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Historia > Efemerideen kanala

Martin Luther King dies, one of the symbols against racism in the United States

57
years ago

04 April 1968,

Martin Luther King Jr. dies. He was one of the leaders in the fight for the civil rights of American blacks. He advocated non-violence and the path of civil disobedience to acquire the rights of the black community.

He was shot at a scheduled event in Memphis, causing the biggest riots after the country's Civil War.

On this day
1609Expelled former Muslims Felipe from Spain III.ak
1926The weekly ARGIA announced the first child comic in Basque: Txistu
1937It fell into the hands of Francoist troops Otxandio
1940The first Basques reached the Gurs concentration camp
1980Gose greba hasi zuten Alemaniako hamahiru sinti ijitok Dachauko kontzentrazio esparruan

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1968-01-16
The United States launched Operation Niagara in the Vietnam War, a 66-day air bombardment
1968-01-29
Jose Maria Quesada hil zen, errepresio frankistaren ondorioz hildako lehen etakidea
1968-02-08
In the North American city of Orangeburg, police killed in South Carolina
1968-04-04
Martin Luther King dies, one of the symbols against racism in the United States
1968-04-14
They celebrated the Aberri Eguna in San Sebastian, although the Franco Navy Police closed all access to the city from the morning
1968-05-01
An artificial platform built in international waters was declared an independent republic on the Italian coast
1968-05-06
In the French state the first incidents of 'May 68' begin, in Paris
1968-05-13
10 million workers started one of the largest general strikes in French history in May 1968
1968-05-18
Start May 68 of Senegal
1968-05-21
Constitution of the Staff and Students Action Commission to coordinate its actions in the May 68 uprising
1968-05-22
A team of football players holds the seat of the French Football Federation in Paris
1968-05-24
May 68 of Paris reached its peak
1968-06-07
The Civil Guard murdered Txabi Etxebarrieta in Tolosa, shooting on the ground
1968-06-07
The workers of the Ford car workshop started a strike in England to ask for the same pay as men
1968-06-11
The police killed two workers in France during the eviction operation of a Peugeot plant they had occupied
1968-06-22
The Civil Governor of Gipuzkoa banned acts in honor of Txabi Etxebarrieta
1968-07-01
Five people were arrested in Bermeo at the end of the Mass in memory of Txabi Etxebarrieta
1968-07-10
Film premiere Ama Lur at the San Sebastian Film Festival
1968-07-21
On the roof of the Benedictine convent of Lazkao, an ikurrina appeared with black ribbons, while the Mass for Etxebarrieta
1968-08-02
ETA killed Meliton Manzanas in Irun, famous torturator
1968-08-03
Francoists established a state of emergency in Gipuzkoa the day after the death of Meliton Manzanas ETA
1968-08-28
Chicago African American Bus Drivers Strike Against Transportation Union
1968-09-18
Mexikoko armadak Mexikoko Unibertsitate Nazional Autonomoa hartu zuen tankeekin
1968-10-02
In Mexico, the police and the military faced thousands of students who peacefully protested against government repression.
1968-10-03
Euskaltzaindia Assembly begins to approve Euskara batua in Arantzazu
1968-10-16
At the Olympic Games in Mexico, the Americans Smith and Carlos fired at the podium of the Black Panther
1968-10-20
Activist Gonzalo Arias is arrested for carrying posters calling for elections in Franco
1968-10-27
Lise Meitner hil zen, emakume zientzialarien artean garrantzitsuenetakoa
1968-11-22
The Japanese student movement united thousands of people against the military deal with the U.S.

This month's anniversaries:
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10
years ago
2015-04-13
Eduardo Galeano hil zen Montevideon, kazetari eta idazle uruguaiarra
10
years ago
2015-04-08
Frantziako Estatuko hegaldien %40 bertan behera geratu ziren aire-kontrolatzaileen grebagatik
30
years ago
1995-04-19
ETAk Jose María Aznarren aurkako atentatua egin zuen, PPko presidentea eta Espainiako oposizioko burua
30
years ago
1995-04-16
At age 12, Iqbal Masih, child anti-slave symbol, was murdered
35
years ago
1990-04-26
Seven members of the Basque Country were arrested by the Spanish Police in Euskal Herria for erasing traffic signs in Spanish
35
years ago
1990-04-06
EAJ makina txanponjaleen ustelkeria kasuan inplikatzen zuen txosten baten berri eman zuen Egin-ek
35
years ago
1990-04-01
Strangeways rebellion begins in the English city of Manchester
40
years ago
1985-04-22
Trial against the Argentine dictatorship in Buenos Aires begins
40
years ago
1985-04-16
ETAren armak gordetzeko lehen zulo handia aurkitu zuen Poliziak Senperen
40
years ago
1985-04-13
A group of Belgian pacifists manage to enter the military base of Florennes
40
years ago
1985-04-13
Danuta Danielsson hits a neonazi bag in Sweden
45
years ago
1980-04-26
Spanish police kidnapped newspaper Egin
45
years ago
1980-04-25
Itxialdia abiatu zuten Gipuzkoako Aldundiaren egoitzan 50 ekintzaile antinuklearrek
45
years ago
1980-04-19
Basque Spanish Battalion Killed Hernaniarra Felipe Sagarna Ormazabal 'Zapa'
45
years ago
1980-04-04
Gose greba hasi zuten Alemaniako hamahiru sinti ijitok Dachauko kontzentrazio esparruan
50
years ago
1975-04-29
AEBek Vietnamgo bere enbaxada ebakuatu behar izan zuten, gerra galdu berritan
50
years ago
1975-04-24
Espainiako Poliziak Mikel Gardoki ETA pm-ko kidea hil zuen Astigarragan segada batean
50
years ago
1975-04-22
Txikia mendekatu zuen ETA pm-k Getxon Morán polizia hilda
50
years ago
1975-04-13
Lebanon’s extreme right storms a Palestinian bus and Lebanese Civil War starts
50
years ago
1975-04-12
Joséphine Baker hil zen Parisen, munduko lehen super-izar beltza
55
years ago
1970-04-17
Hezkuntzan euskara erabiltzea baimendu zuten Gorte frankistek, hiru hamarkadaz debekatu ostean
55
years ago
1970-04-08
A nuclear submarine suffered an accident in the Gulf of Bizkaia
60
years ago
1965-04-28
Buenos Aireseko Asociación Patriótica Española-ren egoitzan gezurrezko lehergailu bat jarri zuen ETAk
60
years ago
1965-04-26
Ikurrinaren pegatinak jartzeagatik Jon Urrujulegik TOP epaitegian deklaratu zuen
60
years ago
1965-04-02
Buenos Airesen ETAren aldeko pintaketak egin zituzten Espainiako kontsulatuan
70
years ago
1955-04-18
29 countries in Africa and Asia underpinned the creation of the Non-Aligned Movement
70
years ago
1955-04-18
Albert Einstein fisikaria hil zen
75
years ago
1950-04-20
For writing in Basque, an article in the press was censored by José Artetxe
75
years ago
1950-04-08
Josep Lluís Faceras, a member of the CNT, exploits a police station in Barcelona
80
years ago
1945-04-30
Hitlerrek bere buruaz beste egin zuen, sobietarrek harrapa ez zezaten
80
years ago
1945-04-29
U.S. soldiers released Dachaus concentration camp next to Munich
80
years ago
1945-04-28
Italian partisans executed fascist dictator Benito Mussolini
80
years ago
1945-04-27
Partisans arrested fascist leader Benito Mussolini in Italy
80
years ago
1945-04-14
The Gernika Battalion started in France the battle against the Nazis at the Point of Grave
85
years ago
1940-04-04
The first Basques reached the Gurs concentration camp
95
years ago
1930-04-23
Britainiar Indiar Armadak sarraskia egin zuen Pakistango Peshawar hirian
110
years ago
1915-04-24
Anti-Armenian genocide begins in the Ottoman Empire
110
years ago
1915-04-22
The Germans first used toxic gases in the war
155
years ago
1870-04-22
Born Lenin, Vladimir Ilitx Ulianov
245
years ago
1780-04-02
Born Vicenta Juaristi Eguino in La Paz, Bolivia