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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March 17, 1901
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Police brutally disperse demonstrators protesting against autocracy in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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March 17, 1968
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A large anti-Vietnam War demonstration in Grosvenor Square, London leads to confrontations between protesters and police. Eighty-six are injured, 200 arrested.
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March 17, 1978
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The oil supertanker Amoco Cadiz runs aground and loses its entire cargo of 1.6 million barrels of oil. An oil slick 18 miles wide and 80 miles long pollutes approximately 200 miles of France's Brittany coastline.
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March 17, 1988
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The United States sends a large military force to Honduras, ostensibly to ‘protect’ Honduras against Nicaragua. At the same time, American-armed ‘contra’ mercenaries are using bases in Honduras to launch attacks on Nicaragua.
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