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May 1, 1946
On May 1, 1946, start of three-year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians. Hayley Mills, Tim Curry, Steven L. Bennett would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · May 1, 1946
Start of three-year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.
The Pilbara strike was a landmark strike by Aboriginal Australian pastoral workers in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The strike lasted between 1946 and 1949, and was the longest industrial action in Australian history. The strikers demanded social recognition, payment of fair wages, and an improvement in working conditions.
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The year in brief
1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1940s decade.
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On May 1, 1946
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1946 Start of three-year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians. Workers strike in the 1940s in Western Australia
The Pilbara strike was a landmark strike by Aboriginal Australian pastoral workers in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The strike lasted between 1946 and 1949, and was the longest industrial action in Australian history. The strikers demanded social recognition, payment of fair wages, and an improvement in working conditions.
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Other moments from 1946
- April 1 The 8.6 Mw Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands resulting in dozens of deaths, mostly in Hilo, Hawaii.
- April 1 The Malayan Union is established. Protests from locals led to the establishment of the Federation of Malaya two years later.
- April 17 The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.
- April 18 The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.
- April 18 Jackie Robinson makes his regular season debut for the Montreal Royals of the International League, to make them the first integrated modern professional baseball team.
- April 20 The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations.
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