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On this day in 1934, Nicaraguan revolutionary Augusto C. Sandino was assassinated while leaving the Presidential Palace on orders of National Guard leader Anastasio Somoza García.
On this day in 1828, Cherokee Phoenix, the first newspaper written by indigenous Americans, began publishing. The paper was written in both English and the written Cherokee language invented by Sequoyah, a tribal chief.
![Claudia Jones, secretary of the Women's Commission of the CPUSA in New York City, Jan. 22, 1948. | Anthony Camerano / AP [peoplesworld.org]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Individuals/claudiaJones.jpg)
Claudia Jones, born on this day in 1915, was a communist author, activist, and journalist active in the United States and Great Britain. She was imprisoned and deported by the U.S. for violating the anti-communist McCarran and Smith Acts.
Image: Claudia Jones, secretary of the Women's Commission of the CPUSA in New York City, Jan. 22, 1948. | Anthony Camerano / AP [peoplesworld.org]
On this day in 1848, the Communist Manifesto, co-authored by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, was published in London by a group of German revolutionaries known as the Communist League. "Working men of all countries, unite!"
John Lewis, born on this day in 1940, was a civil rights activist who served as one of the original "Freedom Riders", risking his life to battle segregation. As chairman of the SNCC, Lewis helped organize the 1963 March On Washington.
![A photograph of Kurt Eisner, taken in late October/early November 1918 after his discharge from prison on October 14th. Photo by radical photographer Germaine Krull. [Wikipedia]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Individuals/kurtEisner.jpg)
On this day in 1919, social democratic revolutionary Kurt Eisner was assassinated by a far-right nationalist while leading the People's State of Bavaria. Eisner became a martyr and a Bavarian Soviet Republic was declared just a few months later.
Image: A photograph of Kurt Eisner, taken in late October/early November 1918 after his discharge from prison on October 14th. Photo by radical photographer Germaine Krull. [Wikipedia]
On this day in 1965, before addressing the Organization of Afro-American Unity in Manhattan, Malcolm X was assassinated by 3 gunmen. 2 of the men convicted were later exonerated and the 3rd had met with an ex-FBI agent the night before.
![A photo portrait of Nina Simone, photo credit to Jack Robinson [phillymag.com]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Individuals/ninaSimone.png)
Nina Simone, born on this day in 1933, was an American singer, pianist, composer, and civil rights activist, known for songs such as "Mississippi Goddam" and "Four Women". "It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution - real girl's talk."
Image: A photo portrait of Nina Simone, photo credit to Jack Robinson [phillymag.com]