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A missile carried as a war trophy erupted at the seat of the Union of Communist and Socialist Youth of Bilbao

87
years ago

17 February 1937,

An enemy missile carried from the front as a war trophy exploded by surprise at the headquarters of the Union of Communist and Socialist Youth JSU in Bilbao. In the middle of the 36th war, at 17:00 a.m. the Executive Board met at Arenal No. 3. In the accident the Basque Agustín Zapirain and the delegates of Madrid Trifón Medrano and Rodríguez Cuesta died.

Source:

Miguel Usabiaga, Donostia rebelde. (Ed. Irreverent).

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Two young Eritreans attempted to assassinate regent Rodolfo Graziani, imposed by Italy in Ethiopia
1937-02-23
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1937-03-21
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1937-04-06
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1937-04-07
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1937-04-09
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1937-04-23
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1937-04-26
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1937-05-04
Imposition of spelling rules against the Basque Country in Hego Euskal Herria
1937-05-04
The Turkish army kicked off the Dersim massacre against the Kurds
1937-05-21
'Havana' left Santurtzi with 3,840 Basque children fleeing war to the United Kingdom
1937-05-29
The Franco authorities of San Sebastian reported by circulating the ban on speaking in Basque and the filing of complaints
1937-05-31
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1937-06-13
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1937-07-30
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1937-08-05
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1937-08-13
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1937-10-28
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1937-11-19
57 Basque Republican prisoners for enslavement in Seville died in train accident
1937-12-13
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1937-12-13
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