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Bayard Rustin, born on this day in 1912, was a gay socialist civil rights leader in the US. "When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him."
On this day in 1917, Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary Nestor Makhno was released from prison as a result of the February Revolution, going on to play a leading role in the revolutionary anarchist movement in Ukraine.
![A memorial for those killed during the Salvadoran Civil War, located at the Museumplein in Amsterdam. Five crosses have been placed - four for the killed Dutch journalists in El Salvador, and a central, elevated one for 40,000 murdered Salvadorans. [Wikipedia]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/santaRitaMassacre.jpg)
On this day in 1982, the Salvadoran army assassinated a group of Dutch journalists and FMLN soldiers in violation of international law. The murders caused international outrage, and the colonel who ordered the attack fled to the U.S.
Image: A memorial for those killed during the Salvadoran Civil War, located at the Museumplein in Amsterdam. Five crosses have been placed - four for the killed Dutch journalists in El Salvador, and a central, elevated one for 40,000 murdered Salvadorans. [Wikipedia]