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 12, 1909
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Birth of Dorothy Livesay (1909-1996), Canadian poet and radical journalist.
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October 12 - 25, 1925
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American forces intervene in Panama to ‘protect American interests.’
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October 12, 1492
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Natives of a Caribbean island discover a group of confused Europeans wandering on the shore. The leader of the group, Christopher Columbus, is searching for a water route to India. The members of his group may not know where they are, but they are armed and ruthless. They immediately claim “ownership” of the island they have just landed on. In the following years, they and those who follow them will kill or enslave most of the people living on these islands, and on the mainland.
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October 12, 1954
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Hurricane Hazel strikes Haiti; an estimated 1,000 people die.
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October 12, 1958
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A Reform Jewish synagogue in Atlanta is firebombed in retaliation for Jewish support of civil rights for blacks.
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