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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August 3, 1917
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Green Corn Rebellion. At the end of the Green Corn Ceremony, Creeks, Seminoles, and a group of Central Oklahoma farmers spurred on by local socialists and the Working Class Union, organize to oppose the draft. Arming themselves, a few hundred rebels meet on the banks of the South Canadian River and prepare to march on Washington, D.C.
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August 3, 1961
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Canada’s New Democratic Party is founded, as a successor to Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF). T.C. (Tommy) Douglas is chosen as the party’s first leader.
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