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

January 29 - February 21, 1914
U.S. forces invade Haiti to ‘protect American interests.’ Related Topics: Haiti – Intervention – U.S. Imperialism
January 29, 1927
Birth of Edward Abbey (1927-1989), American author and environmentalist. Further Reading: Abbey’s Web: Website dedicated to the life, works and values of author Edward Abbey.
January 29, 1929
Publication of All Quiet on the Western Front (Im Westen nichts Neues), Erich Maria Remarque’s novel about the First World War. It sells 2.5 million copies in 25 languages in its first eighteen months in print. When the Nazis come to power all of Remarque’s books are banned and burned. Related Topics: Book Burning – First World War
January 29, 1965
A left-wing radical group bombs three American warplanes being retrofitted at an Edmonton airport. Related Topics: Bombing
January 29, 1969
Protesting students occupy the computer centre at Sir George Williams University in Montreal. On February 11, after 14 days of occupation, students set fire to the building;
January 29, 1998
Robert Sanderson, an off-duty police officer who works as a security guard at an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Alabama, is killed when the clinic is bombed by anti-abortion terrorists. Related Topics: Anti-Abortion Violence – Murder – Terrorism