“In late 1944, British troops occupied the cities of #Greece, propping up a Nazi-lite government. #ELAS & other #socialist #antifa partisans killed #Nazi collaborators & refused to disarm. Churchill, on #ThisDayInHistory, unleashed the army, working with fascists to kill leftists.” #otd #history #UK

On #ThisDayInHistory in 2017, one of the largest #wildfires in #California history broke out in #VenturaCounty. The #ThomasFire quickly spread to neighbouring #SantaBarbara and burned for over a month, ultimately torching 440 square miles. #SouthernCaliforniaEdison was to blame.

The #MillionDollarQuartet came together on #ThisDayInHistory in 1956, at the #SunStudio in #Memphis, #Tennessee. Early rock giants #ElvisPresley, #JerryLeeLewis, #JohnnyCash, and #CarlPerkins came together for a #JamSession, The full recording is available on a four-disc set.

On #ThisDayInHistory, the #GreatMartyrdomOfEdo of 1623 occurred in modern #Tokyo, #Japan. The #TokugawaShogunate, fearful of European weapons sales and interference, lashed out at Japanese #Christians. 50 were burnt at the stake, including a #Franciscan and a #Jesuit missionary.

Classic #DeepPurple track #SmokeOnTheWater released in 1972 was inspired by an event from #ThisDayInHistory in 1971. A concertgoer at #MontreuxCasino in #Switzerland, during a show by #FrankZappa & the #MothersOfInvention, fired a flaregun into the ceiling, destroying the venue.

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1853, Italian #anarchist #ErricoMalatesta was born. #Malatesta's last ten years were lived under #fascist rule, "understanding that violence is the whole essence of authoritarianism, just as the repudiation of violence is the whole essence of anarchism".

In 1964, the #UniversityOfCalifornia Regents instituted a #LoyaltyOath for faculty and banned political #protest on UC campuses. Thousands of students at #UCBerkeley responded with a #SitIn. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1964 about 800 students in the #FreeSpeechMovement were arrested.

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1935, #WilliamPickford, vp of the English #FootballAssociation, made "a toast to the Führer, Adolf Hitler" in a reception in London. Guests made #Nazi salutes and sang the SA's #HorstWesselSong. He also apologized for the "annoyance" by #antifa protesters.

President #GeorgeHWBush sent 28,000 US troops to #Somalia on #ThisDayInHistory in 1992, intervening in the #SomaliCivilWar. A protracted conflict that broke out around 1988 and continues still, no clear end is in sight for suffering people of the #postcolonial #HornOfAfrica.

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1969, an #FBI stooge drugged 21-year-old #BlackPantherParty organizer #FredHampton, then Chicago police killed him and #MarkClark by firing 90+ bullets into an apartment, because #BPP dared to advocate justice, mutual aid, & self-defence against tyranny.