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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July 29, 1874
Birth of J.S. Woodsworth, Canadian socialist.
Related Topics: Canadian Socialists
July 29, 1900
Gaetano Bresci assassinates King Umberto I of Italy, in revenge for Umberto’s decision to reward the murderous General Fiorenzo Bava-Beccaris, responsible for the slaughter of hundreds of workers in Milan.
Related Topics: Assassinations
July 29, 1972
After a five-year strike, the United Farm Workers (UFW) win a contract with the table grape growers in California, ending the first grape boycott.
July 29, 1994  
Dr. John Britton, a physician, and James Barrett, a clinic escort, are shot to death by a Christian terrorist outside an abortion clinic in Florida. Rev. Paul Jennings Hill is charged with the killings.
Related Topics: Anti-Abortion Violence



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