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At the Olympic Games in Mexico, the Americans Smith and Carlos fired at the podium of the Black Panther

56
years ago

16 October 1968,

African-Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos got the first and second place on the 200-meter test at the Olympic Games in Mexico, got on the podium, and when they put the U.S. hymn, they fired with the fist of the Black Panthers to reclaim the civil rights of black citizens. They took off the medals.

On this day
1973Arab countries multiplied the price of oil overnight
1977The Kilometroak festival was held for the first time between Beasain and Lazkao
1982The Victoriano Agiriano and Maria Angeles Barandiaran marriage were killed by the Spanish Police in a roadblock in Vitoria
1983GAL kidnapped Lasa and Zabala in Baiona

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1968-01-16
The United States launched Operation Niagara in the Vietnam War, a 66-day air bombardment
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
1968-10-02
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
1968-11-22
The Japanese student movement united thousands of people against the military deal with the U.S.

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5
years ago
2019-10-22
Women of the Spanish football league called indefinite strike
5
years ago
2019-10-14
Barcelona International Airport Block by Tsunami Democràtic
5
years ago
2019-10-07
The Extinction Rebellion movement calls the day of disobedience
10
years ago
2014-10-11
About 100,000 people from all over Ireland joined Dublin against the privatization of water services
10
years ago
2014-10-10
In Deusto they organized the Askegune to denounce the intention to arrest two young strikers
20
years ago
2004-10-01
Torturator Enrique Rodríguez Galindo, five of the 75-year-old prison sentence
25
years ago
1999-10-25
Ten members of Itoiz Solidarios hanged in London's giant noria
30
years ago
1994-10-03
ETB broadcast of the first episode of the 'Goenkale' series
35
years ago
1989-10-19
Fire at the Vandellòs I nuclear power plant in Tarragona
35
years ago
1989-10-18
The Leitzaran Highway Coordinator started an indefinite camp
40
years ago
1984-10-12
Margaret Thatcher was saved from the IRA attack shortly after
50
years ago
1974-10-29
Etarra Iñaki Iparragirre and civil guard Jerónimo Vera died in a shooting in Pasaia
50
years ago
1974-10-09
Oskar Schindler dies in Sweden
55
years ago
1969-10-30
Francoist police shot Josu Murueta to death in protest against pollution in Erandio
55
years ago
1969-10-08
The Tupamanos stole some 40,000 pesos and spread them among the poor in the city in Uruguay
80
years ago
1944-10-07
Hundreds of Auschwitz prisoners rebelled against the Nazis
85
years ago
1939-10-19
Aquiles Cuadra was shot by Francoists
90
years ago
1934-10-19
Spanish army reduced the Asturian Revolution with huge repression
90
years ago
1934-10-09
Armed workers shot in the port of Pasaia with the Turmoil Guard and the Civil Guard
90
years ago
1934-10-08
The Civil Guard shot Emilio Iguzkiza in Altsasu with her 14-month-old son in arms
90
years ago
1934-10-06
Lluis Companys proclaimed the Republic of Catalonia from the balcony of the Generalitat
90
years ago
1934-10-06
Shootings between strikers in the Mining Area and the Spanish army during the October Revolution
90
years ago
1934-10-05
The October Revolution begins, with special impact on Eibar, Arrasate and the Left Margin of Bizkaia
90
years ago
1934-10-05
The Arrasate strikers took the people during the October Revolution and arrested the authorities
95
years ago
1929-10-29
There was the 'Krak 29' in the American stock market.
95
years ago
1929-10-24
Craca starts at 29 and as a consequence the Great Depression
95
years ago
1929-10-18
Women in Canada acquired legal status
110
years ago
1914-10-21
The thumb Pierre Etxeberri was shot by the French army, I. Accused of deserting the World War
135
years ago
1889-10-18
Death in New York Antonio Meucci, a man who invented the phone but didn't take credit