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Labor Day

First Monday of September in the US and Canada, marking the end of summer and honoring the labor movement. Distinct from May 1 International Workers' Day observed in most of the world.

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Notable · 2011

Yak-Service Flight 9633, carrying the players and coaching staff of the ice hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, crashed on take-off near Yaroslavl, Russia, resulting in the deaths of 44 of the 45 people on board.

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