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November 13

Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union activist Karen Silkwood is killed in a suspicious car crash on her way to deliver documents to a newspaper reporter during a safety investigation of her Kerr-McGee plutonium processing plant in Oklahoma. ? 1974

November 13

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November 12

Ellis Island in New York closes after providing the gateway for 12 million immigrants from 1892 to 1924.

November 12

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November 11

Haymarket martyrs hanged, convicted in the bombing deaths of eight police during a Chicago labor rally ? 1887

November 11

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November 10

Sit-down strike begins at Austin, Minn. Hormel plant with the help of a Wobbly organizer, leading to the creation of the Independent Union of All Workers.

November 10