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Revision as of 22:25, 21 January 2024
1936
- Russian Socialist writer Maxim Gorky is murdered by anti-Soviet reactionary elements.
1942
- Anti-apartheid revolutionary leader and second president of South Africa Thabo Mbeki is born.
1954
![](https://shared.prolewiki.org/uploads/f/f2/Diego_Rivera_painting_of_the_1954_Guatemala_coup.jpeg)
- The CIA supported Guatemala coup of 1954 against Jacobo Arbenz's Democratically elected Social Democratic government begins.
1974
- Soviet military leader, Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union, and recipient of the Hero of the Soviet Union award Georgy Zhukov dies at the age of 77.
1984
![](https://shared.prolewiki.org/uploads/3/3e/Political_activist_Lesley_Boulton_is_attacked_by_police_at_the_Battle_of_Orgreave.jpeg)
- The Battle of Orgreave occurs during the United Kingdom Miners Strike of 1984-1985. It began when picketting miners were attacked by police. By the end of the fighting more than 123 people were injured and 95 striking miners were arrested.
1994
- The Unionist terrorist gang Ulster Volunteer Force massacres six Irish Catholic civilians in a put in Loughinisland, Ireland.
2012
- Anti-Nazi fighter and Communist revolutionary author Lina Haag dies at the age of 105.
For testing purposes, the calendar below is stuck on July 14.