Events (100 years ago today): 1919 – The steel strike of 1919, led by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, begins in Pennsylvania before spreading across the United States.

Births (200 years ago today): 1819 – Wilhelm Wattenbach, German historian and academic (d. 1897)

Births (50 years ago today): 1969 – Nicole Bradtke, Australian tennis player and sportscaster

Deaths (100 years ago today): 1919 – Alajos Gáspár, Hungarian-Slovene author and poet (b. 1848)

Deaths (50 years ago today): 1969 – Adolfo López Mateos, Mexican politician, 48th President of Mexico (b. 1909)^[6]

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