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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November 12, 1815
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Birth of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902), American women’s rights campaigner.
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November 12, 1939
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Death of Dr. Norman Bethune (1890-1939). A Canadian Communist, Bethune develops the first mobile blood-transfusion unit while serving with the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion in the Spanish Civil War. He subsequently goes to China and serves with the Communist forces fighting the Japanese invaders. He dies as a result of an infection contracted while operating on a wounded soldier.
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November 12, 1999
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Residents of Cochabamba form the Coordinadora de Defensa del Agua y de la Vida (Coalition for the Defence of Water and Life) to fight water privatization.
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