Today in labor history: 1871 Great Fire ravages Chicago
It burned for three days, killing 200-300 people, destroying 17,450 buildings, leaving 100,000 homeless and causing damages worth an estimated $200 million in 1871 dollars.
Today in labor history: President Truman busts oil workers strike
President Harry Truman ordered the U.S. Navy to seize oil refineries involved in a strike that stretched from coast to coast.
Today in history: Thurgood Marshall sworn into Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as Supreme Court justice, making him the first African American in history to hold that position.
