern Florida destroying 85,000 homes and leaving 1/4 million homeless. 38 people are killed and estimated costs are put at over $30 billion dollars.

24 Aug, 1993 U.S.A. Michael Jackson

1993 : Police are investigating allegations of child abuse made against singer Michael Jackson by the father of one boy befriended by Mr Jackson. The allegations against Michael Jackson include that the singer seduced the child and performed sex acts with him at his Neverland ranch in Santa Barbara.

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Today in Labor History August 24, 2023

 

Salad Bowl Strike

The Mechanics Gazette, believed to be the first U.S. labor newspaper, was published in Philadelphia, the outgrowth of a strike by carpenters demanding a shorter, 10-hour day. The strike lost but labor journalism blossomed: within five years there were 68 labor newspapers across the country, many of them dailies. – 1827

The Gatling Gun Company, manufacturers of an early machine gun, wrote to B&O Railroad Company President John W. Garrett during a strike, urging that their product be purchased to deal with the “recent riotous disturbances around the country”. Says the company: “Four or five men only are required to operate (a gun), and one Gatling … can clear a street or block and keep it clear”. – 1877

The National Association of Letter Carriers formed. – 1889

The United Farm Workers Union began a lettuce strike. Sometimes called the “Salad Bowl Strike”, it was a series of strikes, mass pickets, boycotts and secondary boycotts which led to the largest farm worker strike in U.S. History. The strike was led by the United Farm Workers against the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The Salad Bowl strike was in part a jurisdictional strike, because many of the actions taken during the event were not strikes. The strike led directly to the passage of the California Agricultural Labor Relation Act of 1975. – 1970

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