12 September

Eugene V. Debs, labor leader and socialist, sentenced to 10 years for opposing World War I. While in jail Debs received 1 million votes for president – 1918

Jobless workers march on grocery stores and seize food in Toledo, Ohio – 1932

United Rubber Workers formed in Akron, Ohio – 1935

Forty-nine people are killed, 200 injured in explosion at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Kenvil, New Jersey – 1940