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Oooo! Saint/Good King Wenceslas gets murdered by his brother Boleslaus today!

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Emma Goldman, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Mother Jones and the influence of these women on the rise of the labor movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and the impact they had had on the anti- war movement during WWI.

**Emma Goldman is worth her own separate look.**

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March 11, 1811 - The Luddite uprising. Apparently it was pretty polite.

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Nationalist Insurrection in Puerto Rico, 30 October 1950 ... there is a recent (2017) documentary about it too.

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Seeing that the US calls it a "possession" and Puerto Ricans call it a colony, I can't really blame them. Especially after the botched recovery during Darth Cheeto's mis-administration.

Note: I grew up there. They were wonderful to my family. I support whatever the citizens want, whether it be statehood or independence. It's their call alone.

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I came upon your site only recently, so not sure if you’ve covered it previously. US Marine Corps birthday, 10 November 1775, Tun Tavern, a bar in Philadelphia. (Have the book on order, so apologies if it’s already in one of the editions.)

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Being as Romans are featuring heavily in the consciousness today, The assassination of Pompey!

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The Lisbon Earthquake of 1755, destroyed ⅔ of the city and prompted the beginning of seismology. For lack of a better reference: https://youtu.be/IVLGo_SgRfs?si=CrSOduRk2q4WMrvA

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I would love to buy your book but $90+ postage is just a bit much 😭. All I want is for it to be sent to Australia 🦘. So I will continue to enjoy your posts, history has never been so interesting 😀

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