April 13

Labor leader and Socialist Party founder Eugene V. Debs is imprisoned for opposing American entry into World War I.  While in jail he ran for president, received 1 million votes - 1919

Also on this date: International Hod Carriers & Building Laborers’ Union (today’s Laborers’ Int’l Union) is founded.

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