• The 1949 New York City taxicab strike was a labor strike involving taxicab drivers in New York City. The strike was the result of union organization efforts...
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    In New York City, taxicabs come in two varieties: yellow and green; they are widely recognizable symbols of the city. Taxis painted yellow (medallion...
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  • timeline of the history of New York City in the U.S. state of New York. 1524 – Giovanni da Verrazzano, the first European to see New York Harbor arrives and names...
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    Force Crater, an Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court. He was last seen entering a New York City taxicab. Crater was declared legally dead in 1939...
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    1946 1949: Calvary Cemetery strike 1949: New York City brewery strike 1949: New York City taxicab strike 1953: Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor...
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    strike – Solidarity Online". 8 September 2017. Bao, Xiaolan (2001). Holding Up More Than Half the Sky: Chinese Women Garment Workers in New York City...
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  • in Town (1943) as Barber (uncredited) Three Hearts for Julia (1943) as Taxicab Driver (uncredited) Swing Shift Maisie (1943) as Clarence, Ice Cream Vendor...
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  • Timeline of London (20th century) (category History of the City of London)
    February: The Old Bailey (criminal court) building opens. 22 March: The first taxicabs with taximeters begin operating in London. 13 May–1 June: The 5th Congress...
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    St. Louis Union Station. Taxicab service in the city is provided by private companies regulated by the Metropolitan Taxicab Commission. Rates vary by...
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    all other forms of transportation, including taxicab, motorcycle, and bicycle. About 3.1% of working city residents worked at home. In 2015, 10.5 percent...
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    United States. Upon disembarking from a streetcar in New York City, an electric-powered taxicab strikes and crushes him and he dies from his injuries the...
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  • Movement (1937–1950) 1966 New York City transit strike 1980 New York City transit strike 2005 New York City transit strike US Department of Labor, Office...
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    Manila (redirect from Manila City)
    government-issued franchises.[citation needed] On a for-hire basis, the city is served by taxicabs, "tricycles" – motorcycles with sidecars—the Philippine version...
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    days a week. A general strike paralyzed the city in July 1919. The Thiers wall, 19th-century fortifications surrounding the city, were demolished in the...
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    Murray Alper (category Male actors from New York City)
    Born in New York City in 1904, Alper worked on Broadway from 1927 to 1940 in a number of shows including The Wild Man of Borneo, This is New York, Broadway...
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    Shanghai (redirect from City of Shanghai)
    Shanghai as a dichotomous city where both light and darkness existed. The city has various nicknames in English, including the "New York of China", in reference...
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  • Timeline of London (19th century) (category History of the City of London)
    founded in London. 19 August: Bersey electric cabs, the first horseless taxicabs, begin operating in London. 1898 21 June: At the launch of HMS Albion from...
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    Hong Kong (redirect from Hong Kong, city)
    to expand roads and an increasing number of vehicles. More than 18,000 taxicabs, easily identifiable by their bright colour, are licensed to carry riders...
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    John Forbes Nash Jr. (category People from West Windsor, New Jersey)
    on the New Jersey Turnpike in Monroe Township, New Jersey while returning home from receiving the Abel Prize in Norway. The driver of the taxicab they were...
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    Police Guard (uncredited) Brother Rat and a Baby (1940) – Taxicab Driver Wolf of New York (1940) – W. Thornton Upshaw The Saint's Double Trouble (1940)...
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    others to New York City. The ones that went into service in New York were named "taxi cabriolets", which was shortened in America to "taxicab". By 1913...
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  • taxi drivers' division of Local 777, IBT (which represented many Chicago taxicab drivers). Hanley told Abata to put Glimco on the payroll; intimidated,...
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    Palembang (category Port cities and towns in Indonesia)
    Palembang: Pelémbang, Jawi: ڤليمبڠ‎) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of South Sumatra. The city proper covers 352.51 square kilometres (136.10...
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    to as Rugbrød (Rye bread). Finns dubbed it Kleinbus (mini-bus), as many taxicab companies adopted it for group transportation; the name Kleinbus has become...
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    disruptions. For example, one of the effects of Hurricane Sandy in New York was that the New York City Subway required replacement bus service for several subway...
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  • In 1925, GM purchased a controlling interest in Yellow Coach, a bus and taxicab manufacturer based in Chicago, Illinois which was founded by John D. Hertz...
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    Montgomery, Alabama (category Pages using largest cities with nav class)
    all other forms of transportation, including taxicab, motorcycle, and bicycle. About 5.9% of working city of Montgomery residents worked at home. Despite...
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    History of Paris (category Histories of cities in France)
    lacked trains. He requisitioned buses and, most famously, about 600 Paris taxicabs that were used to carry six thousand troops to the front at Nanteuil-le-Haudouin...
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    legitimate, and included being a successful automobile salesman by day and a taxicab driver by night. He made $50,000 ($900,000 in 2023 dollars) a year selling...
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    James Burke (actor) (category Male actors from New York City)
    Irish-American film and television character actor born in New York City. Burke made his stage debut in New York around 1912 and went to Hollywood in 1933. He made...
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