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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January 4, 1341
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Birth of Wat Tyler (1341-1381), a leader of the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381.
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January 4, 1901
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Birth of C.L.R. James (1901-1989), Trinidadian Marxist, philosopher, historian, author, and cricket journalist.
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January 4, 1989
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U.S. naval forces conducting a deliberately provocative mission off Libya shoot down two Libyan planes about 70 miles north of the Libyan coast. The U.S. later claims the Libyan planes had demonstrated ‘hostile intentions’.
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