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 16, 1605
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Publication of Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes.
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January 16, 1855
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Birth of Eleanor Marx (1855-1898), socialist activist and translator.
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January 16 - April 1, 1893
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U.S. forces land in Hawaii, ostensibly to protect American lives and property, but actually to support a provisional government proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole with the support of American plantation owners.
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January 16, 1969
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Jan Palach, a university student, sets himself on fire in Wenceslas Square in Prague in a protest against the occupation of Czechoslovakia by Russian and other Warsaw Pact forces. He dies three days later. His action sparks widespread protests against the occupation. In the three months that follow, 26 other people attempt suicide as an act of protest; seven die.
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January 16, 1979
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The Shah of Iran is overthrown. Ayatollah Khomeni takes power.
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