Daily Archives: January 11, 2017

GM, Flint police battle striking UAW workers 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 11 1937)


Video: 'The Great Sit-Down - Yesterday's Witness in America' (Jan. 11, 1937, at 12:31)

(Monday, January 11, 1937, some time after 9:00 p.m. EST) — A sit-down strike by General Motors (GM) auto workers at the Fisher Body Plant No. 2 in Flint, Michigan, turned violent tonight when a riot broke out today after police tried to prevent the strikers from receiving food deliveries from supporters on the outside. Continue reading GM, Flint police battle striking UAW workers 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 11 1937)

Hollywood luminaries propose creation of ‘Oscars’ 90 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 11 1927)

(Tuesday, January 11, 1927) — The creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, better known today as the “Oscars,” was proposed tonight during a dinner of 36 Hollywood luminaries at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.