1600s Today in Labor History May 21, 1660: the Iroquois Confederacy defeated the French colonial militia in the Battle of Long Sault. Today in Writing History May 21, 1688: Poet and satirist Alexander Pope was born. Some of his more well-known pieces include The Rape of the Lock, The Duncia, and An Essay on Criticism. […]

1600s-1700s Today in Labor History May 20, 1645: The Yangzhou Massacre began in Yanzhou, China. Over the course of ten days, Manchu soldiers, under the leadership of General Dodo, slaughtered 800,000 civilians. May 20, 1776: The Mohawks, under Joseph Brandt, defeated Americans at the Battle of the Cedars. 1800s Today in Labor History May 20,

1800s Today in Labor History May 19, 1850: Four thousand Mexican workers gathered in Sonora, California, to protest the “Foreign Miners’ Tax.” Legislators enacted the law to drive the Chinese from California. (For more on historical anti-immigrant legislation, read here). However, white Californians didn’t care much for anyone who didn’t look like them, including Mexicans. In

Execution of Tupac Amaru II Today in Labor History May 18, 1781: Tupac Amaru II was drawn and quartered in the Plaza Mayor del Cuzco, Peru. Tupac II had led a large indigenous uprising against the Spanish conquistadors. As a result of his heroic efforts, he became an inspiration to other Latin Americans in the