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...
Burning of Jaffna Public Library (1981) On this day in 1981, a Sinhalese mob burned Jaffna Public Library in Sri Lanka, one of the worst examples of ethnic book burning in the 20th century. The...
Stand for Children Rally (1996) On this day in 1996, the largest pro-children rally in U.S. history, more than 300k strong, began in D.C., leading to the founding of "Stand for Children". SFC...
Tulsa Race Massacre (1921) On this day in 1921, the Tulsa Race Massacre began when mobs of white people attacked residents and businesses of the Greenwood District, known as "Black Wall Street",...
Morral Affair (1906) On this day in 1906, revolutionary anarchist Mateu Morral attempted to assassinate Spanish King Alfonso XIII and his bride via bomb. The attack failed, killing 24 bystanders,...
Merthyr Rising (1831) On this day in 1831, workers in the Welsh mining town of Merthyr Tydfil initiated an uprising against the capitalist class, reclaiming goods seized by debtors, striking, and...
The New York Conspiracy Panic (1741) On this day in 1741, the first two victims of the New York Conspiracy Panic, a wave of hysteria about the possibility of slaves and poor whites collaborating...
