Country music legend Hank Williams attends what was to be his final Musician?s union meeting, at the Elite Caf? in Montgomery, Ala. He died of apparent heart failure three days later, at age 29 - 1953
United Mine Workers reformer Joseph "Jock" Yablonski, his wife and daughter are murdered by hitmen hired by union president Tony Boyle, who was to be convicted of the crime and eventually die in prison - 1969
After years of intensive lobbying by the labor movement, a comprehensive national safety law is enacted as President Nixon signs the Occupational Safety & Health Act of 1970, creating the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) - 1970