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John Brown, born on this day in 1800, was a militant abolitionist who advocated for and practiced armed insurrection to overthrow the system of slavery in the U.S. He became the first American executed for treason after raiding Harpers Ferry.
Peter Maurin, born on this day in 1877, was a French Catholic social activist, theologian, and De La Salle Brother who founded the anarchist Catholic Worker Movement in 1933 with Dorothy Day.
![Confrontation between a policeman wielding a night stick and a striker during the San Francisco General Strike, 1934 [Wikipedia]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/waterfrontStrike.jpg)
On this day in 1934, the West Coast Waterfront strike began, lasting 83 days. The labor action involved more than 130,000 workers and cost waterfront employers approximately $45 million in lost revenue.
Image: Confrontation between a policeman wielding a night stick and a striker during the San Francisco General Strike, 1934 [Wikipedia]