On this day in 2003, Italian anti-fascist Davide "Dax" Cesare was stabbed to death by two fascist brothers in Milan, leading to widespread rioting. The brothers were sentenced to a combined nineteen years in prison.
Image: Graffiti reading "Dax odia ancora" (Dax still hates) in the Kreuzberg district, Berlin (2010)
On this day in 1934, a general strike broke out in Minneapolis, shutting down local commercial transport. The strike began the career of Farrell Dobbs, a Trotskyist union leader, and caused widespread unionization throughout the city.
Image: Rioting teamsters battling police during a 1934 strike in Minneapolis [britannica.com]
On this day in 1968, the My Lai Massacre took place when U.S. troops in the Vietnamese Sơn Tịnh District massacred and raped hundreds of unarmed civilians, including women, children, and infants. The war crime was suppressed by the U.S. govt.
Image: When Haeberle's (the photographer's) group made it to the edge of the village, other soldiers had already been interrogating Vietnamese citizens. Haeberle testified he did not see what happened to this man and children. [pbs.org]