 Int’l Working People's Association founded in Pittsburgh (10/14/1883); Construction begins on replacing the Tappan Zee Bridge over the Hudson River, employing 8,000 building trades workers over the 5-year span of the job (10/14/2013); President Woodrow Wilson signs the Clayton Antitrust Act—often referred to as "Labor’s Magna Carta"—establishing that unions are not "conspiracies" under the law (10/15/1914); Queen Marie Antoinette is beheaded during the French Revolution (10/16/1793); Abolitionist John Brown leads attack on the Harper's Ferry ammunition depot, the beginning of guerilla warfare against slavery (10/16/1859)…Read more
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