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Today in history: How will you celebrate Zamenhof (aka Esperanto) Day?
December 15, 2015Esperanto Day is celebrated each year on December 15, the birthday of Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof, creator of the most successful constructed language in the world.
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Today in history: Philip and Jack Foner are born
December 14, 2015Two of the four Foner brothers who were leaders in the American labor movement were born on December 14 in 1910.
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Today in history: Tom Hayden turns 76 (that’s the spirit!)
December 11, 2015In addition to being an editorial board member and columnist for The Nation, Hayden regularly publishes his commentary in other major media.
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Today in history: Blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo is born
December 9, 2015Writer Dalton Trumbo was born on this day 110 years ago. He won two Academy Awards while blacklisted.
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Unions and allies stage sit-in at Paris climate talks
December 9, 2015Unions and allies are staging a sit-in at COP 21 following the release of the Draft Paris Outcome.
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Today in labor history: The American Federation of Labor is founded
December 8, 2015The original constituent craft unions of the AFL were disaffected from the Knights of Labor, a national labor association.
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Today in history: It’s Persons with Disabilities Day
December 3, 2015The theme for 2015 is: Inclusion matters: access and empowerment of people of all abilities
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Today in history: Remembering composer Aaron Copland
December 2, 2015His symphonies, ballet and film scores, songs and choral works became the American classical style, combining his formal studies of music with popular American genres such as folk and jazz.
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