Camilo Cienfuegos, born on this day in 1932, was a Cuban revolutionary who served as one of Fidel Castro's top guerilla commanders, becoming known as the "Hero of Yaguajay" after winning a key battle of the Cuban Revolution.
Image: Camilo Cienfuegos, in Cuba in the 1950s [Wikipedia]
On this day in 1919, a general strike involving ~100,000 workers in Seattle began. Workers, vilified as "Bolsheviki", set up an alternative government that distributed 30,000 meals daily and a police force that did not carry weapons.
Image: Seattle General Strike participants leaving the shipyard after going on strike, 1919. [Wikipedia]