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An anarchist poster commemorating the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. (Library of Congress) On this day in 1936, a coalition of left-wing political parties known as the Popular Front won a majority share of votes during Spain's federal election. The Front was united only in its opposition to fascism - a growing force in…
The Maple Leaf, Canada's current flag. (Wikimedia Commons) On this day in 1965, Canada officially adopted its current flag design. When Canadian troops had deployed to Egypt in 1956 during the Suez Crisis, they wore the Red Ensign, Canada's old flag design that contained a small British flag in the upper lefthand corner. Egyptian authorities…
A police reenactment of the shooting in the wake of the 1929 Saint Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago. (Daily Telegraph) On this day in 1929, seven men from the Irish North Side Mob gathered in a garage in Lincoln Park, Chicago in order to buy stolen Canadian whiskey. Albert Kachellek, the gang's second-in-command, was there,…
Continue reading ➞ 02/14 – The Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre
An RAF bomber during a sortie over Germany during WWII. (History.com) On this day in 1945, over 1,200 Allied bomber aircraft took to the skies for an attack on Dresden, an industrial city in Eastern Germany. That night, the first of four sorties (missions) began and, over the next 48 hours, 3,900 tonnes of incendiary…
Women protesting in Lahore during the 1980s. (Pinterest) On this day in 1983, 100 women gathered in Lahore, Pakistan, to protest the Qanun-e-Shahadat (or Law of Evidence). Proposed by Pakistani dictator Zia-ul-Haq, the bill held that, in civil court, a man's word counted for twice as much as a woman's. Naturally, the Law of Evidence…
Continue reading ➞ 02/12 – The Lahore Protests for Gender Equality
A crowd gathers in Manchuria, near North Korea, in 1978. They are fascinated to see Michael Arth, a white American photographer, in their village. During the Cultural Revolution, anything Western - from books to people - was hard to come by in the PRC. (Wikimedia Commons) On this day in 1978, the People's Republic of…
A modern re-enactment of the Mongol hordes that ravaged Baghdad, and brought an end to the Islamic Golden Age. (Cosmos Magazine Online) On this day in 1258, Mongol hordes entered Baghdad after 13 days of brutal siege warfare. Led by Hulagu Khan, the invaders sought to punish the city for its failure to pay taxes…
A period photograph of the Mud March, showing the various classes of women that took part in the infamous Mud March of 1907. (Wikimedia Commons) On this day in 1907, three thousand women from all facets of British society took part in a march through London to agitate for suffrage (the right to vote). Organized…
A Heinkel HE 111 light bomber like the one Mikhail Devyatayev and his comrades stole in 1945. (Flickr) On this day in 1945, Soviet fighter pilot Mikhail Devyatayev and 9 others escaped from a Nazi labour camp located in the Baltic Sea. Shot down over the Eastern Front in 1944, Devyatayev was captured by German…
The EU flag flies at the Union's HQ in Brussels, Belgium. (Flickr) On this day in 1992, the Maastricht Treaty was signed in the Netherlands by 12 member states, signalling the creation of the EU (European Union). Today, the EU is a historically unprecedented community that shares a common currency (the euro), open borders and…
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