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May 29, 1830
– Anarchist Louise Michel, was born in Vroncourt, France. Michel, also
known as The Red Virgin, was a leader of the Paris Commune. (From the Daily Bleed)
May 29, 1839 – Revolution against the Mexican government broke out in Yucatan. (From the Daily Bleed)
May 29, 1854 – Civil rights activist, Lydia Flood Jackson, opened the first school for black children in Sacramento, California. (From the Daily Bleed)
May 29, 1881
–Chinese anarchist Li Shizeng was born. He led the anarchist Jinde Hui
group (Society for Progress and Virtue), with Wu Zhihui, & Zhang Ji.
He also tried unsuccessfully to turn the Guomindang into an anarchist
organization. (From the Daily Bleed)
May 29, 1922
– The Portuguese army and police opened fire on 10,000 protesters
outside the police station in Macau. The protesters wanted the release
of three Chinese barbers who had beaten up soldiers for sexually
harassing a Chinese woman. Seventy people were shot dead, while over 100
beaten, leading ultimately to a general strike is declared. (From the Daily Bleed)
May 29, 1943
– The British RAF dropped 1,500 tons of bombs on Wuppertal, Germany
killing 2,450 civilians and destroying nearly 4,000 houses. (From the Daily Bleed)
May 29, 1946
- The United Mine Workers (UMWA) and the U.S. government signed a pact
establishing one of America’s first union medical and pension plan. The
UMWA Welfare and Retirement Fund permanently changed health care
delivery in U.S. coal fields. The Fund was used to build eight hospitals
in Appalachia. It also established many clinics and recruited doctors
to practice in rural coal field areas. (From Workday Minnesota)
May 29, 1950 –The United Auto Workers (UAW) at General Motors won hospitalization plan. (From the Daily Bleed)
May 29, 1967 – The Poor Peoples' Campaign was launched in Washington D.C. (From the Daily Bleed)
May 29, 1969 – Government violence triggered General Strikes in Cordoba and La Plata Argentina. (From the Daily Bleed)
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