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

55
years ago

16 January 1969,

The young Txekoslovaquian Jan Palach committed suicide in Wenceslas Square in Prague. It was a protest against the Soviet invasion of the country. Czechoslovakia tried to reform socialism by Alexander Dubček, but the Warsaw Pact countries saw it badly and intervened.

On this day
1919They confirmed in the US the so-called dry law: they banned the production, trade and transportation of alcoholic beverages
1945Hondarribia Jesús Carrera Olaskoaga was shot by Francoists
1968The United States launched Operation Niagara in the Vietnam War, a 66-day air bombardment
1980Carlos Saldise Korta was killed in Lezo by a Spanish police group

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1969-01-07
Members of Canadian countries protested against the company Manitoba Hydro, which sank its territory
1969-01-16
The young Jan Palach caught fire in Prague against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia
1969-01-19
Boycott of San Sebastian Eve in Donostia
1969-01-24
The Franco regime established an emergency situation throughout the Spanish State.
1969-02-04
The choirs of Santa Águeda boycotted the song
1969-02-04
Jasser Arafat was elected president of the Palestine Liberation Organization
1969-04-02
Police raided 21 Black Panthers militants with false accusations
1969-04-06
EGI members, Artajo and Asurmendi, died while preparing a bomb
1969-04-12
American military base emitted gas and 6,000 sheep died in Skull Valley, Arizona
1969-04-30
They created Seaska: Federation of Ikastolas de Lapurdi, Nafarroa Beherea and Zuberoa
1969-05-06
Deusto University students boycotted the US Army music band
1969-05-25
A group of entrepreneurs managed to stay half a year after recruiting people for the Vietnam War
1969-05-30
Viola's case, which refused to hide with her rapist, shook Italy
1969-06-17
The fourteen apostles of Jorge Oteiza ended their settlement in the Basilica of Arantzazu
1969-06-24
Black girl Vivian Strong, 14, shot to death by white American police
1969-06-28
The United States was seriously disturbed at the Stonewall Inn in New York by police raid on homosexuals
1969-07-20
American spaceship Apollo 11 reaches the moon
1969-08-03
Felix Arnaiz Maeso was shot dead by a Spanish policeman in Rome
1969-08-17
The giant Woodstock music festival ends in New York State
1969-10-08
The Tupamanos stole some 40,000 pesos and spread them among the poor in the city in Uruguay
1969-10-30
Francoist police shot Josu Murueta to death in protest against pollution in Erandio
1969-11-12
Journalist Seymour Hersh during the Vietnam War reported the massacre of 100 unarmed civilians
1969-11-19
General strike for the right to housing in Italy
1969-12-04
FBI killed Fred Hampton, one of the leaders of the Black Panthers

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1969-01-07
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1959-01-08
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1959-01-01
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80
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1944-01-26
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1939-01-05
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90
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1934-01-18
General strike in Portugal against dictator Salazar
90
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1934-01-10
The Nazis executed the Dutch Marinus van der Lubbe, accused of burning Reichstaga
95
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1929-01-11
Seven-hour working day in the Soviet Union
100
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1924-01-21
Lenin, founder of the Soviet Union and first president of the government dies
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1924-01-10
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100
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1924-01-03
Ulyana Gromova, symbol of Nazi resistance in the Soviet Union
105
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1919-01-31
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1919-01-24
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1919-01-16
They confirmed in the US the so-called dry law: they banned the production, trade and transportation of alcoholic beverages
105
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1919-01-15
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105
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1919-01-14
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105
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1919-01-10
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1919-01-05
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1919-01-01
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125
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1899-01-06
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1879-01-22
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150
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1874-01-13
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1844-01-19
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1794-01-11
French as the only language for official documents
375
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1649-01-30
King Charles I was cut off
415
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1609-01-27
First arrests and start of witch hunt in Zugarramurdi
425
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1599-01-22
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