Monday Labor Day 9/4/23
Celebrate:
Eat an Extra Dessert Day
Mouthguard Day
National Leadership Day
National Macadamia Nut Day
National Newspaper Carrier Day
National Spice Blend Day
National Wildlife Day
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In one poll, 68% of people said Labor Day is their "favorite holiday"
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Jimmy Buffett, the easygoing “Margaritaville” singer/songwriter who transformed his no-worries, beachy lifestyle into a five-decade endless road trip as a performer and entrepreneur, has died at age 76.
In addition to his 13 Billboard Hot 100 charting singles — including seven top 40 hits and one top 10 — as well as 40 entries on the Billboard 200 album chart, Buffett’s no-worries mien belied a killer business instinct that parlayed the popularity of his island-spiked bar band folk rock anthems into an estimated billion-dollar personal fortune.
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Monday is Labor Day and no one really knows who invented it. As the legend goes, young carpenter Peter McGuire stood before the New York Central Labor Union in May 1882 proclaiming his plan to honor all workers with a parade through the city. But another union worker, the similarly named machinist Matthew Maguire, is also credited with proposing a day off for laborers. A New Jersey newspaper published an opinion article touting Maguire as the Father of Labor Day, but only after the day became a national holiday in 1894.
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In 1884, the American Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions declared that by May 1, 1886, all employers institute an eight-hour workday. When that proclamation failed to come to fruition, workers moved to strike, sparking the brutal Haymarket Riot in Chicago. Years later in 1894, fearing the tainted history of that date would continually lead to radical movements commemorating the riots, President Grover Cleveland decided to follow the lead of several states and make the first Monday in September the official holiday for laborers.
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61% of Americans say they plan to grill at some point this weekend. According to the most recent numbers, Americans consume 818 hot dogs every second from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Oregon was the first state to make Labor Day an official public holiday back in 1887. It caught on quick. By the time it became a federal holiday in 1894, 30 states were officially celebrating Labor Day.
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