1858 - France: Justice by P-J Proudhon -- philosopher,
economist, sociologist -- appears.
"Property is theft!"
1894 - A Capitol Crime?: Jacob Coxey's protest Army of the Poor
reaches Washington D.C. Led a group of 500 unemployed workers
from the Midwest & arrested for trespassing on Capitol grounds.
JACOB COXEY 1999 SAINT (April 16)
Leader of "Coxey's Army" of hoboes, arrested for strolling on the
White House lawn.
1895 - Warships sent to Nicaragua to "protect" U.S. interests.
Like there might be some others?
1896 - Siverin Ferandel (1896-1978) lives.
1899 - US: Their demand that only union men be employed refused,
members of the Western Federation of Miners (WFM) dynamited the
$250,000 mill of the Bunker Hill Company at Wardner, Idaho,
destroying it completely.
Beloved & Respected Comrade Leader President
McKinley responded by sending in black soldiers
from Brownsville, Texass with orders to round up
thousands of miners & confine them in specially
built "bullpens."
1899 - 1901 saw U.S. Army troops occupying the
Coeur d'Alene mining region in Idaho.
Im reading 'big trouble,'by Lukas about this,got me interested in the civil
war so I started in on 'battle cry of freedom,'by mc pherson.Addictive
hirstories.
1915 - Women's International League for Peace & Freedom
founded, The Hague.
1961 - England. 826 arrested in nuclear disarmament
demonstration, London.
1970 - US: National Guard shoots seven students at Ohio State
University. "Teach your children well".
1970 - U.S. invades Cambodia.
1973 - Over 15,000 attending a rock concert by Elvin Bishop,
Canned Heat, Buddy Miles & Fleetwood Mac are routed from
a baseball stadium in Stockton, California, by police firing
tear-gas canisters. More than 80 people, including 28 cops
are hurt & 50 arrests are made.
1975 - US Forces flee Vietnam. Last American planes leave.
1992 - Los Angeles riots kick off immediately following the
"Not Guilty" verdict in the Rodney King trial.
Despite a videotape documenting the episode, an
innocent verdict is returned in the savage police beating of
African American Rodney King, leads to the worst rioting in
Los Angeles history, with much destruction of property,
looting, 53 deaths & hundreds of injuries.
1996 - South Korea: Three men arrested for protesting a
nuclear power plant under construction
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