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Alice S. Rossi, born on this day in 1922, was a pioneering feminist and sociologist who co-founded the "National Organization of Women" (NOW). "Demands for equality for women are threats to men's self-esteem and sense of sexual turf."
On this day in 1994, in opposition to water bill increases, working class Irish activists began a campaign of resistance, refusing to pay water bills and engaging in direct action to prevent peoples' water supplies from being shut off.
On this day in 1918, Canada declared the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), along with 13 other organizations, to be unlawful while the state was engaged in war. Penalty for membership was set at 5 years in an interment camp.
Image: The IWW logo
On this day in 2003, twenty-seven Israeli pilots refused to fly assassination missions, referring to them in an open letter as "illegal and immoral".
On this day in 1968, a group of peace activists known as the "The Milwaukee Fourteen" burned more than 10,000 Selective Service records with homemade napalm to protest the Vietnam War. They were each found guilty of theft and arson.