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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June 5, 1868
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Birth of James Connolly (1868-1916), Irish socialist, republican, and rebel. Connolly is one of the organizers of the Irish Citizen Army, an armed workers’ group formed in 1913 to defend strikers and trade unionists against police brutality. The group grows to adopt the political goal of an independent socialist Ireland. In 1916, the Irish Citizen Army joins the Irish Republican Brotherhood, a bourgeois nationalist group, in the Easter Uprising against British rule. The uprising fails, and Connolly is executed.
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June 5, 1878
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Birth of Pancho Villa (1878-1923), Mexican rebel. Villa is active as a military leader in the Mexican revolution from 1910 to 1920.
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June 5, 1898
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Birth of Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936), Spanish poet.
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June 5 - August 5, 1912
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U.S. forces occupy Havana and Oriente province in Cuba to ‘protect American interests.’
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June 5, 1977
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A group of Kenyan women led by Wangari Maathai start the Green Belt movement. They set out to plant thousands of trees to combat deforestation, stop soil erosion, produce wood for cooking, and generate income.
Since the movement started, more than 51 million trees have been planted, and thousands of women have been trained in skills, such as forestry, food processing, and beekeeping, that help them earn income in a way that preserves land and resources.
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June 5, 1984
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Saudi Arabian jet fighters, aided by intelligence from a US AWACS electronic surveillance aircraft, shoot down two Iranian planes over the Persian Gulf in an unprovoked attack.
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