The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opened.
Workers at General Motors went on strike.
Winston Churchill delivered a speech in Parliament attacking Prime Minister Baldwin government for its slow response to German rearmament.
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Ostensibly exploring the practice of law before the internet. Heck, before good highways for that matter.
The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opened.
Workers at General Motors went on strike.
Winston Churchill delivered a speech in Parliament attacking Prime Minister Baldwin government for its slow response to German rearmament.
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Manchu (Qing Dynasty) troops took Nanjing and then proceeded to attacked Chinese residents in the city, committing all of the atrocities associated with war.
We have not emphasized it, but the Qing Dynasty, which ran from 1644 until 1912, was ethnically Manchu, not Chinese. In the instance noted above, their commander was a Tartar.
Andrew Carnegie donated $25,000,000 to the Carnegie Corporation to carry on his philanthropic work. That amount would be over $500,000,000 in today's money.
A crowd protesting US involvement and colonization in Mexico attacked the US consulate in Ciudad Porfirio Díaz (Piedras Negras, Coahuila), across from Eagle Pass.
The USS Florida's crew was training.
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The left wing Democratic Party won a majority in Cambodia's first election.
The Greek population voted to retain the Greek monarchy. The election made the front page in cartoon form of the Rocky Mountain News.
Hawaiian sugar workers went on strike.
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Jordan achieved full independence.
Railroads and Railway workers signed an agreement at the White House averting a Federal seizure of the railroads. Truman's order to take control was only three minutes away from implementation.
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President Truman made a radio address promising that if railway workers had not returned to work by 4:00 p.m. May 25, he was going to seize control of the railroads.
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Protests against the Japanese government occurred in the form of the People's Rally for Obtaining Food.
The news did appear in the Rocky Mountain News, but the aversion of a rail strike is what was on the front page.
Ford Motors introduced the 40 hour workweek into American industry. They reduced what had been a 48 hour workweek to that level, with no reduction in pay.
It was Chinese New Year.
The Department of Agriculture took over 133 striking meat packing plants.
French troops fought the Viet Quoc Armed Force, Vietnamese nationalist and socialist troops, at Phong Thổ District. The French would prevail after a two day battle.
Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng, whose army this was, was not a Communist party, and in fact it was suppressed by the Communists and many of its members went into exile following the Vietnamese War.
Bikini Atoll was chosen for nuclear tests by the U.S.
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Steel workers went out on strike in what became the largest strike in U.S. history.
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African railway workers went on strike in Sierra Leone.
A total solar eclipse took place that was visible in the Southern Hemisphere from French Equatorial Africa, Sarawak and North Borneo (in Malaysia) and the Philippines. Scientists gathered in Sumatra to perform observational experiments, including an evaluation of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity.
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The United Auto Workers went out on strike against General Motors. They were seeking a 30% increase in wages and a hold on product prices.
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Hirohito threw Tojo under the bus for Pearl Harbor.
Manhattan elevator operators went on strike.
It's odd to think of them going on strike. They were common at the time, and were into the 1960s. Now, of course, they're so rare that most people have never encountered one.
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The Great Strike Wave of 1945-1945 expanded as Ford Motors was idled due to wildcat strikes.
Contrary to the universal bliss myth so often assumed about the postwar world, the lid was coming off of labor relations as soldiers returned and wartime compromises, which oddly approached a sort of corporatism that fascist states had aspired to, ceased. It was flying apart.
The Japanese garrison on Celebes surrendered at Manado.
The Government of Belgium announced a 17,000 man commitment to the occupation of Germany.
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The Battle of Ormoc Bay began in the Camotes Sea off of the Philippines. It would carry on well into December and result in disproportionate Japanese losses as they attempted to reinforce ground elements on Leyte. On this day, four destroyers, 1 minesweeper and 5 transports carrying nearly 10,000 troops were sunk in heavy Japanese losses.
Iwo Jima was bombarded by the U.S.Navy.
Remaining German troops in Greece withdrew.
The Battle of Batina began in Croatia.
The U-771 and U-1200 were sunk by the Royal Navy.
The 1942-44 musicians strike ended with RCA Victor and Columbia Records agreeing to union demands.
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