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50th anniversary: About 1,700 gravediggers in New York City began a 12-week strike, causing a...

Name: 50th anniversary: About 1,700 gravediggers in New York City began a 12-week strike, causing a...
Start: 2023-04-12

Wed, April 12, 2023

4 yr ago

In 1973, About 1,700 gravediggers in New York City began a 12-week strike, causing a delay in the burial of roughly 1,400 bodies in the city.

Source, method and history

Source: Wikipedia
How we know: Wikipedia "On this day" selected anniversary, 50 years (1973 to 2023).
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