Paterson Textile Strike (1835) On this day in 1835, 2,000 workers, most of them children, from more than twenty textile mills in Paterson, New Jersey went on strike to demand working hours be...
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860 - 1935) Charlotte Perkins Gilman, born on this day in 1860, was a prominent American humanist, author, socialist, and feminist, probably best known today for her...
Patrice Lumumba (1925 - 1961) Patrice Lumumba, born on this day in 1925, was a Congolese anti-colonial revolutionary who served as the first Prime Minister of the independent Democratic Republic...
Medgar Evers (1925 - 1963) Medgar Evers, born on this day in 1925, was an American civil rights leader who achieved national prominence for his efforts in fighting racial oppression in...
Lambing Flat Riots (1860 - 1861) On this day in 1861, the worst violence of the Australian Lambing Flat Riots occurred when a mob of 3,000 white people attacked 2,000 Chinese miners and drove them...
Boston Anti-War Parade (1917) On this day in 1917, approximately 8,000 anti-war activists organized a parade in Boston opposing World War I, conscription, and American imperialism.
Homestead Strike Begins (1892) The Homestead Strike was an industrial lockout and strike which began on this day in 1892, culminating in a battle between the Amalgamated Association of Iron and...
Congo Crisis (1960) On this day in 1960, the Republic of the Congo became independent from Belgian colonizers, beginning a four year period of civil war which killed approximately 100,000 people,...
Kwame Ture (1941 - 1998) Kwame Ture, born on this day in 1941 as Stokely Carmichael, was a prominent civil rights activist, serving as "Honorary Prime Minister" of the Black Panther Party and...
Henry Gerber (1892 - 1972) Henry Gerber, born on this day in 1892, was a German-American queer rights activist who, in 1924, founded the first American pro-homosexual organization, known as the...
Samar Badawi (1981 - ) Samar Badawi, born on this day in 1981, is a Saudi Arabian feminist activist who participated in the driving campaigns of 2011-12, sued the government for the right to vote,...
Emma Goldman (1869 - 1940) Emma Goldman, born on this day in 1869, was an anarchist writer and activist in the United States whose works, including "My Disillusionment in Russia" and her journal...
Chris Hani (1942 - 1993) Chris Hani, born on this day in 1942, was a leader of the South African Communist Party and chief of staff of "uMkhonto we Sizwe", the armed wing of the African National...
Olive Morris (1952 - 1979) Olive Morris, born on this day in 1952, was a Jamaican Black Panther, squatter's rights activist, and founder of the Brixton Black Women's Group who died prematurely...
Salvador Allende (1908 - 1973) Salvador Allende, born on this day in 1908, was a Chilean physician and politician who became the first Marxist leader to be elected president in a Latin American...
Korean War Begins (1950) On this day in 1950, the northern Korean People's Army crossed the 38th parallel in an offensive to crush the Republic of Korea, an imperialist puppet state established by...
Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) On this day in 1876, the Battle of Little Bighorn took place, a major defeat of the U.S. Army by the combined forces of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho...
Radom Riots (1976) The Radom Riots began in Poland on this day in 1976 when tens of thousands of people began protesting and rioting in response to government increases in the price of food,...
Carl Braden (1914 - 1975) Carl Braden, born on this day in 1914, was a left-wing trade unionist, journalist, and activist who was charged with sedition by the state of Kentucky after purchasing a...
June Days Uprising Begins (1848) On this day in 1848, more than 40,000 French workers initiated the June Days Uprising after the state closed National Workshops that provided work to the...
