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THIS WEEK IN PEOPLE’S HISTORY, JUL 8-14, 2026  
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_ Garment Workers Stand Up to Police Repression (1910), Taking the
Declaration of Independence Seriously (1776), The System Was Blinking
Red (2001), Surf and Sand Aren’t Private Property! (1896), Hunger
Marchers Demand Action (1936) _

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_GARMENT WORKERS STAND UP TO POLICE REPRESSION (1910)_

JULY 8 IS THE 116TH ANNIVERSARY of the first full day of a strike by
some 45 thousand members of the International Ladies Garment
Workers’ Union in New York City, who were demanding a 50-hour week,
improved safety and health conditions and recognition of the union.

The employers attempted to terrorize the strikers with mass arrests,
but the strike remained solid, and after more than 10 weeks the
employers agreed to accept the union’s demands. For a detailed
account of the tactics of both the workers and the employers,
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_TAKING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SERIOUSLY (1776) _

JULY 9 IS THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY of Gen. George Washington ordering
his troops to assemble in what was then the New York Common at 6 pm.
By the time of the assembly, the Common was filled with thousands of
troops and hundreds of curious civilians, all of whom stood with rapt
attention when the 5-day-old Declaration of Independence was read
aloud so the crowd could hear. 

The Americans knew that thousands of British troops were on Staten
Island, five miles across New York Bay. When the British attacked, it
would be the first major battle of the Revolutionary War.

After listening to the Declaration’s final words, a mob of civilians
marched down Broadway to a statue of George III on horseback, which
stood in Bowling Green. They pulled the statue down and melted it down
to provide the raw material for
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_THE SYSTEM WAS BLINKING RED (2001)_

JULY 10 IS THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY of a Phoenix, Arizona, FBI agent
sending a memo to FBI headquarters reporting his suspicion that
would-be terrorists had enrolled in aviation schools to acquire the
skills needed to pilot a large passenger jet into a building. 

Special Agent Kenneth Williams wrote: “Advise the Bureau and New
York of the possibility of a coordinated effort by Osama bin Laden
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the United States to attend civil aviation universities and colleges.
Phoenix has observed an inordinate number of individuals of
investigative interest who are attending or who have attended civil
aviation universities and colleges in the State of Arizona,” and his
suspicion “that a coordinated effort is underway to establish a
cadre of individuals who will one day be working in the civil aviation
community around the world. These individuals will be in a position in
the future to conduct terror activity . . .”

Williams’ memo came to the attention of at least a dozen officials
in FBI Headquarters, but no action was taken in response.

The ignored memo was, as was later discovered, one of at least 23
opportunities the FBI and CIA had, previous to 9/11, to disrupt the
attacks that took place two months
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_SURF AND SAND AREN’T PRIVATE PROPERTY! (1896)_

JULY 12 IS THE 130TH ANNIVERSARY of the opening day of the first
public beach in the U.S., the 4-mile-long Revere Beach, outside
Boston, Massachusetts

More than 45,000 people joined in the fun that day. To read the
inspiring story of the battle to ensure public access to scenic,
natural recreation sites, visit 
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_HUNGER MARCHERS WON’T TAKE ‘NO’ FOR AN ANSWER (1936)_

JULY 13 IS THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY of two thousand unemployed activists
occupying the Pennsylvania state capitol building to back up their
demand that the state legislature agree to a $100 million
appropriation to pay the cost of relief for the victims of the Great
Depression.

Most of the demonstrators had come to the state capitol in Harrisburg
from Philadelphia, which was 90 miles away, Both the Communist Party
U.S.A. and the Socialist Party of America played major roles in
organizing and supporting the protest. 

The Republican-run Pennsylvania Senate refused the demonstrators’
demand, and the occupation continued for 18 days, until the Senate
agreed to support a proposal by the governor and the House to spend
$45 million on emergency relief.

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