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The 1917 Bloomington Streetcar Strike was a labor dispute starting on May 28, 1917 [4] [2] [5] [α] when ATU Local 752 called a strike for union recognition, increased pay, and a shortened workday. Facing a strike, Bloomington & Normal Street Railway & Light offered a 20¢ a day increase before the strike but refused to give union recognition ...
1835 Philadelphia general strike. The 1835 Philadelphia general strike took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the first general strike in North America and involved some 20,000 workers who struck for a ten-hour workday and increased wages. The strike ended in workers successfully negotiating for and securing both.
Coordinates: 29°58′41.1″N 90°7′4.3″W. The Southern (Spring) Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour, played only in 1922 at the New Orleans Country Club in New Orleans, Louisiana. Gene Sarazen won the event with a four-round total of 294 (+10), beating Leo Diegel by eight strokes. [1] It was Sarazen's first PGA Tour win.
Maud Younger was born in San Francisco, California, the daughter of a Scottish immigrant, dentist William John Younger. Her mother Anna Maria Lane, an heiress, died when Maud was twelve years old. [1] It was a prosperous, well-connected family; two of her sisters married Austrian barons, and her father moved to Paris in 1900. [2]
The New Orleans general strike was a general strike in the U.S. city of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, that began on November 8, 1892. Despite appeals to racial hatred, black and white workers remained united. The general strike ended on November 12, with unions gaining most of their original demands.
June 1, 1916 – October 4, 1916 (107 years ago) The 1916 West Coast waterfront strike was the first coast-wide strike of longshore workers on the Pacific Coast of the United States. The strike was a major defeat for the International Longshoremen's Association, and its membership declined significantly over the next decade.
Born in Russleville, Kentucky in 1983, Chris J. Miller started his career as a child actor appearing in a string of popular commercials, including; Doctor Dreadful, Mighty Max (toyline), McDonald's, Hot Wheels, Nickelodeon toys and Eggo Waffles. Miller then started acting in various television series, such as SeaQuest DSV, Maybe This Time and ...
S. Sanderson Farms Championship. Scottish Open (golf) Shriners Children's Open. Sony Open in Hawaii. St. Jude Championship.