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Mary Bethune, born on this day in 1875, was a U.S. educator and civil rights activist. "The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro child without a chance to prove their worth."
![The Rainbow Warrior in Marsden Wharf in Auckland Harbour after the bombing by French secret service agents. © Greenpeace / John Miller [greenpeace.org]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/rainbowWarrior.jpg)
On this day in 1985, the French government, in an act of state-sponsored terror, bombed the Greenpeace-operated boat Rainbow Warrior, which was en route to protest a nuclear weapons test planned by the French state.
Image: The Rainbow Warrior in Marsden Wharf in Auckland Harbour after the bombing by French secret service agents. © Greenpeace / John Miller [greenpeace.org]
Stuart Christie, born on this day in 1946, was a Scottish anarchist activist, writer, and publisher. At the age of eighteen, Christie attempted to assassinate Spanish fascist Francisco Franco, serving three years in prison before being released.