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On this day in 1914, prominent French socialist Jean Jaurès was assassinated by a nationalist at the outbreak of World War I after returning from a diplomatic meeting in Brussels where he had advocated against the coming war.
![Wilhelm Kuhnert's painting "Battle at Mahenge", German East Africa, 1905 [Wikipedia]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/majimajiRebellion.jpg)
On this day in 1905, Matumbi tribesmen in colonial German East Africa (modern Tanzania) destroyed cotton crops and a trading post in the city of Samanga, beginning the Maji Maji Rebellion. German repression killed 250,000-300,000 people.
Image: Wilhelm Kuhnert's painting "Battle at Mahenge", German East Africa, 1905 [Wikipedia]
![Colored lithograph published by E. Sachse & Company, Baltimore, Maryland, c. 1862. It depicts the Navy Yard as seen from above the Anacostia River, looking north, with Building # 1 and the trophy gun park in the center. [Wikipedia]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/washingtonNavyYard.jpg)
On this day in 1835, the first strike of federal civilian employees in the U.S. began when workers at the Washington Navy Yard went on strike for a ten-hour day; the strike devolved into a race riot and failed to achieve its demands.
Image: Colored lithograph published by E. Sachse & Company, Baltimore, Maryland, c. 1862. It depicts the Navy Yard as seen from above the Anacostia River, looking north, with Building # 1 and the trophy gun park in the center. [Wikipedia]
Whitney Young Jr., born on this day in 1921, was a civil rights leader known for his aggressive organizing with the National Urban League and proposal of a "domestic Marshall Plan" to alleviate poverty in black communities.