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Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
February 12 - John L. Lewis is Born
Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
On this day in labor history, the year was, 1880, labor leader John L. Lewis was born in a company mining camp outside of Lucas, Iowa.
His father was a Welsh coal miner, and young Lewis followed in his footsteps entering the Big Hill Mine in Lucas at the age of 17.
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