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A photo portrait of Marielle Franco. Photograph by Mídia Ninja [The Guardian]
Marielle Franco Assassinated (2018)March 14th, 2018

On this day in 2018, Marielle Franco, a queer feminist and socialist politician in Brazil, was assassinated by ex-military police. The day before her death, she tweeted "How many others will have to die for this war [with police] to end?"

Image: A photo portrait of Marielle Franco. Photograph by Mídia Ninja [The Guardian]

SS Columbia Eagle Mutiny (1970)March 14th, 1970

On this day in 1970, the SS Columbia Eagle Mutiny began when two anti-war crewmembers seized the napalm bomb-carrying vessel, forcing its crew to sail to Cambodia rather than complete its delivery of weapons to be used in the Vietnam War.

A contemporary illustration of the Martyrs, 1838
Tolpuddle Martyrs Pardoned (1836)March 14th, 1836

On this day in 1836, six English workers who had been sentenced to penal labor in Australia after forming a trade union were pardoned, following years of mass working class protests on their behalf.

Image: A contemporary illustration of the Martyrs, 1838