Important Events From This day in History October 23

 

23 Oct, 1956 Hungary Protests Against Soviet Rule

1956 : Tens of thousands of people take to the streets in Budapest, Hungary demanding end of Soviet rule.

23 Oct, 2002 Fifty Chechen rebels storm a Moscow Theater

2002 : Fifty Chechen rebels storm a Moscow Theater taking 7,000 hostages. The rebels had explosives strapped to their bodies and were demanding the withdrawal of Soviet Forces from Chechnya. Three days later after the death of two of the hostages Russian Special Forces stormed the building and during the raid most of the terrorists and 120 hostages were killed during the raid.

23 Oct, 1915 U.S.A. Suffrage Movement

1915 : As part of the women's suffrage movement 25,000 women march up Fifth Avenue in New York City demanding the right to vote.

23 Oct, 1921 U.S.A. Prohibition Laws

1921 : The prohibition laws are being flouted across the country because of the large amounts of booze by the millions of gallons is coming into the country from areas like the Bahamas, the rum runners have new fast power boats which run rings round the US revenue cutters and until the government provides fast patrol boats that can catch the smugglers. Another area that will need to be changed are the wages paid to prohibition agents (currently a prohibition agent is paid $145.00 per month) and the rum runners are offering bribes of $100,000 for them to turn the other way. If the government is serious about enforcing prohibition laws some changes and finance will need to be made available.

23 Oct, 1941 U.S.A. "Dumbo"

1941 : Dumbo is released, the fourth film in the Disney animated features, Dumbo was based upon a children's book about an elephant with big ears, who is capable of flying by using them as wings.

23 Oct, 1942 World War II French Workers

1942 : Nazis are threatening French Skilled Workers with violence against their families if they do not come forward to work for Germany's War Industry.

23 Oct, 1948 France Martial Law

1948 : France is moving closer to Martial Law following the communist Union Leaders calling for a general strike on Monday. The state has called up 50,000 troops to try to maintain law and order in the strike torn coal fields as more violence erupts and 2 more miners were killed yesterday.

23 Oct, 1950 Yugoslavia Marshall Tito

1950 : Marshall Tito the Yugoslavia leader who is defying the Communist regime has asked the US and the UK for aid to help with the drought stricken country where many are facing starvation.

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23 Oct, 1955 U.S.A. Earthquake

1955 : Police in towns and cities within a 100 mile radius of San Francisco bay reported damage including one death. The quake came in two waves with the first causing a rolling motion then severe jolting motions that caused windows to crack and buildings to shudder the worst of the quake was recorded at 5.5 on the Richter scale.

23 Oct, 1963 England "Doctor Who"

1963 : "Doctor Who" the British science fiction television program featuring "The Doctor" an alien time traveler who can travel through time and space in his time-ship / blue police box the TARDIS. The first program featured William Hartnell as "The Doctor." His enemy, the Daleks that become part of British Popular Culture ("EX-TER-MI-NATE!", "EX-TER-MI-NATE!") did not appear till December 1963. The Doctor has been played by a number of actors over the years.

Original TV Series Launched 1963

William Hartnell 1963 - 1966

Patrick Troughton 1966 - 1969

Jon Pertwee 1970 -- 1974

Tom Baker 1974 --- 1981

Peter Davison 1981 --- 1984

Colin Baker 1984 --- 1986

Sylvester McCoy 1987 --- 1989

Series Ended 1989

TV Series relaunched in 2005

David Tennant 2005 --- 2010

Matt Smith 2010 --- 2013

Peter Capaldi 2013 --- 2017

Jodie Whittaker (first female Doctor) 2017

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23 Oct, 1973 U.S.A. Gas Price Increase

October 23rd, 1973 : The price of gas increased by 400% and there were long queues at Gas Stations during the 1973 Oil Crisis. The crisis was caused by the war in the Middle East and OPEC deciding to cut oil supplies as a way of forcing the rest of the world to stop support for Israel. Toyota who had specialized in making smaller fuel efficient cars holds it's first national news conference in Los Angeles, California extolling the remarkable fuel efficiency of Toyota cars, the average American Car gave 15 MPG whereas the Japanese cars were achieving 25 MPG Plus. This provided the major Japanese manufacturers the springboard needed to make significant inroads into both the American and European cars markets.

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Today in Labor History October 19th, 2023

 

J.P. Stevens & Co Milledgeville Plant in Georgia

The National Association of Letter Carriers achieved equalization of wages for all letter carriers, meaning city delivery carriers began receiving the same wages regardless of the size of the community in which they worked. – 1949

After twenty years of virulent anti-unionism, the J.P. Stevens & Company finally signed its first-ever contract with the Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union.  The collective bargaining agreement covered more than 3,000 workers in ten plants in the Carolinas and Alabama. – 1980

Hopelessly trapped at Yorktown, Virginia, British General Lord Cornwallis surrenders 8,000 British soldiers and seamen to a larger Franco-American force, effectively bringing an end to the American Revolution. - 1781

Important Events From This day in History October 19

 

19 Oct, 1954 The Comet Jet Aicraft

1954 : Following a number of crashes of the Comet aircraft it's certificate of airworthiness is withdrawn while an inquiry into why the crashes occurred, the inquiry found the problems were most likely due to metal fatigue. The Comet was the first commercial Jet airline that helped to change air travel and during the time the De Havilland Comet was grounded the American aircraft manufacturer, Boeing, took the lead in design and sales when it released its 707 passenger jet, which could carry almost twice as many passengers.

19 Oct, 1987 U.S.A. Dow Jones

1987 : The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost more than 22 percent dropping to 1739 making it the 2nd largest percentage drop in history in a single day, This was known as "Black Monday" and signaled other markets around the world to drop during October by 20 percent. Many believed that some of the automatic computerized sell programs used by large financial institutions may have contributed to the fall as they are triggered automatically when certain events / figures occur in the markets and after this date more safeguards were put in place to stop a similar thing happening in the future.

19 Oct, 1927 Australia Aborigines

1927 : Two tribes of native Aborigines are fighting a full scale war with only war paint, spears and no clothes in the bush only 100 miles from Perth Australia. It is not known why these tribes are fighting as the tribes do not generally use the same areas of bush for hunting due to the large areas available.

19 Oct, 1937 U.S.A. Airplane Crash

1937 : A mountaineer is the only person who has provided an eyewitness account to the worst airplane disaster in US history and has told how he saw the pilot of the United Airlines 21 passenger mainliner flying blind through a mountain blizzard snowstorm skimming pines before crashing into the side of the Uinta Mountains in Utah 80 miles south of Salt Lake City. All passengers and crew from the plane were killed instantly during the crash.

19 Oct, 1947 U.S.A. 40 Cents Per Hour

1947 : The Federal Works administrator has said the minimum wage of 40 cents per hour is obsolete and should be changed to 75 cents per hour.

19 Oct, 1958 Belgium World Trade Fair

1958 : The world trade fair in Brussels in Belgium ended today after having attracted 42 million visitors in 6 months. Over 40 countries were represented and it has been the largest event of it's kind ever staged.

19 Oct, 1960 US Embargo on Cuba Exports

1960 : The US Places an embargo on exports to Cuba.

19 Oct, 1960 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

1960 : Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested along with 50 other people for violating Georgia's newly enacted anti-trespass law after staging a sit-in protest at eight stores in downtown Atlanta.

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19 Oct, 1973 U.S.A. Watergate

October 19th, 1973 : President Nixon refused to hand over Watergate Related Tapes to special prosecutor Archibold Cox but said he would prepare a summary of their contents. It is believed in many circles that if the special prosecutor refuses the summary President Nixon will fire him.

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19 Oct, 1978 U.S.A. Home Ownership

1978 : A new report released today shows the widely ranging costs of owning your own home in different parts of the country today. The figures are based on Mortgage payments, Insurance payments, Utility payments and local taxes. These figures also take the cost of the average home in that area.

Atlanta $420

Baltimore $409

Chicago $429

Columbus $365

Denver $406

Detroit $389

Hartford $401

Houston $339

Los Angeles $567

Miami $443

Milwaukee $411

Morristown $343

New York $497

Philadelphia $393

Pittsburg $364

Portland Maine $347

Portland Oregon $376

Richmond $374

Rochester $399

St Louis $333

San Fransisco $614

Washington $578

The Average Cost of a home in 1978 was $54,800.

19 Oct, 1982 U.S.A. John DeLorean

October 19th, 1982 : John DeLorean is arrested in an airport motel with a briefcase containing $24 million dollars worth of cocaine. He had headed up the DeLorean Motor Company and built one of the coolest looking sports cars with gull wing doors, The company received large subsidies provided by the British government because he set up a factory in Northern Ireland, but the car had a number of technical problems and less than 10,000 were produced which are now highly collectible.

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Today in Labor History October 18th, 2023

 

Ernest Jenkins received the Silver Star from Gen. George Patton

Ernest Jenkins received the Silver Star from Gen. George Patton. Jenkins had been driving Maj. Charles Ketterman in a Jeep when they were ambushed in the French town of Chateaudun. The two men liberated the whole town! - 1944

The “Shoemakers of Boston” – the first labor organization in what would later become the United States – was authorized by the Massachusetts Bay Colony. – 1648

New York City agrees to pay women school teachers a rate equal to that of men. – 1911

The IWW Colorado Mine strike occurred on this date. It was the first time all coal fields were out. – 1927

58,000 Chrysler Corporation workers struck for wage increases. – 1939

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

GM agreed to hire more women and minorities for five years as part of a settlement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – 1983

Important Events From This day in History October 18

 

18 Oct, 1859 U.S.A. Harpers Ferry Raid

1859 : John Brown's men arrived at Harper's Ferry in Virginia in order to instigate a slave rebellion. Brown's men were attacked by soldiers under Robert E. Lee on October 18th, 1859 after which Brown and several of his men were captured. He was hung for murder, treason against the State and for leading a revolt.

18 Oct, 1931 U.S.A. Edison

1931 : American inventor Thomas Edison dies, among his thousands of inventions the most well known include the phonograph and the practical electric light bulb. He also originated the concept and implementation of electric-power generation with distribution to homes and businesses.

18 Oct, 1952 World Population

1952 : The worlds population currently stands at 47 people per square mile of land but it predicted that this may well double by the end of the century due to population growth (figures in 2007 were 115 people per square mile).

18 Oct, 1898 Puerto Rico US Formal Possession

1898 : The United States takes formal possession of Island of Puerto Rico when the American flag is raised over San Juan.

18 Oct, 1922 British Broadcasting Company

1922 : The British Broadcasting Company (a commercial company) is formed with a share capital of £100,000, the company is dissolved in 1926 and all assets are transferred to the British Broadcasting Corporation or the BBC as it is now known. In 1927 the BBC became a publicly funded corporation, which it still is today.

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18 Oct, 1924 U.S.A. Election Funds

1924 : The current election funds for the Democrats and Republican parties have been released for the upcoming national elections. Democrats had $750,000 and Republicans had $3,000,000.

18 Oct, 1935 Italy Bombs Ethiopia

1935 : Italian bombers have started bombing camps where Ethiopian women and children were thought to be safe while Ethiopian warriors attempt to fight using against the invading Italian army well equipped with artillery and aircraft. Italian planes have now started using poison gas as a weapon against the Ethiopian fighters and many believe the increased use will cause slaughter on a scale never before seen.

18 Oct, 1944 Russia Invades Czechoslovakia

1944 : The Russian army invades Czechoslovakia.

18 Oct, 1954 U.S.A. Transistor Radio

1954 : Texas Instruments announces the Regency TR-1 Transistor radio, although other companies had been showing prototypes of Transistor Radios as early as 1952. The Regency TR-1 Transistor radio was the first commercially sold radio went on sale in November of that year) to sell in significant numbers selling for $49.95.

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18 Oct, 1963 British Prime Minister

October 18th, 1963 : Lord Home a Scottish Conservative Aristocrat with the Title of a "Lord" becomes the new British prime minister.

18 Oct, 1967 Space Venus 4

1967 : An unmanned soviet capsule Venus 4 achieved a soft landing on the planet Venus and radioed back that the planet is to hot for human life with temperatures at 800 degrees Fahrenheit.

18 Oct, 1968 England John Lennon

October 18th, 1968 : John Lennon and his girlfriend, Yoko Ono, are arrested in London for possession of marijuana.

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Today in Labor History October 17th, 2023

 

John D. Rockefeller cut a contract with the Pennsylvania Railroad, giving his Standard Oil Company a rebate on all freight carried by the line. This arrangement allowed him to monopolize virtually all oil production and transportation in the U.S. – 1877

Labor activist Warren Billings was released from California’s Folsom Prison. Along with Thomas J. Mooney, Billings had been pardoned for a 1916 conviction stemming from a bomb explosion during a San Francisco Preparedness Day parade. He had always maintained his innocence. – 1939

The “Salt of the Earth” strike began by the mostly Mexican-American members of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union Local 890 in Bayard, New Mexico. Strikers’ wives walked picket lines for seven months when their men were enjoined during the 14-month strike against the New Jersey Zinc Company. The strike inspired the film “Salt of the Earth,” which was blacklisted. – 1950

Twelve New York City firefighters died fighting a blaze in midtown Manhattan. – 1966

The International Printing Pressmen’s & Assistants’ Union of North America merged with the International Stereotypers’, Electrotypers’ & Platemakers’ Union to become Printing & Graphic Communications Union. – 1973

The Industrial Union of Marine & Shipbuilding Workers of America merged with the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers. – 1988

Important Events From This day in History October 17

 

17 Oct, 1973 Kuwait Oil Embargo

1973 : Members of OPEC announced an oil embargo and that they would discontinue all oil shipments to those countries that supported Israel in its war against Syria and would decrease oil production by 5 per cent a month until Israel gave up all territory it seized in the 1967 war and restores the rights of the Palestinian refugees. As oil prices rose American consumers sought out more fuel efficient cars mostly from Japanese car makers whose cars gave nearly twice the miles per gallon as the existing American built cars did.

17 Oct, 1907 U.S.A. Telegraph

1907 : The first commercial wireless telegraph is sent over the Atlantic Ocean.

17 Oct, 1927 U.S.A. Air Mail

1927 : With the increase in air mail traffic the post office is encouraging people to use the service more by making it easy with a flat rate of 10 cents for letters weighing less than 1/2 ounce to anywhere in the United States, Canada or the United Kingdom. All that is needed is to include the word Air Mail next to the 10 cent stamp and put into any post box and the post office will do the rest.

17 Oct, 1931 U.S.A. Al Capone

1931 : Scarface Al Capone well known gangster is found guilty of income tax evasion. One week later he was sentenced to 11 years in prison and a fine of $50,000.

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17 Oct, 1933 U.S.A. Dr. Albert Einstein

1933 : Dr. Albert Einstein and his wife fleeing from Nazi Germany arrive in Princeton, New Jersey, where he will continue his scientific work at the Institute of Advanced Study.

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17 Oct, 1937 U.S.A. Poultry Farmer Protection

1937 : The federal farm and administration is again stepping in to protect poultry farmers by offering to buy fresh and storage eggs ,in the spring of this year following the purchase of $2,000,000 of eggs they managed to help poultry farmers survive.

17 Oct, 1943 Thailand to Burma Railway Completed

1943 : The 415-km Thailand Burma railroad (Death Railway) between Bangkok, Thailand and Rangoon, Burma is completed. During the construction of the railway approximately 13,000 prisoners of war and 100,000 civilians died due to the living and working conditions with most dying due to malnutrition, and diseases like cholera, malaria, and dysentery. Part of the railway was “The Bridge on the River Kwai” which was later made into a movie.

17 Oct, 1947 Burma Independence

1947 : Britain and Burma signed an agreement today giving Burma full independence outside of the British Commonwealth if it chooses. This ends 300 years of British Rule over the country.

17 Oct, 1947 U.S.A. Fire

1947 : A major fire in Maine caused more than a couple of hundred thousand acres of land along with several hundred of homes and at least a few hundred cottages were destroyed before it ended on November 14th.

17 Oct, 1952 U.S.A. Mechanical Heart

1952 : The worlds first successful use of a mechanical heart on July 3rd during a heart operation was announced today, it kept a mans blood going through his body for a total of 50 minutes and he is still alive and well today.

17 Oct, 1956 Sellafield Nuclear Power Station

October 17th, 1956 : Queen Elizabeth II officially opens Sellafield Nuclear Power Station although the power station had been providing electricity to the National Grid since 27th August 1956.

17 Oct, 1961 France Algerian Independence

1961 : Paris police shoot and kill more than 200 Algerians marching in the city in support of peace talks to end their country's war of independence against France.

17 Oct, 1965 U.S.A. Worlds Fair

October 17th, 1965 : The New York World's Fair ended which had started in 1964.

17 Oct, 1968 Black Power Salute at the Olympics

1968 : Two black athletes make the Black Power Salute " when they bow and raise a black gloved hand as the American National Anthem played during the victory ceremony for the 200m final in Mexico" as a silent protest against racial discrimination in the United during the Mexico Olympics Ceremony. On the 17th they were both sent home by the U.S.A. national team and many were upset that politics had been bought into the Olympics.

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17 Oct, 1978 Scotland Grey Seal Cull

October 17th, 1978 : The Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior spends two weeks trailing the Norwegian boat Kvitungen preventing the start of the Grey Seal cull. And public opinion forces the Scottish Secretary Brian Millan to reduce the cull from 4,600 Grey Seal to 2,000 and local fisherman will perform the cull not the Norwegian boat.

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Today in Labor History October 16th, 2023

 

John Brown

Abolitionist John Brown leads 18 men, including five free blacks, in an attack on the Harper’s Ferry ammunition depot, the beginning of guerrilla warfare against slavery. – 1859

After the French Revolution began, Marie-Antoinette, queen consort of Louis XVI, was targeted by agitators who, enraged by her extravagance and attempts to save the monarchy, ultimately guillotined her on this day in 1793.

China, eager to join the nuclear race, successfully detonated its first atomic bomb. 1964

Important Events From This day in History October 16

 

16 Oct, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Timeline

1962 : Cuban Missile Crisis Timeline

1. 15th October: United States reconnaissance photographs taken by an American U-2 spy plane revealed missile bases being built in Cuba.

2. 16th October: President Kennedy is informed that reconnaissance photographs revealed the presence of missile bases in Cuba.

3. 18th October: President Kennedy met Andrei Gromyko, who denies the existence of missiles in Cuba.

4. October 22nd: President Kennedy, in his first public speech tells the American public that missiles have been discovered in Cuba which had the potential to attack the United States with nuclear warheads. And gives warning that. "It shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere as an attack on the United States, requiring a full retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union."

5. 23rd October: Options for removing missiles from Cuba are discussed with Joint Chiefs of Staff recommending a full-scale invasion, but President Kennedy opposed the Invasion concerned that the U.S. would not gain support around the world and opted for a naval blockade of Cuba.

6. 23rd October: The US Joint Chiefs of Staff instructed Strategic Air Command to go to DEFCON 2, for the only time in history.

7. 24th October: The Naval Blockade of Cuba by United States begins.

8. 27th October: EXCOMM Meetings in Washington

9. 27th October: Private, public and diplomatic communication between the US and Soviet Union continue following the shooting down of a U-2 spy plane.

10. 27th October: The U.S. informs its NATO allies that the United States may find it necessary within a very short time in its interest and that of its fellow nations in the Western Hemisphere to take whatever military action may be necessary.

11. October 27th: Nikita Khrushchev offered to remove Soviet missile bases in Cuba if the U.S. removed its missile bases in Turkey.

12. 28th October: Nikita Khrushchev informed the United States that he had ordered the dismantling of Soviet missile bases in Cuba.

13. 28th October: The US informs the Soviet Union that the US would remove all missiles set in Turkey on the border of the Soviet Union.

14. 28th October: The US informs the Soviet Union that they will not invade Cuba.

15. 2nd November: President Kennedy tells the American people that Soviet missile bases in Cuba were being dismantled.

16. November 20th: USSR agreed to remove bombers from Cuba and US lifted its blockade.

This is the closest the world's two superpowers came to war, but one important safety mechanism did come from this episode, the Moscow-Washington hotline which puts the president of the United States and the leader of the Soviet Union in direct contact linking the White House via the National Military Command Center with the Kremlin during the Cold War.

16 Oct, 1924 U.S.A. Airship

1924 : The new ZR-3 Dirigible Airship from the Zeppelin Corporation has today set a new world record for transatlantic flight from Germany to the United States covering 5,066 miles and averaging 62.35 MPH, she is now tied securely at Lakehurst, New Jersey swaying from side to side and has proved the feasibility of Trans Atlantic Flight.

16 Oct, 1935 East Africa Italian Expansion

1935 : Despite moves by the League of Nations earlier this week the Italian Fascist army continues it's goal of East African Territorial expansion by looking beyond Ethiopia.

16 Oct, 1937 China Japan

1937 : Bitter fighting in the Shanghai district continues with Japanese Artillery bombarding the area in preparation for their drive south along the Ping-Hankow and Tientsin-Pukow Railways.

16 Oct, 1940 U.S.A. Register for Draft

1940 : American men are registering for draft and signing up at a rate of 1 million or more an hour.

16 Oct, 1946 Germany Nazis Hung For War Crimes

1946 : Ten Nazi leaders were hung today after a military tribunal sentenced them to death for war crimes including crimes against humanity.

16 Oct, 1946 U.S.A. Price Controls

1946 : President Truman lifts the price controls placed during the war on the sale of meat.

16 Oct, 1947 Great Britain Palestine

1947 : Great Britain has told the United Nations that unless a UN force is agreed quickly to help with the problems in Palestine between fighting Jews and Arabs Britain will pull out completely. Current proposals include creating a partition in the area with United Nations forces controlling the border area.

16 Oct, 1951 Prime Minister of Pakistan Assassinated

1951 : The first Prime Minister of Pakistan (office created during partition, not elected), Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated by Saad Akbar Babrak, an Afghan.

16 Oct, 1952 Iran Oil Fields Dispute

1952 : Iran has broken off diplomatic relations with great Britain following the continued dispute and lack of agreement over oil fields in Iran.

16 Oct, 1961 U.S.A. Railways Segregation

1961 : Segregation on railways in the south will end as 3 of the major railroads have stated they will end segregation on all trains immediately.

16 Oct, 1964 China New Atomic Power

1964 : The People's Republic of China becomes the fifth country in the world with atomic bomb capability joining the United States, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, and France.

16 Oct, 1967 U.S.A. Vietnam Protests

1967 : Protest rallies and demonstrations across America have taken place in 30 US cities, from Boston to Atlanta, in protest against the continuing war in Vietnam. During a sit in at a military induction center in Oakland, California the folk singer Joan Baez is arrested together with a number of anti war supporters.

16 Oct, 1968 Rodney Riots In Kingston

October 16th, 1968 : Following the Jamaican government decision to ban Guyanese university lecturer Dr. Walter Rodney from returning to his teaching position at the University of the West Indies (UWI), students from UWI, begin a demonstration closing down the campus. later while marching to the parliament building in Kingston more demonstrators joined in and as the day progressed the March turned from a peaceful protest into a full scale riot spreading across the city causing millions of dollars in property damages and the death of several innocent bystanders.

16 Oct, 1973 U.S.A. Credit Card Catholics

1973 : A roman catholic church in Buffalo, New York has started accepting donations via credit cards in an attempt to increase it's income. A senior member of the Coronation of the Blessed Mary Church has explained that donations of 50 cents which is all it's parishioners have left after paying weekly bills is not enough to fund the churches budget and it is already proving a success as donations of $10 to $25 are forthcoming.

16 Oct, 1974 Northern Ireland Maze Prison

October 16th, 1974 : Rioting prisoners set fire to the Long Kesh Maze prison near Belfast.

16 Oct, 1978 Vatican New Pope Elected

1978 : The Roman Catholic church has elected it's first non Italian Pope in 455 years today when it elected the Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla as Pope John Paul II . He is also one of the youngest Popes in modern times at 58 yrs old.

16 Oct, 1986 Israel Terrorist Attack

October 16th, 1986 : A terrorist attack on Israeli soldiers and their families at the wailing wall by throwing grenades into the crowd yesterday caused the death of 1 person and injured a further 69. The PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization) has claimed responsibility.

16 Oct, 1987 England Hurricane Storm Winds

1987 : Hurricane storm winds batter southern England during the night killing 13 after the worst night of storms in living memory.

16 Oct, 1991 Killeen, Texas Massacres

October 16th, 1991 : George Jo Hennard drives his pickup truck through the front window of a Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas and shot and killed 23 people, wounded another 20 and after being cornered and wounded by police committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.

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Today in Labor History October 13th, 2023

 

1902 Coal Strike

Teddy Roosevelt threatened to send in federal troops as strikebreakers to crush a coal strike. – 1902

In what was either its first and only principled stand or just one of its first of many expressions of economic nationalism, 

the AFL voted to boycott all German-made products in protest of Nazi antagonism to organized labor within Germany – 1934

More than 1,100 office workers went on strike at Columbia University in New York City. The mostly female and minority workers struck over wages, health benefits and what their union leaders called pay inequities for women and nonwhite employees. – 1985

Hundreds of San Jose “Mercury News” newspaper carriers ended their 4-day walkout with victory. – 2000

Home care workers finally got protections they should have had years ago. After a U.S. Court of Appeals unanimously upheld a Department of Labor Home Care Final Rule to extend minimum wage and overtime protections to almost 2 million home care workers, the ruling is effective as of today. – 2015.

Important Events From This day in History October 13

 

13 Oct, 1960 Nixon - Kennedy Debate TV

1960 : Television sets across the United States showed a split screen with Republican presidential nominee Richard M. Nixon on one side and Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kennedy on the other during their third televised debate. They were actually thousands of miles apart and not in the same studio.

13 Oct, 1972 Uruguay Cannibalism

1972 : Plane crash survivors resort to cannibalism after being lost in the Andes for two months have admitted they ate the flesh of dead companions to stay alive, 16 of the original 45 passengers survived the ordeal and defended their cannibalism.

13 Oct, 1921 World Series

1921 : New York Giants beat the Yankees in the World series in New York today.

13 Oct, 1938 Chinese Japanese Fighting

1938 : Heavy Chinese reinforcements are being rushed to Watchow to engage the new large Japanese expeditionary force numbering over 35,000. Fighting is intensifying as the Japanese proceed further inland trying to gain control over major transport routes including railway lines.

13 Oct, 1941 World War II Soviets in Trouble

1941 : The Soviet Union has lost two more army divisions and are demanding British army aid to help stop the Germans from reaching Moscow, Hitler in the meantime continues to make overtures to Britain and the British people that he wants peace between Germany and England and the only reason Germany and England are at war is because of Churchill.

13 Oct, 1943 Italy Declares War On Germany

1943 : Italy declared war on Germany, its one-time ally, and was granted the status of a co-belligerent by the United Nations.

13 Oct, 1952 U.S.A. Public Debt

1952 : Concerns are growing over the mounting public debt which is predicted to reach 268 billion dollars by the end of the financial year.

13 Oct, 1958 UK Paddington Bear

1958 : The first of a series of books featuring Paddington Bear is published "A Bear Called Paddington," the first story is about a bear who is found at Paddington railway station in London by the Brown family. The books are written by Michael Bond and illustrated by Peggy Fortnum. The much loved stuffed Paddington Bear toy with his Wellington boots did not appear until 1972 / 1973.

13 Oct, 1966 South Africa Strict New Apartheid Laws

October 13th, 1966 : New laws passed in white controlled South Africa allow for detention without trial or warrant by a Police Lieutenant Colonel or other high ranking Police Officer anywhere, any person he suspects of security offences without trial or charge for 28 days.

13 Oct, 1971 Northern Ireland Border Security

1971 : British Army engineers are blowing up several minor roads crossing from the Republic of Ireland into Northern Ireland, currently the Terrorists are using these roads to hop across the border undetected as most are just small tracks on farmland.

13 Oct, 1976 Bolivia Plane Crash

October 13th, 1976 : A chartered Boeing 707 crashed into a busy street in Santa Cruz, a city in the west of Bolivia, plowing into buildings in the city's main avenue and people leaving over 100 dead.

13 Oct, 1977 Germany Airliner Hijack

1977 : Four Palestinian hijackers hijack a Lufthansa airliner demanding the release of 11 imprisoned members of Germany's Baader-Meinhof terrorist group, also known as the Red Army Faction.

13 Oct, 1983 U.S.A. Mobile Phone Service

October 13th, 1983 : Ameritech Mobile Communications, LLC provides cellular mobile phone service to the general public in Chicago. This was the first mobile phone service for public use in the United States.

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Young Filipina Nurse Murdered by Hamas in Israel

Angeline was a nurse from the Philippines who was caring for her elderly patient, Nira on Kibbutz Kfar Gaza. Despite having a chance to flee the Hamas terror attacks, Angeline showed unbelievable humanity and loyalty by remaining at Nira’s side during the violence, resulting in both of them being brutally murdered by Hamas. Unimaginable honor in the face of evil.

 

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Today in Labor History October 12th, 2023

 

The Battle of Virden Memorial

The First Industrial Congress of the US (first US national labor congress) met in New York City. – 1845

Also known as “Miners Day,” October 12 commemorates the seven miners killed in the “Virden Riot” of October 1898, when miners got in a shootout with mine guards attempting to bring in strikebreakers. The riot came in response to the mine owners refusal to accept the 8-hour day, offer raises, abolish the company store and recognize the United Mine Workers. Six security guards were also killed and 35 others wounded.  – 1898

Fourteen miners were killed and 22 were wounded by scab herders at Pana, Illinois. – 1902

2,000 workers demanding union recognition closed down dress manufacturing, Los Angeles. – 1933