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Labor union passes 8-hour workday
Actua Date, Not known, Only know year of 1866. -
Illinois is first to enact 8 hour law
Date not known. Only know year of 1867. -
Albert Parsons elected secretary of Chicago's 8 Hour league.
Date not known. Only know 1878. -
Organized strikes fighting for 8 hour work days
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100,00 American workers go on strike supporting 8 hour work day
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Meeting of Workingmen near Haymarjet Square
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Police arrvie to make peace
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Bomb is thrown killing some workingmen & police officers
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8 men convicted guilty and sentenced to death
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Spies, Parsons, Fielden, and Engel are hanged
