Medgar Evers Assassinated (1963) Medgar Evers was an American civil rights leader who achieved national prominence for his efforts in fighting racial oppression in Mississippi, work for which he...
Ratification of the Platt Amendment (1901) On this day in 1901, under duress of occupation by the United States military, the newly independent Cuban government ratified the Platt Amendment,...
Davis Day (1925) Davis Day, also known as Miners' Memorial Day, is a day of remembrance observed annually on this day in Nova Scotia coal mining communities, recognizing all miners killed in the...
Gerrit van der Veen Assassinated (1944) Gerrit van der Veen was a Dutch anti-fascist sculptor who was assassinated by the Nazis on this day in 1944, following a failed attempt to free his comrades...
Giacomo Matteotti Assassinated (1924) Giacomo Matteotti was an anti-fascist Italian socialist politician. After publicly denouncing Mussolini in 1924, he said "now start composing your oration for...
Johanna Kirchner Assassinated (1944) Johanna Kirchner was a German anti-fascist and Social Democrat who was executed by the Nazis on this day in 1944 for having "treasonably rooted herself in the...
Battle of Menstad (1931) On this day in 1931, the Battle of Menstad began near Skien, Norway when 2,000 striking workers fought and overwhelmed a group of police officers protecting scabs at Norsk...
Freedom Riders Arrested (1961) On this day in 1961, Freedom Riders protesting segregation, including Kwame Ture, Gwendolyn Green, and Joan Trumpauer Mulholland (shown), were arrested in Jackson,...
Israeli West Bank Occupation Begins (1967) On this day in 1967, the Israeli Army occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip, claiming emergency powers with a military decree that greatly restricts the...
Women Ford Machinists Strike (1968) On this day in 1968, all 187 women employees working at a Ford factory in Dagenham, East London went on strike to demand equal pay for equal work, eventually...
Marian Wright Edelman (1939 - ) Marian Wright Edelman, born on this day in 1939, is an American children's rights activist who became the first black woman admitted to the Mississippi Bar and...
Union of Journeymen Tailors Found Guilty (1836) On this day in 1836, 27,000 people gathered at New York City Hall Park to protest a verdict against the Union Society of Journeymen Tailors for a...
James Connolly (1868 - 1916) James Connolly, born on this day in 1868, was an Irish socialist revolutionary, founder of the Irish Citizen Army (ICA), and leader of the Easter Rising rebellion, for...
Eugen Leviné (1883 - 1919) Eugen Leviné, assassinated on this day in 1919, was a German revolutionary communist who briefly led the Bavarian Council Republic, giving luxury apartments to the...
Teresa Claramunt (1862 - 1931) Teresa Claramunt, born on this day in 1862, was a Catalan anarcho-syndicalist, feminist, and labor organizer who helped publish the influential radical magazine "El...
Gurdip Singh Chaggar Murdered (1976) On this day in 1976, Gurdip Singh Chaggar, an 18-year old engineering student, was stabbed to death by fascists in Southall, London, leading to mass protests...
Zoot Suit Riots (1943) On this day in 1943, the Zoot Suit Riots began when thousands of white American servicemen in California began indiscriminately attacking people (mostly Latinos) wearing...
U.S. Disallows Women's Soccer Strike (2016) On this day in 2016, a U.S. federal judge sided with U.S. Soccer, ruling that the national women's soccer team would not be allowed to strike, despite...
Cornel West (1953 - ) Cornel West, born on this day in 1953, is a philosopher, socialist activist, educator, and public intellectual whose works include "Race Matters" and "The Rich and the Rest...
Adelaide Casely-Hayford (1868 - 1960) Adelaide Casely-Hayford, born on this day in 1868, was a Sierra Leone Creole Pan-African feminist, educator, and author. Hayford established a vocational...
