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
1 June 1981: Schlitz workers strike
Mini-podcast about an event on this day in working class history.
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00:01:12 |
Sun 01 Jun 2025
31 May 1989: CLR James dies
Mini-podcast about an event on this day in working class history.
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00:01:27 |
Sat 31 May 2025
30 May 1968: Senegal general strike
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00:00:59 |
Fri 30 May 2025
29 May 1941: Disney animators strike
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00:02:03 |
Thu 29 May 2025
28 May 1936: Popular Front strike wave
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00:01:11 |
Wed 28 May 2025
27 May 1935: Ballantyne lockout begins
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00:01:09 |
Tue 27 May 2025
26 May 1824: Pawtucket Mill strike
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00:02:27 |
Mon 26 May 2025
25 May 1901: FORA founded
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00:02:32 |
Sun 25 May 2025
24 May 1919: Drumheller miners strike
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00:01:16 |
Sat 24 May 2025
23 May 2020: Tenke Fungurume miners strike
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00:01:06 |
Fri 23 May 2025
22 May 1992: Great Mine lockout
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00:02:25 |
Thu 22 May 2025
21 May 1913: Royal Observatory bombing
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00:01:23 |
Wed 21 May 2025
20 May 1963: Eswatini miners strike
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00:01:51 |
Tue 20 May 2025
19 May 1920: Battle of Matewan
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00:02:09 |
Mon 19 May 2025
18 May 1980: Gwangju uprising
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00:01:35 |
Sun 18 May 2025
17 May 1968: Catonsville 9
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00:01:11 |
Sat 17 May 2025
16 May 1967: Hong Kong riots
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00:02:30 |
Fri 16 May 2025
15 May 1942: T-Bone Slim body found
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00:01:23 |
Thu 15 May 2025
14 May 2021: Livorno dockers Gaza boycott
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00:01:31 |
Wed 14 May 2025
13 May 1935: Jamaica banana loaders strike
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00:00:59 |
Tue 13 May 2025
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