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Santa María School Massacre (1907)Dec 21st, 1907
On this day in 1907, a massacre took place at the Santa María School in Iquique, Chile when the Chilean Army fired on a crowd of striking workers and their families, killing approximately 2,000 people.
Image: A Communist Party mural that commemorates Santa Maria school massacre on the right, photo Rodrigo Fernandez/CC
Thomas Sankara (1949 - 1987)Dec 21st, 1949
Thomas Sankara, born on this day in 1949, was a Burkinabé socialist revolutionary who served as President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987. "While revolutionaries as individuals can be murdered, you cannot kill ideas."