Event: Veterans Day Salute Date: November 13. 2016 Time: 2:00 PM Organization: Military History Center Tickets: Available at PAC door or from Military History Center Description: The Military History Center of Broken Arrow is presenting a Salute to Veterans on this Veterans Day weekend. The Fort Sill 77th Army Band, The Pride of Fort Sill, will be featured…
December 5, 1933 – The 18th Amendment (Prohibition Amendment) to the U.S. Constitution was repealed. For nearly 14 years, since January 29, 1920, it had outlawed the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the U.S.
Important Dates in Labor History Nov. 15, 1881 The labor organization later known as the American Federation of Labor is founded at Turner Hall in Pittsburgh. Cigar-maker Samuel Gompers would become its president in 1886. Nov. 11, 1887 Four labor organizers hanged for alleged conspiracy in riot and bombing in Chicago’s Haymarket Square. Nov. 23,…