Davis Day

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Davis Day is an informal holiday in coal mining communities in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada commemorating the death of a Cape Breton miner, and father of 10, William Davis. He was shot to death by suspected coal company thugs during the Cape Breton miners strikes of 1925. It is commemorated on June 11.

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