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2007 Writers Guild of American goes on strike
1996 Cleveland Indians strike out 23 Baltimore Orioles in 12 inn playoff game 1995 NBA settles strike of referees, refs to return on Dec 12 1995 Baseball season begins after lengthy strike 1995 Baseball exhibition season begins late due to strike 1995 Federal judge orders injunction to end baseball strike 1995 Tiger manager Sparky Anderson takes unpaid leave due to baseball strike 1995 1994-95 NHL Season begin after a lengthy strike 1995 26 HNL teams unanimously ratify agreement to end NHL strike 1995 NHLPA and owners agree to end NHL strike 1994 NHL goes on strike 1994 Members of the Major League Baseball Players Association strike 1994 Baseball players decide to strike on Aug 12, 1994 1993 Red Sox Roger Clemens pitches 2,000th strike out, Danny Tartabul - New York 1993 Clinton orders cruise missle strike on Iraqi secret service in Baghdad 1992 U.S. Air goes on strike 1992 Seattle's Randy Johnson ties AL record for lefties with 18 strike outs 1992 UAW ends 5 month strike against Caterpillar Inc 1992 NHL strike ends after 10 days 1992 NHL players begin 1st strike in 75-year history 1992 Labor strike at Royal Canadian Mint ends 1991 NHL owners present contract to players, leads to Apr 1, 1992 strike 1991 117th Kentucky Derby: Chris Antley aboard Strike the Gold wins in 2:03 1991 Congress ends railroad worker 1 day strike 1991 Railroad workers go on strike in U.S. 1990 New York Daily News goes on strike (lasts through March, 1991) 1990 Mariner Matt Young becomes 21st AL'er to strike out 4 in 1 inning 1990 Greyhound Bus goes on strike 1989 Pilots Union give up sympathy strike against Eastern Airlines 1989 Eastern Airlines pilots and flight attendants end their strike, but most are not rehired 1989 Approx 2,000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China 1989 Eastern Airlines machinists strike 1989 Machinists strike Eastern Airlines; pilots honor picket lines 1989 Maurits Kok, Dutch writer/poet (Railroad Strike), dies at 81 1989 Joe Spinell, actor (Maniac, Star Crash, Strike Force), dies at 51 1988 Spanish General strike to protest austerity measures 1988 Writers guild end their 6 months strike 1987 NBC technicians accept pact, end 118 day strike 1987 NFL Players Association orders an end to 24 day strike 1987 NFL players' strike 1987 2nd regular-season National Football League player strike begins 1987 NFL players go on strike for 24 days 1987 South Africa longest mine strike in history ends 1987 163 day strike against Deere and Co ends, workers accept wage freeze 1986 Mike Scott is 3rd NL pitcher to strike out 300 in a season (306) 1986 New York Met Dwight Gooden is 1st to strike out 200 or more in 1st 3 seasons 1986 Bert Blyleven becomes 10th pitcher to strike out 3,000 1986 General strike against Pinochet regime in Chile 1986 1 day general strike in South Africa 1986 Mariners strike out 16 times, set record of 36 in 2 consecutive games 1985 1st NL pitcher to strike out 200+ in 1st 2 seasons (Dwight Gooden) 1985 Baseball players end a 2 day strike 1985 Major League Baseball Players' Association stages a midseason baseball strike (lasts 1 day) 1985 Baseball players go on strike for 2 days 1985 Astros' Nolan Ryan, 1st to strike out 4000 (Mets' Danny Heep) 1985 1st hotel strike in New York 1985 National Union of Mine Workers in England end a 51 week strike 1984 New York Met Dwight Goodin sets rookie strike out record at 251 1984 National Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51 week strike 1983 U.S. jet fighters strike Syrian anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon 1983 Some 675,000 employees strike AT&T 1983 Arbitrator Raymond Goetz rules 43 players who are on Disabled List during 1981 players' strike not entitled to salaries for that period 1983 Steve Carlton temporarily passes Nolan Ryan with his 3,552 strike out 1983 Phillies Steve Carlton passes W Johnson with 2nd most strike outs 1983 Reggie Jackson is 1st major leaguer to strike out 2,000 times 1982 Aggrement reached ending 57 day football strike 1982 National railroad strike in Belgium 1982 NFL players begin a 57 day strike 1982 NFL players begin a 57 day strike 1982 Ferguson Jenkins becomes 7th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters 1981 Irish Nationalist at Maze Prison near Belfast end 7-month hunger strike 1981 Due to strike, Yankees, A's, Philles and Dodgers declared 1st champs 1981 13,000 Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) begin their strike 1981 42 day old, 2nd major league baseball strike ends 1981 3rd baseball strike starts 1981 Baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their 3rd strike 1981 Mariners beat Orioles 8-2 at Kingdome, then players go on strike 1981 Ron Davis pitches 10th consecutive strike out, 1 short of record 1981 Bobby Sands, IRA activists dies in his 66th day of his hunger strike 1981 Bobby Sands, Irish IRA-terrorist, dies after hunger strike 1981 Phillie Steve Carlton is 1st lefty to strike out 3,000 batters 1981 10,000 copper workers in Chile strike 1981 Almost 1 million West German metal workers in strike 1981 Bobby Sands, IRA member, begins 65-day hunger strike in Maze Prison 1981 Executive Board of Baseball Players Association votes unanimously to strike on May 29 if the issue of free-agent compensation remains unresolved 1980 IRA's Sean McKenna becomes critically ill, ends hunger strike 1980 In Lenin Shipyard Gdansk, Poland, 17,000 workers go on strike 1978 Iranian oil workers go on strike 1978 RR clerks go on strike, halting more than 2/3s of rail service 1978 Baseball umps stage a 1 day strike 1978 U.S. Postal Service and unions agree on a contract averting mail strike 1978 Memphis fire fighters halt 3-day strike under a court order 1978 General strike in Peru 1977 Harbor strike in Rotterdam/Amsterdam ends 1976 Busby Berkeley, U.S. choreographer/dir (Strike Up the Band), dies at 80 1975 New York Met Tom Seaver is 1st to strike out 200 in 8 consecutive seasons 1975 600 employees of Royal Canadian Mint go on strike 1974 Warren Hull, actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World), dies at 71 1974 British mine strike 1974 England begins 3 day work week during mine strike 1973 Harbor strike in Gent/Antwerp, Belgium 1972 British harbor strike ends 1972 British premier Heath proclaims emergency crisis due to harbor strike 1972 40,000 pilots strike against naval officer 1972 1st baseball players' strike ends after 13 days 1972 Baseball season is delayed due to a strike 1972 Major league baseball players stages 1st collective strike 1972 Players on White Sox vote 31-0 in favor of a strike, if necessary 1972 British Government declares state of emergency after month-long miners' strike 1971 Columbia University operations virtually end, by student strike 1971 Philadelphia mint's 1st trial strike of Eisenhower dollar 1970 Gdansk, Poland shipworkers strike 1970 Baseball umpires call their 1st strike 1970 4 day NFL strike ends 1970 Mail service paralyzed by 1st major postal strike 1970 SF city employees begin 4-day strike 1970 23,000 Belgian mine workers strike 1968 Pitcher's mound drops from 15" to 10" and strike zone reduced from knees to shoulders to top of knees to armpits, to help hitters 1968 Students of San Francisco State Counsel go on strike 1968 Belgian construction workers strike 1968 178,000 employees of U.S. Bell Telephone System go on strike 1968 1st U.S. Teachers strike in Florida 1967 Red Sox rookie Billy Rohome comes within 1 strike of a no hitter at 1966 U.S. airline strike, until Aug 19th 1966 12 day New York City transit strike ends 1966 12 day transit worker strike shuts down New York City subway 1965 General strike in Morocco against disappearance of Ben Barka 1965 40 tornadoes strike U.S. midwest killing 272 and injuring 5,000 1964 Artisans strike in Belgium ends 1964 Sandy Koufax is 1st to strike out the side on 9 pitches 1963 Toledo, OH newspaper strike began 1963 Warren Spahn sets left-hander strike out mark at 2,382 1963 New York City's newspapers resume publishing after a 114 day strike 1963 200,000 French mine workers strike 1963 Major League Rules Committee votes to expand strike zone 1962 114-day newspaper strike begins in New York City 1962 Mick Sweda, heavy metal, Bulletboys, King Kobra-Ready to Strike 1961 Longest recorded strike ends-33 yrs-Danish barbers' assistants 1960 Dutch Builders strike for CLA 1960 Protest strike in Poznan Poland 1959 Most Phillies strike out in a game (16 by Sandy Koufax) 1956 650,000 U.S. steel workers go on strike 1956 156-day strike against Westinghouse ends 1956 Union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp 1956 General strike in Cyprus protesting exile of archbishop Makarios 1955 Strike in Belgium for 5 day work week 1955 English harbor strike ends 1955 Great Britain proclaims emergency crisis due to railroad strike 1955 Armed military action taken against bureaucratic strike in Amsterdam 1954 1st meteorite known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga Ala) 1954 Yankees tie a record, 3 of their pinch hitters strike out in 1 inning 1953 Earthquake/tsnunami strike Honshu Japan 1953 4-5 million French go on strike against economizations 1952 Earthquake and flood strike Kamshatka-South America 1952 Giants Bob Elliot is ejected for arguing a strike, Bobby Hoffman complete his at bat, he strikes out and is also ejected for arguing 1952 General strike against overtime conscription in Belgium 1952 President Truman settles 53-day steel strike 1952 650,000 metal workers go on strike in U.S. 1952 President Truman seizes steel mills to avert a strike 1952 General strike against French colonial management in Tunisia 1951 Robert Lindsay, Ilketson England, actor, Strike it Rich, King Lear 1951 Italian civil servants strike for pay increase 1951 Timothy Zahn, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Cobra Strike 1950 President Truman orders army to seize control of RR to avert a strike 1950 Rotterdam harbor strike end 1950 Rotterdam harbor strike begins 1948 Dutch police actions up Java gone on strike 1946 Harbor workers end strike at Rotterdam and Amsterdam 1946 President Truman seizes control of nation's railroads to delay a strike 1946 400,000 U.S. mine workers strike 1946 Tsunamis generated by a quake in Aleutian Trench strike Hilo, Hawaii 1945 General Motors workers go on strike 1945 Cleveland ace Bob Feller returns from Navy and strike out 12 1945 17-day newspaper strike in New York begins 1944 British order to disarm, causes general strike in Greece 1944 Dutch begin railroad strike against German occupiers 1944 Paris police strike against nazi occupiers 1944 Paris railroad workers strike against nazi occupiers 1944 Universal strike against nazi terror in Copenhagen 1944 4 tornadoes strike Appalachia, killing 153 1943 Strike of Monte Cassino, Italy begins 1943 U.S. bombers accidentally strike Enschede, Netherlands, causing 151 deaths 1943 Denmark, declares a universal strike against Nazi occupiers 1943 Strike against obligatory labor camps ends, after 200 killed 1943 Dutch strike against forced labor in Nazi Germany's war industry 1943 97% of all Dutch physicians strike againt nazi registration 1942 German troops strike at Tsym Lyanskaja 1941 Mickey Owens drops a 3rd strike, Tom Hendrick reaches 1st safely - would have been last out, instead Yankees score 4 and win 7-4 1941 James Scott, director, Strike it Rich 1941 Leen Schijvenschuurder, Dutch February strike leader, executed 1941 Utrecht and Zaandam strike against raid on Jews 1941 February strike against persecution of Jews, in Amsterdam 1940 Leidse students strike 1940 Japan eliminates U.S. terms (strike, play ball) from baseball 1940 "Strike Up Band," opens 1937 Busmen strike in London 1937 New York City college students stage 4th annual peace strike 1937 44-day sit-down strike at General Motors in Flint, Michigan ends 1936 United Auto Workers stage 1st sit-down strike, at Fisher Body Plant 1934 France hit by a general strike against fascists and royalists 1933 1st modern sit-down strike, Hormel meat packers, Austin, Minn 1933 Spanish anarchists call for general strike 1933 Henderson, DeSylva and Brown's "Strike Me Pink," premieres in New York City 1933 Amsterdam confectionery worker go on strike against wage reduction 1933 Ijmuider fishing strike begins (till July 11th) 1932 Gandhi begins hunger strike against treatment of untouchables 1932 200,000 English textile workers strike 1932 Dutch textile strike broken by trade unions 1930 Herb Edelman, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Good Guys, Strike Force, 9 to 5 1929 Farm workers strike begins in East-Groningen 1927 General strike against British occupiers in Shanghai 1926 British general strike ends, but mine workers go on strike 1926 British general strike ends 1926 General strike hits Britain 1926 British coal-miners go on strike 1924 Railroad worker strike ends in Amsterdam 1924 8 month Twenste textile strike ends 1924 Workers at Werkspoor in Amsterdam strike against 3rd wage cut 1924 Unions terminate Twentse textile strike 1924 London public transport strike ends 1923 Textile strike in Enschede, Netherlands, against lower wages, begins 1923 London harbor strike ends 1923 Harbor strike in Hull/Grimsby/Cardiff/Bristol over to London 1923 Belgium's Theunis government falls because of mine, post and railroad strike 1923 Mine strike at Belgian Borinage railroad 1923 General harbor strike begins in New York City 1923 Amsterdam taxi strike ended 1923 Belgium: Borinage-mine workers strike for higher wages 1923 General mine strike against wage cuts in Saar 1923 Taxi strike in Amsterdam begins (through March 9th) 1923 Typography strike in Amsterdam 1922 Italian general strike broken by fascist terror 1922 Italy's general strike against fascist violence 1922 Curacao harbor workers begin strike under Felix Chacuto 1922 State of siege proclaimed during mine strike Johannesburg, South Africa 1922 Rotterdam metal strike ends 1921 Black Friday- Labour Party strike of mine workers fails 1921 British coal miners goes on strike 1920 Amsterdam actors decide to strike for retirement benefits 1919 Boston's police force forms strike 1919 General steel strike in France 1919 Strike against Ruhrgebied government of Scheidemann 1919 Dutch steel workers strike for 8 hour day and minimum wages 1919 General strike in Germany, crushed 1919 Communist Party in Germany announces a general strike 1919 Revolutionary strike in Barcelona 1919 1st day of 5-day Seattle general strike 1918 Players on both sides threaten to strike the World Series unless they are guaranteed $2,500 to the winners and $1,000 each for the losers 1918 Strike on Berlin ammunition's factory 1917 Limburgse mine workers strike 1917 Bea Wain, U.S. singer/radio host, Lucky Strike Hit Parade 1914 Clayton Anti-trust Act passed (union and strike rights) 1914 33 killed by soldiers during mine strike in Ludlow, Colorado 1914 600 Dutch textile workers go on strike 1913 1st strike settlement mediated by U.S. Department of Labor-RR clerks 1913 Belgium begins general strike for voting rights 1913 Bread and Roses Strike begins 1912 Coal miners strike in England (settle on 03/01) 1912 Martial law declared in textile strike in Lawrence, MA 1911 Walter Johnson pitches a record tying 4 strike outs in an inning 1910 British miners strike for 8 hour working day 1909 White firemen on Georgia RR strike to protest hiring blacks 1905 Swedish mine workers win 5 month strike for minimum wages 1905 Harbor strike against importing grain elevators in Rotterdam 1905 Great General Strike in Russia begins; lasts 11 days 1903 General railroad strike against "worgwetten" (anti-strike laws) 1903 Kuyper government launches anti strike laws 1903 Dutch railroad workers strike 1903 Warren Hull, Gasport, New York, actor, Strike it Rich, Who in the World 1902 Textile workers strike in Enschede Netherlands till June 1 1900 Diamond workers in Amsterdam strike 1898 20,000 Paris construction workers go on strike 1894 In New York City, 12,000 tailors went on strike protesting sweat shops 1894 2000 federal troops recalled from Chicago, having ended Pullman strike 1894 Cleveland sends 2,000 troops to Chicago to suppress Pullman strike 1894 American Railway Union under Eugene V Debs goes on strike 1894 Workers in Pittsburgh strike Pullman sleeping car company 1894 136,000 mine workers strike in Ohio for pay increase 1892 Black Longshoremen strike for higher wages in St. Louis Mo 1891 Cotton pickers organize union and staged strike in Texas 1891 Conductors on London General Omnibus Company go on strike 1888 Drentse and Friese peat cutters go on strike 1886 U.S. general strike for 8 hour day, begins 1877 U.S. Army breaks railroad strike 1877 General strike brings U.S. railroad to a stand still 1877 U.S. railroad builders strike against wage reduction 1869 Amsterdam typographer strike 1860 Shoe-making workers of Lynn Ms, strike successfully for higher wages 1849 Garibaldi in Rome begins hunger strike 1845 Hunger strike in Hague 1815 Battle at Quatre-Bras: allies strike French 1740 Hunger strike in Rotterdam 1720 French government proclaims strike on banknotes 1699 People of Rotterdam strike over high cost of butter 1648 Spanish troops/feudal barons strike down people's uprising in Naples 1568 Treaty of Longjumeau: French huguenots go on strike 1552 Emperor Karel and Markgraaf Albecht strike siege for Metz 1537 Weavers of Leiden Netherlands strike |
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