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March 28
March 28 is the 28th day in March.
Events[edit]
193 — Didius Julianus, highest bidder in Praetorian auction, becomes Emperor of Rome.
1849 — France: Pierre-Joseph Proudhon gets three years in prison & fined 3,000 francs for one of his lampoons published in "Le Peuple". The unhappy tribunal explains the reasons for his harsh sentence:
"D'excitation, provocation, attaque"
- Stirring up hatred against the government
- Provoking civil war
- Attacking the Constitution & property!
1871 — France: Paris Commune, over 200,000 people turn out at the City Hall to see the Central Committee of the National Guard abolished by their newly elected officials, members whose names are read to to the crowd which acclaims them, making this day a revolutionary festival. The red flag, raised over all public buildings, emblem of the Commune. anarchist_Archives/pariscommune/Pariscommunearchive.html
1892 — France: Ravachol is arrested in Paris for having blown up the homes of Benoit, the judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal, & Bulot, the deputy prosecutor of the republic.
1909 — Novelist Nelson Algren ("A Walk on the Wild Side") lives (1909—1981). Grew up in Chicago in a poor Polish neighborhood, served a four-month jail term for stealing a typewriter. Algren joined a John Reed Club & was editor of the "New Anvil," an experimental magazine. Heavy drinker & gambler, involved with Simone de Beauvoir. [2]
1911 — Bonnot — gang bandit — caught & killed by cops after months of joyous bank robbing & other escapades. Many letters had been sent publicizing their actions & taunting the police. Comprised of unemployed anarchists, the Bonnot Gang received much enthusiastic response from the public. [3]
1915 — Emma Goldman lectures again on "Limitation of Offspring—Why & How Small Families are Preferable" in New York. [4] [5]
1918 — Canada: 2,000 demonstrate against conscription, in Quebec; police are forced to retreat into the police station.
1960 — Scotland: 20 firefighters trying to put out a fire in a warehouse full of scotch whiskey are crushed by a collapsing wall after the whiskey explodes, Glasgow.
1968 — France: In Nanterre, suspension of all school courses until April 1 because of student unrest.
1969 — Anna Louise Strong, former Seattle School Board member & organizer during the 1919 Seattle General Strike, dies in China.
1976 — US: FBI, largest & highest US police agency, discloses it burglarized the Socialist Party 92+ times between 1960 & 1966.
1979 — US: A Three Mile Island cooling unit fails, leading to a meltdown. Amid the worst nuclear disaster in US history, it takes authorities three days to advise pregnant women & children to evacuate. Thousands flee, but the men — apparently born macho mutants — hang around for their daily dose. [6]
2001 — US: First Annual Anarchist Awards presented. Celebrating a year’s worth of the best protests, meanest cops, & stinkiest hippies! by the Academy of Anarchy… Includes Protester of The Year, Best Choreography of a Protest, Best Protest Involving Pets, Villain of the Year.
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