On This Day in Working Class History
Daily briefings of On This Day people's history anniversaries every day of the year. From the Working Class History team.Help support our work by joining us on patreon and accessing exclusive content and benefits: patreon.com/workingclasshistory
22 December 1988: Chico Mendes assassinated
21 December 2011: Yemenia Air strike
20 December 2021: Ivory Coast dockers strike
17 December 1906: Lodz lockout
16 December 2011: Zhanaozen massacre
15 December 1912: Peru union assembly
14 December 2010: San Marino general strike
13 December 1971: Ovambo workers strike
12 December 1948: Batang Kali massacre
11 December 1913: Leeds council workers strike
10 December 1977: Palau hotel strike
9 December 2010: Georgia prison strike
8 December 1949: Indochina dockers boycott
7 December 1959: Fiji oil strike
6 December 1928: Banana massacre
5 December 1961: Toei animators lockout
4 December 1975: Getafe general strike
3 December 1916: Australian Wobblies sentenced
2 December 1984: Bhopal disaster
1 December 1919: Trinidad and Tobago general strike
30 November 1963: Brooklyn rent strike
29 November 1830: Captain Swing riots
28 November 2006: Aruba oil workers strike
27 November 1981: Kortex strike
24 November 1995: France pension strike
23 November 1887: Thibodaux massacre
19 November 1984: PEMEX disaster
18 November 1998: Lufthansa Skychef strike
17 November 1915: Glasgow rent strike women protest
16 November 1984: Johannesburg rent strikers arrested
15 November 2005: Tahiti social workers strike
14 November 1973: Athens Polytechnic student strike
11 November 1918: Switzerland general strike
10 November 1933: Hormel strike
9 November 1962: Manila port strike
8 November 2004: New Caledonia nickel strike
7 November 1988: Brazil CSN strike
6 November 1912: Grabow mill arson
5 November 1811: Saint-Leu enslaved revolt
4 November 1910: Champagne tax strike
3 November 2017: Marshall Islands fish strike
2 November 1917: Balfour declaration
1 November 2008: Boeing workers win strike
31 October 1979: Iran oil workers strike
30 October 1919: Pennsylvania blind workers strike
29 October 1831: Bristol reform riots
28 October 1916: Conscription defeated in Australia
27 October 1948: NYC brewery strike grows
26 October 1983: Northwood and Pinner occupation
25 October 1983: Hayes Cottage Hospital occupied
24 October 1975: La Tondeña strike
23 October 1913: Bristol University Suffragette arson
22 October 1921: Castleconnell fisheries strike
21 October 1935: St Vincent Labour rebellion
20 October 1901: Rosario sugar strike
19 October 1945: Chinese seamen deported
18 October 1931: Braunschweig strike
17 October 1950: Salt of the Earth strike
16 October 1951: Spit and polish action
15 October 1913: Indian miners protest indenture tax
14 October 1976: One million strike in Canada
13 October 1948: Ruppert brewery strike
12 October 1919: Port Edgar mutiny
11 October 1884: New Straitsville mine fire
10 October 1947: West Africa railway strike
9 October 1912: Little Falls textile strike
8 October 1916: Standard Oil workers strike
7 October 1988: Montenegro mass strike
6 October 1995: Boeing machinists strike
5 October 2001: Malawi health workers strike
4 October 1945: Navy breaks oil strike
3 October 2019: Ecuador Indigenous protests
2 October 1915: Morozov mill strike
1 October 2012: Estonia health workers strike
30 September 1919: Daily Sketch workers action
29 September 1909: Missoula free-speech fight
28 September 1991: Shankar Guha Niyogi assassinated
27 September 1973: UFW wins strike
26 September 1939: Ricky Tomlinson born
25 September 2005: South Korea sex workers union
24 September 1945: NYC elevator workers strike
23 September 2017: Video game voice actors strike ends
22 September 1912: Casa del Obrero Mundial founded
21 September 1945: US coal supervisors strike
20 September 1979: New Zealand general strike
19 September 1795: Curaçao slave revolt crushed
18 September 1809: Old price riots
17 September 1941: Canada bans strikes
16 September 1937: Kirkintilloch tragedy
15 September 1978: Inco strike
14 September 1889: Navassa miners' rebellion
13 September 1943: Belle Vue Harel strike
12 September 2012: Georgia prison protests
11 September 2017: Kenya taxi strike
10 September 1979: McDonald's strikers win
9 September 1739: Stono rebellion
8 September 1941: Norwegian milk strike
7 September 1977: Mohan Nagar clashes
6 September 2008: Boeing workers strike
5 September 2013: Saint Helena Airport strike
4 September 1936: Trocadero Grill strike
3 September 1940: Eduardo Hughes Galeano born
2 September 1963: Philippines Airlines strike
1 September 1974: Newark Labour Day riots
31 August 1972: Shrewsbury builders strike meeting
30 August 1908: Birmingham coal strike ends
29 August 2016: Curaçao oil workers strike
28 August 1968: Chicago Black bus drivers strike
27 August 1889: Jewish tailors strike
26 August 1972: Falkirk FC strike
25 August 1921: Battle of Blair Mountain
24 August 1922: Howard Zinn born
23 August 1966: Wave Hill walk-off
22 August 2005: Air Vanuatu strike
21 August 1971: Angry Brigade raid
20 August 1976: Grunwick strike begins
19 August 1909: Little Red Song Book published
18 August 1812: Leeds food riots
17 August 1987: Hyundai occupation
16 August 1819: Peterloo massacre
15 August 1911: Liverpool strikers shot
14 August 1886: New Haven rubber workers strike
13 August 1937: Mauritius strike massacre
12 August 1887: Maria Cano born
11 August 1958: Dockums drugstore sit-in
10 August 2005: Gate Gourmet dispute
9 August 1979: YH wig workers occupation
8 August 1883: Madison Square Garden strike benefit
7 August 1842: Chartist mass meeting
6 August 1970: Yippies invade Disneyland
5 August 1981: Air-traffic controllers fired
4 August 1941: Moengo miners strike
3 August 1945: Wagglen family squat
2 August 1917: Rio de Janeiro strike ends
1 August 1938: Hilo massacre
31 July 1945: London dockers go-slow
30 July 1766: Real Del Monte miners strike
29 July 2019: Blackjewel blockade
28 July 1869: Daughters of Saint Crispin
27 July 2017: Brisbane fare strike
26 July 1956: Briggs motors strike
25 July 2011: Cambrew promoters strike
24 July 2019: Alaska ferry strike
23 July 1918: Japan rice riots
22 July 2005: Tonga civil servants strike
21 July 1945: Dublin laundry strike
20 July 1979: Leonard Peltier escapes
19 July 1984: Dunnes store strike
18 July 1887: Argentina bakers union
17 July 1971: Cabildo prison break
16 July 2015: Nunavut power strike
15 July 1966: Euston colour bar scrapped
14 July 1966: Fort Hood Three
13 July 1917: São Paulo general strike
12 July 1994: Bridgestone Firestone strike
11 July 1989: Soviet miners strike
10 July 1949: Ben Fletcher dies
9 July 1919: Allentown bartenders strike
8 July 1908: Birmingham coal strike
7 July 1864: Isabelo de los Reyes born
6 July 1934: Couva Plantation riot
5 July 1777: Scab first used in print
4 July 1998: Las Vegas anti-racists murdered
3 July 1918: Isle of Man general strike
2 July 1848: St Croix enslaved revolt
1 July 1919: Prohibition strike planned
30 June 1977: Faridabad mass strike
29 June 1892: Homestead strike
28 June 1969: Stonewall Rebellion
27 June 1905: IWW founded
26 June 1993: Decatur workers protest
25 June 2021: Chad oil workers strike
23 June 2015: St Pierre strike
24 June 1980: El Salvador general strike
22 June 1945: Nigeria general strike
16 June 1983: Chile miners strike
15 June 1970: June workers resistance
14 June 1994: Wallis and Futuna general strike
13 June 1992: Burnsall strike
12 June 2011: Botswana general strike
11 June 1925: Davis day
10 June 1973: Gravediggers strike expands
9 June 1963: Fannie Lou Hamer arrested
8 June 1861: Queensland miners strike
7 June 1948: Nauru miners strike
6 June 1988: South Africa general strike
5 June 2001: Harehills riot
4 June 2003: Faroe Islands strikers win
3 June 1977: Bhilai steelworkers massacre
2 June 1975: St Nizier church occupation
1 June 1981 Schlitz: workers strike
31 May 1989: CLR James dies
30 May 1968: Senegal general strike
29 May 1941: Disney animators strike
28 May 1936: Popular Front strike wave
27 May 1935: Ballantyne lockout begins
26 May 1824: Pawtucket Mill strike
25 May 1901: FORA founded
24 May 1919: Drumheller miners strike
23 May 2020: Tenke Fungurume miners strike
22 May 1992: Great Mine lockout
21 May 1913: Royal Observatory bombing
20 May 1963: Eswatini miners strike
19 May 1920: Battle of Matewan
18 May 1980: Gwangju uprising
17 May 1968: Catonsville 9
16 May 1967: Hong Kong riots committee formed
15 May 1942: T-Bone Slim body found
14 May 2021: Livorno dockers Gaza boycott
13 May 1935: Jamaica banana loaders strike
12 May 1978: Saab Scania strike
11 May 1894: Pullman strike begins
10 May 1941: Strike of the 100,000
9 May 1935: Kingston dock boycott
8 May 1978: Peru great education strike
7 May 1912: NYC waiters strike
6 May 1937: IN Vaughan strike
5 May 1886: Bay View massacre
4 May 1970: Kent State massacre
3 May 1926: Striking furriers arrested
2 May 2022: Eswatini textile strike
1 May 1886: International Workers' Day
30 April 2022: Dubai Deliveroo strike
29 April 1982: Supreme Quilting strike
28 April 1789: Mutiny on the Bounty
27 April 2007: Liberia Firestone strike
26 April 2020: Minnesota Amazon strike
25 April 1945: Italy Liberation Day
24 April 1980: Sabuk miners win strike
23 April 1938: Jamaicans demand minimum wage
22 April 1944: Thompsons cafeteria sit-in
21 April 1894: US miners strike
20 April 1920: Ludlow massacre
19 April 1968: Valdagno textile strike
18 April 1945: Turin general strike
17 April 2016: Kuwait oil workers strike
16 April 1970: Chrysler workers strike
15 April 1916: Denver Domestic Workers Union
14 April 1913: Belgium general strike
13 April 1890: Ben Fletcher born
12 April 1920: Ireland general strike
11 April 1960: April revolution
10 April 1910: Lima general strike
9 April 1946: Palestine general strike
8 April 2019: Gabon student protests
7 April 2010: Carlsberg beer strike
6 April 1712: New York enslaved uprising
5 April 1977: 504 sit-ins
4 April 1886: New Haven Pastor condemns strikes
3 April 1967: Barbican strike
2 April 1863: Richmond food riot
1 April 1949: NYC Brewery strike
31 March 2009: Caterpillar bossnapping
30 March 1976: Palestine Land Day
29 March 1963: Eswatini mill strike
28 March 1919: Arkansas anti-anarchist law
27 March 1974: Christmas Island strike
26 March 1915: Sioux City free-speech fight
25 March 2008: Equatorial Guinea Chinese strike
24 March 2008: Renault Romania strike
23 March 1944: Via Rasella attack
22 March 1986: Philippines US bases strike
21 March 1991: Poll tax abolished
20 March 2013: Azores Airlines strike
19 March 1968: Howard University occupation
18 March 1834: Tolpuddle martyrs
17 March 1916: Armstrong-Whitworth strike
16 March 1978: Beyazıt massacre
15 March 2018: Andorra general strike
14 March 1970: Columbia Eagle mutiny
13 March 1920: Sommerda commune
12 March 1951: Barcelona general strike
11 March 1975: Portugal coup attempt
10 March 1920: El Bordo fire
9 March 2020: Mexico women strike
8 March 1922: Hong Kong seamen's strike
7 March 1962: Bagel bakers win strike
6 March 1974: Miners win strike
5 March 1984: Great Miners' Strike
4 March 1947: Biratnagar Jute Mill strike
3 March 1921: Labin republic
2 March 2016: Berta Cáceres assassinated
1 March 1943: Strikes against fascism in Italy
29 February 2004: Haiti coup
28 February 1879: Chinese sailors strike
27 February 1937: Woolworths sitdown strike
26 February 1906: Orange carriers strike
25 February 2008: Cameroon transport strike
24 February 1942: Canadian Japanese deportations
23 February 1864: Troy Collar laundry strike
22 February 1865: Dripping riot
21 February 1965: Malcolm X assassinated
20 February 1917: New York women's food riot
19 February 1951: Grenada strike
18 February 1946: Royal Indian Navy mutiny
17 February 1981: Alberta beer strike ends
16 February 1943: Mildred Fish-Harnack
15 February 1910: Uprising of the 20,000 ends
14 February 1934: Belize unemployed protest
13 February 1913: Mother Jones arrested
12 February 1920: Colombia women strike
11 February 1967: Black Cat Tavern protest
10 February 1930: TIGR attack
9 February 2007: Alejandro Finisterre dies
8 February 1840: Eight-hour day
7 February 1919: No Beer No Work
6 February 2006: Liberia Firestone strike
5 February 1919: La Canadiense strike
4 February 2022: British Virgin Islands sick-out
3 February 1953: Batepá massacre
2 February 1932: Bronx fights evictions
1 February 1960: Greensboro sit-in