Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Today in Labor History December 29th, 2021
Wounded Knee
On December 29, 1890, in one of the final chapters of America’s long Indian wars, the U.S. Cavalry kills 146 Sioux at Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota.
Throughout 1890, the U.S. government worried about the increasing influence at Pine Ridge of the Ghost Dance spiritual movement, which taught that Native Americans had been defeated and confined to reservations because they had angered the gods by abandoning their traditional customs. Many Sioux believed that if they practiced the Ghost Dance and rejected the ways of the white man, the gods would create the world anew and destroy all non-believers, including non-Indians. On December 15, 1890, reservation police tried to arrest Sitting Bull, the famous Sioux leader, who they mistakenly believed was a Ghost Dancer, and killed him in the process, increasing the tensions at Pine Ridge.
On December 29, the U.S. Army’s 7th cavalry surrounded a band of Ghost Dancers under the Sioux Chief Big Foot near Wounded Knee Creek and demanded they surrender their weapons. As that was happening, a fight broke out between an Indian and a U.S. soldier and a shot was fired, although it’s unclear from which side. A brutal massacre followed, in which it’s estimated almost 150 Native Americans were killed (some historians put this number at twice as high), nearly half of them women and children. The cavalry lost 25 men.
After years of intensive lobbying by the labor movement, a comprehensive national safety law is enacted as President Nixon signs the Occupational Safety & Health Act of 1970, creating the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) - 1970
More than 15,000 United Steel Workers members at 16 Goodyear Tire & Rubber plants end an 86-day strike, ratify 3-year contract - 2006
Important Events From This day in History December 29th
1998 Australia -- Sydney Harbour to Hobart Yacht Race
Huge 40ft waves during the 630 nautical mile (1167km) race from Sydney Harbour to Hobart on Tasmania has decimated the fleet of yachts taking part leaving at least six missing feared dead . Find More What happened in 1998
1904 Ireland -- Battle of the Boyne
1904 : The area of Ireland where the battle of the Boyne had been fought was up for sale to whoever had the cash. It lay on the east coast of Ireland three miles from Drogheda. The battle was fought on July 1st, 1699 and Ireland under James II was defeated by William III of England.
1940 World War II -- London Incendiary Bombing
Germany began dropping incendiary bombs on London causing Hundreds of fires throughout the city with Londoners filling the subway stations and underground shelters until the all clear sometime after midnight.
1925 U.S.A. -- Diamond From Turkey
In New Orleans a Mrs. Premos was putting together a turkey dinner for Christmas when she found a diamond in the neck of the turkey. The gem was worth thousands of dollars.
1934 Austria -- Trade Unions
Battle between government and socialist erupted in Austria. Government forces prevailed and socialist trade unions were quelled.
1948 South Africa -- Hereo Blacks Land Seized
Rev. Michael Guthrie Scott, who lived in South Africa, besieged the United Nations for justice regarding 30,000 Hereo blacks who had their land and rights taken away. Rev. Scott got sympathy from the U.N., but did not get any concrete action on behalf of the Hereos.
1954 India -- Prime Minister Nehru
Communists in southern India were gaining popularity while Prime Minister Nehru was clinging to power. Congress almost lost control of Travancore-Cochin state but backed the socialist party to maintain control over 10 million Indians. In the end congress withdrew support for the socialists.
1967 Soviet Union -- Space Defense Program
A Soviet anti-satellite missile was anticipated by the U.S. military because 35% of the Soviet defense allotment was spent on space defense and the technological breakthrough for anti-satellite missiles was expected soon.1972 Germany -- East Germany Builds New Fence
Aspirations that the wall between East and West Germany might come down had been dashed. East Germany was constructing a new fence with strong steel attached to pillars of concrete. Both sides of Germany were expected to join the United Nations, but would be on the opposite side of issues.
1975 England -- Sex Discrimination and Equal Pay Act
The Sex Discrimination and Equal Pay Acts comes into force which will prevent women being paid less than their male counterparts for doing the same job.
1975 U.S.A. -- Bomb La Guardia Airport
1975 : A terrorist bomb is exploded in the main terminal of New York's LaGuardia Airport, killing 11 people.
1984 India -- Rajiv Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi the son of the former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi wins landslide election victory
1987 Nicaragua -- Truce Negotiations
Cardinal Miguel Obanda and Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega were to meet and negotiate a possible truce between American backed Contra insurgents and Ortega's Sandinista government.
1998 Cambodia -- Khmer Rouge
Khmer Rouge leaders who had ruled from 1975 to 1979 under the leadership of Pol Pot, apologized for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed 1 million lives.
1999 Israel -- Prime Minister Ehud Barak
Prime Minister Ehud Barak was fighting to keep his coalition government together. The Shas party made up of ultra-orthodox Jews represented a sizeable part of the government and demanded millions of dollars for their scandal-rocked private schools.
2000 England -- Severe Weather
Severe weather including widespread snow and arctic cold conditions wreaks havoc on roads, rail and air services across the UK.
2006 Denmark -- New Years Eve Tradition
In Denmark there existed a different tradition that the people celebrate at New Years. They throw dishes at the houses of their friends. All year the old dishes are collected for this occasion. If you have a lot of broken dishes by your house you have a lot of friends.
2007 United States -- The world’s oldest orangutan dies aged 55
A 55-year-old Sumatran orangutan, thought to be the world's oldest in captivity or in the wild, has died at a zoo in the US. Nonja, who had been resident at the Miami Metro Zoo since 1983, was found by her keepers on Saturday morning. Experts said a brain tumour or aneurysm was the likely cause of death. 'She was a grande dame and I think she knew it,' said one of the zoo officials, adding that most orangutans died before reaching their mid-40s.
2011 Russia -- Caviar Found in St. Petersburg Morgue
29th December, 2011 : Russian authorities discovered a large amount of a rare caviar being stored in a morgue in St. Petersburg. A business man and morgue attendant were arrested over the incident but claimed that the caviar was being kept for a personal new year's celebration.
2013 El Salvador -- Volcano Causes Evacuations
The Chaparrastique volcano in eastern El Salvador began erupting, forcing thousands of people to evacuate the area as smoke and ash billowed into the air. Shelters were being made to accommodate the 5,000 people thought to live within the evacuation area.
Tuesday, December 28, 2021
Los Angeles County Covid-19
December 28, 2021
New Cases: 9,473 (1,632,893 to date)
New Deaths: 22 (27,576 to date)
Current Hospitalizations: 966
Los Angeles County Covid-19 Trends December 1st - 28th
NEW CASES DEATHS HOSPITALIZATIONS
1ST 1,473 18 562
2ND 1,970 24 574
3RD 1,942 17 569
4TH 2,307 20 572
5TH 1,642 4 610
6TH 1,103 2 595
7TH 941 15 629
8TH 1,772 15 650
9TH 1,718 15 667
10TH 1,924 16 667
11TH 1,834 23 684
12TH 1,460 5 707
13TH 1,123 11 698
14TH 1,138 15 718
15TH 1,850 19 751
16TH 2,275 20 770
17TH 3,360 27 772
18TH 3,730 21 749
19TH 3,512 9 742
20TH 3,258 7 743
21ST 3,052 25 741
22ND 6,509 16 748
23RD 8,633 24 770
24TH 9,988 21 801
25TH 11.930 6 850
26TH 8,891 7 849
27TH 7.425 9 904
28TH 9,473 22 966
Tuesday Night in the Blogosphere
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Looking back on a ditzy year in Chicago media - Robert Feder
Printing Process by Man Roland Offset Printing Machine in Fakirapool
Offset printing is a common printing technique in which the inked image is transferred from a plate to a rubber blanket and then to the printing surface. When used in combination with the lithographic process, which is based on the repulsion of oil and water, the offset technique employs a flat image carrier. Wikipedia
Today in Labor History December 28th, 2021
The coffee percolator is patented by James H. Mason of Franklin, Mass., placing himself forever in the debt of millions of caffeine-dependent working people – 1865
Auto workers begin sit-down strike for union recognition at GM’s Fisher Body plant in Cleveland - 1936
Country music legend Hank Williams attends what is to be his last musicians’ union meeting, at the Elite (pronounced E-light) café in Montgomery, Ala. He died of apparent heart failure three days later in the back seat of a car driving north. He was 29 - 1952
Important Events From This day in History December 28th
1945 U.S.A. -- Pledge of Allegiance
1945 : The US Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag should be rendered by standing at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart."I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."1981 U.S.A. -- First US Test Tube Baby
The first American born ''test-tube'' baby, conceived in a laboratory dish, has been born in an American hospital. Elizabeth Jordan Carr, weighing 5 pounds 12 ounces and described as ''perfectly healthy,'' was delivered yesterday morning at Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Va
1900 U.S.A. -- Lynching
In a famous case a Mrs. Lulu Jenkins of Chicago would be paid $4,000 in compensation for the lynching of her husband in Ripley County. Mr. Jenkins allegedly had a part in stealing a horse and was the victim of an angry mob. Two other men were slain as well.
1908 Italy -- Messina Earthquake
The Messina Earthquake a category 7.5 according to today's Richter scale strikes the Straits of Messina in southern Italy, destroying the cities of Messina in Sicily and Reggio di Calabria on the Italian mainland. The earthquake and tsunami it caused killed between 50,000 and 150,000.
1922 France -- Labour Disputes
Thursday, Dec. 28th , 1922 : Albert Thomas, who had been French Minister of Munitions, now served as leader of the International Labour Office of the League of Nations. He sought cooperation between American labour unions and the working people of Europe. Thomas said, "There is much chaos in Europe that the trade unions of America might help eradicate."
1932 South Africa -- Gold Standard
South African Finance Minister Havenga said, "We are virtually off the gold standard" and an African government official commented, "The Union has been forced off the gold standard. We are in the same position as Great Britain was in September 1931."
1940 Rumania -- Social disorder
Social disorder and the killing of political foes in Rumania gave Germany cause for concern about possible disruption in oil and food reserves. Germany was going to impose military force if the situation did not resolve itself. If Germany intervened it would cause the Soviet Union alarm.
1954 Japan -- Suicides
In Japan the Welfare Ministry released the information that 20,000 Japanese suicides were committed in 1954. People who killed themselves represented the 9th leading cause of death in Japan.
1957 Great Britain -- Foot and Mouth Epidemic
The Foot and Mouth epidemic in Britain reaches an all time high as the Norths largest abattoir is closed down due to 20 cases of foot-and-mouth disease found in carcasses. All remaining cattle, sheep and pigs at the abattoir will now be slaughtered under supervision of Ministry of Agriculture vets. In it's battle against the disease Over 30,000 animals have been slaughtered so far during this epidemic.
1957 Germany -- Volkswagen Beetle
The Volkswagen Beetle reached it's 2 millionth vehicle .
1966 Haiti -- Drumbeats
1966 : In Haiti Saturday evening is an important time for the poor. "At dusk drumbeats from the hills call them to ‘bamcouches' or poor man's parties, where voodoo dances and ceremonies can occasionally be viewed by tourists."
1973 U.S.A. -- Endangered Species Act of 1973
President Nixon signs the "Endangered Species Act" to protect species and also "the ecosystems upon which they depend." It encompasses plants and invertebrates as well as vertebrates. The Endangered Species Act is administered by two federal agencies, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) who play the predominant role in law enforcement of the Act and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
1977 England -- The Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols had chosen to perform first for their British fans instead of their American ones. The band was to be on Saturday Night Live in America, but chose to perform at home in England because the one year British ban had been lifted off them.
1980 England -- Breakfast TV
The ( IBA ) Independent Broadcasting Authority announces that the breakfast television contract will go to TV-am and will launch in 1983.
The BBC launched "Breakfast Time". in January 1983
TV-am Launched it's service in February 1983
In the ratings war between the BBC breakfast time and TV-AM, the BBC won but after a major change of presenters and the introduction of Greg Dyke's furry puppet Roland Rat TV-AM built it's audience numbers until they lost the franchise in 1990.
1984 Mexico -- LPG Gas Explosion
A preventable tragedy in the giant gas-works on the outskirts of Mexico City left 500 dead and public facilities crammed with injured people. The LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) was stored in massive million-gallon containers which was a disastrous mistake. The gas should have been stored in smaller receptacles in various locations to prevent a calamity like this occurring.
1987 Nepal -- Food Poisoning
1987 : A wedding party turned tragic when 12 people died and 150 people got food poisoning in Nepal. The illnesses and death were caused by eating tainted meat and consuming infected water.
1995 Macao -- The Barrier Gate
A concrete structure called "The Barrier Gate" formerly a position only for foreign spies separated Macao, a Portuguese outpost, from mainland China. However, the people of Macao now could cross the border to Zhuhai in China to buy cheap produce and sundry goods, partaking of China's booming economy.
2003 England -- Sky Marshals
Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers in 2001 the British Government agrees that Armed undercover "sky marshals" will be placed on some British passenger planes in the United States,
2005 U.S.A. -- Ivan the Terrible
A U.S. immigration judge ordered retired auto worker John Demjanjuk, accused of being the Nazi concentration camp guard "Ivan the Terrible," a notorious SS guard at the Treblinka extermination camp who committed acts of extraordinarily savage violence and murder against camp prisoners. to be deported to his native Ukraine where he was tried convicted and sentenced to death for war crimes.
2006 Russia -- Alexander V. Litvinenko
Alexander V. Litvinenko, who had formerly been a KGB agent, was poisoned with a radioactive substance and died in a London hospital. In a starling new development in the case Russia's Prosecutor General launched an investigation into the possible guilt of Yukos Oil leaders.
2006 Russia -- Sanctions on Russian defence sales
2006 : Russia has accused the U.S. of illegally imposing sanctions against four Russian defence firms. Washington has said that these were selling banned items to Iran and Syria. The Russian foreign ministry said the U.S. was wrongly trying to force foreign firms to abide by American rules. The sanctions come into force on December 28, and are due to remain in place for two years.
2007 Nepal -- Nepalese king to be stripped of his sovereignty
King Gyanendra of Nepal has been stripped of his powers on December 28th, after the country's provisional parliament voted to abolish the 239-year-old monarchy. He will remain in his palace until the beginning of 2008, when the decision will be rubber-stamped by the newly elected assembly that is establishing Nepal as a democratic federal republic.
2011 Bosnia -- Bosnia Forms Government After 14 Months
Muslim, Croat, and Serb politicians in Bosnia agreed to form a central government after fourteen months of political deadlock. The parties agreed to pass a budget as part of the deal so that government institutions would have funding for the next year,
2013 China -- One-Child Policy Restrictions Eased
The Chinese legislature formally changed a few parts of the country's controversial one-child policy. One change stated that couples would be allowed to have a second child if one or both of the parents were single children themselves. Another change to the policy was the removal of labor camp re-education as a punishment for having extra children.
Monday, December 27, 2021
Covid-19 by the numbers December 27th
OUTBREAK
Monday December 6, 2021
Worldwide cases Deaths
266,372,956 5,274,737
50,148,680 810,246 39,672,295 Recovered U.S.
Monday December 13, 2021
Worldwide cases Deaths
270,684,578 5,324,898
50,994,690 819,206 40,141,986 Recovered U.S.
Monday December 20, 2021
Worldwide cases Deaths
275,412,284 5,373,418
52,059,667 828,836 40,719,047 Recovered U.S.
Monday December 27, 2021
Worldwide cases Deaths
281,393,551 5,419,014
53,737,689 839,429 41,197,324 Recovered U.S.
Los Angeles County Covid-19
December 27, 2021
New Cases: 7,425 (1,623,442 to date)
New Deaths: 9 (27,555 to date)
Current Hospitalizations: 904
Los Angeles County Covid-19 Trends December 1st - 27th
NEW CASES DEATHS HOSPITALIZATIONS
1ST 1,473 18 562
2ND 1,970 24 574
3RD 1,942 17 569
4TH 2,307 20 572
5TH 1,642 4 610
6TH 1,103 2 595
7TH 941 15 629
8TH 1,772 15 650
9TH 1,718 15 667
10TH 1,924 16 667
11TH 1,834 23 684
12TH 1,460 5 707
13TH 1,123 11 698
14TH 1,138 15 718
15TH 1,850 19 751
16TH 2,275 20 770
17TH 3,360 27 772
18TH 3,730 21 749
19TH 3,512 9 742
20TH 3,258 7 743
21ST 3,052 25 741
22ND 6,509 16 748
23RD 8,633 24 770
24TH 9,988 21 801
25TH 11.930 6 850
26TH 8,891 7 849
27TH 7.425 9 904
Today in Labor History December 27th, 2021
The Montgomery Ward Seizure
President Roosevelt seizes the railroads to avert a nationwide strike. His decision to temporarily place the railroads under the “supervision” of the War Department prompts the five railroad brotherhoods to agree to his offer to arbitrate the wage dispute - 1943
On December 27, 1944, as World War II dragged on, President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders his secretary of war to seize properties belonging to the Montgomery Ward company because the company refused to comply with a labor agreement.
In an effort to avert strikes in critical war-support industries, Roosevelt created the National War Labor Board in 1942. The board negotiated settlements between management and workers to avoid shut-downs in production that might cripple the war effort. During the war, the well-known retailer and manufacturer Montgomery Ward had supplied the Allies with everything from tractors to auto parts to workmen’s clothing–items deemed as important to the war effort as bullets and ships. However, Montgomery Ward Chairman Sewell Avery refused to comply with the terms of three different collective bargaining agreements with the United Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union hammered out between 1943 and 1944.
In April 1944, after Sewell refused a second board order, Roosevelt called out the Army National Guard to seize the company’s main plant in Chicago. Sewell himself had to be carried out of his office by National Guard troops. By December of that year, Roosevelt was fed up with Sewell’s obstinacy and disrespect for the government’s authority. (The uber-capitalist Sewell’s favorite insult was to call someone a “New Dealer”–a direct reference to Roosevelt’s Depression-era policies.) On December 27, Roosevelt ordered the secretary of war to seize Montgomery Ward’s plants and facilities in New York, Michigan, California, Illinois, Colorado and Oregon.
In his announcement that day, Roosevelt emphasized that the government would “not tolerate any interference with war production in this critical hour.” He issued a stern warning to labor unions and industry management alike: “strikes in wartime cannot be condoned, whether they are strikes by workers against their employers or strikes by employers against their Government.” Sewell took the fight to federal court, but lost.
For much of the 20th century, Montgomery Ward, founded in 1872, reigned as one of the country’s largest department store and mail-order retail chains. Heavy competition from Wal-Mart, Target and similar discount stores forced the company to close all of its stores in 2000, though it retains a catalog and internet presence.
Important Events From This day in History December 27th
1994 Rwanda -- Blood Bath
1994 : When Rwanda's president was killed in a plane crash the country was plunged into a blood bath and genocide. The Hutu majority slaughtered the Tutsis and a half a million people lay dead. A missionary exclaimed, "There are no devils left in hell. They are all in Rwanda."
1932 U.S.A. -- Radio City Music Hall
Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City opening with a spectacular stage show, featuring Ray Bolger and Martha Graham. The stage measures 66.5 feet (20 m) deep and 144 feet (44 m) wide and has the largest Wurlitzer pipe organ built for a movie theater. The Radio City Music Hall is also home to the women's precision dance team known as The Rockettes.
1907 Austria -- Emperor
Aging emperor Francis Joseph warned military man Don Miguel Braganza that he would be exiled if he did not stop plotting to overthrow the government of Portugal. In an interview with a reporter Braganza boasted about his seditious plans and as a result the emperor summoned him immediately.
1921 U.S.A. -- Tacoa Arica
Chile and Peruvian officials were meeting in Washington to try resolving their disputes. One of the main issues was over the fate of Tacoa Arica.
1936 Mexico -- Agrarian Reform law
Workers and peasants, the neglected masses, were benefited by President Lacaro Curdenas's Agrarian Reform law. Wealthy cotton areas were taken from the rich and given to the peasants. His Seventh Day Law paid workers seven days a week.
1943 Norway -- World War II
Nazi battleship, The Scharnhorst, was sunk by the British off the coast of Norway. The battleship was a 28,000 ton vessel that probably intended to strike a convoy near Murmansk.
1949 Indonesia -- Independence
Indonesia gains it's independence from the Netherlands after 400 years of Dutch Rule.
1954 France -- Germany To Join NATO
French lawmakers were saddled with the thorny problem of whether or not to allow West Germany to rearm and join NATO.
1960 France -- Atomic Bomb Test
France explodes it's third atomic bomb test in the Sahara desert in Africa.
1965 England -- Drilling Platform Capsizes
1965 : Britain's first off-shore drilling platform in the North Sea has capsized off the north eastern coast when two supporting legs gave way in the rough waters of the North Sea. The death toll is thought to over ten men lost.
1967 Cambodia -- Anti US
Prince Norodom of Cambodia rejected U.S. plans to close the Vietnam border to communists and accused the U.S. of interfering in Indo-Chinese affairs. U.S. and Cambodia did not have regular diplomatic channels, but usually communicated through Austria.
1975 India -- Coal Mine Explosion
A coal mine explosion followed by a flood at the Chasnala Colliery in Dhanbad, India kills over 350.
1977 England -- Star Wars
The long awaited film Star Wars which has been showing in the US since June, has had thousands of people are flocking to cinemas in the UK, many queued in London's Dominion, and Leicester Square cinemas from early in the morning waiting to get the few tickets that have not been pre booked for months.
1978 Italy -- Tullia Zacchelli
Tullia Zacchelli, aged 43, suffered from suicidal depression and had attempted to kill herself 5 times. She finally succeeded by jumping out of a 6th floor building by biting her husband's hand so he would let go of her.
1979 Afghanistan -- Soviet Union Seizes Control
The Soviet Union seizes control of Afghanistan. President Hafizullah Amin, who was overthrown and executed, has been replaced by Babrak Karmal.
1983 U.S.A. -- Recession More Jobs Lost
1983 : With the recession continuing to effect manufacturing in the United States. U.S. Steel announces that it would reduce its steel making capacity by roughly 20 percent laying off a further 4,600 bringing the total lay-offs for the year to 15,400.
1985 Rwanda -- Dian Fossey
The American Zoologist Dian Fossey, who had studied mountain gorillas in Rwanda, was found hacked to death at a research station in Rwanda.
1985 Italy / Austria -- Terrorist Attack
A twin terrorist attack at Rome and Vienna airports by gunmen on waiting passengers has left more than 100 people injured and reports of 15 fatalities.
1987 Canada -- Chrysler Motors
In Bramalea, Ontario Chrysler Motors had a new 1.8 million square foot factory where the 1988 Eagle Premier intermediate sedan would be built. The factory was L shaped and sat on 216 acres. One hundred and fifty thousand vehicles a year would be produced there providing thousands of local jobs.
2001 U.S.A. -- Guantanamo Bay
U.S. officials announced that Taliban and al-Qaida prisoners would be held at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
2002 North Korea -- Nuclear Program
2002 : North Korea ordered U.N. nuclear inspectors to leave the country and said it would restart producing plutonium for nuclear weapons.
2006 Israel -- Palestinians No To Peace
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, held out an olive branch of peace to the Palestinians promising land, release of prisoners, reduction in check points, and other concessions. However Palestinian extremists in Gaza fired 2 rockets into Israel.
2007 Pakistan -- Benazir Bhutto assassinated
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been assassinated in Pakistan by suicide attack. Bhutto, who was the first woman Prime Minister of an Islamic state, was leaving an election rally in Rawalpindi when the gunman shot her in the neck and set off a bomb. At least twenty other people died in the attack, and several more were injured.
2011 Israel -- Israelis Protest Against Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Extremism
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been assassinated in Pakistan by suicide 27th December, 2011 : Thousands of Israelis gathers in Beit Shemesh to protest against ultra-Orthodox Jewish extremism. The protests came after a young girl stated she had faced harassment while on her way to school. The protests were also over concern that some ultra-Orthodox groups in the city were trying to segregate men and women. Protesters also had the support of Israel's president who said that the protests were necessary to defend the majority of Israelis against a minority trying to change the country.
2012 United States -- Man Admits Fossil Smuggling
Eric Prokopi, a Florida fossil dealer, admitted to smuggling dinosaur bones in to the country. Prokopi could face up to seventeen years in prison.
2013 China -- GM Recalls Vehicles in China
General Motors announced a recall of over 1.4 million cars in China. The recall focused on an issue with a securing an oil pump.
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