Some 1,300 building trades workers in eastern Massachusetts participated in
a general strike on all military work in the area to protest the use of
open-shop (a worksite in which union membership is not required as a
condition of employment) builders. The strike held on for a week in the face
of threats from the U.S. War Department ? 1917
Some 12,000 television and movie writers begin what was to become a three-month strike against producers over demands for an increase in pay for movies and television shows released on DVD and for a bigger share of the revenue from work delivered over the Internet - 2007
Populist humorist Will Rogers was born on this day near Oologah, Indian Territory (later Oklahoma). One of his many memorable quotes: ?I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.? - 1879