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On this day in 1898, Bolton Hall, the treasurer of the American Longshoremen's Union, wrote "A Peace Appeal to Labor", urging workers to oppose American imperialism in the Spanish-American War on a class basis.
![U.S.-backed Cuban exiles captured during the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, Cuba, 1961 [britannica.com]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/bayOfPigs.jpg)
On this day in 1961, the Bay of Pigs invasion took place when a force of 1400 Cuban exiles, funded and led by the U.S., landed on the southwest coast of Cuba in a failed attempt at overthrowing the revolutionary Cuban government.
Image: U.S.-backed Cuban exiles captured during the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, Cuba, 1961 [britannica.com]
Benjamin R. Tucker, born on this day in 1854, was an American anarchist, member of the First International, and author who edited and published the individualist anarchist periodical "Liberty" from 1881 - 1908.
![A photo portrait of Vladimir Lenin in 1920, taken by Pavel Semyonovich Zhukov. [Wikipedia]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Individuals/vladimirLenin.jpg)
On this day in 1917, six months before the October Revolution, Vladimir Lenin's "April Theses" was published in Pravda. In the text, Lenin called for the abolition of the Provisional Government and power to be given to workers' soviets.
Image: A photo portrait of Vladimir Lenin in 1920, taken by Pavel Semyonovich Zhukov. [Wikipedia]