Samuel Gompers' Own Account of the Fight for the 8-Hour Day. My earliest impression of the meaning of the eight-hour day came to me in my first home in New York City. Long after our neighbors had gone to work in the morning at eight o'clock the bell in John Roach's shipyard announced the beginning of the day's work. As practically all other workers had been at work at least one or two hours, the bell told a significant story.
Andrew has 510+ answers and in. World War II. The Japanese Type 93 torpedo was far and away the best torpedo of the war. The Type 93 had an incredibly long range (40 kilometres), an incredibly high speed (96 kph) and a very large warhead (490 kg).
Tiger sharks have a maximum speed of about 32 km per hour, which equates to around 20 miles per hour. It's alot faster than 1 mph, a human swims 2-5 mph average.   It depends on what kind of shar â¦ k, but the mako can get up to 45-50  mph in short bursts. When a shark is hitting prey from underneath  they can reach up to 30mph. 12 people found this useful.