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August 25

Birth of Allan Pinkerton, whose strike-breaking detectives ("Pinks") gave us the word "fink" ? 1819

August 25

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August 24

The Mechanics Gazette, believed to be the first U.S. labor newspaper, is published in Philadelphia, the outgrowth of a strike by Carpenters demanding a shorter, 10-hour day.

August 24

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August 23

The U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations is formed by Congress, during a period of great labor and social unrest.

August 23

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August 22

Five flight attendants form the Air Line Stewardesses Association, the first labor union representing flight attendants.

August 22

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August 20

The Great Fire of 1910, a wildfire that consumed about 3 million acres in Washington, Idaho and Montana -- an area about the size of Connecticut -- claimed the lives of 78 firefighters over two days.

August 20