#Union leader #BigBillHaywood was born in 1869 on #ThisDayInHistory. He was radicalized by the #HaymarketAffair and in 1905 helped found the #IWW. He was arrested in 1917 & found guilty of hindering the draft, but he skipped bail in 1921 & fled to the #USSR where he died in 1928.
Conservative #NewZealand politician #StevenJoyce was memorably struck in the face with a #dildo on #ThisDayInHistory in 2016 during a #WaitangiDay event. To his credit, he barely flinched. The toy was thrown in protest over the signing of the #neoliberal #TransPacificPartnership.
Conservative #NewZealand politician #StevenJoyce was memorably struck in the face with a #dildo on #ThisDayInHistory in 2016 during a #WaitangiDay event. To his credit, he barely flinched. The toy was thrown in protest over the signing of the #neoliberal #TransPacificPartnership.
#Union leader #BigBillHaywood was born in 1869 on #ThisDayInHistory. He was radicalized by the #HaymarketAffair and in 1905 helped found the #IWW. He was arrested in 1917 & found guilty of hindering the draft, but he skipped bail in 1921 & fled to the #USSR where he died in 1928.
#Egypt's greatest ruling queen, #Pharaoh #Hatshepsut, died on #ThisDayInHistory in 1458 BCE. She started as regent but usurped the throne & held it for 21 years, during which she expanded foreign trade & kept the peace. Her #FuneraryTemple is one of the finest of the #NewKingdom.
#Egypt's greatest ruling queen, #Pharaoh #Hatshepsut, died on #ThisDayInHistory in 1458 BCE. She started as regent but usurped the throne & held it for 21 years, during which she expanded foreign trade & kept the peace. Her #FuneraryTemple is one of the finest of the #NewKingdom.
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1936, male #homosexual relations were banned in #Palestine by the British Mandate. Most countries restricting #LGBTQ are former UK colonies. The #WestBank is not among them; it was decriminalized there before it was in Britain.
https://zurl.co/V5eiC
Good morning, world! On #ThisDayInHistory in 2008, #Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi (Muntazer al-Zaidi) hurled his shoes at Dubya Bush as a "good-bye kiss". Given the #WarCrimes that should have had Bush before The Hague, I cheered at the audacity; shame they missed the mark.
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1936, male #homosexual relations were banned in #Palestine by the British Mandate. Most countries restricting #LGBTQ are former UK colonies. The #WestBank is not among them; it was decriminalized there before it was in Britain.
https://zurl.co/V5eiC
Good morning, world! On #ThisDayInHistory in 2008, #Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi (Muntazer al-Zaidi) hurled his shoes at Dubya Bush as a "good-bye kiss". Given the #WarCrimes that should have had Bush before The Hague, I cheered at the audacity; shame they missed the mark.
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1975, immediately after a visit by US Pres. Ford and #HenryKissinger, the #FarRight #Suharto dictatorship in #Indonesia invaded former Portuguese colony #EastTimor. A #genocide, and 24 years of #occupation, followed; a fifth of the population was killed.
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1975, immediately after a visit by US Pres. Ford and #HenryKissinger, the #FarRight #Suharto dictatorship in #Indonesia invaded former Portuguese colony #EastTimor. A #genocide, and 24 years of #occupation, followed; a fifth of the population was killed.
#ThisDayInHistory in 1864, US military attacked a peaceful band of #Cheyenne & #Arapaho who flew an American flag in the #SandCreekMassacre. 170 unarmed people were butchered. The chief had signed away 90% of their land when #gold was found on it. #Genocide was always the point.
#ThisDayInHistory in 1864, US military attacked a peaceful band of #Cheyenne & #Arapaho who flew an American flag in the #SandCreekMassacre. 170 unarmed people were butchered. The chief had signed away 90% of their land when #gold was found on it. #Genocide was always the point.
It is the 80th anniversary of one of history's greatest #WarCrimes. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1945, the USA dropped an atomic weapon on the city of #Hiroshima. President Truman lied and called it a military base. One key purpose was to intimidate the #USSR.
https://www.dw.com/en/japan-passing-on-the-pain-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki/a-73534584
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1962, leader of the #BritishUnionOfFascists and wannabe dictator Sir #OswaldMosley tried to give a speech in Manchester. Thousands of #antifascists pelted him with fruit, knocking his arse down, and police had to stop his shit speech after seven minutes.
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1962, leader of the #BritishUnionOfFascists and wannabe dictator Sir #OswaldMosley tried to give a speech in Manchester. Thousands of #antifascists pelted him with fruit, knocking his arse down, and police had to stop his shit speech after seven minutes.
On # #ThisDayInHistory in 1990, #NelsonMandela was released by the #apartheid state of #SouthAfrica. He served 27 years as a political prisoner, often in isolation. In the negotiations and vote that followed, formal segregation was dismantled, but whites still own 3/4 of the land.
