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Boston Police Strike

1919: Denied the right to unionize, 80 percent of Boston's police went on strike this day. In response to robberies and riots, Mayor Andrew J. Peters called in Boston companies of the state militia to restore order and break the strike. Later, Governor Calvin Coolidge—who initially had refused to act to prevent the Boston Police Strike but who came to be regarded as the hero of the episode—sent in the entire Massachusetts militia even though the situation was then under control. Declaring, “There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time,” Coolidge gained a national reputation as a staunch supporter of law and order.

1956: Rock and roll star Elvis Presley made his first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.

1948: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) was proclaimed, setting the stage for the Korean War.

1861: Sally Louisa Tompkins was commissioned a cavalry captain; she was the only woman to be commissioned in the Confederate army.

1774: The Suffolk Resolves, protesting the Intolerable Acts, were passed at a meeting in Massachusetts. c Encyclopedia Britannica