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November 9, 1935

On November 9, 1935, the Committee for Industrial Organization, the precursor to the Congress of Industrial Organizations, is founded in Atlantic City, New Jersey, by eight trade unions belonging to the American Federation of Labor. Dudley Moore, Harry Crews, Dudley Moore would arrive in the same year.

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1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1935th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 935th year of the 2nd millennium, the 35th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1930s decade.

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On November 9, 1935

  1. 1935 The Committee for Industrial Organization, the precursor to the Congress of Industrial Organizations, is founded in Atlantic City, New Jersey, by eight trade unions belonging to the American Federation of Labor.

    North American federation of labor unions from 1935 to 1955

    The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) was a federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the United States and Canada from 1935 to 1955. Originally created in 1935 as a committee within the American Federation of Labor (AFL) by John L. Lewis, a leader of the United Mine Workers (UMW), and called the Committee for Industrial Organization.

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Dudley Moore 1935– English actor, comedian, and pianist (died 2002)
Harry Crews 1935– American novelist, playwright, short story writer, and essayist (died 2012)
Dudley Moore 1935– English actor, comedian, and pianist (died 2002)
Harry Crews 1935– American novelist, playwright, short story writer, and essayist (died 2012)
Dudley Moore 1935– English actor, comedian, and pianist (died 2002)
Harry Crews 1935– American novelist, playwright, short story writer, and essayist (died 2012)

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