It was on 28 march, 1968 that police in Brazil killed student Edson Luis de Lima Souto. Four years earlier, the democratic government had been replaced with a military dictatorship as the result of a …
World History
Guns Against Civilians
It was on 30 January, 1972, that British soldiers fired into the participants of a protest, billed as a ‘Catholic Civil Rights’ march in Derry, Northern Ireland. Those shot dead by soldiers of the 1st …
Chief Designer
12 January marks the birth of Soviet engineer, Sergei Korolev, in 1907. Korolev was the driving force behind the Soviet space program from the 1950’s until his death in 1966. Fearing that he might be …
Ireland’s Alcatraz
Crumlin Road Gaol, was a notorious penal facility in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was alternatively known as HMP Belfast, or colloquially, ‘The Crum’. The facility frequently housed Irish Nationalist prisoners and just as frequently was …
The Global Village
In 1996, the UN General Assembly (by resolution 51/95) invited UN Member States to observe the International Day for Tolerance on 16 November. The United Nations is committed to strengthening tolerance by fostering mutual understanding …
A Nation in Crisis
16 October marks the birthday of Paul Rose in 1943. Rose was a leader of the Chenier cell of the Front du libération du Québec. Known as the FLQ, this militant part of the Quebec …
The Great Soul
It was on this day, 2 October that Mohandas K. Gandhi was born in India in 1869. (The above image is of a Soviet postage stamp portraying Gandhi). Gandhi, sometimes known as ‘The Mahatma’ or …
Indigenous Army
18 May marks the birth of Nicaraguan nationalist, Augusto Sandino, in 1895. From 1927 to 1933, Sandino led a rebellion against US Military occupation of his country. Sandino was the illegitimate child of a wealthy …
East Meets West
17 April marks the day in 1975 that Indian philosopher, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan died. Radhakrishnan was a key figure in promoting and defending Hindu identity against what he termed “uniformed Western criticism”. He was also …
A Television Event
16 April marks the day in 1978 on which the 4 part miniseries, ‘HOLOCAUST’, premiered on American television. The nine and a half hour drama focused on two families, one Jewish, which is slowly disintegrated …