September 4, 1894 - The Pattern Makers League was formed.

September 4, 1950 - A huge crowd gathered at Soldier Field in Chicago for a tribute to American Federation of Labor founder Samuel Gompers, who died in 1924. “The working people know no country,” Gompers said. “They are citizens of the world.” For more on Gompers, see http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/gompers.htm  and http://www.aflcio.org/aboutus/history/history/gompers.cfm