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STRIKING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS FIRED

33 Years Ago: Reagan Goes Union-Busting, Fires 11,000 Striking Air Traffic Controllers – Mother ...
President Reagan with US Attorney General William French Smith making a statement to the press regarding the air
traffic controllers strike from the Rose Garden. White
House Photo/Ronald Reagan Library

On August 5, 1981, President Ronald Reagan began firing
11,359 air-traffic controllers striking in violation of his order
for them to return to work. The executive action, regarded
as extreme by many, significantly slowed air travel for
months.

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Tony Bennett (Anthony Dominick Benedetto)
(August 3, 1926 – July 21, 2023)

Singer Tony Bennet received many accolades,
including 20
Grammy Awards, a Lifetime
Achievement Award
, and two Primetime
Emmy Awards
. Bennett was named an NEA
Jazz
Master
and a Kennedy Center Honoree
and founded the
Frank Sinatra School of the
Arts
in Astoria, Queens, New York. He sold
more than 50 million records worldwide
and
earned a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame.


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