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![Guard searches prisoners at the gate to the pre-trial compound. A sign above the gate reads "Regardless of the outcome, you're still a soldier" [npr.org]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/longBinhPrison.jpg)
On this day in 1968, a group of black inmates attacked the guards of the administration building of the Long Binh Jail, a U.S. military stockade in Vietnam, seizing control of the prison and then lighting it on fire.
Image: Guard searches prisoners at the gate to the pre-trial compound. A sign above the gate reads "Regardless of the outcome, you're still a soldier" [npr.org]
On this day in 1997, employees of the San Francisco strip club Lusty Lady voted to unionize, organizing with the Exotic Dancers Union. In 2003, workers bought out the company and began running it as a worker co-operative.
Image: A group of Lusty Lady workers pose for the camera
![A photo of the August 29th, 1979, protest at the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, showing people occupying a staircase [slate.com]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/swedeGayProtest1979.jpg)
On this day in 1979, approximately forty activists with the Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights (RFSL) occupied a government office to protest homosexuality being classified as a mental disorder.
Image: A photo of the August 29th, 1979, protest at the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, showing people occupying a staircase [slate.com]
On this day in 1786, Shay's Rebellion began in Massachusetts when, during an economic crisis, more than one thousand armed protesters gathered in Northampton, Massachusetts and successfully prevented the county court from sitting.
![Convoy of Slovak insurgent army vehicles near Kelemeš (today part of Prešov) [Wikipedia]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/slovakNationalUprising.jpg)
On this day in 1944, a united front of anti-fascists launched an armed insurrection against Nazi and collaborationist forces in Slovakia. At least 12,000 were killed, but guerilla warfare continued until the country was liberated in 1945.
Image: Convoy of Slovak insurgent army vehicles near Kelemeš (today part of Prešov) [Wikipedia]
Truus Menger-Oversteegen, born on this day in 1923 (shown in the middle, with her sister Freddie left), was a Dutch artist and anti-fascist who, with her sister, lured and killed Nazis and their Dutch collaborators.
Image: Truus Menger-Oversteegen (middle), with her sister Freddie (left) being awarded the Mobilization War Cross by Mark Rutte, the Dutch prime minister in 2014