AUGUST 14
1935:In the midst of the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, granting a financial safety net for older and unemployed Americans.
1980: Workers seize the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland, demanding higher pay and the right to form unions. As a result of the massive strikes, labor leader and future Polish president Lech Walesa founds the workers’ organization Solidarity, which is pivotal in bringing about the end of communist rule in Poland.
2003: More than 50 million people lose power as a major blackout, triggered by a chain reaction of power plant outages, hits the northeast United States and parts of Canada.
1980: Workers seize the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland, demanding higher pay and the right to form unions. As a result of the massive strikes, labor leader and future Polish president Lech Walesa founds the workers’ organization Solidarity, which is pivotal in bringing about the end of communist rule in Poland.
2003: More than 50 million people lose power as a major blackout, triggered by a chain reaction of power plant outages, hits the northeast United States and parts of Canada.
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