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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October 25, 1917  
The date of the outbreak of the October Revolution in Russia according to the old Russian calendar in use at the time. This is equivalent to November 7 on the modern calendar in use in most of the world, which Russia also adopts after the Revolution. The events of the ‘October Revolution’ appear in Seeds of Fire in November.
Related Topics: Russian Revolution
October 25, 1983
The United States invades Grenada and overthrows its leftist government. It claims the invasion is necessary because Grenada, a 341-square-kilometre island with a mostly rural population of 90,000, possessing no air force, no navy, no missiles, and no standing army, poses a grave military threat to the United States.
Related Topics: GrenadaInterventionU.S. Imperialism



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