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
November 19, 1274
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A huge Mongol invasion force lands in Hakata Bay, Japan, but their attempt to conquer Japan fails when a typhoon destroys much of the Mongol fleet on the following day.
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November 19, 1915
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Joe Hill, labour militant and songwriter, is executed by a firing squad in Utah after being convicted of murder in a travesty of a ‘trial.’
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