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Dorothy Irene Height, born on this day in 1912, was an activist part of the "Big Six" of civil rights leaders (including MLK and John Lewis) who focused on issues facing black women, including unemployment, education, and voting rights.
![A man leads his daughter away from destroyed buildings after NATO air strikes hammered the center of Pristina, the Kosovo capital. Photo credit to Goran Tomasevic/Reuters. [rferl.org]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/natoYugoslavBombing.png)
On this day in 1999, the first NATO airstrikes of Yugoslavia began, initiating a wave of violence that killed 1,500 people, damaging hospitals, schools, cultural monuments, and private businesses alongside military targets.
Image: A man leads his daughter away from destroyed buildings after NATO air strikes hammered the center of Pristina, the Kosovo capital. Photo credit to Goran Tomasevic/Reuters. [rferl.org]
Yanis Varoufakis, born on this day in 1961, is a Greek economist and politician who co-founded DiEM25, a left-wing European political party. "The economy is too important to leave to the economists."
![Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez in 1978 on a visit to Rome [Wikipedia]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Individuals/oscarRomero.jpg)
Óscar Romero was an Archbishop of San Salvador and social activist who was assassinated on this day in 1980 after giving a sermon where he urged government soldiers to desert their ranks and stop carrying out state oppression.
Image: Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez in 1978 on a visit to Rome [Wikipedia]