Mutiny on the Bounty Today in Labor History April 28, 1789: Fletcher Christian led a successful mutiny against the brutal Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. Christian began the voyage as the captain’s mate, but Bligh appointed him acting Lieutenant during the voyage. The story of the mutiny was later retold in Charles Nordhoff and […]
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Philippines Today in Labor History April 27, 1521: On this day, Philippine Natives fought the battle of Mactan against Ferdinand Magellan. Lapulapu’s warriors ambushed him and overpowered the Spanish forces, killing Magellan with a poison arrow. As a result, their victory delayed Spanish colonization by forty-four years. However, the Spanish prevailed. And for centuries, Muslim Filipinos fought
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Levellers and Diggers Today in Labor History April 26, 1649: The English authorities sentenced Robert Lockier to be shot for leading a mutiny. Cromwell’s New Model Army had just defeated Charles I in the English Civil War. However, the Army failed to negotiate a settlement with the King. As a result, a conflict arose between monarchists,
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Today in Labor History April 25, 1792: Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle wrote the “Marseillaise” on this day. It became the rallying call to the French Revolution. Because of its revolutionary associations, Napoleon and Louis the XVIII banned it. 1800s April 25, 1886: The New York Times called the eight-hour workday movement “un-American.” and blamed the “labor
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Today in Labor History April 24, 1704: The first domestic newspaper was published in colonial America, “The Boston News-Letter.” John Campbell, a postmaster, published the paper, which ran until 1776. 1800s April 24, 1800: President John Adams established the Library of Congress. He allocated $5,000 to purchase “such books as may be necessary for the
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