Important Events From This day in History October 12

 

12 Oct, 2000 Yemen USS Cole

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12 Oct, 1945 Germany Nazi Party Dissolved

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

12 Oct, 1957 Canada Queens Visit

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

12 Oct, 1962 Columbus Day Storm

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

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12 Oct, 1966 Nobel Peace Prize

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

12 Oct, 1968 Mexico Olympic Games

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

12 Oct, 1972 US Navy Ship Race Riot

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

12 Oct, 1978 Sid Vicious Arrested For Murder

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

12 Oct, 1983 Japan Bribes

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

12 Oct, 1983 Israel Shekel Devalued

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

12 Oct, 1984 England Conservative Party Conference Bombing

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

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Today in Labor History October 11th, 2023

 

North Vietnam

The Miners’ National Association was founded in Youngstown, Ohio, with the goal of uniting all miners, regardless of skill or ethnicity, echoing the Knights of Labor and presaging the Industrial Workers of the World.  – 1873

Nearly 1,500 plantation workers went on strike at Olaa Sugar, on Hawaii’s Big Island. – 1948

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

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

Important Events From This day in History October 11

 

11 Oct, 1987 Scotland Loch Ness Monster

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

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

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

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

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

11 Oct, 1939 Albert Einstein Writes To President

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

11 Oct, 1939 World War II Russia Threatens Finland

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

11 Oct, 1941 World War II German Offensive on Russia

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

11 Oct, 1952 Great Britain Accidents in The Home

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

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

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

11 Oct, 1973 Middle East Arab Israeli War

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

11 Oct, 1974 England Harold Wilson Wins

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

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

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

11 Oct, 1976 China New Party Chairman

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

11 Oct, 1982 England The Mary Rose Raised

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

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Today in Labor History October 9th, 2023

 

Morris Hillquit

Mary Heaton Vorse was born on this date in New York. Vorse was a labor journalist who wrote eyewitness accounts of many of the significant labor battles of her day. She also wrote the novel, “Strike!” which was made into a film in 2007. – 1874

United Hebrew Trades was organized in New York by shirtmaker Morris Hillquit and others. Hillquit would later become the leader of the Socialist Party. – 1888

A lettuce strike occurred in Salinas, California. Fearing communists, authorities removed the red flags that had appeared throughout town, only to find out later that they were part of a traffic check being done by the state highway division. – 1936

Retail stock brokerage Smith Barney reached a tentative sexual harassment settlement with a group of female employees. The suit charged, among other things, that branch managers asked female workers to remove their tops in exchange for money and one office featured a “boom boom room” where women workers were encouraged to “entertain clients”. The settlement was never finalized: a U.S. District Court Judge refused to approve the deal because it failed to adequately redress the plaintiff’s grievances. – 1997

3,300 sanitation workers working for private haulers in Chicago won a 9-day strike featuring a 28 percent wage increase over 5 years. – 2003

Important Events From This day in History October 9

 

9 Oct, 1969 U.S.A. Chicago Eight

October 9th, 1969 : The National Guard is called in to control demonstrations that continue in Chicago protesting the trial of the Chicago Eight.

9 Oct, 1973 Middle East Arab Israeli War

1973 : On the forth day of the Arab -- Israeli war Israel Aircraft have started bombing raids on Cairo in Egypt and Damascus in Syria, meanwhile fighting continues on the Golan Heights and at the Suez canal.

9 Oct, 1983 U.S.A. Unemployment Rate

October 9th, 1983 : After a number of months where the unemployment rate has increased each month many are hoping last months figures are a turning point at 9.3%. The highest national rate was in December at 10.8% the highest in 42 years.

9 Oct, 1921 U.S.A. Royal Flush

1921 : A once in a lifetime hand left a man dead , A retired tailor in New York was playing poker in a 10 cent limit poker game when he was dealt a royal flush. The medical examiner diagnosed Cerebral Hemorrhage bought on by the Royal Flush.

9 Oct, 1934 Yugoslavia King Assassinated

1934 : King Alexander I of Yugoslavia is shot and assassinated.

9 Oct, 1936 U.S.A. Hoover Dam

1936 : The Hoover Dam begins creating hydroelectric power which it sends over transmission lines spanning 266 miles of mountains and deserts to run the lights, radios, and stoves of Los Angeles.

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9 Oct, 1940 World War II St. Paul's Cathedral

1940 : The German Luftwaffe launches a heavy nighttime air raid on London and the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral a masterpiece by the architect Sir Christopher Wren takes a direct hit from a Nazi bomb.

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9 Oct, 1952 Korea Total Dead 120,269

1952 : The US Defense department has released the latest figures on those killed so far in the Korean War, it now stands at 120,269. The Army draft call for the month of December has been announced and it will be 47,000.

9 Oct, 1958 Vatican Pope Dies

1958 : Tributes from the worlds leaders continue to flow in following the death of Pope Pius XII included tributes "A foe of Tyranny," "A man of profound Vision" and "Foremost Champion of Human Dignity, Freedom and Peace."

9 Oct, 1959 UK Harold Macmillan

1959 : The Conservative Party has won a third term of office in the UK led by Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.

9 Oct, 1963 Italy Landslide

October 9th, 1963 : A landslide in Italy causes the Diga del Vajont dam to overflow and sends water crashing down where it engulfed the town of Longarone leading to the deaths of more than 2,000 people.

9 Oct, 1967 Bolivia Che Guevara

1967 : Che Guevara the Marxist revolutionary and guerrilla leader is executed by the Bolivian army on orders from the Bolivian President René Barrientos. Che Guevara had created a guerrilla force in Bolivia operating as the ELN (Ejército de Liberación Nacional de Bolivia; / "National Liberation Army of Bolivia"), fighting against Bolivian military when he was captured and executed. He had been involved in a number of revolutions including Cuba ( Under Castro ) during his life and was still a revolutionary fighter when he died at 39 years old in Bolivia.

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9 Oct, 1983 Israel Yitzhak Sharmir

1983 : The sixth Prime Minister of Israel was sworn in today Yitzhak Sharmir, he has vowed to concentrate on the nations worst economic crisis and has pledged economic austerity on behalf of the government.

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Today in Labor History October 7th, 2023

 

Joe Hill

Radical labor organizer and songwriter Joel Emmanuel Hägglund (aka “Joe Hill”) was born in Gavle, Sweden. 

Hill was an organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World(IWW). He was arrested and convicted on trumped up murder charges and executed in Utah. His famous last words to IWW co-founder Big Bill Haywood were “Don’t mourn. Organize”. Some of Hill’s most famous songs were The Preacher and the Slaver, Rebel Girl, There is Power in the Union, and Casey Jones-Union Scab. – 1879

The Structural Building Trades Alliance (SBTA) was founded. The organization’s primary goal was to provide a forum in which jurisdictional conflicts between trade unions could be adjudicated. But the organization lacked the power to enforce its rulings. Under pressure from competing AFL building trades councils and repeated threats of disaffiliation by its own members, it affiliated with the AFL in 1908. – 1903

The United Mine Workers withdrew from the CIO. – 1942

Hollywood’s “Battle of the Mirrors” took place on this date. Picketing members of the Conference of Studio Unions disrupted an outdoor shoot by holding up large reflectors that filled camera lenses with blinding sunlight. Members of the competing IATSE union retaliated by using the reflectors to shoot sunlight back across the street. The battle went on all day, writes Tom Sito in “Drawing the Line”. – 1946

Important Events From This day in History October 7

 

7 Oct, 1985 Egypt Achille Lauro

1985 : Four Palestinian terrorists members of the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF), the terrorist wing of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) board the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro in order to hijack the luxury liner and it's passengers.

7 Oct, 1919 Netherlands KLM Founded

1919 : KLM Royal Dutch Airlines of the Netherlands is founded, its first flight is the following year from London Croydon to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport for journalists, and it begins scheduled flights in 1921. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.

7 Oct, 1921 U.S.A. Ku Klux Klan

1921 : State officials in Texas are considering a ban on parades by the Ku Klux Klan because of their incitement of violence against any non-white Americans including Jews and African-Americans.

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7 Oct, 1928 Germany Duel

1928 : Two students from the Latvian University have died after a Duel of Honor with pistols in a nearby forest, the duel was sanctioned by the court of honor of the students corporation.

7 Oct, 1942 World War II War Effort

1942 : Children in every school in the country have been bringing in 10 lbs of metal scrap or more this week and hundreds of thousands of scrap metal are now on their way to helping make the the tools our fighting men need to finish the job.

7 Oct, 1954 U.S.A. Racketeering

1954 : Following the investigation by the Federal Grand Jury on racketeering in Chicago the first indictments have been served for charges on four union agents of extortion of large sums of money from poultry dealers in Chicago's Fulton market.

7 Oct, 1959 England Southend Pier

1959 : The Pavilion at the end of the world's longest pleasure pier at Southend on Sea is gutted by the fire and three hundred people are rescued by sea. The original Southend Pier was first opened in 1830 and is 1 1/2 miles long. The Pier was rebuilt and the Pavilion was turned into a bowling alley but the pier has continued to be affected by fires but rebuilt and still in existence today as a major tourist attraction.

7 Oct, 1963 U.S.A. Learjet

1963 : The first prototype Learjet a mass produced business jet takes off in Wichita, Kansas on it's maiden test flight.

7 Oct, 1968 India Floods

1968 : Devastating floods and landslides caused through torrential rain is now believed to have claimed the lives of over 1000 in the Sub-Himalayan Region, and now the threat of major famine through the loss of crops has been made worse because there is no safe drinking water in some towns including Darjeeling, many hundreds of thousands of refugees are now looking for help and assistance.

7 Oct, 1982 Musical "Cats" Opens On Broadway

1982 : Following it's success in London (1981), the musical "Cats" opens at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway with Betty Buckley as Grizabella. The show runs for a total of 7,485 performances in New York ending it's run on September 10th 2000.

7 Oct, 1985 England Tottenham Riots

October 7th, 1985 : Roving bands of youths continue to riot in areas of London including Peckham, Tottenham and Brixton setting shops and businesses on fire and overturning cars, they are now armed with Machetes and shotguns. One policeman was killed last night and police will now be issued with rubber bullets and tear gas to quell the rioters.

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Today in Labor History October 6th, 2023

 

The First National Conference of Trade Union Women was held on this date. – 1918

“The Jazz Singer”, this country’s first feature-length sound film, opened in New York City. Within three years, 22,000 theater jobs for musicians who accompanied silent films were lost, while only a few hundred jobs for musicians performing on soundtracks were created by the new technology. – 1927

1,700 female flight attendants won an 18-year, $37 million suit against United Airlines. They had been fired for getting married. – 1986

Thirty-two thousand machinists began what was to be a successful 69-day strike against the Boeing Company, featuring pay increases that averaged an estimated $19,200 in wages and benefits over four years and safeguarded against job cutbacks. – 1995

Important Events From This day in History October 6

 

6 Oct, 1961 U.S.A. Build Bomb Shelters

1961 : President John F. Kennedy advises American families to build bomb shelters to protect them from atomic fallout in the event of a nuclear war. Many Americans did prepare for nuclear war by buying up canned goods and building backyard bomb shelters. Also at the time many home builders offered a bomb shelter as part of new home packages.

6 Oct, 1926 U.S.A. Babe Ruth

1926 : Babe Ruth sets new record in World Series with three home runs and a 10-5 win over the Cardinals.

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6 Oct, 1927 U.S.A. "The Jazz Singer"

1927 : The Jazz Singer premiered in New York bringing to a close the era of silent movies and the sound and music era begins.

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6 Oct, 1933 Yugoslavia Balkans

1933 : In a meeting that would have been considered historic before changes, the Kings of Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Romania are to meet to discuss problems in the Balkans.

6 Oct, 1949 East Germany Created

1949 : The Soviet Union creates the Democratic Republic of Germany (East Germany) within the Soviet occupation zone.

6 Oct, 1953 British Guiana Uprising

1953 : Naval and military forces are on their way to British Guiana in response to a threat to the administration of the British colony after the left-wing People's Progressive Party victory. British Guiana was granted independence in May 1966, when it changed the countries name to Guiana.

6 Oct, 1955 U.S.A. Plane Crash

1955 : A United Airlines DC-4 crashed into a Wyoming mountain peak, killing all 66 people on board.

6 Oct, 1966 U.S.A. Price Fixing

1966 : 15 manufacturers of bathroom fixtures are indicted for price fixing by violating the restraint-of-trade section of the Sherman Antitrust Act.

6 Oct, 1966 U.S.A. LSD

1966 : The hallucinogenic drug LSD is declared illegal in the United States. LSD is a Schedule I drug making it illegal to manufacture, buy, possess, process or distribute LSD without a DEA license.

6 Oct, 1968 Czechoslovakia Soviet Pull Out

1968 : The Czechoslovakia defense minister has announced after meeting the Soviet Union defense minister that most of the Soviet led occupation force in Czechoslovakia will be pulled out by the end of October.

6 Oct, 1973 Israel Yom Kippur War

1973 : Egyptian and Syrian forces launch a coordinated attack against Israel on Yom Kippur, beginning the Yom Kippur War. They were hoping to gain back territory lost during the earlier Arab Israeli war in 1967.

6 Oct, 1976 Thailand Rioting

October 6th, 1976 : The Thailand defense minister seized power today after fighting between leftist and rightist forces following the return of Thailand former military dictator caused mass rioting on the streets with a number of public hangings by rioters, in a press statement he said he took power to stop communist agitators from continuing the unrest, and marshal law will now be instituted to bring back law and order to the streets signalling the return to military rule.

6 Oct, 1979 U.S.A. Pope John Paul II

1979 : Pope John Paul II visits the White House meeting the US President Carter and his family.

6 Oct, 1981 Egypt Anwar Sadat Assassinated

1981 : President Anwar Sadat was assassinated while viewing a military parade in a Cairo suburb.

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6 Oct, 1985 UK Rioting Broadwater Farm

1985 : Rioting continues at the Broadwater Farm housing estate in Tottenham, North London after the death of a local resident Cynthia Jarrett who died of heart failure after four policemen burst into her home during a raid. For the first time in the UK shots have been fired during a riot. The violence continued throughout the night between hundreds of black and white youths and 500 police with riot shields, helmets and truncheons. One Policeman was killed during a knifing incident and one officer has been shot and is seriously wounded.

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Today in Labor History October 3rd, 2023

 

Woody Guthrie

President Theodore Roosevelt met with miners and coal field operators in an attempt to settle the anthracite coal strike, then in its fifth month. It marked the first time a president had personally intervened in a labor-management dispute. Three weeks later, the miners agreed to settle and accept recommendations made by a commission appointed by Roosevelt. – 1902

All 164 students at Kincaid High School in Illinois walked out on strike to protest their school’s use of scab labor to provide heating coal. – 1932

The Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America was founded in Camden, New Jersey. It eventually merged with the International Association of Machinists in 1988. – 1933

Pacific Greyhound Lines bus drivers in seven western states began what was to become a three-week strike, eventually settling for a 10.5 percent raise. – 1945

The United Packinghouse Workers of America (UPWA) was formed as a self-governing union, an outgrowth of the CIO’s (Congress of Industrial Workers) Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee. UPWA merged with the Meat Cutters union in 1968, which in turn merged with the Retail Clerks in 1979, forming the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW). – 1943

The United Auto Workers called for a company-wide strike against Ford Motor Company to win higher wages and better benefits for its members. It was the first company-wide strike since Ford had agreed to a collective-bargaining deal in 1941. Ford had been the last of the Big Three automakers to recognize the union, and it did so grudgingly; the UAW would organize his workers, Henry Ford famously declared, “over my dead body.” – 1961

Folk singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie (“This Land is Your Land”, “Union Maid” and hundreds of others) died of Huntington’s disease in New York at the age of 55. – 1967

Baseball umpires called their first strike (against employers instead of players). After a one-day strike during the 1970 playoffs, the union was recognized by both the National and American League presidents. – 1970

Important Events From This day in History October 3

 

3 Oct, 1985 South Africa Soweto

1985 : The continued defiance of the South African government by school children against apartheid policies as tens of thousands of students refuse to return to schools in black townships including Soweto. Many of the students are now involved in rioting as the tension continues to grow. The leader of the banned African National Congress who is still in prison is due for surgery for prostate cancer later this week.

3 Oct, 1942 U.S.A. Scrap Days

1942 : A new war effort has started across the country with the new initiative of "scrap days" encouraging every American to help the war effort by giving scrap consisting of metal and old clothing to the nearest scrap merchant who will then be able to provide much needed raw materials for the war effort. As part of the effort people are encouraged to donate old keys that are no longer used in a "Keyhole For Victory" effort so they can be turned into tanks, guns and ships.

3 Oct, 1920 France Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

1920 : The First Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Horse Race open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older is run at Longchamp Race Course, Paris, France.

3 Oct, 1921 Russia Famine

1921 : One of the worst famines in modern times is gripping Russia due to the failure of crops and refugees are traveling the country trying to find food before the winter sets in fully. Together with low food supplies Black Typhus is taking a large toll including killing 4 out of each 10 doctors trying to help treat the disease.

3 Oct, 1928 U.S.A. Taxicab War

1928 : The ongoing Taxicab war in Chicago is increasing in intensity as Two Yellow Cab Garages were bombed with dynamite this week . Both companies are staying tight-lipped about the feud and have not passed details on to the local police.

3 Oct, 1932 Iraq Independence

1932 : Iraq, became a sovereign State gaining full independence from Great Britain.

3 Oct, 1942 World War II V2 Rocket

1942 : Germany tests it's latest rocket the V2 for the first time which travels 118 miles. In 1944, Germany launched over a thousand of these rockets against Great Britain killing thousands due to little warning or defense against it. The V-2 was the precursor to the Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) developed for the Soviet Union and the United States by many of the same German Scientists who had worked on the V-2 rockets in Germany.

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3 Oct, 1944 Poland Freedom Fighters

1944 : Following German occupation of Poland very early in the war in 1939, Polish freedom fighters had been fighting the Germans in the streets of Warsaw since August hoping the allies would arrive in the country soon but on October 3rd they are forced to surrender when food supplies and arms and ammunition run out. After the fighting ended German troops razed the city to the ground, during the uprising it is estimated over 250,000 people were killed.

3 Oct, 1952 Great Britain Tea Rations

1952 : Tea rationing ends after 12 years in Great Britain a nation of tea drinkers. Sweets, Meat, Eggs, Butter and sugar are still on ration.

3 Oct, 1952 Great Britain Atomic Bomb

1952 : Great Britain tests its first atomic bomb at the Monte Bello Islands, off the northwest coast of Australia.

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3 Oct, 1955 The Mickey Mouse Club

1955 : "The Mickey Mouse Club" begins on ABC (American Broadcasting Company). The Mickey Mouse Club was created by Walt Disney and featured a regular but ever-changing cast of teenage performers in a variety show for kids, with a newsreel, a cartoon, and a serial, as well as music, talent and comedy, and the well remembered "Mouseketeer Roll Call" where the teenage performers would introduce themselves by name to the television audience.

3 Oct, 1961 U.S.A. Strike

1961 : The United Auto Workers (UAW) calls for a company wide strike against Ford Motor Company.

3 Oct, 1964 Germany Escape Tunnel Berlin

October 3rd, 1964 : Berliners dig a 470-foot tunnel between East and West Berlin (Tunnel 57) which allows 57 east Berliners to escape to the West.

3 Oct, 1964 U.S.A. Buffalo Wings

1964 : The first Buffalo Wings (deep fried chicken wings coated with vinegar based cayenne pepper hot sauce and margarine or butter) are made at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York, hence the name.

3 Oct, 1968 Mexico Student Riots

October 3rd, 1968 : Army Tanks and soldiers were in the bloodiest battle yet with students in Mexico city just 10 days before the city hosts the Olympic Games on October 12th. It is estimated 25 were killed and 100 injured in just one night as the soldiers went door to door seeking out students in an attempt to bring calm to the city prior to the start of the games.

3 Oct, 1976 Mexico La Paz

1976 : Rescue teams have now arrived at La Paz, Mexico area and are digging through blankets of mud searching for survivors , but most of those found are dead and the total now exceeds 700 but the total is expected to exceed 1000, 70,000 of the 85,000 inhabitants are now homeless as most lived in shanty towns with thatched roofs.

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Today in Labor History October 2nd, 2023

 

Religion influenced Nat Turner, ‘Birth of a Nation’

Slave rebellion leader Nat Turner was born. Turner led the only effective, sustained slave revolt in in U.S. history in 1831. His actions set off a new wave of oppressive legislation by whites prohibiting the education, movement and assembly of slaves. – 1800

President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed a crowd in right wing San Diego, asserting the right of all workers to join unions. “It is now beyond partisan controversy that it is a fundamental individual right of a worker to associate himself with other workers and to bargain collectively with his employer.” – 1935

Joining with 400,000 coal miners already on strike, 500,000 CIO  (Congress of Industrial Workers) steelworkers closed down the nation’s foundries, steel and iron mills, demanding pensions and better wages and working conditions. – 1949

Starbucks Workers Union baristas at an outlet in East Grand Rapids, Michigan won their grievances after the National Labor Relations Board cited the company for labor law violations, including threats against union activists. They were organized by the Wobblies. – 2007

Union members, progressives and others rally in Washington D.C. under the Banner of One Nation Working Together, demanding “good jobs, equal justice, and quality education for all.” Crowd estimates ranged from tens of thousands to 200,000. – 2010

Important Events From This day in History October 2

 

2 Oct, 1944 World War II Warsaw Uprising

1944 : The Warsaw Uprising ends when the few surviving Polish rebels surrender to German forces.

2 Oct, 1974 U.S.A. Cannabis

1974 : New studies in America by Dr. Robert Heath of Tulane University Medical School, New Orleans. have revealed that smoking cannabis can cause brain damage. Cannabis or marijuana is in common use in the US with an estimated one in every eight Americans 25 million people who have smoked the drug.

2 Oct, 1928 U.S.A. Opium

1928 : 3,000 cups of Opium with a street value in excess of $1,500,000 have been seized from the Dollar Liner Steamer , President Harrison at Jersey City docks and a number of crew including the captain have been charged with attempted smuggling. This is the largest single haul of smoking Opium ever made at a US port.

2 Oct, 1933 U.S.A. NRA

1933 : President Roosevelt has asked the NRA to reduce codal hours to 30 to increase the number of jobs available and share the work and the wages more evenly.

2 Oct, 1942 World War II Stalingrad

1942 : The Russian red army is fighting back house to house fighting in Stalingrad as part of a counterattack, this is coupled with Soviet offensives outside of the city and an increased presence of aircraft who are having greater success at shooting down German aircraft.

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2 Oct, 1949 U.S.A. Strike

1949 : 500,000 CIO Steel workers have closed down the nations foundries, steel and Iron mills demanding pensions and better working conditions and wages, they now join the 400,000 coal miners on strike bringing the total on strike to nearly one million workers.

2 Oct, 1962 The Tonight Show

1962 : Johnny Carson premiered as the new host of The Tonight Show.

2 Oct, 1963 Haiti Hurricane Flora

1963 : Hurricane Flora a massive storm kills 6,000 in Haiti, Cuba, Trinidad, and Tobago, Grenada, This was one of the worst storms on record for deaths and damage.

2 Oct, 1967 U.S.A. Thurgood Marshall

1967 : Thurgood Marshall took the oath of office to become the first African American member of the US Supreme Court.

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2 Oct, 1968 Mexico Student Riots

1968 : More than 25 people have been killed during a vicious gun battle in Mexico where Student riots threaten Mexico Olympics. Thousands of students had gathered to protest against the military occupation of the National Polytechnic Institute.

2 Oct, 1968 Great Britain Sextuplets

1968 : The first set of sextuplets born in Britain came as a result of a new fertility drug given to a new 30 year old mother after 10 years of trying to have a baby. One of the babies died shortly after birth but the other five are doing well at Birmingham Maternity Hospital.

2 Oct, 1971 U.S.A. Longshoremen Strikes

October 2nd, 1971 : Strikes By Miners and longshoremen cause docks and mines to close throughout the US with 140,000 on strike.

2 Oct, 1974 Study Shows Cannabis Can Kill Brain Cells

1974 : A new study has shown that the use of marijuana long term can kill human brain cells and causing personality disorders.

2 Oct, 1976 Mexico Hurricane Liza

October 2nd, 1976 : Hurricane Liza strikes at La Paz, Mexico leaving many hundreds dead and many thousand homeless as the hurricane breached the Cajoncito River.

2 Oct, 1983 England Neil Kinnock

1983 : Following a terrible showing in the spring general elections Neil Kinnock is elected as the new leader of the Labour Party.

2 Oct, 1985 England Riots

October 2nd, 1985 : In London and Liverpool gangs of black youths are continuing to fight with local police forces and rioting in areas where racial tension is at it's worst. The youths are making gasoline bombs which they are then using to firebomb shops in these areas.

2 Oct, 1985 U.S.A. Rock Hudson

1985 : The actor Rock Hudson died in his sleep, he had been suffering from the AIDS virus.

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