Detroit
In Detroit, autoworkers for car manufacturer Studebaker went on strike in the American auto industry's first major strike action.
In context
- When
- Tuesday, June 17 1913113 years ago
- Category
- Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
- Era
- 20th century · 1910s
- Recorded from
- Wikipedia “On this day” feed
Russia, Greece and some other countries used the Julian calendar into the early 20th century, so local records may show a date up to 13 days earlier.
At a glance
Dates: From 1913.
What happened
In Detroit, autoworkers for car manufacturer Studebaker went on strike in the American auto industry's first major strike action.
June 17 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 1913Detroit
- 1987Dusky seaside sparrow
- 1989Interflug Flight 102
- 1991Apartheid
- 1992George H. W. Bush
- 1994O. J. Simpson
- 2009Czech Pirate Party
- 2015Charleston church shooting
- 2015White supremacy
- 2017June 2017 Portugal wildfires
- 2021Juneteenth
Also in 1913
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- October 27General strikeA rail workers' strike in Chile escalates into a general strike, organized by the Regional Workers' Federation of Chile.
- October 2Shubert Theatre (Broadway)The Shubert Theatre opened on Broadway with a production of Hamlet.
- December 14Japanese battleship HarunaHaruna (pictured), the fourth and last Japanese battlecruiser of the Kongō class, was launched and went on to serve in both world wars.
- March 31Arnold SchoenbergArnold Schoenberg conducted the Vienna Concert Society in a concert of expressionist music that so shocked the audience that they began t…
- February 2Grand Central TerminalNew York City's Grand Central Terminal, the world's largest train station by number of platforms, opened immediately after midnight.
- October 9SS Volturno (1906)Carrying a cargo hold full of highly flammable chemicals, the ocean liner SS Volturno caught fire in the north Atlantic and sank, resulti…
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June 17 1913 — 113 years ago, on a Tuesday.
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