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 30, 1880
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Birth of Sean O’Casey (1880-1964), Irish playwright, author, and socialist.
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March 30 - April 21, 1903
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U.S. forces intervene in the Dominican Republic to ‘protect American interests’ during a revolutionary outbreak.
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March 30 - April 1, 1914
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The 1914 Sealing Disasters. 132 sealers on the ship S.S. Newfoundland are stranded on an ice floe for two days after their captain sails the ship away while they are on the ice. 77 men die, many of the survivors lose limbs to frostbite. At the same time, another sealing ship, the S.S. Southern Cross, sinks while crossing the Gulf of St. Lawrence: all 174 men on board die.
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