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Chicago African American Bus Drivers Strike Against Transportation Union

56
years ago

28 August 1968,

African-American drivers of the Chicago transport system started a tough strike against the transport union. Almost 80 per cent of workers were African-American in the transport sector, but all trade union representatives were white and did not oppose discrimination against black workers.

On this day
1922At the funeral of Irish leader Michael Collins about half a million Irish met
1963The well-known conference of Martin Luther King "I Have a Dream" Before 250,000 People in Washington
1974Francoist police threw members of ETA Tupa and Tanke in San Sebastian
2016The police closed the only newspaper published in curvo in Turkey: Azadiya Welat

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1968-01-16
The United States launched Operation Niagara in the Vietnam War, a 66-day air bombardment
1968-02-08
In the North American city of Orangeburg, police killed in South Carolina
1968-04-04
Martin Luther King dies, one of the symbols against racism in the United States
1968-04-14
They celebrated the Aberri Eguna in San Sebastian, although the Franco Navy Police closed all access to the city from the morning
1968-05-01
An artificial platform built in international waters was declared an independent republic on the Italian coast
1968-05-06
In the French state the first incidents of 'May 68' begin, in Paris
1968-05-13
10 million workers started one of the largest general strikes in French history in May 1968
1968-05-18
Start May 68 of Senegal
1968-05-21
Constitution of the Staff and Students Action Commission to coordinate its actions in the May 68 uprising
1968-05-22
A team of football players holds the seat of the French Football Federation in Paris
1968-05-24
May 68 of Paris reached its peak
1968-06-07
The Civil Guard murdered Txabi Etxebarrieta in Tolosa, shooting on the ground
1968-06-07
The workers of the Ford car workshop started a strike in England to ask for the same pay as men
1968-06-11
The police killed two workers in France during the eviction operation of a Peugeot plant they had occupied
1968-06-22
The Civil Governor of Gipuzkoa banned acts in honor of Txabi Etxebarrieta
1968-07-01
Five people were arrested in Bermeo at the end of the Mass in memory of Txabi Etxebarrieta
1968-07-10
Film premiere Ama Lur at the San Sebastian Film Festival
1968-07-21
On the roof of the Benedictine convent of Lazkao, an ikurrina appeared with black ribbons, while the Mass for Etxebarrieta
1968-08-02
ETA killed Meliton Manzanas in Irun, famous torturator
1968-08-03
Francoists established a state of emergency in Gipuzkoa the day after the death of Meliton Manzanas ETA
1968-08-28
Chicago African American Bus Drivers Strike Against Transportation Union
1968-10-02
In Mexico, the police and the military faced thousands of students who peacefully protested against government repression.
1968-10-03
Euskaltzaindia Assembly begins to approve Euskara batua in Arantzazu
1968-10-16
At the Olympic Games in Mexico, the Americans Smith and Carlos fired at the podium of the Black Panther
1968-10-20
Activist Gonzalo Arias is arrested for carrying posters calling for elections in Franco
1968-11-22
The Japanese student movement united thousands of people against the military deal with the U.S.

This month's anniversaries:
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10
years ago
2014-08-09
Police killed 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, and great riots broke out across the United States.
25
years ago
1999-08-26
The second war in Chechnya began when Russia began the invasion of the country
25
years ago
1999-08-20
Action disguised as 'Giraldilla' at the opening of the World Athletics Championship
25
years ago
1999-08-12
Farmers dismantled the McDonald’s building in Millaun, France
30
years ago
1994-08-24
Carlos Bue Judge Imprisoned Journalist Pepe Rei
30
years ago
1994-08-24
The Filter massacre in Uruguay, two people killed by the police in the demonstration against the extradition of Basque refugees
30
years ago
1994-08-05
Two injunctions on arrest warrant planted at the headquarters of the Military Government of Bilbao
35
years ago
1989-08-23
Two million Lithuanians, Latvians and Estonians formed a human chain of 675 kilometres for the independence of their peoples
40
years ago
1984-08-11
CCOO calls on Telefónica workers not to help police paint phones in Gipuzkoa
45
years ago
1979-08-30
American actor Jean Seberg, a follower of the Black Panthers, committed suicide
50
years ago
1974-08-28
Francoist police threw members of ETA Tupa and Tanke in San Sebastian
55
years ago
1969-08-17
The giant Woodstock music festival ends in New York State
55
years ago
1969-08-03
Felix Arnaiz Maeso was shot dead by a Spanish policeman in Rome
60
years ago
1964-08-31
Four people were fined in Sestao for playing txistu as an instrument
60
years ago
1964-08-11
Attempted attack on dictator Franco
60
years ago
1964-08-07
U.S. Congress approved the use of the army against North Vietnam
65
years ago
1959-08-25
Miles Davis is beaten by police in New York
75
years ago
1949-08-25
They finally managed to extinguish the fire in the Landeta forest
75
years ago
1949-08-19
A giant fire took place in Landeta
80
years ago
1944-08-24
Anti-fascist soldiers liberated the city of Paris occupied by the Nazis
80
years ago
1944-08-22
30 Spanish machines, with four members of the French resistance, defeated the column of the Nazi army, composed of 1,300 men
80
years ago
1944-08-22
Revolutionary trade unionist Maria Oneker killed by the Nazis in Warsaw in an uprising against occupation
80
years ago
1944-08-14
Italian fascists killed the Irma Partisan Flag
80
years ago
1944-08-10
Resistance member Daniel Argote was arrested and executed by the Nazis in Orthol
85
years ago
1939-08-18
Hitler's government launched a program to kill newborns with severe disabilities
90
years ago
1934-08-07
Irun postpologists, all women, went on strike and occupied the workshop
100
years ago
1924-08-23
Born Madeleine Riffaud in Arvillers, France
120
years ago
1904-08-18
Born Maria Magunazelaia Loroño, first cyclist in the Basque Country
120
years ago
1904-08-14
Bastilla Square in Paris became a battlefield between Apache groups and police
135
years ago
1889-08-14
The dockers of the London ports started a major strike
150
years ago
1874-08-27
Carlists took positions to siege Pamplona in the Second Carlist War
185
years ago
1839-08-31
Bergara's hug between Carlists and liberals, another betrayal for Basques
220
years ago
1804-08-18
Abando's neighbors joined the Begoña in the riot called Zamakolada
220
years ago
1804-08-16
Popular uprising known as Zamakolada begins in and around Bilbao
230
years ago
1794-08-29
French army burns Eibar and kills twelve citizens
230
years ago
1794-08-14
The General Meetings of Gipuzkoa propose the creation of an independent Republic of Gipuzkoa
230
years ago
1794-08-01
The mayor of San Sebastian, Mitxelena, contacted the French troops surrounding the city to negotiate surrender
235
years ago
1789-08-04
France destroys the outbreaks of the continental Basque Country Louis XVI