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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September 18, 1968
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In an ongoing campaign to repress any form of overt dissent in the period leading up the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, troops invade the National University in Mexico City. Riot police first invaded the campus in July; the repression culminates in the October 2 Tlatelolco Massacre of students.
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September 18, 1992
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An explosion in the strike-bound Giant Mine in Yellowknife kills nine strikebreakers.
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