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Joseph Stalin (1878 - 1953)Dec 18th, 1878

Joseph Stalin, born on this day in 1878, was a Marxist-Leninist revolutionary and politician who led the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. "Real liberty can exist only where exploitation has been abolished."

Three workers sifting through water in Sierra Leone's Kono District
Sierra Leone Police Shoot Miners (2012)Dec 18th, 2012

On this day in 2012, police shot and killed two workers striking at an Israeli-billionaire owned mine in the Kono District of east Sierra Leone. Miners had walked out against non-payment of bonuses and racist treatment.

Image: Three workers sifting through water in Sierra Leone's Kono District