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Friday, September 20, 2024
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Today in Labor History – September 20th, 2024
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Steel-drivin’ man, John Henry
Upton Sinclair was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Sinclair wrote the 1906 novel The Jungle, which became famous for its vivid portrayal of the unsanitary condition of Chicago meatpacking houses. It was also an indictment of the bosses’ exploitation of workers, political corruption, union corruption, and the abuse of immigrants. – 1878
According to folklorist John Garst, steel-drivin’ man (a man tasked with hammering a steel drill into rock to make holes for explosives to blast the rock in constructing a railroad tunnel) John Henry, born a slave, outperformed a steam hammer on this date. This took place at the Coosa Mountain Tunnel or the Oak Mountain Tunnel of the Columbus and Western Railway (now part of the Norfolk Southern) near Leeds, Alabama. Other researchers place the contest near Talcott, West Virginia. – 1887
International Hod Carriers, Building & Common Laborers Union of America changed its name to Laborers’ International Union. – 1965
Important Events From This day in History September 20
20 Sept, 1962 James Meredith Barred From University of Mississippi
1962 : Black student James Meredith is barred from enrolling at the University of Mississippi by the segregationist Governor Ross R. Barnett. Following the US Circuit Court of Appeals who ordered James Meredith admitted to the Univ. of Miss he became the first black student at the University of Mississippi On October 1, 1962, which led to rioting on campus, requiring federal troops and U.S. Marshals to take control of the riots which left two people dead and many more injured. The federal troops and U.S. marshals were sent by President John F. Kennedy.
20 Sept, 1926 U.S.A. Hurricane Relief
1926 : Following the severe hurricanes that hit Florida and Miami in particular President Coolidge has asked the nations people to help and give donations to the American Red Cross. The government has sent eight coast guard ships to Miami and the Florida National Reservists have been called to active duty to help distribute help and assistance. The most damage was caused by the second hurricane just 4 days after the first which cut off all communications to Palm beach and Miami. Relief trains with food, medical supplies and clothing are arriving hourly from all parts of the United States. The new city of Hollywood just 17 miles from Miami is totally devastated with just 1 building left standing. First reports indicate 200 people have died in Fort Lauderdale and surrounding areas and 800 in Miami and wind speeds for the hurricane reached 140 MPH. The hurricane then went through Pensacola in Northern Florida with wind speeds still at 100 MPH and the area was evacuated.
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20 Sept, 1933 Cuba Civil War
1933 : The civil war in Cuba is causing Americans to seek protection from US war ships as the fighting continues to intensify, also to make matters worse Malaria is breaking out in Havana and other cities with the number of cases growing daily. Many American owned businesses are under siege from the rebels including their own workers.
20 Sept, 1933 The Pittsburgh Steelers
1933 : The Pittsburgh Steelers make their first appearance in the National Football League. In their first game, they played the New York Giants and lost with a score of 23-2.
20 Sept, 1942 UK Water Restrictions
1942 : As part of British war effort to conserve fuel every household is asked to bathe in no more than 5 inches of water, the royal family is leading the way with black lines painted on all baths in the royal household at a depth of 5 inches with posters all over the palace reminding all of the need to conserve energy.
20 Sept, 1946 First Cannes Film Festival
1946 : The first annual Cannes Film Festival opens at the resort city of Cannes on the French Riviera.
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20 Sept, 1967 Egypt Israeli Tanks Sink Egyptian Patrol Boats
1967 : Israeli Tank gunners sank three Egyptian patrol boats carrying armed soldiers travelling down the blocked Suez Canal heightening tension in the area.
20 Sept, 1967 Scotland QE 2 Launched
September 20th, 1967 : Queen Elizabeth launches the new Cunard cruise liner Queen Elizabeth 2, at a ceremony on the Clydebank with the words "I name this ship Queen Elizabeth the Second. May God bless her and all who sail in her."
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20 Sept, 1973 Tennis Match Deemed Battle of the Sexes
1973 : The much publicized battle of the sexes in Tennis for $100,000 between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs at the Houston Astrodome ends with Billie Jean King beating Bobby Riggs in straight sets 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 watched by a worldwide television audience of 50 million.
20 Sept, 1978 Iran Earthquake
September 20th, 1978 : The death toll in the area hit by an earthquake which hit Tabas and the surrounding villages on Saturday has now reached 16,000 and Iranian aircraft are spraying areas effected with disinfectant in a hope to keep diseases from spreading. The smell of death still pervades through the smell of disinfectant as there are still large numbers of dead who have not been buried. Iran has asked the world for help and medical supplies and staff as many wounded men and women are still untreated due to the small hospital in the area.
20 Sept, 1985 South Africa Stevie Wonder
1985 : The South African government has returned Stevie Wonder to the air waves after banning his music from being played on radio stations for dedicating his Oscar to the imprisoned anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela. Following scores of protests at home and abroad they have relented and allowed his music to be heard on Radio Stations.
Thursday, September 19, 2024
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Today in Labor History September 19th
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Solidarity Day March
Chinese coal miners are forced out of Black Diamond, Washington. – 1885
Between 400,000 and 500,000 unionists converge on Washington D.C. for a Solidarity Day, a march and for a rally “Jobs, Justice, Compassion” in response to President Ronald Reagan’s anti-worker, anti-union policies. 250 organizations, including unions, civil rights, religious, and social justice participated. – 1981
Important Events From This day in History September 19
19 Sept, 1960 The Twist
1960 : Chubby Checker has a number 1 record with The Twist which launched a worldwide dance craze.
19 Sept, 1928 West Palm Beach Hurricane
1928 : As Red Cross workers help in the stricken area of West Palm Beach in Florida by distributing food, healthcare and clothing after the hurricane the count of those who lost their lives continues to grow to over 400 in Palm Beach County alone. This is the worst hurricane to hit the area in many years and the loss of property in the area mounts daily.
19 Sept, 1934 Charles Lindbergh Jr. Kidnapper Arrested
1934 : Bruno Hauptmann is arrested in New York after a gold certificate from the ransom money is found and traced back to Hauptmann, he was charged with the kidnap / murder of the Lindbergh baby. On February 13th 1935 he was sentenced to death and executed on April 3rd 1936 for the abduction and murder of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr.
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19 Sept, 1942 Russia World War II
1942 : German troops and tanks have broken into Stalingrad for the third time and crack German commandos are being dropped in by aircraft in a bloody battle for control of the city.
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19 Sept, 1952 Charlie Chaplin Refused Entry Back To US
1952 : Charlie Chaplin has been refused entry to return to his home in Hollywood until he has been investigated. Mr Chaplin is currently on board the Ocean Liner Queen Elizabeth with his wife and four children on route to the US. When the ship docked in New York Mr Chaplin and his family stayed on board sailing back to England, and later moved to Switzerland, where he lived until his death in 1977.
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19 Sept, 1955 Argentina Military Coup
1955 : Argentine President Juan Domingo Peron is deposed in a military coup, his popular wife, Eva "Evita" Peron, had died in 1952.
19 Sept, 1956 U.S.A. Sturgis High School
September 19th, 1956 : Eight African-American students were turned away from Sturgis High School in Sturgis Kentucky. When they arrived at the school, the principal read them an order from the Union County School Board refusing to them entry. The students had been attending the school under protection from the National Guard but the National Guard had now moved to another area.
19 Sept, 1967 Turkey Soccer Riot Kills 41
1967 : 41 people have been killed in a soccer riot in the central city of Sivas after rioters from a rival town burned local stores and a hotel.
19 Sept, 1972 UK Letter Bomb Kills Diplomat
September 19th, 1972 : Dr Ami Sachori a diplomat at the Israeli embassy in London has been killed by a parcel bomb, the parcel bomb was 1 of 8 addressed to the embassy but the the other 7 were detected before they could cause harm.
19 Sept, 1978 Italy Red Brigade
1978 : Police expanded their hunt for red brigade suspects who are suspected of kidnapping and murdering the former premier of Italy Aldo Moro.
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19 Sept, 1978 UK Carl Bridgewater
September 19th, 1978 : A young paperboy Carl Bridgewater is shot in the head at close range at an isolated farmhouse near Stourbridge in Staffordshire. Police have launched a manhunt for those responsible believed to be burglars who the paperboy disturbed during a burglary.
19 Sept, 1985 U.S.A. Life Insurance AIDS Tests
1985 : New York state joins many other states who will bar Insurance companies requiring people to undergo blood tests for Aids when applying for health or life insurance.
19 Sept, 1985 Earthquake Devastates Mexico City
September 19th, 1985 : A major earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale devastated Mexico City leveling cathedrals, schools, apartment buildings, hospitals and numerous other buildings, large areas of the capital were left burning and the death toll is expected to reach nearly 5,000 as rescuers dig through the rubble.
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19 Sept, 1986 UK Train Crash Rugeley
1986 : Two passenger trains have collided in Colwich Junction, Staffordshire, killing two people and injuring almost 100 more. The trains were intercity passenger trains running between London to Manchester and Liverpool to London.
19 Sept, 1994 Haiti US Troops Land
September 19th, 1994 : U.S. troops land unopposed in Haiti to oversee the country's transition to democracy.
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19 Sept, 1995 U.S.A. Unabomber Letter
1995 : The New York times and the Washington Post have published the Unabombers 35,000 word manifesto as in June he said he would kill again if they did not publish his manifesto, and the deadline is Sunday. The FBI is hoping the publication may lead them to discover his identity.
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Wednesday, September 18, 2024
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Today in Labor History September 18th, 2024
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Textile workers went on a General Strike
Textile workers went on a General Strike on the east coast, with 325,000 striking in the south and 421,000 striking nationwide. 1.5 million struck in various industries. – 1934
The Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) was formally founded at an Ohio convention during a period of serious corruption in the union. Two years earlier at an International Brotherhood of Teamsters convention in Las Vegas, a union reform leader who (unsuccessfully) called for direct election of officers and a limit on officers’ salaries had been beaten by thugs. – 1978
A 20-month illegal lockout of 2,900 Steelworkers members at Kaiser Aluminum plants in three states ends when an arbitrator orders a new contract. The workers walked out over company demands to outsource jobs, limit wage and benefit improvements, increase productivity and lengthen the workday. Kaiser was forced to fire scabs and fork over tens of millions of dollars in back pay to union members. – 1999
One week after the September 11, 2001 attacks, anthrax spores are mailed by an unknown party to several news media offices and two U.S. senators. Five people exposed to the spores died, including two union-represented workers at Washington, D.C.’s USPS Brentwood facility: Thomas Morris Jr. and Joseph Curseen. – 2001
Important Events From This day in History September 18
18 Sept, 1975 Patty Hearst Arrested By FBI
1975 : Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst is arrested in a San Francisco apartment and arrested for armed robbery. She had been kidnapped from her apartment in Berkeley, California on February 4, 1974 but in April she sent letters to the media saying she was joining the SLA of her own free will and later that month, a surveillance camera took a photo of her participating in an armed robbery of a San Francisco bank making her a wanted criminal by the FBI.
18 Sept, 1851 The New York Times Founded
1851 : First published by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones on September 18th, 1851, under the name of the New York Daily Times.
18 Sept, 1933 Citrus Crop Damage
1933 : With the number of very heavy tropical storms this season the Citrus crops in Texas and Florida have now suffered losses ranging from 85% of the grapefruit crop in Texas to 25% of the orange and tangerine crops in Florida. Many are hoping and praying that we have seen the last of this years tropical storms.
18 Sept, 1942 Subs Sinks 4 Japanese Ships
1942 : The fight for supremacy in the Pacific Ocean is being won by Submarines from the US as yesterday they sank 4 more Japanese Ships and damaged 4 more Japanese Ships.
18 Sept, 1956 U.S.A. Gas Price Wars
1956 : Many towns and cities across the US are seeing price wars in filling Stations with prices changing hourly by stations wishing to increase business , the prices during a price war can range between 24.6 cents per gallon and 30.2 cents per gallon. This is great for the consumer who can save as much as 75 cents by shopping around.
18 Sept, 1967 U.S.A. Teacher Strikes
1967 : Strikes by teaching staff in New York are no closer to a settlement after two weeks with 1.1 million children kept from classes in Public Schools. Striking teachers in Detroit have reached a settlement which will mean 300,000 school children and their teachers will be back in school next week, the agreement gives the teachers $850.00 per year increase for two years and was accepted by the vast majority during the vote.
18 Sept, 1970 UK Jimi Hendrix
September 18th, 1970 : Jimi Hendrix died in London of a suspected drug overdose but the actual cause of death was he had asphyxiated in his own vomit, mainly red wine. Many do not realize that Hendrix did not make it his home country (Born in Seattle, Washington, USA) until he had made it internationally specifically in England and Europe. Only when he appeared at the Monterey International Pop Festival in 1967 did he gain a following in the US. Among the many accolades Hendrix has received, Rolling Stone Magazine named Hendrix the Greatest Guitarist of All Time in 2003.
18 Sept, 1973 Jimmy Carter Files UFO Report
1973 : Future President Jimmy Carter files a report with the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), claiming he had seen an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) in October.
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18 Sept, 1978 South Africa Sanctions
September 18th, 1978 : France has returned deposits to the South African government for two submarines and two frigates due to the sanctions imposed on South Africa against the use of Apartheid.
18 Sept, 1985 Strategic Defense Weapons
1985 : President Reagan has stated that the Strategic Defense Weapons ( SDI ) which will only be used to destroy weapons will not part of negotiations on reducing offensive nuclear weapons in the upcoming talks in Geneva. The Russians have responded by stating the US is militarizing space.
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18 Sept, 1985 United Kingdom Expulsions Soviet Diplomats
September 18th, 1985 : In the continued tit for tat expulsions of diplomats between the UK and Soviet Union , The Soviet Union ordered 6 Britons from the UK embassy to leave the country. This brings the total to 31 expulsions by each side in the last week.
18 Sept, 1992 Canada Giant Mine in Yellowknife
1992 : During a strike by mineworkers at the Giant Mine in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Canada a bomb is planted by mine employee Roger Warren 750 feet underground which kills nine strikebreakers.
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18 Sept, 1995 Virgin Islands Hurricane Marilyn
September 18th, 1995 : Hurricane Marilyn batters the Virgin Islands the forth to hit the Caribbean in the last 4 weeks left at least 9 dead and many injured. The government has placed a curfew on the Island and have Marshalls on hand to stop looters.
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Dan Bishop Rest in Peace
Sad news to report, Dan Bishop, back row second from the left, has passed away. Dan began his Los Angeles Times career at the downtown production facility, and helped open the Chatsworth production facility. Dan was very easy to work with, and made others smile. Dan was living in Bakersfield during retirement.
If you have a few photographs of Dan, or any other information, please share.
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Today in Labor History September 17th, 2024
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Pittston Coal Strike
The Allegheny Arsenal exploded, killing seventy-five workers, including 43 women—the worst industrial accident associated with the Civil War. – 1862
At a New York convention of the National Labor Congress, Susan B. Anthony called for the formation of a Working Women’s Association. As a delegate to the Congress, she persuaded the committee on female labor to call for votes for women and equal pay for equal work. But male delegates deleted the reference to the vote. – 1868
One hundred thousand Pennsylvania anthracite coal miners go on strike. Their average annual wage was $250. They were paid by the ton, defined by Pennsylvania as 2,400 pounds, but which mine operators had increased to as much as 4,000 pounds. – 1900
The National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) formed at a convention in Washington, D.C. In 1999 it became part of the International Association of Machinists (IAM). – 1917
Some Depression-era weekly paychecks around the New York area: physician, $55.32; engineer, $40.68; clerk, $22.15; salesman, $25.02; laborer, $20; typist, $15.09. – 1933
Southern employers met in Greenville, North Carolina, to plan a counter-offensive to bust the textile labor strikes along the Eastern seaboard. An army of 10,000 National Guardsmen and 15,000 armed deputies was subsequently mobilized in Georgia, the Carolinas, Alabama, and Mississippi. The show of force failed, however, as 421,000 struck the following day. – 1934
A Southern Pacific train loaded with sugar beets struck a makeshift bus filled with 60 migrant workers near Salinas, California, killing 32 and wounding 31. The driver said the bus was so crowded he couldn’t see the train coming. – 1963
The ten-month Pittston Coal strike began on this date, as 98 miners and a minister occupied the Pittston Coal Company’s Moss 3 preparation plant in Carbo, Virginia. The strike began after Pittston terminated health benefits for retirees, widows and disabled miners. State troopers were called in to arrest strikers after violent conflicts erupted, yet the struggle barely made the news the United States. Arguably the most militant strike of the time, the United Mine Workers (UMWA) engaged in a variety of actions, ranging from a nonviolent takeover to mineworkers blockading the road into the plants, leading to their arrest. The United Mine Workers (UMWA) ultimately won, and the Pittston strike became one of the few labor victories of the 1980s. – 1989
The Occupy Wall Street movement was launched with an anti-Wall Street march and demonstration that ended up as a 2-month encampment in Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park. The event led to protests and movements around the world, with their focus on economic inequality, corruption, greed and the influence on government of monied interests. Their slogan: “We are the 99%.” – 2011
Important Events From This day in History September 17
17 Sept, 1976 First Space Shuttle the Enterprise
1976 : NASA publicly unveils its first space shuttle, the Enterprise.
17 Sept, 1928 Puerto Rico Famine Problem
1928 : After the devastation of the latest hurricane on Puerto Rico leaving over 1000 dead famine is now a major problem with over 300,000 suffering from severe hunger due to the destruction of local crops by the hurricane and because of low defenses due to malnutrition disease is spreading quickly. Over half of the Islands population are now thought to be homeless and martial law is in place to stop looting, and allow the government to requisition food and to ration.
17 Sept, 1933 U.S.A. Wages By Employment
1933 : New figures published for the New York area show the current average weekly wages for a number of employment types.
Physician $55.32 per week
Engineer $40.68 per week
Clerks $22.15 per week
Salesman $25.020 per week
Laborer $20.00 per week
Typists $15.09 per week
17 Sept, 1939 Soviet Union Invades Poland
1939 : Soviet Union invades eastern Poland while Germany has invaded Western Poland earlier in the month.
17 Sept, 1944 Holland Airborne Invasion By Allies
1944 : Thousands of allied troops parachute behind enemy lines in Holland at the beginning of the largest airborne invasion ever undertaken with over 1,000 aircraft involved and tens of thousands of paratroopers. The invasion by included the First Airborne Allied Army included British, US and Polish airborne troops.
17 Sept, 1956 Egypt Suez Crisis
1956 : Egypt has celebrated it's first day running the Suez Canal by Egyptian Technicians, meanwhile the rest of the world are deciding ways to deal with Egypt and the US is calling for a boycott of the Canal by other nations at the same time offering US aid for the additional cost of going round rather than through the canal.
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17 Sept, 1956 World Water Speed Record Broken
1956 : Norman Buckley has smashed the World Water Speed Record in his motorboat, Miss Windermere III at an average speed of over 79 mph on Lake Windermere.
17 Sept, 1961 UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold
1961 : The UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold (Swedish) has died in an air crash outside the Northern Rhodesian town of Ndola.
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17 Sept, 1966 U.S.A. Racial Attacks
1966 : FBI Agents today arrested 13 white men in Grenada, Mississippi on charges of savage attacks on young African-American school children using sticks, fists and a club earlier this week. The National Guard was also encamped in this city where racial tensions are running high on both sides.
17 Sept, 1975 United Kingdom 26% Inflation
September 17th, 1975 : Inflation was running at 26% in Great Britain (US inflation was 9.2%) and the only thing certain is that times will become harder as the number of people out of work increases and the government setting a ceiling on pay rises of an annual increase of 12 pound per year, with many increases on prices still to come life will become much harder for the British worker. British governments have allowed the spiral to go out of control so now the medicine to fix the problem is much harder to take especially when it comes from a Labour government which is funded by trade union donations, but unless inflation is fixed quickly British goods will become even more un-competitive than they are currently.
17 Sept, 1978 U.S.A. Camp David
1978 : Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin sign the Camp David Accords.
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17 Sept, 1982 Palestinian Refugees Massacred
September 17th, 1982 : Over 1,000 Palestinian Refugees have been massacred in refugee camps in West Beirut by Lebanese militia, many are blaming Israeli troops who are believed to have stood by and watched the massacre of men, women and children in the camps.
17 Sept, 1985 South Africa Invades Angola
1985 : South African troops have invaded the neighboring country of Angola to track down rebels fighting the Apartheid regime, they are also using rubber bullets,guns and tear gas on stone throwing student protesters as the number of protests increase across the country.
Monday, September 16, 2024
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Today in Labor History September 16th, 2024
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Members of the Fruit and Vegetable Workers’ Union blocked downtown Salinas, California streets to stop a convoy of trucks carrying produce harvested by strikebreakers. – 1936
43,000 oil workers went on strike in 20 states, immediately after World War II ended. The end of the war saw a wave of strikes across the country, as workers who had patriotically sacrificed any resistance to workplace injustices during the war no longer had any reason not to fight for decent pay and benefits. Soon after the oil workers walked off the job, 200,000 coal miners, 44,000 NW lumber workers, 70,000 Midwest truck drivers, and 40,000 machinists in San Francisco and Oakland joined them. East coast longshoremen and New England textile workers also struck. – 1945
Thousands protested the anti-union contractor, BE&K, in St. Paul, Minnesota, which wanted to build a paper plant there. This was the largest demonstration ever held in the state. – 1989
A player lockout by the National Hockey League began, leading to the cancellation of what would have been the league’s 88th season. It was the first time the Stanley Cup was not awarded since 1919, and the first time a major professional sports league in North America canceled a complete season because of a labor dispute. The lockout, over owner demands that salaries be capped, lasted 310 days. – 2004
The Farm Labor Organizing Committee won a signed contract with the Mount Olive Pickle Co. and growers, ending a 5-year boycott. The agreement marked the first time an American labor union represented guest workers. – 2004
Richard Trumka was elected president of the AFL-CIO at the federation’s convention in Pittsburgh. He had served as the secretary-treasurer under predecessor John Sweeney from 1995 to 2009, and prior to that was president of the United Mine Workers for 13 years. – 2009
Important Events From This day in History September 16
16 Sept, 1963 Beatles "She Loves You"
1963 : The Beatles release "She Loves You" in the United States. The song went to claim the Number 1 position on the charts on March 21st 1964 and remained there for 2 weeks. "She Loves You" helped set a record in the United States by being one of the five Beatles songs which held the top five positions in the American charts simultaneously. "She Loves You" had already been released in the UK on August 23rd.
16 Sept, 1810 Mexico Independence
1810 : Mexico declared its independence from Spain after 300 years of Spanish Rule.
16 Sept, 1920 Wall Street Bombing
1920 : A bomb believed to be planted by radical anarchists rocked Wall Street killing 38 people and wounded over 400. It was never solved but was widely attributed to radical anarchists.
16 Sept, 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane
1928 : The Okeechobee Hurricane strikes Lake Okeechobee, Florida with winds of around 140 mph a major levee broke with the resulting flood covering an area of hundreds of square miles with water that in some places was over 20 ft (6 m) deep and some 2,500 people drowned.
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16 Sept, 1931 Great Britain Great Depression
1931 : As the world recession continues the British economy is heading for an all time low with thousands of ships rusting in harbors because there are no goods to export, the budget deficit continues to grow and currently stands at $600 million budget deficit this year.
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16 Sept, 1932 India Mahatma Gandhi
1932 : Mahatma Gandhi begins his hunger strike in opposition to Britain's new Caste Separation Laws.
16 Sept, 1940 Selective Training and Service Act
1940 : President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the Selective Training and Service Act, requiring all men between the ages of 21 and 30 to register with local draft boards (later changed to between 18 and 45), becoming the first peacetime military draft in United States history.
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16 Sept, 1949 US Census Bureau
September 16th, 1949 : The Census Bureau has released the latest figures for the population of the United States of 149,452,000 on August 1 showing an increase of 237,000 since July 1st.
16 Sept, 1951 Stunt Plane Crash
1951 : 19 people die as a stunt plane crashes into crowd at a Colorado Air show. The plane, a low wing monoplane, was performing a snap roll when the wing caught on the ground and the plane crashed into spectators.
16 Sept, 1951 England King George VI
September 16th, 1951 : King George is still very unwell and has been admitted to hospital for further special treatment for a lung disease.
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16 Sept, 1968 UK New First Class Postal Service
1968 : The British Post Office begins New First Class Postal Service costing 5d (equiv to 2 new pence) promising overnight delivery for first class. The new service has has met mixed reactions with about 25% of the letters posted using the new first class service.
16 Sept, 1971 U.S.A. Value Of The Dollar
September 16th, 1971 : Following President Nixon's tax reduction program and defense of the US dollar value to boost a flagging economy and help with the current trade deficit, plus his proposal to impose a 10% import tax on certain goods and tax reductions for US exporters. Many countries around the world are angry and insist that the US should devalue the dollar which is causing major problems to the worlds money markets, and not impose trade tariffs on importers into the US.
16 Sept, 1974 Amnesty for Vietnam Draft Dodgers
1974 : President Ford has announced an amnesty program for Vietnam War deserters and draft evaders, just in Canada during the Vietnam war there were between 30,000 – 90,000 Americans seeking asylum from fighting in the war.
16 Sept, 1978 U.S.A. Leon Spinks
September 16th, 1978 : Leon Spinks lost his WBA heavyweight title to Muhammed Ali last night to become World Champion for a record 3rd time with a 15 round unanimous decision.
16 Sept, 1978 Iran Earthquake
1978 : A 7.7 Magnitude earthquake rocks Tabas, Iran, killing more than 20,000 people and flattening the town to the ground. Rescue operations are continuing in the hope of finding survivors who were buried but may still be alive.
16 Sept, 1981 U.S.A. Anti Nuclear Protesters
September 16th, 1981 : Hundreds of anti nuclear protesters invaded the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Reactor in California again today even after the 560 arrests yesterday in their continued protest and blockade of the Reactor, When arrested they do not put up any resistance they just walk up to the waiting police and the demonstration will not allow any protesters who are violent in their ranks.
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