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
- 576
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
23 April 1938: Jamaicans demand minimum wage
Mini-podcast about an event on this day in working class history.
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00:01:25 |
Wed 23 Apr 2025
22 April 1944: Thompsons cafeteria sit-in
Mini-podcast about an event on this day in working class history.
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00:01:21 |
Tue 22 Apr 2025
21 April 1894: US miners strike
Mini-podcast about an event on this day in working class history.
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00:01:14 |
Mon 21 Apr 2025
21 April 2007: Mansoura Espana strike
Mini-podcast about a strike by mostly women textile workers in Egypt in 2007.
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00:01:10 |
Mon 21 Apr 2025
20 April 1914: Ludlow massacre
Mini-podcast about an event on this day in working class history.
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00:02:28 |
Sun 20 Apr 2025
19 April 1968: Valdagno textile strike
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00:01:13 |
Sat 19 Apr 2025
18 April 1945: Turin general strike
Mini-podcast about an event on this day in working class history.
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00:01:56 |
Fri 18 Apr 2025
17 April 2016: Kuwait oil workers strike
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00:01:18 |
Thu 17 Apr 2025
16 April 1970: Chrysler workers strike
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00:01:10 |
Thu 17 Apr 2025
15 April 1916: Domestic Workers Union
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00:01:55 |
Tue 15 Apr 2025
14 April 1913: Belgium general strike
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00:01:06 |
Mon 14 Apr 2025
13 April 1890: Ben Fletcher born
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00:02:06 |
Sun 13 Apr 2025
12 April 1920: Ireland general strike
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00:00:57 |
Sat 12 Apr 2025
11 April 1960: April revolution
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00:01:24 |
Fri 11 Apr 2025
10 April 1911: Lima general strike
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00:01:03 |
Thu 10 Apr 2025
9 April 1946: Palestine general strike
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00:02:02 |
Wed 09 Apr 2025
8 April 2019: Gabon student protests
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00:01:38 |
Tue 08 Apr 2025
7 April 2010: Carlsberg beer strike
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00:01:29 |
Mon 07 Apr 2025
6 April 1712: New York enslaved uprising
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00:01:25 |
Sun 06 Apr 2025
5 April 1977: 504 sit-ins
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00:02:21 |
Sat 05 Apr 2025
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