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![Employees at Phelps Dodge Corp's Morenci mine were greeted by yelling strikers and their supporters on Aug. 9th, 1983. Photo by Mari Schaefer, 1983 [uapress.arizona.edu]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/arizonaCopperStrike.jpg)
On this day in 1983, workers of the copper-producing Phelps Dodge Corporation in Arizona went on strike, beginning a bitter strike that lasted three years, defeated in the biggest mass de-certification of unions in U.S. history.
Image: Employees at Phelps Dodge Corp's Morenci mine were greeted by yelling strikers and their supporters on Aug. 9th, 1983. Photo by Mari Schaefer, 1983 [uapress.arizona.edu]
Cordy Tindell Vivian, born on this day in 1924, was an American minister, author, and close friend and lieutenant of Martin Luther King, helping organizing the first Nashville sit-ins and participating in the 1961 Freedom Rides.
![A photograph from 1902, depicting the massive crowd at Joseph's funeral [Wikipedia]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/jacobJosephRiot.jpg)
On this day in 1902, a massive funeral procession for Rabbi Jacob Joseph in New York City, attended by more than 50,000 Jews, was attacked by a group of factory workers and police.
Image: A photograph from 1902, depicting the massive crowd at Joseph's funeral [Wikipedia]
Marie-Louis Giraud was a working class French woman who was executed on this day 1943 for providing abortions during the reign of the Nazi Vichy Regime. In 1988, a film based on her life was released - "Story of Women".
Image: "Story of Women" movie poster. Isabelle Huppert as Marie-Louise Giraud. Imdb.com
![A sketch of the New Orleans Massacre by Theodore R. Davis, Courtesy NY Public Library [blackpast.org]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/newOrleansMassacre.jpeg)
On this day in 1866, the New Orleans Massacre took place when a delegation of 130 black city residents marching with the U.S. flag were attacked by a white lynch mob, including police, led by ex-Confederate Mayor John T. Monroe.
Image: A sketch of the New Orleans Massacre by Theodore R. Davis, Courtesy NY Public Library [blackpast.org]
On this day in 2018, Saudi Arabian women's rights activists Nassima al-Sadah and Samar Badawi were arrested in a government crackdown of political activists, serving three years in prison.
Image: Saudi Arabian women's rights activists Nassima al-Sadah (right) and Samar Badawi (left)
General Smedley Butler, born on this day in 1881 and one of the most decorated Marines in U.S. history, was a prominent critic of American imperialism, stating that he was a "gangster for capitalism" in his text "War is a Racket".