This week in history

February 16, 2005
Issue 
615

February 16

1916: Emma Goldman is arrested in New York for lecturing on birth control.

February 17

1938: The Amalgamated Engineers Union is deregistered after refusing to discontinue a strike in Sydney.

1942: Black Panther Party founder Huey Newton is born.

February 18

2001: Laid-off workers seize a Daewoo factory in Pupyung, South Korea.

February 19

1951: Aborigines refuse to stage a "corroboree" for US tourists until two strike leaders are freed.

February 20

2004: Strikes disrupt production of the Melbourne Age newspaper after printing workers are sacked.

February 21

1801: The Ann arrives at Sydney carrying 137 Irish political prisoners.

1848: The Communist Manifesto is published.

1934: Nicaraguan revolutionary leader Augusto C. Sandino is assassinated.

1965: Malcolm X is assassinated.

February 22

1855: Trials begin in Melbourne for 13 charged with treason during the Eureka stockade.

From 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly, February 16, 2005.
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