2015 Event Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi encounters resistance to proposed labor reforms as 150 million workers go on strike for a day in protest; Modi is seeking to make the Indian business environment more attractive to investment by foreign companies 2014 Event Flight schedules will return to normal at Air France by September 30th after the pilots' union agreed to end a strike that began on September 15th; negotiations to settle contested issues are still ongoing 2014 Event Dutch and Australian police are headed to eastern Ukraine in the continuing search for bodies and evidence in the missile strike of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17; separatists have been accused of tampering with evidence and hindering investigations 2014 Event The U.S. states that evidence suggests a Russian-made missile was fired at Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17; the missile strike killed all 298 people aboard 2014 Event Labor unions of workers in the public sector went on strike across the U.K. to protest wage increases below the rate of inflation; unions claim that over one million workers participated 2013 Event A strike intended to shut down Nepal's general elections November 19th, is orchestrated by an alliance of 33 opposition parties 2013 Event In Bangladesh, workers seeking higher pay go on strike, and hundreds of garment factories shut down 2013 Event The legality of the United States' plans to strike Syria without UN backing are called into question by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon 2013 Event U.S. President Barack Obama claims he is ready to order a strike on Syria, but will seek approval from Congress 2013 Event In Greece, new austerity measures prompt the unions to call for a general strike 2013 Event Following the closure of the public broadcasting station ERT, Greek unions call for a general strike 2013 Event Days after a new U.S.-South Korea military pact, North Korea issues new threats to strike targets in Hawaii, Guam, South Korea and the U.S. mainland 2012 Event In Dublin, an estimated crowd of 10,000 protesters demonstrated against austerity and called for a general strike to shut down the country 2012 Event Hostess Brands reveals its plan to file for bankruptcy and liquidate its assets, claiming contract disputes from the bakery's union worker strike crippled its operations; about 18,500 workers will be laid off 2012 Event After a strike over working conditions, the world's biggest platinum producer, Anglo Platinum Limited, fires 12,000 people in South Africa 2012 Event In Greece, trade unions call a general strike as they continue their protest against austerity measures 2012 Event The Chicago Teachers Union leadership votes to suspend the strike; teachers go back to school as union members review a tentative pact with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel 2012 Event The Chicago Public Schools reaches a deal with the Chicago Teachers Union to end an 8-day strike 2012 Event In India, a nationwide strike against rising gas prices closes shops and interrupts public transport across the country 2012 Event Imprisoned Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko is moved to a hospital after a political compromise, ending her hunger strike 2012 Event In Portugal, trade unions hold a 24-hour strike to protest austerity measures 2012 Event The main opposition leader of the Democratic Republic of the congo condemns parliamentary election as rigged; he calls for a strike in protest of his house arrest 2011 Event Part of the Prompt Global Strike program, a U.S. hypersonic weapon system undergoes a successful test, proving capable of striking targets 3,700 kilometres (2,300 miles) away in under 30 minutes 2011 Event In Australia, thousands of Toyota workers go on strike over a pay dispute 2011 Event A 5.8 magnitude earthquake and two lesser related quakes strike 32 miles south of Guatemala City, Guatemala, claiming 3 lives 2010 Event Bolivian President Alvaro Garcia Linera prompts bus drivers to strike after announcing an 83% increase in the price of gasoline and a 73% increase in the price of diesel fuel 2010 Event One of Al Qaeda's top commanders, Sheikh Mohammad Fateh al Masri, is killed in a recent drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region 2010 Event India is crippled as trade unions declare a general strike to protest a hike in fuel prices 2010 Event U.S. military forces use an air strike to kill an al-Qaeda leader responsible for planning suicide bombings 2010 Event A drone strike in Pakistan reportedly kills Taliban commander, Faqir Mohammed 2007 Event Writers Guild of American goes on strike 1996 Event Cleveland Indians strike out 23 Baltimore Orioles in 12 inn playoff game 1996 Death Patrick McGeown, politician, Belfast City Council councilor, volunteer, Provisional Irish Republican Army, participant, Irish hunger strike, 1981, dies at 40 from a heart attack 1995 Event NBA settles strike of referees, refs to return on Dec 12 1995 Event Baseball season begins after lengthy strike 1995 Event Baseball exhibition season begins late due to strike 1995 Event Federal judge orders injunction to end baseball strike 1995 Event Tiger manager Sparky Anderson takes unpaid leave due to baseball strike 1995 Event 1994-95 NHL Season begin after a lengthy strike 1995 Event 26 HNL teams unanimously ratify agreement to end NHL strike 1995 Event NHLPA and owners agree to end NHL strike 1994 Event NHL goes on strike 1994 Event Members of the Major League Baseball Players Association strike 1994 Event Baseball players decide to strike on Aug 12, 1994 1993 Event Red Sox Roger Clemens pitches 2,000th strike out, Danny Tartabul - New York 1993 Event Clinton orders cruise missle strike on Iraqi secret service in Baghdad 1992 Event U.S. Air goes on strike 1992 Event Seattle's Randy Johnson ties AL record for lefties with 18 strike outs 1992 Event UAW ends 5 month strike against Caterpillar Inc 1992 Event NHL strike ends after 10 days 1992 Event NHL players begin 1st strike in 75-year history 1992 Event Labor strike at Royal Canadian Mint ends 1991 Event NHL owners present contract to players, leads to Apr 1, 1992 strike 1991 Event 117th Kentucky Derby: Chris Antley aboard Strike the Gold wins in 2:03 1991 Event Congress ends railroad worker 1 day strike 1991 Event Railroad workers go on strike in U.S. 1990 Event New York Daily News goes on strike (lasts through March, 1991) 1990 Event Mariner Matt Young becomes 21st AL'er to strike out 4 in 1 inning 1990 Event Greyhound Bus goes on strike 1989 Event Pilots Union give up sympathy strike against Eastern Airlines 1989 Event Eastern Airlines pilots and flight attendants end their strike, but most are not rehired 1989 Event Approx 2,000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China 1989 Event Eastern Airlines machinists strike 1989 Event Machinists strike Eastern Airlines; pilots honor picket lines 1989 Death Maurits Kok, Dutch writer/poet (Railroad Strike), dies at 81 1989 Death Joe Spinell, actor (Maniac, Star Crash, Strike Force), dies at 51 1988 Event Spanish General strike to protest austerity measures 1988 Event Writers guild end their 6 months strike 1987 Event NBC technicians accept pact, end 118 day strike 1987 Event NFL Players Association orders an end to 24 day strike 1987 Event NFL players' strike 1987 Event 2nd regular-season National Football League player strike begins 1987 Event NFL players go on strike for 24 days 1987 Event South Africa longest mine strike in history ends 1987 Event 163 day strike against Deere and Co ends, workers accept wage freeze 1986 Event Mike Scott is 3rd NL pitcher to strike out 300 in a season (306) 1986 Event New York Met Dwight Gooden is 1st to strike out 200 or more in 1st 3 seasons 1986 Event Bert Blyleven becomes 10th pitcher to strike out 3,000 1986 Event General strike against Pinochet regime in Chile 1986 Event 1 day general strike in South Africa 1986 Event Mariners strike out 16 times, set record of 36 in 2 consecutive games 1985 Event 1st NL pitcher to strike out 200+ in 1st 2 seasons (Dwight Gooden) 1985 Event Baseball players end a 2 day strike 1985 Event Major League Baseball Players' Association stages a midseason baseball strike (lasts 1 day) 1985 Event Baseball players go on strike for 2 days 1985 Event Astros' Nolan Ryan, 1st to strike out 4000 (Mets' Danny Heep) 1985 Event 1st hotel strike in New York 1985 Event National Union of Mine Workers in England end a 51 week strike 1984 Event New York Met Dwight Goodin sets rookie strike out record at 251 1984 Event National Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51 week strike 1983 Event U.S. jet fighters strike Syrian anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon 1983 Event Some 675,000 employees strike AT&T 1983 Event Arbitrator Raymond Goetz rules 43 players who are on Disabled List during 1981 players' strike not entitled to salaries for that period 1983 Event Steve Carlton temporarily passes Nolan Ryan with his 3,552 strike out 1983 Event Phillies Steve Carlton passes W Johnson with 2nd most strike outs 1983 Event Reggie Jackson is 1st major leaguer to strike out 2,000 times 1982 Event Aggrement reached ending 57 day football strike 1982 Event National railroad strike in Belgium 1982 Event NFL players begin a 57 day strike 1982 Event NFL players begin a 57 day strike 1982 Event Ferguson Jenkins becomes 7th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters 1981 Event Irish Nationalist at Maze Prison near Belfast end 7-month hunger strike 1981 Event Due to strike, Yankees, A's, Philles and Dodgers declared 1st champs 1981 Event 13,000 Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) begin their strike 1981 Event 42 day old, 2nd major league baseball strike ends 1981 Event 3rd baseball strike starts 1981 Event Baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their 3rd strike 1981 Event Mariners beat Orioles 8-2 at Kingdome, then players go on strike 1981 Event Ron Davis pitches 10th consecutive strike out, 1 short of record 1981 Death Bobby Sands, IRA activists dies in his 66th day of his hunger strike 1981 Death Bobby Sands, Irish IRA-terrorist, dies after hunger strike 1981 Event Phillie Steve Carlton is 1st lefty to strike out 3,000 batters 1981 Event 10,000 copper workers in Chile strike 1981 Event Almost 1 million West German metal workers in strike 1981 Event Bobby Sands, IRA member, begins 65-day hunger strike in Maze Prison 1981 Event Executive Board of Baseball Players Association votes unanimously to strike on May 29 if the issue of free-agent compensation remains unresolved 1980 Event IRA's Sean McKenna becomes critically ill, ends hunger strike 1980 Event In Lenin Shipyard Gdansk, Poland, 17,000 workers go on strike 1978 Event Iranian oil workers go on strike 1978 Event RR clerks go on strike, halting more than 2/3s of rail service 1978 Event Baseball umps stage a 1 day strike 1978 Event U.S. Postal Service and unions agree on a contract averting mail strike 1978 Event Memphis fire fighters halt 3-day strike under a court order 1978 Event General strike in Peru 1977 Event Harbor strike in Rotterdam/Amsterdam ends 1976 Death Busby Berkeley, U.S. choreographer/dir (Strike Up the Band), dies at 80 1975 Event New York Met Tom Seaver is 1st to strike out 200 in 8 consecutive seasons 1975 Event 600 employees of Royal Canadian Mint go on strike 1974 Death Warren Hull, actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World), dies at 71 1974 Event British mine strike 1974 Event England begins 3 day work week during mine strike 1973 Event Harbor strike in Gent/Antwerp, Belgium 1972 Event British harbor strike ends 1972 Event British premier Heath proclaims emergency crisis due to harbor strike 1972 Event 40,000 pilots strike against naval officer 1972 Event 1st baseball players' strike ends after 13 days 1972 Event Baseball season is delayed due to a strike 1972 Event Major league baseball players stages 1st collective strike 1972 Event Players on White Sox vote 31-0 in favor of a strike, if necessary 1972 Event British Government declares state of emergency after month-long miners' strike 1971 Event Columbia University operations virtually end, by student strike 1971 Event Philadelphia mint's 1st trial strike of Eisenhower dollar 1970 Event Gdansk, Poland shipworkers strike 1970 Event Baseball umpires call their 1st strike 1970 Event 4 day NFL strike ends 1970 Event Mail service paralyzed by 1st major postal strike 1970 Event SF city employees begin 4-day strike 1970 Event 23,000 Belgian mine workers strike 1968 Event 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 Event Students of San Francisco State Counsel go on strike 1968 Event Belgian construction workers strike 1968 Event 178,000 employees of U.S. Bell Telephone System go on strike 1968 Event 1st U.S. Teachers strike in Florida 1967 Event Red Sox rookie Billy Rohome comes within 1 strike of a no hitter at 1966 Event U.S. airline strike, until Aug 19th 1966 Event 12 day New York City transit strike ends 1966 Event 12 day transit worker strike shuts down New York City subway 1965 Event General strike in Morocco against disappearance of Ben Barka 1965 Event 40 tornadoes strike U.S. midwest killing 272 and injuring 5,000 1964 Event Artisans strike in Belgium ends 1964 Event Sandy Koufax is 1st to strike out the side on 9 pitches 1963 Event Toledo, OH newspaper strike began 1963 Event Warren Spahn sets left-hander strike out mark at 2,382 1963 Event New York City's newspapers resume publishing after a 114 day strike 1963 Event 200,000 French mine workers strike 1963 Event Major League Rules Committee votes to expand strike zone 1962 Event 114-day newspaper strike begins in New York City 1962 Birthday Mick Sweda, heavy metal, Bulletboys, King Kobra-Ready to Strike 1961 Event Longest recorded strike ends-33 yrs-Danish barbers' assistants 1960 Event Dutch Builders strike for CLA 1960 Event Protest strike in Poznan Poland 1959 Event Most Phillies strike out in a game (16 by Sandy Koufax) 1956 Birthday Patrick McGeown, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, politician, Belfast City Council councilor, volunteer, Provisional Irish Republican Army, participant, Irish hunger strike, 1981 1956 Event 650,000 U.S. steel workers go on strike 1956 Event 156-day strike against Westinghouse ends 1956 Event Union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp 1956 Event General strike in Cyprus protesting exile of archbishop Makarios 1955 Event Strike in Belgium for 5 day work week 1955 Event English harbor strike ends 1955 Event Great Britain proclaims emergency crisis due to railroad strike 1955 Event Armed military action taken against bureaucratic strike in Amsterdam 1954 Event 1st meteorite known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga Ala) 1954 Event Yankees tie a record, 3 of their pinch hitters strike out in 1 inning 1953 Event Earthquake/tsnunami strike Honshu Japan 1953 Event 4-5 million French go on strike against economizations 1952 Event Earthquake and flood strike Kamshatka-South America 1952 Event 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 Event General strike against overtime conscription in Belgium 1952 Event President Truman settles 53-day steel strike 1952 Event 650,000 metal workers go on strike in U.S. 1952 Event President Truman seizes steel mills to avert a strike 1952 Event General strike against French colonial management in Tunisia 1951 Birthday Robert Lindsay, Ilketson England, actor, Strike it Rich, King Lear 1951 Event Italian civil servants strike for pay increase 1951 Birthday Timothy Zahn, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Cobra Strike 1950 Event President Truman orders army to seize control of RR to avert a strike 1950 Event Rotterdam harbor strike end 1950 Event Rotterdam harbor strike begins 1948 Event Dutch police actions up Java gone on strike 1946 Event Harbor workers end strike at Rotterdam and Amsterdam 1946 Event President Truman seizes control of nation's railroads to delay a strike 1946 Event 400,000 U.S. mine workers strike 1946 Event Tsunamis generated by a quake in Aleutian Trench strike Hilo, Hawaii 1945 Event General Motors workers go on strike 1945 Event Cleveland ace Bob Feller returns from Navy and strike out 12 1945 Event 17-day newspaper strike in New York begins 1944 Event British order to disarm, causes general strike in Greece 1944 Event Dutch begin railroad strike against German occupiers 1944 Event Paris police strike against nazi occupiers 1944 Event Paris railroad workers strike against nazi occupiers 1944 Event Universal strike against nazi terror in Copenhagen 1944 Event 4 tornadoes strike Appalachia, killing 153 1943 Event Strike of Monte Cassino, Italy begins 1943 Event U.S. bombers accidentally strike Enschede, Netherlands, causing 151 deaths 1943 Event Denmark, declares a universal strike against Nazi occupiers 1943 Event Strike against obligatory labor camps ends, after 200 killed 1943 Event Dutch strike against forced labor in Nazi Germany's war industry 1943 Event 97% of all Dutch physicians strike againt nazi registration 1942 Event German troops strike at Tsym Lyanskaja 1941 Event 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 Birthday James Scott, director, Strike it Rich 1941 Death Leen Schijvenschuurder, Dutch February strike leader, executed 1941 Event Utrecht and Zaandam strike against raid on Jews 1941 Event February strike against persecution of Jews, in Amsterdam 1940 Event Leidse students strike 1940 Event Japan eliminates U.S. terms (strike, play ball) from baseball 1940 Event "Strike Up Band," opens 1937 Event Busmen strike in London 1937 Event New York City college students stage 4th annual peace strike 1937 Event 44-day sit-down strike at General Motors in Flint, Michigan ends 1936 Event United Auto Workers stage 1st sit-down strike, at Fisher Body Plant 1934 Event France hit by a general strike against fascists and royalists 1933 Event 1st modern sit-down strike, Hormel meat packers, Austin, Minn 1933 Event Spanish anarchists call for general strike 1933 Event Henderson, DeSylva and Brown's "Strike Me Pink," premieres in New York City 1933 Event Amsterdam confectionery worker go on strike against wage reduction 1933 Event Ijmuider fishing strike begins (till July 11th) 1932 Event Gandhi begins hunger strike against treatment of untouchables 1932 Event 200,000 English textile workers strike 1932 Event Dutch textile strike broken by trade unions 1930 Birthday Herb Edelman, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Good Guys, Strike Force, 9 to 5 1929 Event Farm workers strike begins in East-Groningen 1927 Event General strike against British occupiers in Shanghai 1926 Event British general strike ends, but mine workers go on strike 1926 Event British general strike ends 1926 Event General strike hits Britain 1926 Event British coal-miners go on strike 1924 Event Railroad worker strike ends in Amsterdam 1924 Event 8 month Twenste textile strike ends 1924 Event Workers at Werkspoor in Amsterdam strike against 3rd wage cut 1924 Event Unions terminate Twentse textile strike 1924 Event London public transport strike ends 1923 Event Textile strike in Enschede, Netherlands, against lower wages, begins 1923 Event London harbor strike ends 1923 Event Harbor strike in Hull/Grimsby/Cardiff/Bristol over to London 1923 Event Belgium's Theunis government falls because of mine, post and railroad strike 1923 Event Mine strike at Belgian Borinage railroad 1923 Event General harbor strike begins in New York City 1923 Event Amsterdam taxi strike ended 1923 Event Belgium: Borinage-mine workers strike for higher wages 1923 Event General mine strike against wage cuts in Saar 1923 Event Taxi strike in Amsterdam begins (through March 9th) 1923 Event Typography strike in Amsterdam 1922 Event Italian general strike broken by fascist terror 1922 Event Italy's general strike against fascist violence 1922 Event Curacao harbor workers begin strike under Felix Chacuto 1922 Event State of siege proclaimed during mine strike Johannesburg, South Africa 1922 Event Rotterdam metal strike ends 1921 Event Black Friday- Labour Party strike of mine workers fails 1921 Event British coal miners goes on strike 1920 Event Amsterdam actors decide to strike for retirement benefits 1919 Event Boston's police force forms strike 1919 Event General steel strike in France 1919 Event Strike against Ruhrgebied government of Scheidemann 1919 Event Dutch steel workers strike for 8 hour day and minimum wages 1919 Event General strike in Germany, crushed 1919 Event Communist Party in Germany announces a general strike 1919 Event Revolutionary strike in Barcelona 1919 Event 1st day of 5-day Seattle general strike 1918 Event 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 Event Strike on Berlin ammunition's factory 1917 Event Limburgse mine workers strike 1917 Birthday Bea Wain, U.S. singer/radio host, Lucky Strike Hit Parade 1914 Event Clayton Anti-trust Act passed (union and strike rights) 1914 Event 33 killed by soldiers during mine strike in Ludlow, Colorado 1914 Event 600 Dutch textile workers go on strike 1913 Event 1st strike settlement mediated by U.S. Department of Labor-RR clerks 1913 Event Belgium begins general strike for voting rights 1913 Event Bread and Roses Strike begins 1912 Event Coal miners strike in England (settle on 03/01) 1912 Event Martial law declared in textile strike in Lawrence, MA 1911 Event Walter Johnson pitches a record tying 4 strike outs in an inning 1910 Event British miners strike for 8 hour working day 1909 Event White firemen on Georgia RR strike to protest hiring blacks 1905 Event Swedish mine workers win 5 month strike for minimum wages 1905 Event Harbor strike against importing grain elevators in Rotterdam 1905 Event Great General Strike in Russia begins; lasts 11 days 1903 Event General railroad strike against "worgwetten" (anti-strike laws) 1903 Event Kuyper government launches anti strike laws 1903 Event Dutch railroad workers strike 1903 Birthday Warren Hull, Gasport, New York, actor, Strike it Rich, Who in the World 1902 Event Textile workers strike in Enschede Netherlands till June 1 1900 Event Diamond workers in Amsterdam strike 1898 Event 20,000 Paris construction workers go on strike 1894 Event In New York City, 12,000 tailors went on strike protesting sweat shops 1894 Event 2000 federal troops recalled from Chicago, having ended Pullman strike 1894 Event Cleveland sends 2,000 troops to Chicago to suppress Pullman strike 1894 Event American Railway Union under Eugene V Debs goes on strike 1894 Event Workers in Pittsburgh strike Pullman sleeping car company 1894 Event 136,000 mine workers strike in Ohio for pay increase 1892 Event Black Longshoremen strike for higher wages in St. Louis Mo 1891 Event Cotton pickers organize union and staged strike in Texas 1891 Event Conductors on London General Omnibus Company go on strike 1888 Event Drentse and Friese peat cutters go on strike 1886 Event U.S. general strike for 8 hour day, begins 1877 Event U.S. Army breaks railroad strike 1877 Event General strike brings U.S. railroad to a stand still 1877 Event U.S. railroad builders strike against wage reduction 1869 Event Amsterdam typographer strike 1860 Event Shoe-making workers of Lynn Ms, strike successfully for higher wages 1849 Event Garibaldi in Rome begins hunger strike 1845 Event Hunger strike in Hague 1815 Event Battle at Quatre-Bras: allies strike French 1740 Event Hunger strike in Rotterdam 1720 Event French government proclaims strike on banknotes 1699 Event People of Rotterdam strike over high cost of butter 1648 Event Spanish troops/feudal barons strike down people's uprising in Naples 1568 Event Treaty of Longjumeau: French huguenots go on strike 1552 Event Emperor Karel and Markgraaf Albecht strike siege for Metz 1537 Event Weavers of Leiden Netherlands strike
