The Bristol Bus Boycott, announced on this day in 1963, arose from the refusal of the Bristol Omnibus Company to employ black or Asian bus crews in the city of Bristol, England. It succeeded in ending the "colour bar" after four months.

Image: A plaque at Bristol Bus Station commemorates the little-known Bristol boycott. Photograph: Historic England [theguardian.com]

On this day in 1899, 1,000 striking miners seized a train in Burke, Idaho, drove it to the Bunker Hill Mine in Wardner, destroyed the mine with dynamite, and burned down both the company office and the home of the mine manager.

Image: A photo showing the interior of a "bull pen", with imprisoned workers eating their food off the ground.