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1989 46th Golden Globes: Rainman, Working Girl

1981 Old Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park repaired and working again

1978 "Working" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 25 performances

1978 "Working" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 25 performances

1957 Melanie Griffith, actress, Working Girl, Milk Money, Now and Then

1954 Keven Wade, born in Chappaqua, New York, screen writer, Working Girls

1953 Hendrik de Man, sociologist (Belgian Working people Party), dies at 67

1952 Nora Dunn, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedienne, SNL, Miami Blues, Working Girl

1950 Lizzie Borden, director and writer, Love Crimes, Working Girls

1949 Sigourney [Susan Alexandra] Weaver, Louisiana, actress, Alien, Working Girl

1943 New York Giants' pitcher Ace Adams sets record by working in his 62nd game

1940 Dutch Premier De Geer begins working with nazis

1933 Belgian Working people's party accept Henry de Mans Plan of Labor

1924 [Irving] Lee Dorsey, New Orleans, vocalist, Working in the Coal Mines

1923 Belgian Working people Party protest against occupied Ruhrgebied

1920 Dutch law provides for an 8 hour working day

1913 Franz Kafka stops working on "Amerika"; it will never be finished

1912 Studs Terkel, New York City, author/host, Stud's Place, Working

1910 British miners strike for 8 hour working day

1906 Alexander L Kielland, Norwegian writer (Working People), dies at 57

1891 Josef Hora, Czech writer/poet, Working Day

1889 Igor Sikorsky, developed a working helicopter

1867 Bricklayers start working 8-hour days

1842 1st U.S. child labor law regulating working hours passed (Mass)

1836 London Working Men's Association forms

1791 John Fitch grants U.S. patent for his working steamboat

1743 John Fitch, inventor, had a working steamboat years before Fulton

1741 George Frederick Handel finishes "Messiah" oratorio, after working on it non-stop for 23 days



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