February 14 - Jimmy Hoffa is Born
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February 14 - Jimmy Hoffa is Born

2019-02-13

On this day in labor history, the year was 1913, James Riddle Hoffa was born to a coal miner in Brazil, Indiana.  Tragedy struck the Hoffa home in 1920 when at age 7 young Jimmy lost his father.  

In 1924, like many families in Brazil the Hoffa family moved to Detroit, Michigan in search of work.  

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