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On this day in 1978, one of the first strikes of the British "Winter of Discontent" began when 15,000 Ford workers, mostly from the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU), began an unofficial strike.
Image: A crowd of strikers in the Winter of Discontent
After suffering a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Dobro Pole, soldiers in the Bulgarian Army began to defect on this day in 1918, marching towards the capital with the intent of abolishing the monarchy and establishing a Republic.
Image: 1st Sofia Infantry Regiment in the Serbian campaign, World War I, 1915. Bulgarian State Agency Archives / Wikimedia
On this day in 1919, following the end of WWI, the "Great Steel Strike" began, shutting down half the steel industry in the U.S. The strike, subjected to Red Scare tactics, failed in January and led to the collapse of its organizing union.
Image: Mounted state police during the Great Steel Strike of 1919 in Homestead, Pennsylvania.
James Lawson, Jr., born on this day in 1928, is an American activist and university professor who was expelled from Vanderbilt University for organizing acts of non-violent protest with the civil rights movement.
On this day in 1960, bailiffs supported by about 800 police attacked both Silverdale and Kennistoun House in St Pancras, London in an effort to evict organized tenants who had been on a rent strike since January 4th.
Image: A crowd defends Kennistoun House 1960