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April 20

10,000 demonstrators celebrate textile workers? win of a 10-percent pay hike and grievance committees after a one-month strike, Lowell, Mass. - 1912

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April 19

An American domestic terrorist?s bomb destroys the Oklahoma City federal building, killing 168 people, 99 of whom were government employees - 1995

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April 18

West Virginia coal miners strike, defend selves against National Guard - 1912

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April 17

The Supreme Court holds that a maximum hours law for New York bakery workers is unconstitutional under the due process clause of the 14th amendment - 1905

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April 16

Employers lock out 25,000 New York City garment workers in a dispute over hiring practices. The International Ladies? Garment Workers Union calls a general strike; after 14 weeks, 60,000 strikers win union recognition and the contractual right to strike - 1916

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April 15

A. Philip Randolph, civil rights leader and founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, born in Crescent City, Fla. - 1889

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