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![Fansteel strikers picketing the plant and continuing their strike after being gassed out of the factory where they were engaging in a sit-down strike. [historyillinois.org]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/fansteelStrikers.jpg)
On this day in 1939, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the National Labor Relations Board could not order an employer to re-hire workers fired for striking, even if the strike was triggered by that employer's illegal actions.
Image: Fansteel strikers picketing the plant and continuing their strike after being gassed out of the factory where they were engaging in a sit-down strike. [historyillinois.org]
Ralph Nader, born on this day in 1934, is a U.S. attorney and activist whose causes include consumer protection and environmentalism. "I once said to my father, 'Dad we need a third political party.' He said to me, 'I'll settle for a second.'"
![The Reichstag burning in February 1933. From the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration [Wikipedia]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/reichstagFire.jpg)
On this day in 1933, the Reichstag was burned. Nazis blamed the arson on communists and arrested them en masse. Dutch communist Marinus van der Lubbe was executed for the act, but some historians believe it may have been a false flag.
Image: The Reichstag burning in February 1933. From the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration [Wikipedia]
![American Indian activists at Wounded Knee, 1973 [libcom.org]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/woundedKneeOccupation.jpg)
On this day in 1973, a 71-day uprising began when approximately 200 Oglala Lakota and American Indian Movement (AIM) members seized the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to demand treaty negotiations.
Image: American Indian activists at Wounded Knee, 1973 [libcom.org]