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The Guinea-Bissau War of Independence was an armed conflict between Pan-African revolutionaries and Portuguese colonizers that began on this day in 1963, lasting until 1974. The war is also known as "Portugal's Vietnam".
On this day in 1978, more than 80% of businesses across Nicaragua closed as part of a general strike that demanded an end to the repressive Somoza regime, two weeks after the assassination of journalist and activist Pedro Chamorro.
![A miner gestures as they gather at Wonderkop stadium outside the Lonmin mine in Rustenburg, northwest of Johannesburg, Jan. 30th, 2014 [voanews.com]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/southAfrica2014Strike.jpg)
On this day in 2014, the longest wage strike in South African history began when nearly 70,000 platinum mine workers struck. The five month strike cost employers R24-billion in revenue and ended with workers winning a pay increase.
Image: A miner gestures as they gather at Wonderkop stadium outside the Lonmin mine in Rustenburg, northwest of Johannesburg, Jan. 30th, 2014 [voanews.com]