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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April 22, 1870
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Birth of V.I. Lenin (Vladimir Illych Ulyanov), Russian revolutionary, key leader of the Russian Revolution.
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April 22, 1897
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The first issue of Forverts (Forward), a Yiddish-language left-wing daily newspaper, is published in New York. The paper achieves massive circulation, reaching 275,000 by the 1930s. It continues to publish, with English-language and Yiddish editions, though circulation is a fraction of what it was at its peak.
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April 22, 1970
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The first ‘Earth Day’ is marked in the United States, with participants in thousands of universities and schools, and hundreds of communities. It is now observed internationally.
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