On This Day in Working Class History
Daily briefings of On This Day people's history anniversaries every day of the year. From the Working Class History team.
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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 1 minutes
- Episodes
- 575
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
25 March 2008: Equatorial Guinea Chinese strike
Mini-podcast about a strike by Chinese workers in Equatorial Guinea in 2008.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.wo…
00:01:14 |
Mon 25 Mar 2024
24 March 2008: Renault Romania strike
Mini-podcast about a successful strike by Renault workers in Romania in 2008.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.…
00:01:19 |
Sun 24 Mar 2024
23 March 1944: Via Rasella attack
Mini-podcast about the most successful attack of the Italian resistance against German Nazis during World War II, in 1944 in Rome.
- Learn more about the Italian resistance in our podcast episode 77-80:…
00:01:34 |
Sat 23 Mar 2024
22 March 1986: Philippines US bases strike
Mini-podcast about the strike of workers in the Philippines, employed in US military bases in 1986.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our …
00:00:58 |
Fri 22 Mar 2024
21 March 1991: Poll tax abolished
Mini-podcast about the abolition of the unpopular poll tax in the UK in 1991.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.w…
00:01:24 |
Thu 21 Mar 2024
20 March 2013: Azores Airlines strike
Mini-podcast about a planned strike by workers at Azores Airlines in 2013.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.work…
00:01:05 |
Wed 20 Mar 2024
19 March 1968: Howard University occupation
Mini-podcast about the occupation of Howard University in Washington DC in 1968.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: storie…
00:01:08 |
Tue 19 Mar 2024
18 March 1834: Tolpuddle martyrs
Mini-podcast about the UK Tolpuddle martyrs, transported to Australia for organising a union in 1834.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of ou…
00:01:08 |
Mon 18 Mar 2024
17 March 1916: Armstrong-Whitworth strike
Mini-podcast about the strike of women munitions workers in Newcastle, UK, during World War I.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stori…
00:02:06 |
Sun 17 Mar 2024
16 March 1978: Beyazıt massacre
Mini-podcast about the Beyazıt massacre of left-wing students in Istanbul in 1978.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stor…
00:01:21 |
Sat 16 Mar 2024
15 March 2018: Andorra general strike
Mini-podcast about the general strike by public sector workers in Andorra in 2018.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stor…
00:01:14 |
Fri 15 Mar 2024
14 March 1970: Columbia Eagle mutiny
Mini-podcast about the 1970 mutiny aboard the Columbia Eagle in protest against the Vietnam War.
- E21-24: The Columbia Eagle mutiny – Working Class History podcast
- See all of our anniversaries each day,…
00:01:19 |
Thu 14 Mar 2024
13 March 1920: Sommerda commune
Mini-podcast about the Sommerda commune during the German revolution in 1920.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.w…
00:01:44 |
Wed 13 Mar 2024
12 March 1951: Barcelona general strike
Mini-podcast about the general strike by workers in Barcelona, Spain, in 1951.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.…
00:01:06 |
Tue 12 Mar 2024
11 March 1975: Portugal coup attempt
Mini-podcast about the right wing coup attempt in Portugal in March 1975.
- Learn more about the Portuguese revolution in episodes 41-42 of the Working Class History podcast.
- See all of our anniversaries…
00:02:31 |
Tue 12 Mar 2024
10 March 1920: El Bordo fire
Mini-podcast about the El Bordo mine fire disaster in Mexico in 1920.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingcl…
00:01:27 |
Sun 10 Mar 2024
9 March 2020: Mexico women strike
Mini-podcast about the strike by women in Mexico against sexist violence in 2020.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stori…
00:01:38 |
Sat 09 Mar 2024
8 March 1922: Hong Kong seamen's strike
Mini-podcast about the successful strike of seafarers in Hong Kong and Guanzhou in 1922.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app…
00:01:23 |
Fri 08 Mar 2024
7 March 1962: Bagel bakers win strike
Mini-podcast about the successful strike of bagel bakers in New York and Nassau County in 1962.
- See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stor…
00:01:02 |
Thu 07 Mar 2024
6 March 1974: Miners win strike
Mini-podcast about the 1974 strike by UK miners against the Conservative government.
Learn more about the dispute in the Working Class History podcast:
Learn more about the dispute in the Working Class History podcast:
- E81: Miners’ strikes 1972-4
- See all of our anniver…
00:02:04 |
Wed 06 Mar 2024
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