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Labor Day is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated
on the first Monday of September to honor and recognize the
American labor movement and the works and contributions of
laborers to the development and achievements in the United
States
.

Beginning in the late 19th century, as the trade union and labor movements grew, trade unionists proposed that a day be set
aside to celebrate labor. "Labor Day" was promoted by the
Central Labor Union and the Knights of Labor, which organized
the first parade in
New York City. In 1887, Oregon was the first
state of the United States to make it an official
public holiday.

By the time it became an official federal holiday in 1894, thirty
states in the U.S. officially celebrated Labor Day.

(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

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P. J. McGuire (1852-1906) Vice
President of the American
Federation of Labor, is
frequently credited as
the father of Labor Day
in the United State.

LABOR DAY

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WRECK OF OCEAN LINER FOUND IN 1985

Could Titanic disaster happen today? It may already have


Seventy-three years after it sank to the North Atlantic ocean
floor, a joint
U.S.-French expedition locates the wreck of the
RMS
Titanic. The sunken liner was about 400 miles east of
Newfoundland in the North Atlantic, some 13,000 feet below
the surface.

Efforts to locate and salvage the Titanic began almost
immediately after it sank. But technical limitations—as
well as the sheer vastness of the North Atlantic search
area—made it extremely difficult.

American oceanographer and former Navy officer Robert D.
Ballard
, who was based out of the Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution in Massachusetts, led his first search expedition
in 1977, which was unsuccessful.

Ballard also discovered the wreck of John F. Kennedy‘s
PT-109
in 2002.

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Wreck of the Titanic is discovered, 1985 - Newspapers.com

Incredible Photos Displaying The Wreckage Of The Titanic

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Robert Duane Ballard (82)

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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Sir George Ivan Morrison is a singer-songwriter and musician
from
Northern Ireland whose recording career spans seven
decades. He’s 79 years old today.

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FOR THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND IN 1950

Manitowoc Laborers 'Kept Grinding' on Labor Day During WWII — Manitowoc County Historical Society

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