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September 12

New York City?s Union Square, the site of the first Labor Day in 1882, is officially named a national historic landmark.

September 12

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September 11

More than 3,000 people died when suicide hijackers crashed planes into the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field.

September 11

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September 10

Polish, Lithuanian and Slovak miners are gunned down?19 dead, more than 50 wounded?by the Lattimer Mine's sheriff deputies in Hazelton, Pa. Most were shot in the back. The miners were marching peacefully and without weapons for collective bargaining and civil liberty - 1897

September 10

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September 9

In convention at Topeka, Kansas, delegates create the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America. The men who repaired the nation's rail cars were paid 10 or 15 cents an hour, working 12 hours a day, often seven days a week ? 1890

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September 8

United Farm Workers union begins historic national grape boycott and strike, Delano, Calif. - 1965

September 8