In honor of Labor day, I have compiled a list of anything interesting that has happened on previous labor days:

1. First Labor Day is celebrated. (September 5, 1882)
2. Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, “Speak softly and carry a big stick” at the Minnesota State Fair. (September 2, 1901)
3. Google was co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were students at Stanford University. (September 7, 1998)
4. E. E. Cummings, American poet (b. 1894) passes away. (September 3, 1962)
5. Roger Waters, British musician (Pink Floyd) is born. (September 6, 1943)
6. Buddy Holly, American singer, is born. (September 7, 1936)
7. Steve Irwin passes away. (September 4, 2006)
8. Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay (September 5, 1977):
9. Holocaust: 8,700 Jews of Kolomyia (western Ukraine) sent by German Gestapo to death camp in Belzec. (September 7, 1942)
10. Brianna LaHara, a 12-year-old U.S. schoolgirl, is sued by the RIAA for sharing music illegally. (September 1, 2003)
11. Thieves steal 18 paintings from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in what was at the time the largest art theft in North America (September 4, 1972).
12. Mark Spitz wins his seventh swimming gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, becoming the first Olympian to do so. Spitz swam in only seven events and set world records in each one. (September 4, 1972)
13. War of 1965: India attacks Pakistan and announces that its forces will capture Lahore (city of Pakistan) in an hour. Pakistan declares this day “Defence Day” (September 6, 1975)
14. Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashes into a heavily-populated residential of Sumatra, Indonesia, killing 104 people on board and at least 39 persons on ground. (September 5, 2005)
15. Labor Day Hurricane of 1935: A large hurricane hits the Florida Keys killing 423. (September 2, 1935)
16. The United States recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. (September 2nd, 1991)
17. World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberate the Belgian city of Antwerp. (September 4, 1944)
18. Nikita Khrushchev becomes head of the Soviet Central Committee. (September 7, 1953)
19. The last surviving member of the thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in her cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania. (September 7, 1936)
20. The Fourth World Conference on Women opens in Beijing with over 4,750 delegates from 181 countries in attendance. (September 4, 1955)

Other Notable Labor Days, Chronologically

2007 September 3rd

• Pedro Martinez becomes the 15th pitcher in MLB history to strike out 3,000.
• Ichiro Suzuki becomes the third person to hit 200 in seven straight seasons.

1996 September 2nd
A peace agreement is signed between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Moro National Liberation Front in Malacañang Palace.

1977 September 5th
Hanns Martin Schleyer, President of the German Employers’ Association, is kidnapped in Cologne, West Germany. Kidnappers kill three escorting police officers and his chauffeur. They demand release of Red Army Faction prisoners.

1976 September 6th
N.O.R.E., American rapper is born.

1975 September 1st
The last original episode of the American television series Gunsmoke airs on CBS after a record 20-year run.

1971 September 6th
Dolores O’Riordan, Irish musician (The Cranberries)

1970 September 7th
An anti-war rally is held at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, attended by John Kerry, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland.

1967 September 4th
Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins: U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese. The ensuing four-day battle in Que Son Valley kills 114 Americans and 376 North Vietnamese.

1963 September 2nd
CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television’s first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.

1951 September 1st
The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.

1950 September 4th
The “Beetle Bailey” comic strip begins. Interestingly, the creator, Mort Walker, was born on September 3 1922, also Labor day.

1948 September 6th
Juliana becomes Queen of the Netherlands.

1942 September 7th
First flight of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator.

1939 September 4th
World War II: Japan declares neutrality in European war.

1938 September 5th
Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the National Socialist Movement (MSN) are assassinated after a attempted coup d’état against the government of Arturo Alessandri Palma in the Seguro Obrero massacre.

1937 September 6th
Spanish Civil War: The start of the Battle of El Mazuco.

1932 September 5th
The colonie of Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, Mali, and Niger.

1902 September 1st
A Trip to the Moon, considered one of the first science fiction films, is released in France.

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