1862 -- US: President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation declares that "persons held as slaves" in areas "in rebellion against the United States" would be free as of 1 January 1963.
1919 -- US: The "Great Steel Strike" begins. Ultimately, 395,000 steelworkers walk off their jobs to demand union recognition.
1935 -- US: 400,000 coal workers strike.
1945 -- Vietnam: A Vietminh-led anti-French general strike shuts down Saigon.
1946 -- Canada: 4,000 workers march in Valleyfield, Quebec to protest arrest of Medeliene Parent, a leader of the dominion Textile strike.
1999 -- Cities across Italy & France ban cars for the whole day — 66 French & 93 Italian cities participate.
2000 -- Bolivia: Thousands of demonstrators participate in a rally in the principal square of Cochabamba. Some ten thousand protest against government policies & demand an increase in the wages of teachers, while in other regions of the country, road blockades continued.
2002 -- England: 350,000 demonstrate in London for support of rural areas.
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