Ghassan Kanafani, born on this day in 1936, was a Palestinian author and leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) who was assassinated by Israeli forces after the Lod Airport Massacre, claimed by the PLFP.

Ramón Emeterio Betances, born on this day in 1827, was a Puerto Rican abolitionist, revolutionary, and medical doctor who helped instigate the "Grito de Lares". "And what's wrong with Puerto Ricans that they haven't yet rebelled?"