Seeds of Fire: A People’s Chronology

Recalling events that happened on this day in history.
Memories of struggle, resistance and persistence.

Compiled by Ulli Diemer

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December 7, 1837
Battle of Montgomery’s Tavern. Some 500 to 1000 rebels are defeated by government forces at Montgomery’s Taven, north of Toronto.
December 7, 1928
Birth of Noam Chomsky, linguist, author, political activist, libertarian socialist.
December 7, 1941  
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Related Topics: World War II
December 7, 1952  
Founding of the Letterist International, a Paris-based group of radical artists and theorists, precursor to the Situationist International.



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