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Start of the trial against Angela Davis in the US

52
years ago

28 February 1972,

Start of the trial against Angela Davis in the US. For his revolutionary militancy, he was falsely charged with murder and kidnapping and sentenced to death. It received significant international support and the conviction was annulled. He was a member of the Communist Party and also related to the Black Panther.

Source:

Angela Davis, Autobiography.

On this day
1933Hitler outlaws the Communist Party of Germany
1936Canada withdrew charges against the leaders of displaced workers to Ottawa
1948The Accra riots begin in today's Ghana, in the British colony Gold Coast
1981100,000 people met to call for a nuclear plant to be shut down in Bonn, Germany
1983ETAk armak lapurtu zizkion Ertzaintzari

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1972-01-30
'Bloody Sunday' or Blood Sunday in the city of Derry, northern Ireland
1972-02-20
Worker Juan José Munduate dies from torture at Indautxu police station
1972-02-28
Start of the trial against Angela Davis in the US
1972-03-03
Italian Red Brigade kidnapped Sit-Siemens director for an hour
1972-03-15
Jon Ugutz Goikoetxea was killed in his Civil Guard flight
1972-03-25
Kixki, Mixki eta Kaxkamelonek lehen emanaldia egin zuten Donostiako Kresala elkartean
1972-04-01
Internazional Situazionista mugimendua disolbatu zuten
1972-04-02
Irish public radio Raidio na Gaeltachta speaks of Gaelic
1972-05-06
Zeanuri priest was fined 150,000 pesetas for the withdrawal of the deceased Francoist commemoration
1972-07-07
The IRA delegation met in secret in London with the Northern Ireland Secretary of State
1972-07-08
Mossadek Israeleko zerbitzu sekretuak Ghassan Kanafani eta bere hiloba Lamis hil zituen Beiruten, bere autoan lehergailua jarrita
1972-07-25
The US newspaper 'Washington Star' unveils Tuskege's experiment
1972-09-02
Civil Guard killed 'Mikelon' and 'Xenki' in Lekeitio
1972-09-05
Palestinian group 'Irail beltza' murdered eleven Israeli athletes kidnapped at the Munich Olympic Games
1972-09-20
Jon Andoni Aranguren, member of ETA 'Iharra', was killed by the Civil Guard in Urdazubi/Urdax, shooting with a metralleta on his back
1972-10-01
Dozena bat antimilitaristak kontzientzia-eragozleentzako gizarte-zerbitzu alternatiboa eratu zuten Zuberoan, Frantziako Gobernua desobedituta
1972-10-11
Accused of abortion, a trial starts against a 16-year-old girl in France at the Bobigny children's court
1972-10-14
N’Guyen Van Dong died in Biarritz in solidarity with Basque refugees
1972-10-22
Vancouver feminist movements create SORWUC trade union in Canada
1972-10-29
Zazpi preso errepublikarrek ihes egin zuten Irlandako Errepublikan, Curragheko base militarreko presondegitik
1972-11-01
They start publishing Wimmen's Comix, the first feminist comic book magazine.
1972-11-03
The Indian American Movement occupied the office of the Government for Indian Affairs
1972-12-16
Portuguese soldiers provoked the Wiriyamu massacre of Mozambican civilians

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1984-02-16
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1984-02-08
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45
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1979-02-12
The World Climate Conference met for the first time in Geneva
45
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1979-02-03
Ecologists managed to stop a convoy from Lemoniz to the Ascó II nuclear power station in Tarragona.
45
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1979-02-03
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55
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1969-02-04
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1969-02-04
Jasser Arafat was elected president of the Palestine Liberation Organization
70
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1954-02-19
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70
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1954-02-11
In the Canary Islands, a concentration camp for the LGBTI group was opened.
75
years ago
1949-02-18
From Vienna to Euskal Herria the first train filled with Austrian and German children
80
years ago
1944-02-09
Gypsy boxer Rukeli was killed by the Nazis in Neuengamm concentration camp
85
years ago
1939-02-24
Supreme Court banned “fallen arms strikes”
85
years ago
1939-02-22
Antonio Machado died in exile in Northern Catalonia
90
years ago
1934-02-12
Struggles between Socialists and Fascists begin, also known as the Civil War of Austria
100
years ago
1924-02-19
Amale Arcelus is born in Donostia, the first woman in Basque on the radio
105
years ago
1919-02-05
The Canadenca de Barcelona starts a strike for eight hours
110
years ago
1914-02-20
Born the writer Julia de Burgos
115
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1909-02-17
At 80, the head of the apaches named Gerónimo died.
150
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1874-02-21
Bilbao's siege begins in the civil war known as the Second Carlist War
210
years ago
1814-02-26
The City Hall banned the organization of dances, tamboriles and more on carnivals
230
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1794-02-19
47 young people from Itsasu deserted from the French army fleeing the Baztan
245
years ago
1779-02-14
Hawaiians killed colonizer James Cook
375
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1649-02-07
They decided to abolish the monarchy in England and cut King Charles I's head, accusing him of violating citizens' rights and freedoms.
415
years ago
1609-02-13
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415
years ago
1609-02-13
The Inquisition questioned six citizens of Zugarramurdi in Logroño
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1524-02-27
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