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Five labor lawyers are killed by far-right gunmen on Atocha Street in Madrid

47

years ago

24 January 1977,

A group of far-right gunmen murdered five labor lawyers at Atocha Street in Madrid. The lawyers were members of the Communist Party of Spain and the CCOO trade union. The Communist Party was illegal, but hundreds of thousands of people met at the funeral and strikes were organised in the coming days.

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1631Salt rebellion begins in Bizkaia, when 1,500 armed citizens showed their discomfort against this tax

1919In the Irish city of Monaghan, nurses occupied the hospital and declared sovereignty.

1969The Franco regime established an emergency situation throughout the Spanish State.

2009Obama, US President, ordered his first drone attack and killed eighteen civilians in Pakistan

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1977-01-09

==Death==Juan Manuel Iglesias Sánchez died in Sestao fleeing the Spanish Police

1977-01-11

General strike in Sestao to denounce the murder of Juan Manuel Iglesias by the Spanish police

1977-01-19

Legalization of ikurrina in Hego Euskal Herria

1977-01-22

Multitudinous demonstration in Donostia in favor of the Basque Government

1977-01-24

Five labor lawyers are killed by far-right gunmen on Atocha Street in Madrid

1977-02-26

The Civil Guard hit some 200 people who were closing in the church of Lekeitio

1977-03-08

First call of M8 in Euskal Herria

1977-03-30

Spanish Police Squad Kills Isidro Susperregi

1977-04-28

First action by Rote Zora, an armed team made up of German women and lesbians

1977-04-30

Fourteen women protested in Argentina to become the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo

1977-05-08

The Second Week of Amnesty Begins in Hego Euskal Herria

1977-05-12

The Civil Guard murdered Rafael Gómez Jauregi on Week by Amnesty in Errenteria

1977-05-13

Black Day in Euskal Herria, Amnesty Week

1977-05-14

Spanish Police Killed Manuel Fuentes Mesa in Ortuella Week by Amnesty

1977-05-15

End of Amnesty's second week

1977-05-30

Death of mathematics professor Francisco Javier Nuñez by torture of the Spanish Police

1977-07-10

They began one of the most important mobilizations in history in the Basque Country: Freedom March

1977-07-14

Bilbao brings together about 200,000 people at the demonstration against the Lemoiz nuclear power plant

1977-07-31

In France 60,000 people were on the Antinuclear International March and the police killed a young man

1977-08-13

The fascists did not pass through Lewisham’s working-class neighborhood in London, although 5,000 policemen supported him.

1977-08-18

South African police arrested Steve Bi, a major anti-apartheid activist

1977-09-12

Tortured by police killed Steve Bi's referent activist against apartheid in South Africa

1977-10-02

First demonstration against military service in Donostia

1977-10-05

Attack of the extreme right at the headquarters of Punto y Hora de Euskal Herria in Pamplona

1977-10-06

Triple A paramilitary group kidnaps and kills Hernanian taxi driver David Salvador in Andoain

1977-10-13

Palestinian and German armed groups kidnapped an aircraft with Lufthansa tourists

1977-10-16

The Kilometroak festival was held for the first time between Beasain and Lazkao

1977-10-18

Nazi criminal war and leader of German employers was executed by armed group RAF

1977-10-20

Author and journalist Madalena Jauregiberri dies in Ziboz, Zuberoa

1977-10-26

8,000 factory workers locked their bosses at the factory in India because they were not paid the wages

1977-10-30

For the first time in 1936, people shot by Francoists at the Hernani cemetery were publicly honored.

1977-11-12

First night feminist rally under the motto 'Reclaim the Night' in Leeds, England

1977-12-04

Police killed young Manuel José García Caparros in Málaga, a giant Andalusian mobilisation

1977-12-08

The First Meetings of Women of the Basque Country begin at the University of Leioa

1977-12-13

The Basque prisoner was released from prison by Amnesty's decree: Fran Aldasoro

1977-12-18

David Alvarez was seriously injured in the shooting between ETA members and civilian guards at Lemoiz

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10

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2014-01-31

The Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia ordered that the teaching of the fourth part of the subjects be carried out in Spanish, at the request of a single student

10

years ago

2014-01-06

Goodyear workers prevented the departure of two company executives in the city of Amiens

15

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2009-01-24

Obama, US President, ordered his first drone attack and killed eighteen civilians in Pakistan

15

years ago

2009-01-17

The Ertzaintza rebelled against the TAV protest in Urbina

15

years ago

2009-01-03

An anti-militarist parody called on citizens to put more money for military spending in Bilbao

25

years ago

1999-01-30

They published the first issue of the newspaper 'Gara' after thousands of citizens bought shares.

25

years ago

1999-01-06

Disguised as Reyes Magos supported Basque prisoners chained on the outskirts of the Spanish Congress

30

years ago

1994-01-11

The Irish government suspended the ban on Sinn Féin and IRA members appearing in the media

30

years ago

1994-01-01

Chiapas peasants and indigenous people rebelled against the Mexican government

35

years ago

1989-01-22

ETA and the Government of Spain set up the negotiating table for Algiers

40

years ago

1984-01-27

Martina Maritorena, 78, was expelled from her house and started camping in Castle Square

40

years ago

1984-01-21

Creation of the Free Land Movement in Brazil: MST

45

years ago

1979-01-14

The Civil Guard rebelled against the concentration against the Lemoiz power plant in Mungia

50

years ago

1974-01-25

Eli Gallastegi, passionate pro-independence politician, dies Gudari in San Juan de Luz

55

years ago

1969-01-24

The Franco regime established an emergency situation throughout the Spanish State.

55

years ago

1969-01-19

Boycott of San Sebastian Eve in Donostia

55

years ago

1969-01-16

The young Jan Palach caught fire in Prague against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia

55

years ago

1969-01-07

Members of Canadian countries protested against the company Manitoba Hydro, which sank its territory

60

years ago

1964-01-12

Zanzibar Revolution Bursts in East Africa

65

years ago

1959-01-08

The Caravan of Freedom enters Havana, presided over by Fidel Castro

65

years ago

1959-01-01

Cuban revolution rounded the victory in Santiago

80

years ago

1944-01-26

Born Angela Davis, left-wing entrepreneur, feminist and African-American

85

years ago

1939-01-05

Amelia Earthart was officially declared dead, the first woman crossing the Atlantic and Pacific

90

years ago

1934-01-18

General strike in Portugal against dictator Salazar

90

years ago

1934-01-10

The Nazis executed the Dutch Marinus van der Lubbe, accused of burning Reichstaga

95

years ago

1929-01-11

Seven-hour working day in the Soviet Union

100

years ago

1924-01-21

Lenin, founder of the Soviet Union and first president of the government dies

100

years ago

1924-01-10

Eduardo Chillida was born in Donostia

100

years ago

1924-01-03

Ulyana Gromova, symbol of Nazi resistance in the Soviet Union

105

years ago

1919-01-31

Serious disturbances in Glasgow to 60,000 workers who, when attacked by the police, were meeting in favour of lower days

105

years ago

1919-01-24

In the Irish city of Monaghan, nurses occupied the hospital and declared sovereignty.

105

years ago

1919-01-16

They confirmed in the US the so-called dry law: they banned the production, trade and transportation of alcoholic beverages

105

years ago

1919-01-15

Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht killed Germany's leading political leaders

105

years ago

1919-01-14

Rosa Luxembourg published her last article on the eve of her murder

105

years ago

1919-01-10

German workers' councils and the Spartakist League proclaimed the Soviet Republic of Bremen

105

years ago

1919-01-05

Spartanchist Uprising inspired by the Russian Revolution begins in Berlin

105

years ago

1919-01-01

They published the first issue of Sky Light.

120

years ago

1904-01-01

The Bizkaia miners' strike ended with the workers' victory

125

years ago

1899-01-06

They successfully premiered the first opera in Euskera: Txanton Piperri

145

years ago

1879-01-22

In South Africa 20,000 holes attacked a British army camp in the battle of Islandlwana

150

years ago

1874-01-13

The New York police attacked the protest of the unemployed, the largest demonstration so far

150

years ago

1874-01-09

José de Amezola was born in Urkabustaiz, the first Basque athlete to win the medal at the Olympic Games

180

years ago

1844-01-19

Tolosa was declared capital of Gipuzkoa by royal decree

230

years ago

1794-01-11

French as the only language for official documents

375

years ago

1649-01-30

King Charles I was cut off

415

years ago

1609-01-27

First arrests and start of witch hunt in Zugarramurdi

425

years ago

1599-01-22

Juan Oñate, conqueror of Gipuzkoan origin in Mexico, ordered the massacre against the Acoma