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![A public domain image of the Athens Polytechnic Uprising, depicting a crowd of protesters on the school grounds. The school building is adorned in flags and banners. [greekreporter.com]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/athensPolytechnicUprising.jpg)
On this day in 1973, the Athens Polytechnic Uprising began with a massive student demonstration against the governing Greek military junta. Although the rebellion was crushed, the following unrest led to the state collapsing in 1974.
Image: A public domain image of the Athens Polytechnic Uprising, depicting a crowd of protesters on the school grounds. The school building is adorned in flags and banners. [greekreporter.com]
On this day in 1990, German squatters battled with approximately 1,500 heavily armed police officers who were attempting to evict squatters from a tenement neighborhood in eastern Berlin.
Image: The Battle of Mainzer Strasse, with large groups of police gathered on the street
![Enslaved brick-makers, depicted in the tomb of the vizier Rekmire, c. 1450 BCE [https://www.thetorah.com/]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/firstRecordedStrike.jpg)
On this day in 1159 BC, the first recorded strike in history began when necropolis workers in Ancient Egypt refused to continue working after going 18 days without pay.
Image: Enslaved brick-makers, depicted in the tomb of the vizier Rekmire, c. 1450 BCE [https://www.thetorah.com/]
On this day in 1917, the "Night of Terror" began when the superintendent of the Occoquan Workhouse prison ordered forty guards to brutalize suffragists who were imprisoned after picketing for the right to vote in the U.S. capital.
Image: Suffrage leader Lucy Burns imprisoned in the Occoquan Workhouse, November 1917