22 June 1945: Nigeria general strike

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#OtD 21 Jun 1956 American playwright Arthur Miller was cited for contempt when he refused to name people as communists when called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9400/arthur-miller-cited-for-contempt

#OtD 21 Jun 1852 Italian anarchist seamstress, Maria Luisa 'Gigia' Minguzzi, was born. She played a leading role in the the women workers' movement in Italy and helped found the women's section of the International Workingmen's Association https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9394/maria-louisa-minguzzi

#OtD 21 Jun 1919 "Bloody Saturday" occurred during the Winnipeg general strike when 30,000 strikers were attacked by mounted police with clubs and guns. The attack resulted in the death of two strikers, 35-45 people injured, and numerous arrests https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9396/bloody-saturday

#OtD 21 Jun 1877 10 Irish miners were hanged for belonging to the Molly Maguires, a militant group who terrorised mine bosses, in what became known as "Black Thursday" or the "Day of the Rope" https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/12482/molly-maguires-%22day-of-the-rope%22

#OtD 21 Jun 1922 a striking miner became the third killed by company guards during an eight-week strike in Illinois. In response, 1,000 armed strikers marched on strikebreakers while dropping bombs on scabs from a rented aeroplane https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9397/illinois-miners'-strike-battle

#OtD 21 Jun 1908 "Women's Sunday" took place in London when 300,000 women descended on Hyde Park to demonstrate in favour of women's suffrage - the largest political gathering to date in the park https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9395/women's-sunday

#OtD 21 Jun 1798 20,000 rebels fought British troops at the Battle of Vinegar Hill. The rebels were supporters of the United Irishmen movement, and their defeat at Vinegar Hill is viewed by historians as a decisive point in the 1798 revolt https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9393/battle-of-vinegar-hill

#OtD 21 Jun 1964 three American civil rights activists, James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael 'Mickey' Schwerner, were murdered by police and KKK members in Mississippi https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9401/mississippi-civil-rights-murders